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In a sudden moment of thermal shock, a $5,000 RTX 5090 ended up cracking under pressure when too much voltage was pushed to the core at once. The dead card aided in achieving a world record in Geekbench 5 GPU Compute before, with the help of liquid nitrogen.
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For most adventure games, the long-term goal can often focus on solving a grand mystery or chasing a lost artifact of the past. But for the upcoming Mixtape, from publisher Annapurna Interactive, it sets its sights on the misadventures of young friends enjoying their last days together before moving on. It's the type of narrative adventure game that shines a light on how good music can bring people together, and... Read more ›
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Four years ago, right around the time the concept of the metaverse became fashionable, I wrote a post calling it a “dystopian nightmare.” I argued that instead of diving into virtual worlds, we should all do more to connect with the real world around us. Time will tell if the metaverse will eventually come to fruition, but with global business and leisure travel, as well as live event attendance, blowing... Read more ›
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After living in Denver for six years, I thought the city felt too crowded. Now that I moved, though, I love visiting for day trips and special events. Read more ›
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If Joe Rogan is any indication, February 2026 may go down as the month that the Epstein files saga cemented itself as a lasting political liability for President Donald Trump and Republicans. The podcaster has spent the last week discussing the disjointed release of files by the Department of Justice, analyzing emails and redactions, and […] Read more ›
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Tech billionaire Mark Cuban anticipated a huge jobs boom for young people to implement AI at companies. AI gurus say he's right. Read more ›
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In hacker spaces and at their homes, creative protesters are laser-cutting and 3D-printing tools to resist an occupation. Read more ›
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ByteDance is facing scrutiny over Seedance 2.0, an AI video tool creating Hollywood star deepfakes and sparking copyright concerns. Read more ›
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When we moved across the country, we got rid of our TV. We never got around to replacing it, and it's been great for our young daughter and lifestyle. Read more ›
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Yeli Heidecker and her husband built her mom a tiny home themselves to cut costs. They love the space, but they learned a few lessons along the way. Read more ›
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In this roadmap, we analyze what the future of Quantum Computing might look like over the next decade, including the future of qubit scaling, trapped ions, and superconducting chips. Read more ›
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China's draft safety update requires full-rim steering wheels from 2027, sidelining yoke designs and reinforcing a regulatory pivot toward practicality over futuristic automotive styling trends. Read more ›
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Netflix docuseries "Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model" explores the show's controversies, including that infamous race-swapping photoshoot. Read more ›
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Everything about the American economy right now feels weird. The hiring picture is weird; the stock market is weird; and AI infusion into work is very, very weird. But here’s a number that, if you think hard enough, is stranger — at least historically — than all the rest: 10.4 percent. That’s the share of […] Read more ›
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IBM is tripling its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, according to a new report. This stands in stark contrast to many of the country’s largest firms, especially in the tech world, which have conducted large-scale layoffs. Read more ›
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For the first time, researchers have shown that self-assembled phosphorus chains can host genuinely one-dimensional electron behavior. Using advanced imaging and spectroscopy techniques, they separated the signals from chains aligned in different directions to reveal their true nature. The findings suggest that squeezing the chains closer together could trigger a dramatic shift from semiconductor to metal. That means simply adjusting density could unlock entirely new electronic states. Read more ›
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The Saatva Memory Foam Hybrid has been chosen for Olympians. Could it be the one for you, too? Read more ›
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I moved to New York City to pursue a career in fashion journalism. After a few years at my "dream job," I felt burned out and had to redefine success. Read more ›
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Western Digital's production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years. Read more ›
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An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana. Read more ›
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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims that AI models will become powerful enough in the next 12 to 18 months that they would start replacing humans in white-collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers. Read more ›
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Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping. Read more ›
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Following the announcement of impending chip import tariffs in January, the Trump Administration is now planning to offer major U.S. tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon the ability to circumvent them. However, the number of TSMC-made chips exempt from the tariffs may be directly tied to the Taiwanese chipmaker's scale of investment in American operations. Read more ›
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The MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z unleashes a surprising amount of extra performance from Nvidia’s highest-end gaming GPU, thanks to dual power connectors and much higher power limits than the RTX 5090 Founders Edition. We’d go so far as to call it the best RTX 5090 yet made. Read more ›
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The Ampinel GPU power adapter finally goes on sale following a three-month delay, bringing real-time six-channel load balancing and meltdown prevention features Read more ›
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A frighteningly farcical series of events involving laser weaponry, the FAA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Pentagon has been retold by a trio of insiders talking to the WSJ. Read more ›
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John Carmack considers fiber as an L2 cache for streaming AI data. Read more ›
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Micron is the first SSD maker to introduce the world's first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 datacenter SSD. The Micron 9650 series is capable of speeds of up to 28 GB/s. Read more ›
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