A year ago the Ryzen 9800X3D beat Intel's Ultra 285K by 24%. With 200S Boost overclocking on the table, we are retesting to see if one click tuning can close the gap. Read Entire Article
Microsoft Outlook is getting reimagined for the AI era under new leadership
An internal memo obtained by The Verge outlines Gaurav Sareen's vision as Microsoft's new corporate vice president of global experiences and platform, who has assumed direct leadership of the Outlook team. Sareen is taking over from Lynn Ayres, who is on sabbatical. In the memo, Sareen describes the shift as......
The Halo remake is headed to PlayStation in a major exclusivity shift
For more than two decades, the Halo series has stood as a defining property for Microsoft's gaming business – its green-armored protagonist synonymous with the Xbox brand. That connection will soon change. Microsoft confirmed that a remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved will launch on PlayStation 5 in 2026,......
Fujitsu is still putting Blu-ray drives in laptops – and people in Japan still want them
Fujitsu's FMV Note A WA3-K3 laptop is now available in Japan, starting at ¥124,800 (approximately $800 USD). All configurations include an internal optical drive, while the top-tier model – priced about ¥10,000 ($70) higher – upgrades it to a Blu-ray drive. Read Entire Article
HP is betting on Saudi manufacturing as the kingdom pitches itself as the Middle East’s tech factory
HP has begun producing computers in Saudi Arabia through a large-scale manufacturing partnership, marking one of the country's most significant technology investments under its Vision 2030 economic diversification program. The move makes HP the latest global hardware maker to anchor its supply chain in the kingdom, joining a wave of......
Cybersecurity experts warn real-time voice deepfakes are here
Cybersecurity firm NCC Group has demonstrated that combining open-source AI tools with off-the-shelf hardware can generate real-time voice deepfakes with minimal latency. The technique, dubbed "deepfake vishing," uses AI models trained on samples of a target's voice to produce live impersonations that operators activate via a start button on a......
BBC study finds AI chatbots still get news wrong 45% of the time
Analysis from the BBC and other European news outlets has found that around 45 percent of AI chatbot responses based on news articles contain errors. The findings have potentially severe implications as tech platforms continue promoting them. Read Entire Article
Intel can’t spin up 18A fast enough, so Intel 7 is now the new CPU bottleneck
Intel's rebound in chip demand during the third quarter has been tempered by ongoing supply constraints that continue to limit the company's ability to deliver both client and data center processors. Although CPU orders have strengthened across multiple product lines, Intel's production remains bottlenecked by limited manufacturing capacity and a......
US opens Cold War plutonium stockpile to jump-start next-gen nuclear reactors
The Financial Times reports that the Department of Energy has invited companies to apply for up to 19 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium previously used in warheads. On Tuesday, the DoE said it plans to select the first group of recipients by the end of December, with additional awards possible......
Have I Been Pwned adds 183 million more emails from major new breach
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) recently added a new, massive database to its ever-growing collection of data breaches and compromised accounts. The dataset contains 183 million unique email addresses, along with the websites they were used on and the passwords associated with them. Troy Hunt, the expert who created HIBP,......