Hangar 13 and 2K Games have released a highly informative spec sheet for their upcoming third-person shooter, Mafia: The Old Country. Although the game isn't the most demanding overall, the resolution settings for its highest preset may confuse some readers. Read Entire Article
Sandisk unveils massive 256TB UltraQLC SSD for cloud and AI workloads
The UltraQLC architecture combines BiCS8 QLC CBA NAND with custom multi-core controllers. Sandisk credits the technology with enabling the drive's extreme capacity while also boosting performance, power efficiency, and reliability. Read Entire Article
Intel’s 18A process hit by low yields and quality issues, putting manufacturing comeback in doubt
Reuters reports that Intel is facing manufacturing setbacks with its next-generation Panther Lake PC silicon. Only a small percentage of chips produced on the 18A process meet quality standards. Insiders briefed on internal test data say yield was roughly 10 percent this summer – barely an improvement over the five......
ChatGPT on track for 700 million weekly users with quadrupled user base
CNBC notes that ChatGPT's 40-percent usage boost includes customers from free, Plus Pro, Enterprise, Team, and Educational tiers. OpenAI marked the milestone with a post from Nick Turley, the company's vice president and head of ChatGPT, who framed the growth as a sign of broader momentum – not just for......
Free Download Manager is a powerful tool that helps you take control of your downloads
FDM is a fast, reliable tool for organizing and accelerating downloads. It supports BitTorrent, magnet links, and browser integration, with features like pause/resume, scheduling, and bandwidth control. The latest update adds a sleek UI, better performance, and improved add-on support, all for free. Read Entire Article
Users report unwanted Windows 11 upgrade offers on incompatible Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft has scheduled the end of mainstream support for Windows 10 for October 14, 2025, and that date is rapidly approaching. The company continues to offer a free upgrade to Windows 11, but it should theoretically be unavailable to customers with incompatible PCs. Yet some of those users report receiving...
Top AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to compete in public chess tournament
The inaugural tournament marks the launch of Kaggle's Game Arena, a new platform designed to test and compare the decision-making and reasoning skills of large language models across a variety of strategic games. Organized in collaboration with Google DeepMind, Chess.com, and chess streamers Hikaru Nakamura and Levy Rozman, the event......
In computing history, who were the “Dirty Dozen”?
Was it hackers, founders, or engineers? Read Entire Article
Researchers develop visual microphone that uses light instead of air to detect sound
The advance opens up possibilities for listening in environments where conventional microphones struggle – such as communicating through a glass window or monitoring sound in isolated spaces – without the need for direct transmission of sound. Read Entire Article
Elon Musk’s Grok AI gets “Spicy” mode so users can generate explicit videos
Elon Musk has long hailed Grok as being uncensored and having fewer boundaries than other AIs. So, it came as little surprise to see that the new Grok Imagine, xAI's image and video generator, has a dedicated option for creating sexualized content. Read Entire Article