Nvidia's first official DLSS 5 benchmarks promise enormous frame rates, but the underlying render performance tells a very different story, with Neural Rendering looking exceptionally demanding. Read Entire Article
OpenClaw 2.0 lands with an easier setup and a rebuilt browser app
Community manager Hannes Rudolph's blog post for the release was titled "OpenClaw 2.0, Accidentally," explaining that the team set out to simplify installation and rebuild the browser app, but then discovered it couldn't be done in isolation, and ended up reworking the codebase and the full release at the same...
YouTubers “fix” melting RTX 5090 power connector by soldering cables directly to PCB
TecLab recently demonstrated a workaround for the RTX 5090 thermal failures by modifying a 5090 to bypass the problematic 16-pin power connectors and route the power wiring directly to the GPU's PCB instead. For the experiment, they used a Galax GeForce RTX 5090 D HOF OC LAB XOC, which comes......
Chip manufacturer CXMT asks Pentagon to remove it from list of Chinese military-linked companies
The Pentagon recently confirmed CXMT's designation as a company directly linked to Beijing's Communist Party military operations, and the chipmaker is now suing the DoD to have this "baseless" classification removed. The semiconductor manufacturer claims its memory products are designed for civilian applications, meaning there should be no need to......
Grand Theft Auto VI could cause a massive workplace productivity crisis
Hardcore gamers and casuals alike have had November 19 circled on their calendars for months, and for good reason. On the third Thursday of the month, Rockstar is scheduled to launch Grand Theft Auto 6 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. Fans have been waiting over a decade for a......
A massive Valve leak just exposed 12TB of old Steam data, no hacking required
From September 2003 to early 2013, Valve employed a "Steam2" server architecture to manage data flowing through its PC gaming store. Now, a substantial portion of that data is being shared through the BitTorrent network after someone uploaded the content over the weekend. The Steam2 content server dump, also known......
Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they’re not protected
ChatGPT and similar tools are often used for personal questions, legal worries, health concerns, and emotional support. Those conversations can feel private, but they may be accessible through a phone search, a subpoena, discovery in a lawsuit, or a report by the AI company itself. Read Entire Article
Nvidia’s $63 billion stock portfolio is a map of its own supply chain
Nvidia's earnings this week gave the market the growth story it wanted. But a separate SEC filing gives us an additional perspective on what Nvidia is also doing with all those billions. Read Entire Article
Cities are dropping Flock’s surveillance cameras at a record pace
Secure Justice, an Oakland-based anti-surveillance group, says 214 cities and counties have dropped Flock since 2021. Ninety jurisdictions ended contracts in August alone, a fourfold increase from July, according to the group's latest update. That works out to about three cancellations a day during the month. Read Entire Article
NASA launched a space telescope on Sunday that will give astronomers a much wider view of the universe
The telescope carries a 2.4-meter primary mirror, the same size as Hubble's. But its Wide Field Instrument is designed for a different kind of work. The 300-megapixel camera uses 18 detectors to capture a much broader image, giving Roman a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's......