Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop CPUs should have 1.5x more AI performance with new NPU6 over Lunar Lake and Panther Lake with 50 TOPS and NPU4 chips.

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Recent analysis by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission reveals that Chinese research institutions, many of them closely connected to the People's Liberation Army, have patented a variety of mechanisms for cutting submarine cables.

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Instead of publishing the findings or commissioning further research, Meta's leadership shut the project down. Internal correspondence, cited in a lawsuit brought by US school districts, reveals that the company questioned the study's validity, attributing its results to prevailing negative press about social media.

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While the original PUBG helped ignite the battle royale craze nearly a decade ago, Black Budget is charting a different path. This time, Krafton is building a tactical extraction shooter centered on "exploration and discovery" instead of pure survival and combat. The game takes place on the mysterious island of...

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Microsoft has finally acknowledged it has a major performance problem with one of the core components of the Windows 11 GUI. File Explorer is now a shell of its former self, with users lamenting its poor performance, frequent bugs, and inconsistent interface decisions imposed by the AI-and-cloud-obsessed corporation over the...

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Last week, Pornhub sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft, urging them to adopt device-level age verification. As governments in the United States and the United Kingdom tighten rules on adult content, site-by-site identification checks push users toward workarounds instead of keeping minors off porn websites.

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The UK Royal Navy recently confirmed that the DragonFire laser has achieved a significant new milestone, targeting and destroying high-speed drones. Compared to traditional weapons, the energy-based system can provide a truly impressive cost-cutting benefit. It is also highly accurate and doesn't leave any ammunition shells behind.

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Roblox Studio lets anyone build games using its intuitive editor, drag-and-drop tools, and Lua scripting. With a huge library of built-in assets, templates, and real-time testing make it accessible for creators of all skill levels.

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According to CoinDesk, the lowly miner had a one in 180 million chance of solving a Bitcoin block on any given day. At roughly 6 TH/s, the miner accounts for just 0.0000007 percent of the Bitcoin network's total hash power.

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The graphical user interface for MS-DOS circa 1985

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Murthy has long been a controversial figure over his call for young Indians to work 70-hour weeks if they want to succeed and help the nation's economy. He doubled down his stance last year, saying he'd "take it to his grave." Murthy also said he didn't believe in work-life balance,...

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Chairman Brendan Carr said the earlier interpretation pushed CALEA beyond what Congress intended and would have led to cybersecurity rules that were too expansive on paper but weak in real-world impact. The January move, he argued, sought to turn a law intended to guarantee lawful intercept capabilities into a catch-all...

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We've covered several aspects of the memory shortage, including this deep dive into how AI demand is causing the problem and the way it affects GPU pricing.

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The International Defence Esports Games (IDEG) was launched in London last week. Over 40 allied nations are taking part, including Canada and Poland – no mention of the US' involvement. The move follows the UK's decision to officially recognize eSports as a military sport in 2024.

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The potential price of the Steam Machine has been hotly debated. With comparisons to the Xbox One and PS5 – and some using the "hybrid PC/Console" description – the expectation was that Valve would price the device closer to a console than a PC with the equivalent hardware.

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Intel's Core Ultra 9 386H "Panther Lake" CPU has leaked out, showcasing strong multi-core & single-core performance versus existing chips. Intel's Panther Lake "Core Ultra 9 386H" Stuns With Superb Single & Multi-Core Performance Against Existing Lunar Lake, Arrow Lake & Strix Lineups We have seen various Intel Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" prior to its official launch scheduled for CES 2026. The leaks cover specs, performance, and various aspects, but in regards to performance, what we've seen so far is based on engineering samples, which often do not run at the officially rated clock speeds. But it looks […]

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Apple is apparently looking for marginal cost savings and additional efficiency gains by moving more of its sales-related functions to third-party retailers, and is now resorting to gutting some of the seemingly extraneous sales-focused jobs as a result. Apple has laid off dozens of employees in its sales organization According to Bloomberg, Apple has fired dozens of employees in its sales organization as it aims to simplify and streamline the channel it uses to sell products to schools, businesses, and government entities. The recently gutted roles include account managers for major clients, including large businesses, educational institutes, and government agencies, […]

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The NPU6 will be significantly superior to the current NPU4 found on the Lunar Lake and will offer a better generational uplift compared to NPU5. Intel's Nova Lake Desktop Processors to Boast a Solid 1.5X Boost in AI Performance Through NPU6 Prominent leaker @jaykihn0 today posted on X, claiming that the next-gen Intel Nova Lake will boast a much superior NPU compared to the current-gen Lunar Lake series, as well as the upcoming Panther Lake. As you may recall, we recently reported on the new generation NPU being prepared for Nova Lake. Intel apparently doesn't want to stay at the […]

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