AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D claimed the crown as the new king of gaming CPUs when we reviewed it late last year. Since then, the chip has been so popular that it topped Amazon's best-selling CPU chart while also becoming scarce at the same time. Now, it's widely available again, selling at...
Rising power density and heat threaten the future of advanced semiconductors
The underlying issue is closely linked to the end of Dennard scaling, a principle that once allowed engineers to shrink transistors and reduce voltage simultaneously – keeping power consumption in check. By the mid-2000s, however, further voltage reductions became impractical, even as transistor density continued to increase. This divergence led......
Nvidia’s Zorah RTX neural rendering tech demo available for download
You can download and push your own hardware to the limits to run Nvidia's Zorah tech demo. The hefty 108 GB download is an Unreal Engine 5 project showcasing real-time neural rendering, path tracing, and advanced geometry on RTX 50-class hardware. Read Entire Article
Discord begins experimenting with face scanning for age verification
Discord is currently running a limited test involving age verification through facial scanning technologies. The company confirmed that the test aims to "age-gate access" to specific spaces or features, while also disclosing how personal data is shared with third-party vendors. Privacy preservation appears to be a priority, according to Discord,......
Bethesda offers fans a chance to own a part of Elder Scrolls Online history
The Elder Scrolls Online launched in 2014, so technically this 10th anniversary keepsake is a bit behind schedule – but as they say, better late than never. The collector's item features a stick of RAM taken from an original game server that comes mounted in a commemorative plaque. Read Entire...
A real-life Severance keyboard is here, complete with built-in trackball
In Severance, the keyboards used by Macrodata Refinement – the department where the protagonists work – appear to draw inspiration from Data General's vintage Dasher terminals, popular in the late '70s and early '80s. Hence, the name MDR Dasher. The original machines were known for their sturdy build, chunky layout,......
TSMC denies reports of joint venture with Intel as US pushes for domestic chip solutions
Speaking during the company's earnings call on Wednesday, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said, "TSMC is not engaged in any discussion with other companies regarding any joint venture, technology licensing or technology." Read Entire Article
Apple’s latest iPhone update fixes two zero-day security flaws exploited in targeted attacks
The first security vulnerability addressed in the latest update is in CoreAudio, tracked as CVE-2025-31200. According to Apple's security bulletin, it allowed for malicious code execution when processing an audio stream from an infected media file. The vulnerability is described as a memory corruption issue that was fixed with improved......
Reversing blurred pixels to reveal censored content in videos is easier than you think
Viewers of a recent YouTube video by developer Jeff Geerling demonstrated how free software can unmask information hidden behind mosaic censorship. The experiment showed that anyone attempting to obscure content in a video should either block it entirely or avoid recording it in the first place. Read Entire Article
New approach from DeepMind partitions LLMs to mitigate prompt injection
Since chatbots went mainstream in 2022, a security flaw known as prompt injection has plagued artificial intelligence developers. The problem is simple: language models like ChatGPT can't distinguish between user instructions and hidden commands buried inside the text they're processing. The models assume all entered (or fetched) text is trusted......