3D print your own animated, 3D-printer-shaped wireless charger for less than $50, thanks to Bambu Labs By Christopher Harper published 20 March 24 Bambu Labs provides the electronics required for 3D printing a fully-functional wireless charger
New Xbox dev kit certified for testing in South Korea, console refresh could come this year By Christopher Harper published 20 March 24 Following the trend of previous South Korean RRA certifications, the certification of a new "XDK Console" points toward the upcoming release of a new Xbox console later this year.
3D-printed holographics can encode data using common plastic -- keys and addresses up to 576 bits, with redundancy By Christopher Harper published 20 March 24 A standard 3D printer and terahertz beams permit for storing data on a regular, 3D-printed piece of plastic— like cryptographic keys
Ubisoft, Nvidia, and Inworld AI partnership to produce "Neo NPC" game characters with AI-backed responses By Christopher Harper published 19 March 24 An Ubisoft Paris team using Nvidia's Audio2Face and Inworld AI's LLM have made Neo NPC, which uses AI to back NPC interactions with human players.
Noctua is back in black with $99, 120mm NH-D12L chromax.black air cooler By Christopher Harper published 19 March 24 The Noctua NH-D12L is a familiar cooler that's back in black.
Playtron announces self-titled Linux OS and gaming handheld with hopes to unify storefronts By Christopher Harper published 19 March 24 Headed by cofounder and previous CEO of Cyanogen, Kirt McMaster, a new entrant into the Gaming OS and PC Handheld scene enters the fray.
New research shows naturally occurring mineral is an 'unconventional superconductor' when purified By Christopher Harper published 18 March 24 Miassite, which is found naturally and can be synthesized, can function as a superconductor at low temperatures.
Further PlayStation 5 Pro specs leak, improvements to CPU speed, GPU, RAM, and audio By Christopher Harper published 18 March 24 Following a bombshell leak of the PS5 Pro's GPU specifications with a 45% raster performance bump and an up to 3x/4x ray-tracing bump, the rest of the system specs have been revealed.
Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG By Christopher Harper published 17 March 24 Danluu benchmarks numerous websites and discusses their impact on older and/or weaker hardware
GhostRace CPU vulnerability threatens all major architectures — IBM and VU Amsterdam researchers detail new cross-platform speculative execution attack By Christopher Harper published 17 March 24 GhostRace is a cross-platform vulnerability that applies to CPUs made by Intel, AMD, Arm, and IBM that echoes the Spectre vulnerability from six years ago.
The Sphere in Las Vegas features 4PB of flash memory at 400 GB/s to deliver 16K content By Christopher Harper published 16 March 24 The Las Vegas "Sphere" is run by Sphere Entertainment, who now shares more technical details on how The Sphere is run.
Rare port that combines DisplayPort and HDMI discovered on Piston Xi3, the failed Steam Machine By Christopher Harper published 16 March 24 Further examination of what would have been one of the first "Steam Machines" reveals a unique hybrid video port.
Ayaneo AM01 Macintosh-esque mini-PC design gets an AMD Zen 3 upgrade By Christopher Harper published 16 March 24 Ayaneo's AM01 Mini PC design gets an option for a Zen 3 CPU in its highest-end version, compared to the Zen 1 and Zen 2 architecture used for cheaper unit versions.
NASA hopes to resolve Voyager 1's communication issues by 'poking' its flight data computer By Christopher Harper published 14 March 24 The Flight Data Subsystem in Voyager 1 has successfully sent a readout need for diagnostics and a potential fix back to Earth
Pentagon pulls out of Intel's $3.5 billion CHIPS Act grant, expects Commerce Department to foot the bill By Christopher Harper published 14 March 24 The Pentagon pulled out of a plan to give Intel more CHIPS Act funding.
Malaysia's semiconductor manufacturing flourishes in the face of U.S. and China's Chip War By Christopher Harper published 13 March 24 Malaysia's place in the Chip War as an alternative place to manufacture semiconductors and chips without drawing ire of US politicians and regulations.
GPT-4 can play Doom, badly — doesn't hesitate to shoot humans and demons By Christopher Harper published 12 March 24 GPT-4 is put to the ultimate test by a researcher: Playing Doom without any prior training, only its own ability to reason and make decisions. The results are simultaneously amusing and ominous.
Nvidia being sued by writers for unauthorized use of their works in generative AI training By Christopher Harper published 12 March 24 The "NeMo" model reportedly used a dataset of 196,640 books before it was taken down for copyright infringement.
Steam Deck modder builds custom 'Nintendo 3DS console' by adding second screen By Christopher Harper published 12 March 24 The Steam Deck modding community recently showed off a few "Steam Deck DS" variants. Here's a brief look at some current options, alongside the actual dual-screen Ayaneo Flip DS.
Modding ancient AGP slots is still oddly popular in 2024 to add modern GPUs and boost networking — two adaptors enable GTX 960 By Christopher Harper published 10 March 24 Necessity is the mother of all AGP mods.
One runaway prison laptop caused 1,200 incarcerated students to lose their devices — jailbroken laptop spurs prison officials to issue a recall of now-unsecured notebooks By Christopher Harper published 9 March 24 Even one "Securebook 5" being busted open...on Twitter...with access to tools unthinkable to a prisoner causes the most severe alarm.
Password-cracking botnet has taken over WordPress sites to attack using the visitor's browser By Christopher Harper published 8 March 24 Attackers are launching distributed password-guessing attacks across hundreds of WordPress websites using a mere 3 kilobit script.
MSI Claw handheld PC with Intel Meteor Lake now available -- $699 device targets Steam Deck, ROG Ally By Christopher Harper published 8 March 24 MSI Claw handheld launches with Intel Core Ultra CPUs and onboard Intel Arc Graphics to properly compete with AMD's Ryzen and Radeon-powered PC handhelds.
Developers of Switch emulator Yuzu settle with Nintendo in court for $2.4 million less than a week after being sued By Christopher Harper published 4 March 24 Nintendo defeats Nintendo Switch emulation in the form of a joint filing, with the emulator's developers agreeing to $2.4 million awarded damages.
Gem12 Pro Mini PC uses an amped-up Ryzen 7 8845HS APU, has a built-in mini screen, and OCuLink support By Christopher Harper published 3 March 24 This Ryzen 7 8845HS Mini PC should be faster than its 7840U and 8840U brethren.