Cataloged as AMD-SB-7055 and tracked as CVE-2025-62626, the vulnerability in the RDSEED instruction is classified as High Severity because it could allow local attackers to manipulate the values returned by RDSEED, forcing it to generate zero in a non-randomized manner. This flaw can lead to a loss of both confidentiality......
Australia will offer households three hours of free solar power a day, no panels needed
Australian households in three states will soon be guaranteed at least three hours of free electricity each day under a new federal plan known as "Solar Sharer." The initiative, announced by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, begins in July 2026 for customers in New South Wales, south-east Queensland,......
DDR5 speeds hit 13,576 MT/s as overclockers trade records in hours
In mid-October, Sergmann achieved a record high DDR5 overclock of 6,504.9 MHz, which works out to 13,010 megatransfers per second (13 GT/s). Another OCer, Salty Croissant, claimed to hit 13,020 MT/s weeks earlier but those results were never validated in Hwbot. Read Entire Article
OpenAI signs $38 billion Amazon Web Services deal for Nvidia-powered cloud compute
The agreement allows OpenAI to begin deploying workloads on AWS immediately, using hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs across US data centers, with additional capacity expected to come online over several years. Read Entire Article
RTX Remix breathes new life into Grand Theft Auto 4 with full path tracing
Modder xoxor4d recently unveiled his ongoing work on a new renderer for Grand Theft Auto IV that incorporates full ray tracing. The mod could potentially become far more advanced (and demanding) than the ray tracing features Rockstar added to GTA V. Read Entire Article
Nintendo raises Switch 2 sales forecast after outselling the Switch, PS4, and PS5 at launch
Since launching in June, 10.36 million Switch 2 consoles have been sold – 3.5 million of those in the first four days. That's more than twice the 4.7 million units the original Switch managed during its first two quarters on sale. It's also higher than the PlayStation 4's 7.5 million......
LLMs tried to run a robot in the real world – it didn’t go well
Researchers at Andon Labs recently evaluated how well large language models can act as decision-makers in robotic systems. Their study, called Butter-Bench, tested whether modern LLMs could reliably control robots in everyday environments – particularly in carrying out multi-step tasks like "pass the butter" in an office setting. Read Entire...
They got Doom running on a satellite orbiting Earth, because of course they did
Last year, a team of software and aerospace engineers took Doom porting to the next level, getting the game to run on a satellite orbiting Earth. It took some out-of-the-box thinking and tweaking, but they eventually got it playing (without graphics). Of course, since "pics or it didn't happen" applies,......
After a decade of frustration, Microsoft finally fixes “Update and shut down” Windows bug
As Windows Latest highlights, Windows typically needs to boot into an offline servicing phase to apply a patch because it can not update files while they are in use. Ideally, Windows would shut down after this step. Instead, it boots back to the login screen. Read Entire Article
Nvidia and Samsung team up to build an AI megafactory with 50,000 GPUs
Nvidia and Samsung have announced a partnership to build a new "AI megafactory" featuring significant acceleration capabilities. The South Korean conglomerate plans to install a cluster of 50,000 GPUs designed by Nvidia, with the primary goal of enhancing chip manufacturing for mobile devices and robotics. Read Entire Article