Acer was the first manufacturer to announce a gaming laptop based on the AMD Ryzen 8040 processors introduced yesterday. The new product, called Nitro V 16, is expected to go on sale in the US no earlier than March, and will appear in other countries in April. The laptop will start at $999 or €1199. Image source: Acer Source: 3dnews.ru
iKS-Consulting has published the results of a study of the commercial data center market in Russia. It noted that the pessimistic forecasts of experts were only partially confirmed, and the data center industry in Russia in 2022 did not reduce turnover, but increased the number of introduced rack spaces by 10,8% year on year. At the end of the study period, the number of rack spaces in Russia amounted to 58,3 thousand. At the end of 2023 […]
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General (OIG) inspected the Oak Ridge National Laboratory data center, which is home to advanced supercomputers, including the world's first exascale system, Frontier. According to The Register, the results leave much to be desired. Last September, OIG received a statement regarding the need for quality assurance testing and equipment calibration (primarily […]
Google today unveiled Gemini, “the most powerful and flexible artificial intelligence model the company has ever created.” Gemini Nano is a locally running version of Google's new Big Language Model, designed to make your device smarter and faster without the need for an internet connection. Starting today, it works on Pixel 8 Pro, which also received a number of other […]
Developers Epic Games have released a cinematic trailer for LEGO Fortnite, the upcoming mode for their free-to-play battle royale Fortnite. Image source: Epic GamesSource: 3dnews.ru
Andrew Lukosko, Chief Engineer Hello folks! Today, the AlmaLinux OS Foundation is happy to share some important news regarding our ELevate project (a project that helps migrate between major versions of RHEL derivatives). Previously, ELevate only supported official repositories (completely excluding third-party ones). However, the AlmaLinux team has made significant improvements! We are happy to announce that the first step has been taken and EPEL support is now included in […]
A group of researchers from the Free University of Amsterdam presented a new attack technique SLAM (Spectre Linear Address Masking), which offers a new way to exploit microarchitectural vulnerabilities of the Specter class, in which data leakage occurs when translating non-canonical addresses, and to bypass canonicality checks, masking extensions provided in new processors are used linear addresses. The researchers published a toolkit with the implementation of the method and proposed […]
Google has published the release of the Chrome 120 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium in the use of Google logos, the presence of a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, permanently enabling Sandbox isolation, supplying keys to the Google API and transferring […]
Samsung-owned Harman International Industries owns a number of brands, including producing audio equipment under the JBL brand. The manufacturer was unable to prove in a Russian court that domestic Ural wireless speakers visually copy its products, thereby violating the law. Image source: ural-auto.ruSource: 3dnews.ru
The largest cryptocurrency by capitalization, Bitcoin, continues to gain momentum, surpassing $44 on Tuesday for the first time since April 000 and increasing in price by more than 2022% for the year. In turn, the second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) rose in price by 160% to $1,6, having increased in price by 2263,76 […]
Looking Glass has unveiled a 6-inch “holographic” display. The new product has a folding design: when folded, it fits into a pocket, and when unfolded, it is convenient to place it on a horizontal surface. The stereoscopic image on the display is visible to the naked eye, that is, without special glasses, which makes working with a three-dimensional image comfortable and suitable for perception by several people at the same time. Image source: […]
AMD has released a new graphics driver package, Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1 WHQL. It adds support for The Finals and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. However, the key features of AMD's new software are the redesign of the user interface, as well as the return of AMD HAGS technology, which helps the Windows Task Scheduler more efficiently manage the load on the video card. Image source: […]
