LG puts adverts into TV screen savers
Fails to tell consumers or owners
If you really hate people trying to flog you things on products you have spent money on, then it might be best to avoid an LG TV.
OpenAI wants more datacentres
Will use more power than cities
OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration the need for massive data centres that could each use as much power as entire cities.
Battlemage might be a winner
Early benchmarks in
Intel’s forthcoming Battlemage GPU has hand an early benchmark on Geekbench and it looks like it will rival some top graphics cards.
IBM’s AI is still half-baked
Can’t replace humans
IBM does not appear to be successful in its cunning plan to replace expensive senior programmers with AI.
Linux nerds in existential crisis
Refuse to fix security bug because it can't exist
Linux nerds are fighting over whether a disastrous bug is actually a security flaw rather than fixing it.
Sony unveils new Inzone gaming monitors with DisplayPort 2.1
The Inzone M10S and the Inzone M9 II
Sony has unveiled two new gaming monitors, the Inzone M10S, a 27-inch OLED 480Hz gaming monitor and the Inzone M9 II, a 27-inch 160Hz UHD IPS gaming monitor. Both will be available in October and feature DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1 inputs, as well as are NVIDIA G-SYNC compatible.
Bloke gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor
Takes nearly five days to boot
Dmitry Grinberg has achieved the remarkable feat of running a 33-year-old flavour of Linux on a 1971 processor.
AMD users say Ryzen 9000 series is “meh”
AMD might have botched the launch
A recent survey by 3DCenter.org reveals mixed reactions to AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series launch.
Intel finally catches up on cores
Xeon 6 ‘Granite Rapids’ 6900P-series models
Intel has launched its high-performance Xen 6 ‘Granite Rapids’ 6900P-series models, featuring five new processors with 72- to 128-cores.
Intel slips out of discrete GPU market
Zero per cent market share
Intel remains a dominant player in PC gaming due to its majority share in PC processors, but its discrete graphics presence has vanished into a puff of smoke.