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Nuclear Fusion HPC: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

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The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is installing a new supercomputer named Sunrise, which is specifically designed to support nuclear fusion research. Based on AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware, Sunrise achieves approximately 6 exaflops at at 8-bit precision. That means it is capable of running six quintillion floating point operations per second. While it is…

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5 Common Android Phone Myths That Were Never True

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Mamun_Sheikh/Shutterstock It is incredible how many myths surround the Android smartphone ecosystem today. Some of these misconceptions were born of early comparisons to Apple when these Android devices were making their mark in the late 2000s. In 2008, the HTC Dream was the first direct competitor to Apple. When that phone came out, the design…

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The 8 Best Budget Smartphones For Frequent Travelers

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Kar-tr/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When the wanderlust bug bites, there’s no stopping people from booking tickets to exotic, unexplored locations and getting lost in the culture and history. Most people won’t bat an eye before taking their phone to these locations, capturing the sights and navigating the…

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Intel’s new Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs promise a big boost for gamers — and they’re surprisingly affordable

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Intel revealed new Arrow Lake Refresh processorsThey are the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K PlusBoth offer core count increases compared to their Arrow Lake predecessors — and a sizeable boost in gaming performance to the tune of 15%Intel has released a pair of new desktop processors, which are refreshed…

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‘RAM prices are genuinely insane now’: DDR5 gets even more expensive, with more price-hike misery likely to come

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DDR5 RAM prices have reached new highs in the USEven the cheapest 32GB kits can’t be had for less than $360That’s 20% more than two months ago, as system RAM keeps getting more expensive despite previous signs that the crisis was abatingRAM pricing continues to prove seriously painful with DDR5 modules, and the situation at…

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5 USB-C Gadgets You’ll Use Every Day

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Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There used to be a time when your home and personal gadgets needed to be charged or powered with different cables. Your phone had micro-USB, your laptop used a barrel plug, and your portable speaker required a mini-USB. These days, though, the USB-C port…

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Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

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Health workers are urging NHS decision-makers not to sign contracts with controversial US data analytics firm Palantir, citing ethical concerns around human rights and data privacy. In 2023, Palantir won a seven-year, £330m NHS England contract to deliver the Federated Data Platform (FDP), a nationwide system intended to connect disparate healthcare data from across the…

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‘Your RAM died for this’: Nvidia reveals DLSS 5 as the ‘GPT moment for graphics’ — and the accusations of AI slop pour forth

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Nvidia has announced DLSS 5 at GTC 2026This is a “real-time neural rendering model” (AI) to revamp lighting and improve graphics in PC gamesThe reaction has been broadly negative across social media, with plenty of concerns about the direction Nvidia is now heading inNvidia has revealed DLSS 5 at GTC 2026, and is calling the…

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NetApp targets E-Series at AI and neoclouds with EF50 and EF80

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NetApp has refreshed its E-Series line with two all-flash models – the EF50 and EF80 – aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) training, inferencing and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The launch comes with a claimed performance boost of 2.5x for these E-Series arrays. E-Series has long been the speedy option in NetApp’s portfolio for applications that…

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Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows

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Nordea expects to shed 1,500 jobs in the next two years with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The bank, which has about 30,000 staff, disclosed its plans to change the “workforce composition” to investors, with €190m in planned restructuring costs. Nordea’s 2030 strategy was announced in November 2025. At the time, the bank said:…

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