AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D Is the First 3D V-Cache CPU for Laptops

From Tom's Hardware: AMD is bringing 3D V-Cache, which powers some of the company's best CPUs, to gaming laptops. At ChinaJoy in Shanghai, the company announced the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, which will launch on August 22 in the Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D gaming laptop.

The chip is a 16-core, 32-thread...

Infineon Is Using Circuit Boards That Can Be Recycled Using Hot Water

From PC Mag: Germany's largest semiconductor manufacturer, Infineon Technologies, is using printed circuit boards (PCB) that can easily be recycled by immersing them in hot water.

Infineon is experimenting with a biodegradeable PCB(Opens in a new window) developed by UK start-up Jiva Materials...

NASA Is Launching a Streaming Service

From PC Mag: NASA is set to launch an on-demand streaming service, as well as upgrade its app and revamp its websites to allow easier access to the agency's content.

"Our vision is to inspire humanity through a unified, world-class NASA web experience," says Jeff Seaton, NASA's chief information...

Elon Musk Backtracks on Making Dark Mode the Only Way to View Twitter

From PC Mag: Elon Musk’s willy-nilly approach to running Twitter was on full display yesterday after he declared that dark mode would become the only way to view the social media platform.

On Thursday, Musk tweeted about the upcoming change, claiming "It is better in every way." But about 15 hours...

Intel's Back in the Black, Says Arrow Lake Already in the Fab

From Tom's Hardware: Today, Intel announced it had generated its first profit in two quarters, raking in $1.5 billion in net income on $12.9 billion in revenue during the second quarter of 2023, and the company posted a more optimistic outlook than expected. Much of the success came on the back of...

Photoshop’s new generative AI feature lets you ‘uncrop’ images

From TechCrunch: Adobe is building on Firefly, its family of generative AI models, with a feature in Photoshop that “expands images beyond their original bounds,” as the company describes it.

Aptly called Generative Expand, the capability, available in the beta version of Photoshop, lets users...

'Call of Duty' Players Are Being Hit With Self-Spreading Malware

From Tom's Hardware: Call of Duty players returning to the 2009-launched Modern Warfare II are being targeted by hackers in a massive malware push that's able to self-replicate and spread through the game's multiplayer lobbies. Data collected on the incident seems to point to June 26 as its starting...

Apple's Next iPhone Could Have an 'Action' Button

From CNET: Your next iPhone might have an Action button. According to a report from MacRumors Wednesday, code in the fourth iOS 17 developer beta hints at functionality for an Action button on the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models.

Apple introduced the Action button on the Apple Watch Ultra...

Nvidia’s rumored GeForce RTX 4090 Ti now rumored to be canceled

From PC World: Nvidia’s ferocious GeForce RTX 4090 is a fire-breathing monster of a graphics cards, delighting gamers with 24GB of VRAM, unrivaled gaming performance, and steep power requirements to feed the beast. Its $1600 price tag is just as beastly. Nevertheless, gamers worldwide have been...

Android Phones Can Now Detect Rogue AirTags, No App Download Required

From PC Mag: Google is now rolling out an AirTag-detection system for Android.

Initially announced at Google I/O in May, these "Unknown tracker alerts" are arriving(Opens in a new window) on phones running Android 6.0 and up "this month," according to Erik Kay, Google VP of Engineering. So Android...

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