Bangla press/Shutterstock Skype was a revolutionary video-conferencing platform that paved the way for apps like Zoom, Google Meet, and WhatsApp. For those unaware or who don’t recall, Microsoft purchased Skype back in 2011 to the tune of $8.5 billion — the company’s largest acquisition at the time. But in May 2025, Microsoft pulled the plug on…
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Nvidia GPUs have been suffering since the Windows 11 October updateThe Microsoft patch meant some PC games ran slower than expectedNvidia has deployed an emergency hotfix to resolve these issuesNvidia GPU owners who’ve been having problems with sluggishness affecting some games in the past month now have a fix for these performance woes in Windows…
Roman Mykhalchuk/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Buying electronics renewed is hit or miss. Sometimes, you get a like-new device or one that works great, while other times you get something that really was not taken care of with poor performance. When buying refurbished or renewed, you always want to…
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AMD is rumored to be enacting a 10% price hike on all Radeon GPUsSupply issues around VRAM are pushing up the price of memoryThe cost will be passed on to consumers, so Black Friday might be as cheap as GPUs get for quite a long timeIf you’re thinking about buying a graphics card, there have…
RAM price hikes are now worryingly hefty at retailersSome RAM kits are double or closer to triple the cost they were just a couple of months agoThis could have a knock-on effect on the Steam Machine, but rumor has it Sony has played it smart by building up RAM supply for its consoleThere’s a new…
Windows 11’s October update may have introduced a nasty gaming bugIt affects Nvidia GPUs, and Team Green rushed out a hotfix last weekWe didn’t realize how bad the bug was, though, and testing shows the frame rate hit can be huge – in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, it slows performance by 33% to 50%Nvidia pushed out…
Kevin Carter/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With over 10,000 stores, Walmart is one of the biggest retailers worldwide and a one-stop shop serving all customer needs — whether it be for groceries, apparel, or even electronics. Specifically for electronics, Walmart has a great selection of products in almost…
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Rumor suggests Nvidia could stop supplying partners with video RAMNormally, VRAM is bundled with the chip when sold to card makersIf true, Nvidia would leave the sourcing of VRAM to the individual makers – and that could be a real problem for smaller firmsNvidia might stop providing video RAM (VRAM) alongside its GPU chips when…
Acclaim Autism exists to help children with autism spectrum disorder, but before doing so, the Philadelphia-based company has to get approval from US health insurers. Founder and president Jamie Turner says this typically took six months with 80% of applications initially rejected. Insurer processes vary widely: public bodies are generally easier to work with, but…
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maxbelchenko/Shutterstock The heady smell of pine trees, the clean, fresh air filling your lungs, the gentle chorus of birds overhead, and the soft scampering of insects in the underbrush. There’s certainly a unique magic about being outdoors in the middle of nature, far from the noise and chaos of urban life. But a few conveniences,…
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