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The U.S. patent for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996

By Mark Tyson Published

On this day in 1996, a freshly inked U.S. patent quietly laid the cornerstone of the digital music revolution.

Software
BeagleV-Ahead
BeagleBoard Announce RISC-V Powered BeagleV-Ahead

By Les Pounder Published

After a delay caused by a pandemic and global supply chain issues, BeagleBoard unleash its latest Beagle.

Tech Industry
Live Stream
AV1 Live Streaming Is Finally Coming To YouTube

By Aaron Klotz Published

A preview of YouTube's new AV1 live stream support was tested by EposVox, showing amazing video quality results with the new codec.

Streaming
GeForce driver bug squashed
Nvidia Lifts Some Video Encoding Limitations from Consumer GPUs

By Anton Shilov Published

Nvidia increased the concurrent NVENC encodes on consumer GPUs to five.

GPUs
ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wi-Fi
ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wi-Fi Review: More SATA, Please

By Joe Shields Published

The B650E Steel Legend is a grey/steel mid-range board that performed well in our testing. But just two SATA ports and a dated audio codec could be a turnoff considering the $269 price.

Motherboards
RTX 4080 scalping
Discord Enables AV1 Support for GeForce RTX 40 Graphics Cards

By Anton Shilov Published

Discord enables AV1 streaming with GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs.

GPUs
HandBrake 1.6.0 with AV1 encoding
HandBrake 1.6.0 Debuts AV1 Transcoding Support for the Masses

By Mark Tyson Published

The free and open source HandBrake transcoding utility gains AV1 encoding support in its 1.6.0 update. Users with Intel QSV or Arc hardware can benefit from HW accelerated encoding.

Video Editing and Graphic Design
MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI
MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI DDR4 Review: Stealthy and Solid

By Joe Shields Published

DDR4-based, with a premium audio codec and all-black appearance, but the price is too high

Motherboards
Moore Threads
Chinese Moore Threads Unveils Chunxiao GPU: 4,096 SPs, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 5

By Anton Shilov Published

Chinese MTT S80 GPU promises to offer GeForce RTX 3060 Ti performance for desktops and servers.

GPUs
colorful optical fiber cables against black background
Record 1.84 Petabit/s Data Transfer Achieved With Photonic Chip, Fiber Optic Cable

By Mark Tyson Published

Current worldwide internet bandwidth is said to be approximately 1 petabit/s, and this technology could almost double that over a single cable.

Network Providers
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