Fake AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D from OLX — how it differs from the real one
YouTuber der8auer bought «second-hand» an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D chip, which turned out to be a non-working, but very similar imitation. «The processor was purchased on OLX in Romania.
Penghui Energy announces solid-state batteries with a density of 280 Wh/kg and a price close to lithium-ion batteries
Guangzhou-based Penghui Energy has announced its first solid-state battery. The new development has an energy density of 280 Wh/kg. For comparison, current top-level lithium-ion batteries can reach 250 Wh/kg. But the main feature of this Chinese battery is its relatively low price. It costs only 15% more than a standard battery used in modern…
Motorola Edge 50 Neo - a compact smartphone with military-grade protection from €500
Motorola has introduced a new Edge 50 Neo smartphone and announced the start of global sales of the model Edge 50.
Neuralink is lagging behind: the Swiss have created a tiny chip that converts thoughts into text with 91% accuracy
This chip is superior to its counterparts in terms of size and efficiency.
«A used 1998 Tesla Cybertruck for $5800» sold in the US — what's wrong with that?
Someone from Georgia, USA, was selling a «1998 Tesla Cybertruck for $5800 on Facebook Marketplace. Elon Musk would have been very surprised, but the car has nothing to do with his company.
The first PC with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor — over 70 FPS in AAA games on the built-in Radeon 890M
ETA Prime YouTube channel has reviewed the first mini-PC with the new AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. The Soyo S9 AI computer has decent performance in games and will be released in two months.
The history of Apple Silicon: how Apple's ARM processors changed the computer industry
In 2020, Apple made a successful, correct and, without exaggeration, revolutionary step by announcing the transition to its Apple Silicon processors for Mac computers. This moment was the culmination of the company’s many years of work in the hardware industry, which began with the first attempts to create its own chips for the iPhone. The…
Deep-Live-Cam program for real-time face replacement during video broadcasting takes the Internet by storm
In recent days, the Deep-Live-Cam program has taken social media by storm. It creates high-quality facial expressions in real time.
How much memory does your video card really need in 2024
The system requirements for video games are growing every year, and marketers are only adding fuel to the fire to motivate gamers to upgrade their computers. In this article, we’ll figure out how much memory a video card will really need in 2024. We’ll consider modern AAA games, popular online projects, and immortal hits that […]
4K can wait: 60% of gamers on Steam are still loyal to 1080p
Survey Steam’s hardware and software survey revealed an interesting trend among gamers in 2024. Despite the availability of high resolutions, most platform users prefer 1080p for gaming.
The paint on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra for more than $600 peels off after a few days of use
Samsung has faced another problem with the quality of its products.
Hackers massively spoof UKR.NET and other services for phishing purposes — how to avoid data theft
In July, cybercrime in Ukraine intensified significantly. Hackers are hunting for personal data of citizens — for this purpose, in particular, they have faked the website UKR.NET
An enthusiast overclocks a CRT monitor to 700 Hz — but it's hard to play
A monitor with the fastest refresh rate can be a bit of a surprise. Especially if it’s an old IIyama Vision Master Pro 512 CRT overclocked to 700 Hz.
Windows 3.1 saved an American airline from CrowdStrike
Southwest Airlines, the fourth largest airline in the United States, was hardly affected by the CrowdStrike — problem due to the use of Windows 3.1. The chaos occurred only on airlines that used current Windows.
Intel Bartlett Lake-S processors for LGA-1700 with a strange configuration will be released in 2025, — unofficially
According to the leak, Intel’s Bartlett Lake-S desktop processors will be released in 2025. These are hybrid processors with new Bartlett Lake (BTL) cores, as well as Alder Lake (ADL) and Raptor Lake (RPL).
The US creates new drones: with a jet engine and a speed of 322 km/h
Wave Engine Corporation, a company founded by the University of Maryland, has developed a modern digitally controlled pulse jet engine for drones and shipped the first batch to customers. The engine has no moving parts.
Xiaomi's new «smart» factory will operate 24/7 without people and produce 60 smartphones per minute
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has announced that a new generation factory designed to produce smartphones will soon start operating. It is located in Changping, Beijing.
The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2007 (final)
The first Apple iPhone went on sale only in mid-2007, so many manufacturers were still following their developments after the announcement. After the unprecedented success of the apple phone, the world of mobile technology changed dramatically, and iPhones were swept off store shelves. For 17 years in a row, the Apple iPhone has remained the…
Huawei has announced its own programming language Cangjie
During the HDC 2024 developer conference, Huawei introduced its own Cangjie programming language. This language is positioned as a next-generation solution for smart applications for all scenarios.
The worst computer components of 2024: what not to buy
How to build a profitable computer without making serious mistakes? It is enough to know the worst computer components in 2024 to avoid them. We have conducted a detailed analysis of the market of new and used PC parts and are ready to share useful information with our readers. There are much more good and […]
The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2006
A year before the release of the first Apple iPhone, the world of mobile technology had no idea that the phone would soon be reinvented, and endless content consumption for 8-12 hours a day would become the norm for the majority of the population. In 2006, many good models were released, but the enthusiasm and […]
Engineer creates a case that turns iPhone into a portable Nintendo console
A worthy addition to the wave emulators of retro games in the App Store.
Apple iPod Classic with SSD, USB-C and Bluetooth in 2024 — the hardest part was opening the case
Brady Snyder of XDA likes to use his Apple iPod Classic music player in 2024, but is hampered by problems with the device, which is more than 20 years old. So he added an SSD, a USB-C port, and Bluetooth to the 2008 iPod Classic.
TCL shows the world's first 4K 1000Hz monitor
Monitor with refresh rate of 540 Hz has already been set, now it’s time for a new record. TCL has introduced the world’s first 1000 Hz panel, and not in some low resolution, but in 4K.
The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2005 (Part 2)
The year was 2005, and the Apple iPhone was two years away, but this year’s best phones don’t even come close to resembling what Steve Jobs had prepared for everyone. Those times were extremely rich in innovations, crazy shapes, and unique engineering solutions. Devices either became legends or crashed into oblivion, although there were…
Clippy is back: the paperclip assistant is available in Windows 11 via third-party open source utilities
Versions of Microsoft Office released between 1997 and 2004 used the paperclip-shaped digital assistant Clippy. Subsequently, the company abandoned it with the release of Office 2007, although there have been attempts to revive Clippy in various reincarnations: in Microsoft Teams, on «ugly» Christmas sweaters, in the form of a money clip. Now…
Lenovo unveils world's first notebook with LPCAMM2 memory — smaller size, better speed and power consumption
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 Workstation is the first laptop in the world to receive new LPCAMM2 memory modules from Micron. The new memory format is 64% smaller than DDR5 SO-DIMMs and 58% more energy efficient than LPDDR5X memory.
Only eSIM - the new iPad Pro and iPad Air are without a physical SIM card slot
New tablets iPad Pro (M4) and iPad Air are already available for ordering, and Apple’s website reveals some additional information about these devices that was not mentioned during the announcement.
Windows 11 24H2 will require chips with ARM v8.1 and SSE 4.2 — goodbye, Snapdragon 835 and older x86 processors
Windows 11 supports a variety of ARM processors from Qualcomm. According to the official documentation, a computer with a Snapdragon 850 or higher processor is required for support. However, PCs with a Snapdragon 835, the original Windows on ARM chip from 2016, can bypass the hardware requirements and install Windows 11 at their own risk. This may…
The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2004
The year 2004 was rich in innovations and brought a lot of new products that we will talk about today. We have collected the best phones exactly 20 years ago and continue to talk about the world of mobile technology until the Apple iPhone. Progress was unstoppable, mobile devices were becoming more affordable and functional, […]
A year with AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, or how wine matures
After a year of active use of the most powerful «red» graphics card, we are ready to share our impressions, experience, tips, and analysis. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a rather compromise product and could have been misunderstood at release, because a year after its release, the card has become the best, literally. […]
Instead of «dream vacation», advertising AI depicts a 50-year-old woman naked on a bed
The American lottery Washington Lottery was forced to remove its advertising AI application after it mistakenly generated a nude image in response to a rather banal request.
Goodbye, Lenna. Scientists were banned from using the legendary 1972 Playboy photo to illustrate articles
A fragment of a digitized portrait of Swedish model Lena Forsen, featured in a November 1972 Playboy spread, has been widely used in scientific papers to test and illustrate image processing algorithms (compression, noise reduction, blurring, etc.).
The best phones without OS: the golden days of Sony Ericsson
Smartphones have almost completely replaced proprietary mobile phones without an operating system, but this was not always the case. Moreover, before the advent of Apple iOS and Google Android, the best phones without OS were no less functional and convenient than smartphones, and the most advanced of them were not Nokia or Samsung, but Sony…
The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2002-2003
We continue our series of articles «The World of Mobile Technology before the Apple iPhone», where we talk about the best mobile devices that came out before the first Apple iPhone in 2007. Today, we’ll take a look at popular, technologically advanced, unique, and surprising phones and smartphones released in 2002 and 2003. In general,…
The century-old blue giant: the history of IBM
February 2024 marks two anniversaries related to one of the world’s largest information technology corporations: February 14 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the day when the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to IBM (International Business Machines), and February 17 marks the one and a half centenary of the birth…
Breakthrough in matrix multiplication should lead to faster and more efficient AI models
Computer scientists have discovered a new way to multiply large matrices faster by eliminating a previously unknown inefficiency, leading to the largest improvement in matrix multiplication efficiency in a decade. This could eventually speed up artificial intelligence models that rely heavily on matrix multiplication.
GPT4 is recognized as the best AI model in the chatbot arena
The LMSYS Chatbot Arena service has updated the rating of large language models of artificial intelligence. It allows you to evaluate which models are currently doing the best job.
Vodafone has received the 075 network code with a capacity of 10 million numbers
As expected, the NCCIR has issued a decision allowing Vodafone to use an additional mobile network code numbering resource in Ukraine. This will allow the operator to use another code with «five» 075.
The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2000-2001
The mobile phone as a device was invented twice: In 1973, when Martin Cooper called Joel Engel «wirelessly» and in 2007, when Steve Jobs introduced the first Apple iPhone. Since then, the world has never been the same. People are immersed in social networks and endless consumption of video/photo content, all thanks to a large […]
Alan Wake 2 patch should improve performance with Nvidia GTX 10 graphics cards (GTX 1080 Ti may double the number of frames)
Alan Wake 2 is about to receive an important patch that will improve the compatibility of the game’s engine with older GPU architectures that did not have Mesh Shading support. When the game was released last year, it required Mesh Shading support to run at the desired performance level. In fact, this resulted in older cards, such as the GTX…
Ookla: Vodafone pushed Kyivstar aside and became the new leader in mobile Internet speed in Kyiv and Ukraine
«Vodafone Ukraine» has overtaken «Kyivstar» to become the leader in terms of mobile Internet speed in Ukraine in Q3-Q4 2023, testifies updated Speed Score rating from Ookla (developer of Speedtest).
Neuralink turns reality into Cyberpunk 2077: what can the Telepathy chip do and how soon will humanity change?
At the end of January 2024, Elon Musk on his page on the X network (formerly Twitter) told about first implantation. Neuralink chip into the human brain. He claims that the chip, called Telepathy, will allow people to control their phones or computers with their minds. We tell you more about Telepathy itself, its level […]
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