In 2024, the Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year was ‘brain rot’. The term relates to the supposedly negative effects of consuming social media content, but it struck a chord more widely with many who feel they don’t have the mental capacity they once had. Gloria Mark,...
Lifestyle changes and vaccination ‘could prevent most liver cancer cases’
Lancet Commission says three in five cases preventable with action on obesity, alcohol and hepatitis Three in five liver cancer cases globally could be prevented by reducing obesity and alcohol consumption and increasing uptake of the hepatitis vaccine, a study has found. The Lancet Commission on liver cancer found that...
Zalman’s jet engine-inspired CPU cooler is now available
Zalman's Zet 5 CPU cooler, initially showcased at Computex, is now available with a jet engine-style design for users seeking unique custom builds. Early bird pricing is available until August 25. Read Entire Article
MSI expects to top 10 million motherboard sales for the first time as market rebounds
DigiTimes reports MSI is poised for a milestone year, with analysts projecting global motherboard shipments will top 10 million units in 2025. The surge marks a sharp recovery for the Taiwanese manufacturer, putting it alongside rival Gigabyte as renewed demand for AMD and Intel platforms drives the market. Read Entire...
Crytek finally explains why the jump from Far Cry to Crysis changed everything
Crytek is marking its 25th anniversary with a new documentary series that reexamines its legacy – starting with the creative leap between Far Cry and Crysis. For years, gamers assumed Crysis was simply the product of raw technical muscle, the benchmark that melted PCs. However, the German studio's artists say......
How much pollution does AI create? Mistral breaks it down
Mistral recently published an analysis of the environmental impact of one of its large language models. As chatbots and other AI-powered technologies become increasingly embedded in the global economy, Mistral emphasized the importance of understanding – or at least estimating – the environmental footprint of these systems. The impact, the......
KMPlayer is a powerful media player with broad format support
KMPlayer is a feature-rich, cross-platform multimedia player available for Windows, Android, and iOS. It natively supports a wide range of audio, video, image, and subtitle formats-including AVI, MKV, FLV, 4K/8K, and 60 fps content. See more recommendations in our Essential Apps feature. Read Entire Article
Nvidia N1X AI PC chip leaks with the same number of CUDA cores as an RTX 5070
The Nvidia N1X AI PC processor achieved an impressive OpenCL score of 46,361, outperforming all integrated GPUs from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and other leading chipmakers. According to the Geekbench listing, it features 48 Streaming Multiprocessors and 6,144 CUDA cores – matching the core count of the GeForce RTX 5070. Read...
Positron bets on energy-efficient AI chips to challenge Nvidia’s dominance
Founded in 2023, Positron has rapidly attracted investment and attention from major cloud providers. The startup recently raised $51.6 million in new funding, bringing its total to $75 million. Its value proposition is straightforward: delivering AI inference – the process of generating responses from trained models – far more efficiently......
What was the first ransomware attack to demand payment in Bitcoin?
Test your cyber history savvy in this week's trivia. Read Entire Article