Raymond Chen, a Microsoft veteran who has worked on Windows development for more than 30 years, recently explained that the Windows 95 setup caused developers more than just a headache. The final installation process was a hybrid of three different operating systems, because relying solely on the brand-new Win32 technology......
Gamer builds functional version of ChatGPT inside Minecraft using 439 million blocks
If you've seen previous examples of over-the-top engineering in Minecraft, then you're familiar with sammyuri's work. The latest project, dubbed CraftGPT, occupies a volume of 1,020 x 260 x 1,656 blocks (439 million) – so big that the distant horizons mod was needed to showcase everything in the video. Read...
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang calls China “nanoseconds behind” the US in chips, but urges Washington to ease export rules
Speaking on the BG2 podcast, Huang said that the US and China have a competitive relationship. He warned that America was up against a "formidable, innovative, hungry, fast-moving, underregulated" competitor, citing its infamous 9-9-6 culture: working 9am to 9pm, six days per week. Former Google boss Eric Schmidt has just......
Too many games, not enough players: the industry’s growing challenge
The video game industry is in the middle of a turbulent transition. Massive layoffs and corporate restructuring have dominated headlines, but underneath those issues is a more fundamental shift: there are simply too many games, as it was recently highlighted by Jason Schreier. Read Entire Article
Tim Berners-Lee urges decentralized web to counter AI exploitation and ad-driven abuse
More than 30 years after its creation, the web is a very different place. In a recent op-ed for The Guardian, Tim Berners-Lee warned of the ongoing abuse of a technology he designed to bring people together. He argues that the web now stands at another turning point, and that......
Streaming YouTube over dial-up: how one creator hit 668 kbps with 12 modems
The YouTube channel The Serial Port has pulled off something few imagined possible in the broadband era: streaming YouTube over a dial-up connection. In their latest experiment, the team bonded 12 modems together using Multilink PPP, reaching a combined download speed of 668 kbps on a Windows XP desktop –......
$300 GeForce vs. $300 Radeon GPU: Four Generations, Head to Head
We compare four generations of $300 GeForce and Radeon GPUs to see how budget gaming has evolved, from crypto-fueled chaos to today's AI-driven market, and which card delivers the best value now. Read Entire Article
Birmingham faces IT catastrophe as Oracle project costs balloon from £20m to £170m
The council confirmed that the CivicaPay-based system, designed to replace the malfunctioning banking reconciliation platform introduced with Oracle Fusion in 2022, will not go live until November at the earliest. Read Entire Article
Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max revealed with rear screens and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chips
Information about the Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Pro is now available on the company's Chinese website. While the technical specifications closely mirror those of the iPhone 17, the company is also revisiting dual-screen technology. Read Entire Article
A new Digital ID will soon be required to work in the UK
The British government has confirmed plans to introduce a nationwide digital identification system, a move Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as central to efforts to curb illegal migration and modernize public services. Read Entire Article