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    News U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for GPUs and servers — high-end gaming GPUs also subject to tracking

    Yupp, and I, for example, have strong reservations against some government being able to track my movements, especially a foreign one. Police here needs a warrant to track my phone, for example, but what about this? Doesn't sound like that protection applies here, honestly. Will it also affect...
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    News Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, withholds beefy models from region

    Excuse me, what the hell? That is utter nonsense. As someone else said above, they want to get as many drives into the US as possible before tarifs rise even more, nothing more, nothing less. EU is one of the biggest markets for these drives, outpacing GB. This claim makes absolutely no sense. I...
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    News Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products

    So? Who would do that nowadays, with intellectual theft around every corner? On the article. This is really cool. I can imagine that this is part of how they want to handle the EU initiative to entice people to repair their stuff, instead of throwing it away and creating unnecessary waste. Just...
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    News AMD RX 9060 XT GPU retailer listings start at $450

    Fun fact. The 5060Ti 16GB, in Europe, has an MSRP of 450€, too. Meaning, if this really is the MSRP for the AMD card, they truly lost it. Here is and overview of all GPU prices from last week, I can’t redo it right now. Meanwhile, the same cards are not available, or priced quite a bit higher...
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    News Windows 10 support is ending — but End of 10 wants you to switch to Linux

    I run Solus OS (standalone Linux distro) on one of my systems, and outside of wishing for HWINFO64 and Afterburner, I had no issues so far with getting stuff to run. Usually, it is as simple as installing the program. It also mostly looks like windows. It runs stable, fast, and doesn't eat 5...
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    News AMD posts highest quarter result ever — Strong CPU sales, but GPUs and gaming trail behind

    In the US, maybe. In Europe, all cards, be it Nvidia or AMD, are available, and most Nvidia cards even below MSRP. AMD are currently all over MSRP, but they are available. Oh, and even with sales tax, they are cheaper than in the US. I wonder why that might be^^
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    News Microsoft will soon allow AI to change your Windows 11 settings

    "CoPilot, adjust my internet settings to make them more secure" would be a user request, for example. As someone else said, there are quite a few people out there who are tech illiterate. I mean, my dad is a retired systems manage (though it has been over 20 years since he stopped), and even he...
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    News Nvidia warns U.S. AI hardware export rules could backfire, empowering Huawei to define global standards

    Not quite correct. Many of those nations are strictly limited in how many of those GPUs they can buy, including, for example, Israel and quite a few EU countries. Here are the unrestricted countries: From this article...
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    News Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs make a small splash in the Steam Survey — AMD RX 9000 GPUs remain absent from the list

    For Germany: All cards are currently available, and prices are looking really good for the most part across the board, except the absolute top. RTX 5090: 2698.99€ (MSRP: 2229€) RTX 5080: 1138.99€ (MSRP: 1119€) RTX 5070Ti: 836.99€ (MSRP: 879€) RTX 5070: 584.90€ (MSRP: 649€) RTX 5060Ti 16GB...
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    News Energy use in a Kuwaiti city fell by over 50% after authorities cracked down on crypto mining

    Okay, I'm curious. What about "we have measured increased temperatures and more extreme weather phenomena ever since starting logging, and we actually have to correct for drastically increased carbon emissions when doing isotope studies that predate the industrial revolution" is debatable? We...
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    News Microsoft finally retires Skype after 22 years of service

    Skype still existed? I didn't even know! Been years since I last used it, lol.
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    News Brain interface used to edit YouTube video — paralyzed Neuralink patient also uses AI to narrate with his own voice

    That makes it even more important to enforce strict ethics. Unless you see people like this as expendable I guess. The problem is that this can easily be a slippery slope, leading to certain people being labeled as expendable and, thus, appropriate subjects for experiments with high probability...
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    News Taiwan's government strengthens 'silicon shield,' restricts exports of TSMC's most advanced process technologies

    I would frankly just stop arguing at this point. There is no point arguing against delusion, even though you are 1000000% correct. Living in Europe, I can state with certainty that I know not a single person who wants to live in the US, and claiming that "nobody cares about health insurance"...
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    News Brain interface used to edit YouTube video — paralyzed Neuralink patient also uses AI to narrate with his own voice

    Now this is a use AI I can get behind with. But as bit_user said. Just hope that it won't end badly for the people using the device. I'm not a fan of animal testing, and this is one of the more horrific examples of it. It is something that needs especially high ethical standards, which clearly...
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    News RX 9070 GRE pre-orders go live in China — May 8 retail, $575 MSRP, and 6% faster than the RX 7900 GRE

    AMD released duds before, it's not just Nvidia. The 7800XT was no better than the 6800XT, sometimes worse. Look here for example: https://www.hardwaredealz.com/produktvergleich/amd-radeon-rx-7800-xt-16gb-vs-amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt-16gb The difference is literally even less than this time around...
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