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Some 15,000 Intel job cuts have been announced by the company, as it implements a $10B cost-reduction program to try to resolve its financial difficulties. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told employees that revenues have not grown in the way the company hoped, with a belated acceptance that Apple’s Mac business is gone forever one likely factor in that reality-check …

15,000 Intel job cuts announced, with Apple and Microsoft key factors in the decline

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There’s no question that Nvidia has been the firm to profit the most from the recent boost and AI revolution, as it recently became the third most valuable company on the planet, ahead of Alphabet and Amazon, and for a time in June, it even took the top spot, rising above Microsoft and Apple.All of the big tech players want to be involved in AI, but few want to be dependent on Nvidia, and for that reason, many are seeking alternatives where possible. Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly in the process of planning a data center project which would include...

OpenAI is talking to $700 billion chip giant you've never heard of to produce chip capable of rivaling Nvidia — Broadcom is bigger than Intel, AMD, Arm and Qualcomm together

Gaming enthusiasts are no longer the only party in town patiently anticipating NVIDIA GPUs; investors bent on the AI craze are just as anxious. In its fourth quarter earning call, Super Micro Computer reveals that the new Blackwell GPUs from NVIDIA are simply not ready yet. The highly anticipated NVIDIA...

NVIDIA Blackwell GPU Delay Rumor Resurfaces As Supermicro CEO Speaks Out

Samsung recently rolled out One UI 6.1.1, the latest version of its in-house user interface, for the new Galaxy Z Fold6 and Flip6 foldable phones. As it turns out, there's a new feature that was recently discovered, but not officially mentioned, by Samsung, and it should make it easier for owners of those phones to stream apps to Windows PCs.

Samsung's latest One UI update should make streaming phone apps to Windows PCs easier

It looks like we’ll be seeing Intel’s upcoming Battlemage GPUs before the end of the year. Intel reportedly held a conference with Asus today that covered everything from updates to Intel’s current instability crisis to upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs. But an interesting tidbit about Battlemage GPUs, which are gunning for a slot among the best graphics cards, is what stood out.

Intel’s highly anticipated new graphics card is releasing before the end of the year

Micron just announced an important milestone: It’s working on the world’s first PCIe 6.0 SSD, and it sure looks like it’s going to offer blisteringly fast speeds. Micron promises to deliver sequential read bandwidths of over 26GB/s — quite a feat, considering that the fastest SSDs out right now max out at 14.5GB/s.

The next SSDs may be over 80% faster

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

The Chromecast is going away after more than a decade in Google’s hardware portfolio, with the company phasing it out to make room for the new Google TV Streamer. In 2013, the timing was perfect for the Chromecast’s success. Most TVs of that era had rudimentary entertainment apps that were often slow, so beaming content from your phone to a TV made a lot of sense.

Why Google decided now’s the time to move on from Chromecast

With Apple's fall launch approaching, lots of rumors are swirling about what might be coming. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the rest of the Apple computer lineup could get the new M4 chip either this fall or in the spring. In his regular Apple rumor column, Gurman said Apple is...

Gurman: Several New Macs on the Way This Year

After Disney agreed to buy Comcast’s 33 percent stake in Hulu with an initial payment of $8.6 billion, the two companies entered arbitration to determine Hulu’s fair value. Now, Disney says in an SEC filing that it could end up paying up to $5 billion depending on the outcome of arbitration.

Disney’s Hulu buyout could cost it up to $5 billion more.

Many PC gamers have been waiting with bated breath for a real non-bandaid fix for Intel 13th and 14th Gen instability issues. After months of reported problems, investigations, and workarounds, in July Intel finally said it had cracked the issue and would be rolling out a BIOS microcode fix come mid-August. It looks like the first of these are now officially rolling out from MSI and Asus.

MSI and Asus roll out first Intel instability fix for a range of motherboards with 0x129 microcode BIOS

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Herbie J Pilato

Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

Based on all the leaks and Google’s own marketing, we already know that the upcoming Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a design quite similar to last year’s OnePlus Open. OnePlus doesn’t (yet) have a new foldable ready to take on the latest from Google and Samsung, so for the time being, it’s instead releasing a limited edition of the Open in a crimson red color. That’s one way to squeeze some more juice out of the thing, right?

The limited edition OnePlus Open is the most striking foldable phone yet

Thousands of families have witnessed fake obituaries of loved ones crowd Google search results. As The Verge reported in February, the obituaries — which often appear to be AI-generated — target everyday people, not just celebrities, and are written to extract clicks and subsequent ad revenue from readers.

The ad companies making money off of obituary spam

The new Aibo Kinako Edition is the first to feature a two-tone finish on its face and will include two new eye color options. It will be officially available starting tomorrow in Japan, but Sony has also announced a ¥55,000 (about $374) price increase for its already pricey robot dog, citing the rising costs of raw materials.

Sony’s Aibo robot dog is getting a new colorway and a price hike.

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SAMSUNG is introducing tough new measures to prevent people from downloading dangerous apps - but not everyone is keen on the idea. The tech giant is preparing a free upgrade for Galaxy smartphones with a number of new features. Samsung's brand new Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Fold 6 will...

Samsung blocks phones from installing certain apps in latest shake-up and users say it’s ‘another annoying hindrance’

“It is one of the great honors of my life to have worked with all of you, hit those tough writing deadlines, and shared in the joy of opening up each new issue as it arrived to see the results of all that effort,” says former Game Informer EIC Matt Miller in a long letter on Bluesky.

A last letter from Game Informer’s former editor-in-chief.

PC Gamer

Of course, Ryzen 7000 chips are now much cheaper than they were in 2022.

AMD's new Ryzen 9000 CPUs are officially up to $50 cheaper than the old 7000 series were at launch

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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The New York Times is launching a hall of fame for the Mini Crossword. 25 solvers will get a spot by submitting scores from August 14th and August 21st, and if you make it into the hall of fame, you’ll get a personalized mini trophy that the NYT designed in collaboration with Kazuya Washio.

Mini glory.

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Should we do a big screaming headline about Intel BIOS updates?

Please help us get the word out to all Raptor Lake desktop users, especially i9 users, in big screaming headlines that they need to update their...

Should we do a big screaming headline about Intel BIOS updates?

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