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Computing, Software & Applications

A Gmail outage is delaying emails

November 30, 2023

Via: The Verge

Gmail experienced some issues with delayed emails for a few hours on Thursday. At 12:31PM ET, Google wrote on Gmail’s Workspace Status Dashboard that “customers impacted by this issue may see delay in sending the emails,” but at 5:03PM ET, […]


Computing, Hardware

Researchers use 2D material to reshape 3D electronics for AI hardware

November 30, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Multifunctional computer chips have evolved to do more with integrated sensors, processors, memory and other specialized components. However, as chips have expanded, the time required to move information between functional components has also grown. “Think of it like building a […]


Computing, Hardware

Hybrid phase-change memristors lead to new computing possibilities

November 30, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

By strategically straining materials that are as thin as a single layer of atoms, University of Rochester scientists have developed a new form of computing memory that is at once fast, dense, and low-power. The researchers outline their new hybrid […]


Computing, Hardware

Old RTX 3080 GPUs repurposed and modded for Chinese market as 20GB AI cards with blower-style cooling

November 29, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

Repurposed batches of “RTX 3080 20G AI” cards featuring blower-style coolers and with 20GB GDDR6X are being spotted in large quantities over in China, stored and sold via AliExpress. These are yet another attempt to work around U.S export controls […]


Computing, Operating Systems

Windows 11 users should fire up Paint now to check out this superb new AI-based feature

November 28, 2023

Via: Techradar

Windows 11 users are getting the Paint app bolstered with a really smart addition on the AI front. This is the introduction of Dall-E 3 support to Paint, or as it’s known in the app, Cocreator. If you’ve seen the […]


Computing, Hardware

AMD Ryzen 8000G APU specs, benchmarks, and release date leaked

November 28, 2023

Via: TechSpot

As you can see below, performance in synthetic benchmarks and games looks mighty impressive compared to Ryzen 7 5000G series hardware. In games like Doom Eternal and Cyberpunk 2077, one could expect up to 200 percent better performance compared to […]


Computing, Software & Applications

FFmpeg 6.1 adds numerous codec and filters

November 27, 2023

Via: TechSpot

It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be […]


Computing, Software & Applications

How to write reusable Java code

November 22, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Writing reusable code is a vital skill for every software developer, and every engineer must know how to maximize code reuse. Nowadays, developers often use the excuse that there is no need to bother with writing high-quality code because microservices […]


Computing, Data Management

Using Data Analysis to Improve and Verify the Customer Experience and Bad Reviews

November 22, 2023

Via: SmartData Collective

One of the trickiest things for businesses to navigate in the age of social media is the customer complaint. On one hand, companies (especially startups) should take customer concerns into account when considering improvements or design changes to a product. […]


Computing, Software & Applications

TypeScript 5.3 arrives with support for import attributes

November 21, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

TypeScript 5.3, an upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant that adds support for import attributes for ECMAScript modules, is now available as a production release. TypeScript 5.3 also offers features ranging from stable support for resolution mode in import […]


Computing, Hardware

Radeon 7900M trades blows with laptop RTX 4090 in Vulkan benchmarks

November 17, 2023

Via: TechSpot

Recent Vulkan benchmarks show the Radeon RX 7900M faring surprisingly well against the mobile GeForce RTX 4090. The minor difference between the two cards is surprising, given the gulf between their respective desktop variants. When AMD launched the Radeon RX […]


Computing, Hardware

Add Fast SSD Storage to Your Raspberry Pi 5 With the First M.2 HATs

November 16, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

The Raspberry Pi 5 introduced a new PCIe connector to the traditional “Model B” form factor, but as yet there are no official M.2 SSD HAT boards that can make use of it. Community efforts from luminaries such as Arturo182 […]


Computing, Software & Applications

New Windows App Lets You Access Cloud PCs From Anywhere

November 16, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

Microsoft has unveiled a new application, called the “Windows App,” which is a remote utility that provides users with a centralized location to control all of their remote desktop connections, including Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Dev Boxes, and even Remote […]


Computing, Software & Applications

Examining the mind’s eye of a neural network system

November 16, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

In the background of image recognition software that can ID our friends on social media and wildflowers in our yard are neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence inspired by how own our brains process data. While neural networks sprint […]


Computing, Software & Applications

YouTube teases AI tool that clones famous singers — with their permission

November 16, 2023

Via: The Verge

Google is testing new generative AI features for YouTube that’ll let people create music tracks using just a text prompt or a simple hummed tune. The first, Dream Track, already seeded to a few creators on the platform, is designed […]


Computing, Hardware

Western Digital Denies Hardware Issues With SanDisk Extreme Pro SSDs

November 15, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

Western Digital denied that some of its SanDisk Pro and other external SSD fail because of a hardware problem, as stated by the head of Attingo, a data recovery company, last week. In a statement released to PetaPixel, Western Digital […]


Computing, Software & Applications

ChatGPT has a scary security risk after new update. Is your data in trouble?

November 14, 2023

Via: Mashable

Thanks to new ChatGPT updates like the Code Interpreter, OpenAI’s popular generative artificial intelligence is rife with more security concerns. According to research from security expert Johann Rehberger (and follow-up work from Tom’s Hardware), ChatGPT has glaring security flaws that […]


Computing, Hardware

AMD CacheWarp Vulnerability Afflicts Previous Gen EPYC Server CPUs, Patch Issued

November 14, 2023

Via: Tom's Hardware

AMD and Graz University of Technology researchers have disclosed a new vulnerability in AMD CPU called CacheWarp, or CVE-2023-20592 (via ComputerBase). This attack exploits a security feature in EPYC server CPUs that’s supposed to make them resistant to hacks. The […]


Computing, Hardware

Nvidia is launching a new must-have AI chip — as customers still scramble for its last one

November 13, 2023

Via: The Verge

Nvidia is introducing a new top-of-the-line chip for AI work, the HGX H200. The new GPU upgrades the wildly in demand H100 with 1.4x more memory bandwidth and 1.8x more memory capacity, improving its ability to handle intensive generative AI […]


Computing, Hardware

AMD gains CPU market share in desktops, laptops, and servers

November 10, 2023

Via: TechSpot

According to Mercury Research (via Tom’s Hardware), AMD gained 5.8 percent unit share in desktops, 3.8 percent in laptops, and 5.8 percent in servers. In terms of revenue share, Team Red gained 4.1 percent in desktops, 5.1 percent in laptops, […]