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The company now partially blames the decision for its latest disastrous earnings report. Furthermore, Intel’s restructuring plans might involve downsizing or ceasing development Arc desktop GPUs. The company is also reassessing GPU development over the coming years. When discussing the future, Gelsinger mentioned plans to streamline the company’s product stack to simplify development. This means fewer SKUs, with discrete graphics on the chopping block. Gelsinger said the market will have less demand for dedicated graphics cards in the future....

Developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA recently shared some harsh insights about Linux as a gaming platform. However, the developer has identified Linux as a path for various “impactful exploits and cheats.” For this reason, the studio chose to block all Linux gamers from joining Apex Legends sessions. The company says its decision will significantly reduce instances of cheating. To eliminate this cheat vector, EA decided to prevent Linux users from accessing the game....

The near equilibrium is understandable, considering many PC gamers also have consoles and vice versa. The parity is also influenced by a smaller fidelity gap between consoles and comparably priced gaming computers. Even if you lump PC handhelds into the console category, their software is interchangeable with desktops. One distinction Capcom does make is with mobile gaming. Nobody can argue that games are no longer a mainstream form of entertainment....

The full research can befoundin the Advanced Science journal. This innovation allows the researchers to eliminate the need for rare earth metals. To demonstrate the technology, the researchers integrated the conductive threads into a fabric swatch and a button. The threads have also shown stable performance in lab tests for over a year. Of course, significant challenges remain before we can reliably power devices with high-tech threads. Craighero notes that developing automated manufacturing processes will be essential for making wearable power generation commercially viable....

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EUV machines are essential for producing smaller, more powerful microchips, but they consume massive amounts of power. Worse yet, their thirst for electricity is only expected to grow significantly in the coming years. Put into perspective, that’s more than the total power usage of smaller nations like Singapore or Greece. The industry should invest more heavily in energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy sources, the report notes. Although reopening long-closednuclear plantsmay not seem like the most environmentally friendly option, the debate on this issue continues....

These chiplets are then interconnected using cutting-edge packaging technologies. But that’s not all disaggregated GPU designs also offer increased flexibility, customization, and modularity. Manufacturers could mix and match different chiplets to create specialized GPU configurations optimized for various workloads or market segments. Of course, Intel isn’t the only one eyeing this innovative GPU design strategy. Primary rival AMD has also filed patents related to chiplet-based GPU architectures in the past....

DigiTimesreportsthat Nvidia’s long-rumored AI PC chip will emerge in the third quarter of 2025. According to sources, the high-end platform willincorporateCPUs and GPUs. MediaTek is reportedlycollaboratingon a 3nm SoC with the GPU giant, and Dell might also be involved. Furthermore, Arm previouslysaidthat more manufacturers, likely including Nvidia, are set to enter the Arm PC market. Selling a consumer PC SoC represents a shift for Team Green, but it isn’t entirely new territory....

Is it time to ban payments to ransomware gangs? As such, you’d be forgiven for thinking that ransomware is declining, but it’s not. “The curve is going to flatten a little bit, which I guess is good news. But a record-breaking year is still a record-breaking year,” Liska told the publication. UnitedHealth paid the gang $22 million, one of the eight-figure ransoms Liska mentioned. Ransomware gang Radar (aka Dispossessor) also had its servers seized by the FBI....

However, the situation at the German storefront Mindfactory looks especially dire for the company. Given its recent problems, Chipzilla needs a win, but this lineup doesn’t seem to be it. Out of 32 listed CPUs, 28 are Ryzen 5000, 7000, and 9000 chips. Amazon has sold at least 100 Intel Core Ultra 7 265Ks, and that processor ranks 27th on Newegg. Understanding Arrow Lake’s worrying commercial debut isn’t difficult. Despite significant power efficiency improvements, the lineup could prove a misfire for Intel....

Oxfam, the British NGO that focuses on addressing global poverty, published areportexamining carbon inequality. The results make for startling reading. As bad as jets are, superyachts are worse. This is equivalent to 860 years of emissions for the average person. That’s the equivalent of 11 average people’s emissions across their entire lifetimes. It’s not just the their luxury toys polluting the world. Featured on TechSpot

That’s enough clean electricity to power over three million homes. The island will be constructed approximately 45 kilometers off the Belgian coast within the Princess Elisabeth wind zone. The plan includes specialized “hybrid interconnector” transmission lines that will link the island with neighboring countries. These hybrid lines will integrate with the wind farms, enabling two-way energy flows. The island’s foundations will be made of massive concrete caissons currently being constructed in the Netherlands....

At what cost? The Google boss added that this helps the engineers do more and move faster. AI-generated and AI-assisted code doesn’t have the best reputation. Featured on TechSpot