Alienware's Area-51 becomes the first pre-built PC with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
… And what better way to signal that than to be the first company to release a mighty new AMD CPU in its OEM PCs? …
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6 unsaid rules all PC gamers must obey (but don't)
… 08 / 8 Hardware NVIDIA's GeForce 256, released in 1999, was marketed as the world's first what? …
This lesser-known USB-C feature never really took off
… The HDMI licensing administrator wanted to eliminate the need for expensive active adapters that convert signals, so HDMI Alt Mode was born. It works by having the source device, whether that's a phone or laptop, detect an HDMI display and reconfigure its USB-C pins to output raw HDMI signals. …
PCIe 8.0 is really fast, but it might require a new connector
… Earlier this month, PCI-SIG released draft 0.5 of the PCIe 8.0 specification, which targets a raw bit rate of 256 GT/s and up to 1 TB/s of bidirectional bandwidth on a x16 link, with full ratification planned for 2028. …
I waited years for MoCA 3.0 adapters, and they're still nowhere to be found
… Wi-Fi became the de facto standard for consumer devices, and few consumer devices were ever released with 10 GbE-capable wired networking ports. …
I upgraded to Wi-Fi 7 and discovered the real bottleneck was hiding in my walls
… That's rated for 1 GbE up to 100 m 328ft , but can support 2.5 GbE since IEEE 802.3bz was released. …
Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.0's calm was a mirage as rc6 refuses to settle down
… Conversely, if there's a flurry of patches during the release candidate phases, it usually signals something wrong, and may justify delaying the release so that things calm down again. Linux 7.0's first few release candidates had higher-than-normal patches, hinting that something wasn't quite right. …
OpenAI officially cans its Sora AI app only six months after its release
… Related OpenAI is reportedly making its own GitHub because it kept going down If you want something done right, do it yourself OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora AI only six months after its release The great AI race is moving at breakneck speed If you're unfamiliar with Sora, it was released on Septemb… …
Linux 7.1-rc1 brings faster, safer file transfers between Windows and Linux partitions with a brand new NTFS driver
… Linus Torvalds signals the go-ahead to begin Linux 7.1 testing The first release candidate is out now As spotted by Neowin , Linus Torvalds announced that the merge window for Linux 7.1 has closed . …
6 settings I always change to make any TV feel more premium
… 07 / 8 Innovation Which company released the first commercially available plasma television in 1997? A Sony B Panasonic C Fujitsu D Samsung Correct! Fujitsu released the first commercially available plasma television in 1997, the 42-inch PlasmaVision display. …