Valve creator Gabe Newell on the AI era: «There are a lot of people who have been successful simply because they were first»
In the same conversation with video blogger Zalkar Saliev, which is still being published in parts, Valve creator Gabe Newell discusses AI as a technological transition
Apple iPhone is now a cash register — Monobank launches «Terminal in a smartphone» for iOS
Previously, Monobank’s service for using a smartphone as a payment terminal worked only on Android.
Google officially revealed the Pixel 10 Pro — more images of the lineup have unofficially appeared
Google did not wait for the official date of the Pixel 10 presentation and showed the Pro model in a video.
Deepfake for €30,000: 76-year-old Belgian man travels to «his fiancée», the vice-miss of France, and meets her real husband
«I am Sophie’s future husband», — «Well, I am the current one». Another gullible person has suffered from a deepfake.
The collapse of artificial intelligence will destroy the world — AI companies are more overvalued than dot-coms in their time
Torsten Slok from the investment company Apollo Global Management warned about the risks of «pumping» money into artificial intelligence.
Humans are still better: a programmer beat OpenAI AI in a 10-hour coding marathon
Przemysław «Psycho» Dębbiak, a 42-year-old programmer from Gdynia, Poland, defeated OpenAI AI at the AtCoder World Tour Finals (AWTF) 2025 competition in the «Humans vs.
Ubisoft Annual Report: «Monetization in premium games makes the gaming experience more interesting»
According to Ubisoft, microtransactions in games for which gamers have already paid the full price are a kind of entertainment for them.
Casting of «The Witcher» confirms Toussaint in final season
The filming of the second part of the final season of «The Witcher» is underway, and this role leaves no doubt about Toussaint.
Microsoft closes Movies & TV store on Xbox and PC
Microsoft no longer sells movies? The company suddenly closed Movies & TV app, available on Xbox and Windows PCs.
Gabe Newell from Valve: «People who can't program but use AI will become more efficient than programmers»
In another part of the interview with YouTuber Zalkar Saliev, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell discusses AI and programming.
Monobank has created a skin card in honor of Usyk's victory — available only today
In honor of Oleksandr Usyk’s remarkable fifth-round knockout victory over Daniel Dubois, Monobank created a skin in the style of the Ukrainian Air Force messages.
ChatGPT says it is writing a 700-page book for users — scary and funny truth revealed on Reddit
The user believed that ChatGPT had written a 700-page, 500MB children’s book for him. Reddit was bursting with laughter when he asked how to download the book.
«Reanimation» AMD Ryzen 7 5800X for $30 — case of premature processor degradation
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processors are generally quite reliable, but this one degraded after a year of operation. And apparently, it had some mechanical damage.
«Destruction of money and time»: Gabe Newell from Valve criticized the business model «first presentation, then think about how to implement»
In an interview with YouTube, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell criticized modern venture capitalism, which first attracts investments and then thinks about what to do with them.
YouTuber «faces» three years in prison for reviews of portable consoles for retro games
Creators of console games have fought emulators and game copying before, but this case is a new legal level.
Too fragile: Intel Raptor Lake processors can't withstand the heat in Europe
Intel processors behave strangely during the summer heat. This was reported by… the developer of Firefox.
Life in the Age of AI: an elderly couple traveled 300 km across Malaysia to see a building that doesn't exist
Humans are not critical of AI advice and creations, despite the high probability of «hallucinations» as well as deliberate hoaxes. These two people watched a misleading video and went on a trip.
First NVIDIA Neural Texture Compression tests — up to 90% less video memory consumption, twice as fast rendering
An enthusiast tested NVIDIA’s Neural Texture Compression in combination with Microsoft DirectX Raytracing 1.2 — the result is fantastic.
AI reviews are added to Google Discover — even less traffic for news sites
Google is preparing to introduce AI reviews not only in web search but also in Discover news feed. This is likely to reduce traffic to news sites like ITC.ua.
Team Group SSD with self-destruct button — boss will never see your little collection
Usually, the «boss button» in games or programs just minimizes the window, but this one is hardware and more radical. The Team Group SSD accessory will quickly destroy the drive itself or the data on it.
Fake Microsoft — international call center operated under the software giant
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Microsoft worked together to take down the fraudulent call center.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says AI is making him smarter and argues with MIT study
Jensen Huang reacted to the MIT study that identifies cognitive decline due to the use of AI. But be careful — NVIDIA still sells AI servers.
More than $50 million for placing a game in Game Pass — Microsoft manager leaks in his resume
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription makes dozens of the best games available and is quite profitable. But how profitable is it for their creators?
AT&T subscriber was charged $10,000 while traveling outside the US
Recently, «the big three» US cellular operators — AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, — receive a lot of criticism for unclear payments. And it seems to be for good reason.
The Sims 4's newest expansion has caused an outbreak of immaculate conception and pregnancies in the game
Enchanted By Nature, the latest addition to The Sims 4, has messed up something in the rest of the game. Many Sims are now marked as pregnant, even men and those who have not had sex.
Belkin cancels support for Wemo smart home devices — they will become scrap without official software
Many smart home devices rely on proprietary software or cloud services. It seems that someone’s home with Belkin Wemo devices will not be so smart.
The $500,000 Asus RTX 5090 ROG Astral Real Gold Edition contains 5 kg of gold
Say hello to the most expensive graphics card ever made. Asus RTX 5090 ROG Astral Real Gold Edition is made of gold.
Apple iPhone 17 Pro photos, Air and base model colors, and Dynamic Island adventures in new leaks
There are more and more photos confirming the design of the Apple iPhone 17 series. New information that is not yet supported by photos is also interesting.
Ukraine to be the first in Europe to launch Starlink mobile Internet
«Kyivstar» plans to launch new Starlink services this year. Their range and capabilities will be expanded over time.
AMD partners have received the first samples of Ryzen Zen 6, — Ukrainian insider tells technical details
The programmer and author of AMD’s processor customization utilities said that the company’s partners, including motherboard manufacturers, have already received engineering samples of Zen 6 processors.
NVIDIA's capitalization reached $4 trillion
NVIDIA became the first company in the world to reach $4 trillion in market capitalization. It is also the most valuable company in the world and in history.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after Grok's anti-Semitic demarche
After two years at the helm of Elon Musk’s X, the social network’s CEO Linda Yakkarino has announced her resignation. This happened against the backdrop of another scandal with Grok.
The war of the future: «The Third Assault» attacked and captured the Russians exclusively with the help of robots
«The third assault» claims to be the first confirmed successful assault in modern warfare on the positions of the Russian occupiers exclusively with the help of air and ground drones.
An extra finger gets in the way of a gamer on Steam Deck — Reddit community helps
An extra thumb may seem convenient for using portable consoles, but for this Steam Deck owner, it’s a nuisance.
Competent requests in ChatGPT can save lives — it is better not to make typos
It turns out that AI chatbots like ChatGPT are extremely sensitive to spelling. This was revealed during the study of medical AI chats.
Processor for $12,800: AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX test in Geekbench
The new AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX chip with 96 cores costs €12,300 in Europe and about $12,800 in the US.
Grok is our elephant: AI chatbot xAI powerfully smashes Russians with the truth about their invasion of Ukraine
On the information front, help has come from where it was not expected. Grok explains to Russians in an accessible and witty way who is to blame for the Russian-Ukrainian war.
OnePlus unveils 11" Pad Lite tablet — more memory with LTE only
The OnePlus Pad Lite has entered the global market, and the available configurations are a bit strange. Also, the tablet is not the cheapest.
The test of «clean» and «dirty» Windows 11 in games gave an unexpected result
It’s a common belief that a «clean» Windows 11 installation will run games better than a long-time user. We tested both in programs, tests, and games.
OnePlus Nord 5 — exceptional selfie camera and AI powered by Google Gemini from €449
The OnePlus Nord 5 smartphone has just been introduced to the global market, just like the Nord CE5 and other gadgets from the company. The non-CE model has a more powerful processor, better cameras, and a better display.
China — Apple's new main market? iPhone outpaced local brands due to government subsidies, and the US faces tariff risk
Apple doesn’t seem to be too concerned about moving production to the US. Due to the favorable conditions in China, the iPhone is overtaking local brands in popularity.
Former Intel CEO Pat Helsinger says he underestimated the role of AI — but would do the same
The former Intel CEO told Japanese journalists about the role of AI in the semiconductor industry, investments, new duties, and more.
«Resuscitation» NVIDIA RTX 5090 with a cracked board — when «the patient» is worth it, and «the operation» reveals hidden flaws
It’s a long story about restoring a physically broken NVIDIA RTX 5090. Probably, some other video card should have been thrown away, but this one is too expensive.
The world is the other way around: an AI robot writes letters manually, and people have forgotten how
Probably, progress has gone wrong if humans have lost the skills to create handwritten text and an AI robot has learned how to do it. Handwrytten offers exactly that.
For the first time in 4 years, Windows 11 has outpaced Windows 10 — but not in Ukraine
Three months before its fourth anniversary, Windows 11 surpassed the previous version in market share for the first time. Windows 11 was released on October 5, 2021.
Gamer turns Honda CR-V into a controller for Need for Speed Underground
Enthusiasts do game controllers from anything, but a whole car — but this one seems to be a record. The YouTuber made a Honda CR-V 2012 controller for Need for Speed Underground.ё
The first teaser of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 — CD Projekt RED and Netflix announced the second season
CD Projekt RED has announced the second season of the Cyberpunk anime series: Edgerunners 2 from Netflix, with events in the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
Elon Musk announces the creation of a political party
After the passage of the «great big beautiful law», which Elon Musk opposed, he announced the creation of the «American Party». It will probably do well with funding.
A Russian drone «Gerbera» with a camera was shot down over Kyiv, which means an enemy repeater in the rear, — «Flash»
A well-known military-technical expert spoke about a Russian «Gerbera» drone with a camera found in Kyiv. This may indicate treason or sabotage.
Where is $100 million? OpenAI employees switched to Meta and did not receive the bonus Sam Altman talked about
Three former OpenAI employees moved to Meta, where they did not receive the sky-high bonus that their ex-employer Sam Altman recently told them about.
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