Nvidia’s RTX 5090 has run into trouble with the latest graphics driverThere are numerous reports that GPUs are no longer being recognized by PCs after the driver has been installedThe problem could be wrapped up in PCIe 5.0 compatibilityNvidia’s new graphics driver, which brings in support for the RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs, has been…
In streaming on X, Elon Musk’s xAI announced its new Grok-3 AI model, which has “more than 10 times” the computer power of its predecessor. According to a test conducted by the company, the new Grok-3 outperforms all the players, including DeepSeek’s V3, OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and Google’s Gemini.In addition, xAI added to Grok-3 the magical…
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The Swiss National Supercomputing Center, also known as CSCS, built and deployed a new supercomputer in collaboration with Nvidia and HPE. The machine, called Alps, came on line at the end of 2024, and is already listed as the world’s seventh most powerful supercomputer – and Europe’s second most powerful. Computer Weekly sat down with…
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Since 2021, Spotify has promised a High-Fidelity tier to compete with Apple Music and other music streaming services that offer better audio quality. Four years later, it seems the company is finally readying an official release — but it will offer more than just Lossless support. After all, unlike its competitors, Spotify will charge extra…
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Rumor has it there’ll be a press event for AMD RX 9070 GPUs at the end of FebruaryThis should be a big reveal, hopefully complete with pricing detailsIt makes sense that it’d come just ahead of a confirmed on-sale date of March for the RX 9070 and its XT siblingAMD’s RX 9070 models might be…
The worst possible news came out of Netflix this week, as the company announced another round of price hikes for all the Netflix plans. The company is doing it to support its content investments. That’s even though the giant streaming service announced it added nearly 19 million new subscribers in Q4, for a total of…
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OpenAI surprised the world on Thursday when it announced Operator AI agents for ChatGPT. Given the latest leaks, I knew the Operator launch was imminent, but I thought OpenAI would want to make a bigger deal about releasing its first AI agent that can do things for the user.It turns out Operator doesn’t need much…
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The iPhone 17 series is expected to have several design changes following a few years of similar styling. Among the differences is a narrower Dynamic Island, thanks to Apple’s rumored ability to hide some of the Face ID sensors under the panel.This design change is said to be coming to the iPhone 17 Pro models,…
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Thousands of unionised drivers working for ride-hailing apps are striking to demand better pay and workplace safety protections, in line with court decisions that have said drivers should start being paid as soon as they log in. First announced by Addison Lee drivers who staged a similar strike action in September 2024, drivers with Uber…
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Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of “democracies”. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in a blogpost published Jun 2018, previously outlined how the company would “not pursue” AI applications that “cause or are likely…
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