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Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x48GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

When it comes to investing, there are two principles I generally stick to. The first principle goes along with the saying that "time in the market beats timing the market". The reason why this is true is because it is basically impossible to consistently and accurately predict when the best time is to buy and when is the best time to sell. The second principle, in many ways an offshoot of the first, is it is basically impossible to beat the...

Kiwi Ears Altruva Review (Page 1 of 4)

I was talking to a friend, and he mentioned how he did not listen to music. As such, our whole group was looking for songs to recommend to him. It took me a while to wrap my head around this because of how often I do enjoy music. When I was growing up, I learned to play different instruments, and was in band throughout high school. Even nowadays when I am not playing an instrument, I usually have something playing in the background. However, I...

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. in a disruptive deal valued at $82.7B

From TechCrunch: In one of the most groundbreaking deals the streaming world has ever seen, Netflix announced on Friday its acquisition of Warner Bros. with an enterprise value of $82.7 billion.

This agreement involves both HBO Max and the HBO studio, marking one of the largest mergers in...

Elon Musk's X Hit With $140M Fine Over 'Deceptive' Blue Checkmark Design

From CNET: A Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Elon Musk's social media site X, formerly Twitter, is under fire in the EU following a two-year investigation into the platform's practices. On Friday, the European Commission slapped the company with a 120 million euro ($140 million) fine for...

OpenAI Unveils ‘Confessions’ Method to Make AI Models Honest

From eWeek: In all honesty, this AI development looks interesting… and long overdue.

OpenAI has introduced a new training technique that encourages advanced language models to explicitly admit when they break rules, cut corners, or “reward hack” during tasks.

The approach, described as a proof-of...

The New York Times sues Perplexity for producing ‘verbatim’ copies of its work

From The Verge: The New York Times has escalated its legal battle against the AI startup Perplexity, as it’s now suing the AI “answer engine” for allegedly producing and profiting from responses that are “verbatim or substantially similar copies” of the publication’s work.

The lawsuit, filed in a...

Asus Faces Hack Involving Company Supplier

From PC Mag: Asus is reporting that one of its suppliers was hacked after a ransomware group claimed to have stolen over 1TB from the company.

Asus didn’t name the supplier, but indicated it had lost some company data to the attackers. “This affected some of the camera source code for ASUS phones...

Intel admits it needs more Core Ultra 200-series wafers

From Tom's Hardware: Intel this week reiterated that it cannot meet demand for all of its client and data center processors due to insufficient supply, and specifically mentioned that it could use more Core Ultra 200-series Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake wafers to increase shipments of appropriate...

China's Starlink Rival Could Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi To Airbus Jets

From PC Mag: As SpaceX’s Starlink reaches deals with airlines to provide in-flight Wi-Fi, the company’s competition in China is starting to do the same.

The rival Chinese satellite constellation, Qianfan, is becoming an option to power in-flight Wi-Fi over Airbus jets. On Thursday, Qianfan’s...

PlayStation 5 Slim Gets a Sneaky, Pro-Level Upgrade

From ExtremeTech: Sony has quietly updated its PlayStation 5 Slim with a grooved heatsink design borrowed directly from the PlayStation 5 Pro, console modder Modyfikator89 shared via X this weekend. The new models, starting with the CFI-2116 revision, now feature precision-machined grooves around...