Next-gen GPUs look big and hungry, and that's bad news TechSpot

Both kopite7kimi and Greymon55, established leakers in their own rights, seem to be in agreement that some of Nvidia's upcoming Lovelace GPUs will land somewhere north of the 400W range. These figures would presumably be for the top models of the RTX 4000 series, built on AD102 silicon, successors to...





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Samsung is raising chip fabrication prices to finance new foundries TechSpot

Last quarter, Samsung invested KRW 12.5 trillion ($10.9 billion USD) in their foundry division. Ben Suh, a representative of the company, told investors that "foundry investments focused on capacity expansions for advanced processes such as 5-nanometer EUV to respond to customer demand."





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Amazon hit with record $885 million fine for violating EU privacy rules TechSpot

Amazon seems to be doing relatively well under its new leadership, but the company's growth is slowing down and the shortcuts taken to achieve its gargantuan size are biting again. The retail giant has been fined a whopping €746 million ($885 million) after Luxembourg's National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) found...





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HyperX Cloud Alpha gaming headset is down to $70 TechSpot

The HyperX Cloud Alpha are among the best budget headsets you can buy right now for gaming and they perform just as well when listening to other media. They're down to $70 on Amazon from the regular $90-$100.





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Palit tells customers to avoid second hand graphics card used for mining TechSpot

With Ethereum hovering around $2,300 per token and difficulty back to more than 7.0P, crypto-currency mining isn't as profitable as it was earlier this year. Mineable crypto alternatives are not much better than Ethereum, leading miners to sell some of their cards to recoup costs.





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Download VirtualBox and give Windows 11 beta a try TechSpot

VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application that enables you to run virtual machines on top of your existing OS. You can download it free of charge for Windows, macOS or Linux.





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Microsoft releases first beta of Windows 11 TechSpot

Windows Insider is a software testing program that gives users access to pre-release builds of Microsoft’s operating systems. It follows a channel model in which each successive tier is increasingly stable, with the goal of helping Microsoft identify and mitigate bugs and flaws ahead of public releases.





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Panic sells its initial batch of 20,000 Playdate handhelds in under 20 minutes TechSpot

Panic said it would make even more for 2022, promising to adjust production based on demand. Judging by what we’ve seen thus far, they’re going to be very busy next year.





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Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except... TechSpot

The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard is the most widely used and was retroactively labelled Wi-Fi 5





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Stray is a compelling cat simulator heading to PlayStation and PC in early 2022 TechSpot

Stray is much more than a basic cat simulator. In it, you assume the role of a cat that has fallen into a mysterious and forgotten city, separated from its family and injured. You’ll need to use your feline skills to explore and survive the environment, solving puzzles and uncovering...





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Amazon releases first quarterly report under new CEO Andy Jassy TechSpot

Amazon has released its first quarterly earnings report with newly minted CEO Andy Jassy at the helm, who took over for founder Jeff Bezos earlier this month.





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Nokia's T20 Android tablet listed: a budget 10.3-inch slate to challenge Amazon and Samsung? TechSpot

It appears that the Nokia tablet, named the Nokia T20, has already been certified in Russia, according to NokiaMob. The publication found two versions of the slate, one with Wi-Fi-only connectivity and the other that uses 4G through a SIM card.





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Microsoft to pull Forza Motorsport 7 from online stores after September 15 TechSpot

Initially marred by a frustrating loot box system, Forza Motorsport 7 came with a plethora of cars and tracks, and it remains one of the most gorgeous ‘simcade’ racers currently out there. For the racing/driving fans who still haven't given it a try nearly four years later, now’s a good...





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Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million in class action battery-throttling lawsuit, vehicle owners to get $625 each TechSpot

CNBC writes that the OTA update arrived in 2019 after a Model S caught fire in Hong Kong. Tesla said the update, pushed out over an "abundance of caution," would revise charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles.





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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop Review: 4GB of VRAM Goes Backwards TechSpot

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti is a mainstream GPU for gaming laptops, sitting below the RTX 3060 in the product stack, and offering us a follow up to last year's GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 for laptops.





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Steam Client Beta includes revamped downloads page, storage management feature TechSpot

The changes are currently available in the Steam Client Beta program, which you can join by clicking on "Steam" in the top left corner of the client, followed by "Settings" and "Account." From here, click on the Beta Participation drop-down menu and select Steam Beta Update.





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AMD announces the Radeon RX 6600 XT, a $379 "1080p beast" that arrives on August 11 TechSpot

AMD isn’t making any Radeon RX 6600 XT reference cards, leaving it to AIB (add-in board) partners such as ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire, XFX and Yeston. Reports claim there should be better availability than what we’ve previously seen with new graphics card launches, but don't hold your...





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