Ultra Ethernet gains momentum as tech giants join for AI and HPC network innovation

Since itsfoundinglast year, the Ultra Ethernet Consortium has built up a considerably deep talent bench. The industry will soon see exactly what the UEC has been developing. Featured on TechSpot

March 23, 2024 · 1 min · 30 words · Robert Ortega

Apple worked on Android compatibility for the Apple Watch for three years before abandoning the project

Should companies be forced to make product that are compatible with their competitors? Compare it with any other similar equipment. Was Sega ever sued because the Sega CD didn’t work on Nintendo consoles? Is Samsung getting sued because its Android-based Galaxy Watch is incompatible with iOS? Most businesses do this. There is no explicit responsibility requiring a firm to ensure its product function with its competitors. In fact, this would erode quality for the lack of a competitive standard....

March 22, 2024 · 1 min · 87 words · Barbara Lowery

Down-binned RTX 40 series graphics cards are reportedly on the way

This practice helps chipmakers conserve significant amounts of inventory and maintain acceptable yield levels. According to the leak, 4070 boards with AD103 GPUs begin shipping this month. Since there’s only one week left in March, they may already be in the wild. Also read:What is Chip Binning? From there, the down-binning has a domino effect impacting the 4060 Ti and 4060. Because the specs on the box will remain unchanged for each product, they will maintain their old prices....

March 22, 2024 · 1 min · 82 words · Timothy Nichols

Download windows 11 Moment 5 Update (Try 24H2 Features)

This will download the configuration update and enable Moment 5 features. Once the download and installation are complete, kickstart your box to apply the change. To do this we need to download the Windows 11 KB5035853 offline installer from the Microsoft catalog. Once done, cycle your gear to apply changes. Windows 11 Moment 5 Features whats new? Latest windows 11 moment 5 update include number ofnew featuresand improvements to existing ones....

March 22, 2024 · 2 min · 260 words · Angela Porter

E-waste growing at five times the rate of recycling, UN report finds

That means we’re creating a lot of electronic waste. It doesn’t include waste from electric vehicles. By 2030, the amount of e-waste produced in one year is predicted to hit 82 million tons. E-waste creation and recycling rates vary across the world. Europe creates the most at 17.6kg (38.8 pounds) per capita while in the Americas it’s 14.1kg. “The latest research shows that the global challenge posed by e-waste is only going to grow....

March 22, 2024 · 1 min · 101 words · Sarah Garcia

Helldivers 2 emerges as best-selling game in February, PlayStation 5 the best-selling console

Not surprisingly, the squad-based shooter was the best-selling game in both the United States and Europe last month. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 5 was crowned the best-selling console in terms of both unit and dollar sales. It was also the best-selling year-to-date (end of February) game. Piscatella posted a series of charts from Circana. Fortnite was the most-played game on the PS5 in February (Helldivers 2 was seventh). Epic’s shooter was also the most-played game on the Xbox series....

March 22, 2024 · 1 min · 93 words · Barbara Harrison

The OLED Burn-In Test: One Month Update

There’s also dividers between apps when using side by side apps. This is completelynothow you should be usingan OLED monitor, even for productivity work. We have purposefully been using a 4K OLED monitor in ways that will cause permanent burn-in. I want to find out. To establish a few more parameters for this test: The monitor we’re using is theMSI MPG 321URX. We plan to make this a series to find out....

March 22, 2024 · 1 min · 156 words · Brittany Kennedy

Amazon and other retailers are being investigated for selling illegal wireless signal jammers

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March 21, 2024 · 1 min · 3 words · Diana Smith

Formula 1 chief retires "impossible to navigate" Excel spreadsheet used to manage car parts

Williams F1 team migrates to a new digital system WTF? As Ars Technicahighlights, the colossal Excel file tracked roughly 20,000 individual race car parts. Vowles said the intricacies often meant humans had to work out the details. And that’s exactly where we are," he said. As overwhelming as the situation sounds, Excel may very well be the right tool for the job. The problem, then, would lie in the structure and foundation of the file....

March 21, 2024 · 1 min · 111 words · Justin Newton

Microsoft, Meta, X, and Spotify file legal brief supporting Epic Games fight against Apple

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March 21, 2024 · 1 min · 3 words · Jonathan Brown

Nvidia provides MediaTek with its "next-generation" AI chip for novel automotive SoCs

The new platform is based on Armv9-A CPU cores and a 3nm manufacturing process. According to MediaTek, it is specifically designed to meet the demands of the automotive market. Next-gen entertainment is assured, with AI-enhanced video feeds and AAA gaming experiences. Meanwhile, safety authorities are advocating for car manufacturers to reintroduce physical buttons because touch screens aredeemed insecure. Perhaps we should ask a chatbot to help solve that issue? Featured on TechSpot

March 21, 2024 · 1 min · 72 words · Ms. Tina Davis

TSA fail: Man arrested for stealing boarding pass QR codes with his phone's camera

The man was on a Delta Airlines flight, trying to find an empty seat. Wicliff Yves Fleurizard is a ski bum from Texas who was on a snowboarding excursion in Utah. However, he needed to return home to meet with his family, who were flying in from Florida. He remained in the lavatory until the plane was ready to taxi. He then exited and headed straight to the aft restroom....

March 21, 2024 · 1 min · 116 words · Patrick Richards

Failed gamble on electric vehicles has cost Hertz CEO his job

Consumers' unwillingness to rent EVs has cost at least one high-profile CEO his job. According to CNN, it is the firm’s most significant quarterly loss since 2020. A fair portion of the downfall stemmed from Scherr’s failed bet on EVs. Ultimately, the company only bought 60,000 electric cars before pulling the plug on its EV plans. The company expects to take a $245 million hit related to the sale due to depreciation....

March 20, 2024 · 1 min · 138 words · Richard Butler