This past weekend, a post reading "Someone uploaded 'The Odyssey' full movie on X. Can you believe it?" amplified an upload from an account that's since been suspended. Variety confirmed it was a genuine, high-quality copy of Christopher Nolan's film, and it pulled in over 2.1 million views in roughly...

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$2 million, 1,760 consoles, one supercomputer.

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CXMT, short for ChangXin Memory Technologies, is one of several major players in the memory market that are profiting from the ongoing AI boom. At present, CXMT ranks fourth overall with an eight percent share behind Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron with shares of 36%, 29%, and 24%, respectively.

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At a technical level, the deal is built around closer integration between Broadcom's ASIC designs and Samsung's manufacturing stack. Broadcom's next-generation communications chips will be produced using Samsung's sub-2-nanometer process, putting them at the leading edge of chip scaling, where efficiency and heat management are becoming increasingly challenging.

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Minecraft: Java Edition now officially recommends 16GB of RAM, and that's just the starting point. Mojang recently explained that the wildly popular sandbox game is getting a more modern baseline for its system requirements, acknowledging that some players with aging systems will be disappointed as the company works to keep...

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The Xbox network outage started at 5:30am ET on Monday, and hours later Microsoft still hasn't said what's causing it or when it'll be fixed. Downdetector spiked with thousands of reports before Xbox's support page caught up and confirmed the issue.

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GrapheneOS is a security focused mobile OS for Google Pixel phones (soon Motorola). Based on Android's open source roots, it adds extensive hardening features, stronger app sandboxing, and granular permissions while allowing users to install Google Play services as regular apps. The project has grown past 400,000 active users. Its tools recently made the headlines after prosecutors treated the OS's remote wipe feature as evidence.

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The Ryzen 9 9950X3D can now be found for $569, a significant reduction from its $699 launch price. AMD's 16-core Zen 5 flagship continues to rank among the fastest desktop CPUs for both gaming and content creation.

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ConroyyJenkinss wrote on the Steam Deck subreddit that he'd had enough of family members leaving his Steam Deck battery flat after using it. His response was an effective, if slightly extreme, response.

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The crossword puzzle updates daily and pulls from current news topics. Clues are drawn from stories Particle has already processed, and users can click through to the articles for context. Users click a square to move between across and down, type in answers, and use the hint button if they...

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Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing (IVCM), the company behind what could become California's largest AI data center, is suing the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) after the publicly owned utility rejected its application for water.

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Denuvo was only added days before release, after pre-order sales had already begun. That timing caught some players off guard, since the company had not flagged the DRM earlier. It also reignited a familiar debate in PC gaming over whether anti-tamper software protects sales or just adds frustration for paying...

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Reports that Apple is developing smart glasses go back years now. It was recently revealed that the product, codenamed N50, was set to be introduced this year ahead of its rollout in early 2027.

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The Picco has a 3.97-inch front-lit black-and-white e-paper display, along with expandable storage via an SD card slot. Those features place it in the ultra-compact category that Xteink has helped popularize, where the appeal is less about general-purpose features and more about being able to carry a dedicated reading device...

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In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the Industrial Revolution, but knowing how many students now rely solely on artificial intelligence for their answers, he secretly embedded instructions telling the AI...

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Rockstar clarified that the expiration period is only applicable to the PS5 version of the game in Japan and won't affect buyers in the rest of the world. The company also confirmed that codes purchased for the Xbox are not region locked and will not expire, but it did not...

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Speaking to investors and analysts at Intel's Q2 2026 earnings call on Thursday, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said that the company is working on several strategies to regain its CPU market share across the retail and enterprise segments, including bringing back simultaneous multi-threading with Coral Rapids in 2028. He added that...

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The case centers on Tunick's use of GrapheneOS, an open-source operating system that works on Google Pixel phones and lets users enter a passcode to wipe a device clean.

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Qualcomm issued a letter to its clients on Friday warning that its chips will soon become more expensive due to rising supply costs. The company develops chips that power most Android devices, numerous wearables, automotive systems, and a rising crop of Arm-based laptops, so the impact is expected to be...

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