IT News 9 months ago

Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age - The old Enermax gaming PC still has a few years left in it.... -

Tom

Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age

A little dusting and a couple of upgrades, and it

#gamingpcs #desktops

IT News 9 months ago

Michigan shuts down four unlicensed online casinos targeting state residents - The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has sent cease and desist letters to four... -

Michigan shuts down four unlicensed online casinos targeting state residents

#illegalgambling #michigan #casino

IT News 9 months ago

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals - A case over the US tech giant's dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome we... -

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

A case over the US tech giant's dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome web browser.

IT News 9 months ago

30 Years of Satellite Data Confirm Predictions from Early Models of Sea Level Rise - "The ultimate test of climate projections is to compare them with what has played ... -

30 Years of Satellite Data Confirm Predictions from Early Models of Sea Level Rise - Slashdot

"The ultimate test of climate projections is to compare them with what has played out..." says earth sciences professor Torbjörn T&oum...

#earth

IT News 10 months ago

DirectX speeds up game loads up to 10X with new advanced shader compiling — feature debuts with Xbox PC app on ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, more devices later - Microsoft moves shader compilation to the cloud, delivering... -

Tom

DirectX speeds up game loads up to 10X with new advanced shader compiling — feature debuts with Xbox PC app on ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, more devices later

Advanced shader delivery will cut initial game loading time by as much as 85%.

#videogames #pcgaming

IT News 10 months ago

Trump Confirms US Is Seeking 10% Stake In Intel - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After the Trump administrat... -

Trump Confirms US Is Seeking 10% Stake In Intel - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After the Trump administration confirmed a rumor that the US is planning to buy a 10 percent...

#intel

IT News 10 months ago

Windows Power Users Frustrated as Microsoft Forces Automatic App Updates - Microsoft has removed the ability to disable automatic app updates in the Microsof... -

Windows Power Users Frustrated as Microsoft Forces Automatic App Updates - Slashdot

Microsoft has removed the ability to disable automatic app updates in the Microsoft Store, according to screenshots from Deskmodder.de. Windows use...

#microsoft

IT News 10 months ago

CLEAR to launch biometric ‘eGates’ at Seattle airport to speed security in time for World Cup - CLEAR eGates match a traveler’s facial image with their identity document and boa... -

GeekWire

CLEAR to launch biometric ‘eGates’ at Seattle airport to speed security in time for World Cup

CLEAR eGates match a traveler’s facial image with their identity document and boarding pass. (CLEAR Photo) Security company CLEAR is partnering w...

#seattle-tacomainternationalairport #sea-tacairport #travel #clear #tech

IT News 10 months ago

How Laser Headlights Died In The US - Automotive headlights started out burning acetylene, before regular electric light... -

Hackaday

How Laser Headlights Died In The US

Automotive headlights started out burning acetylene, before regular electric lightbulbs made them obsolete. In due time, halogen bulbs took over, b...

#hackadaycolumns #laserheadlights #headlights #regulation #mischacks #phosphor #fmvss

IT News 10 months ago

Did you Recently Buy a Used E.V.? We Want to Hear from You. - The prices of used electric cars have fallen sharply in recent months, making them a more... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/business/used-electric-vehicles-callout.html #electricandhybridvehicles #prices(faresfeesandrates) #internal-reader-callout #contenttype:service #unitedstates #automobiles #usedcars

IT News 10 months ago

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU face-off: how much difference does twice the memory make for the same chip? - Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti comes paired with 8GB and 16GB... -

Tom

Is 8GB of VRAM enough for gaming? GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU face-off — how much difference does twice the memory make for the same chip?

How much VRAM do you really need?

#pccomponents #gpus

IT News 10 months ago

No more 'Sanity Checks.' Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms - 'Hung' is out and 'Unresponsive' is in, according to the Academy Software Foundation and ... -

theregister

Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms

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IT News 10 months ago

This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 - Maker Sector 07 has created a 3D-printed cyberdeck that fea... -

Tom

This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it

Portrait mode or landscape mode? Yes.

#3dprinting

IT News 10 months ago

One File, Six Formats: Just Change The Extension - Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything posi... -

Hackaday

One File, Six Formats: Just Change The Extension

Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything positive. It just makes the file open in the wrong progra...

#softwarehacks #fileformats #fileformat #mp4 #pdf #png

IT News 10 months ago

A Speed Loader For Your 3D Printer Filament - Reloading filament on a 3D printer is hardly anyone’s favorite task, but it’s even... -

Hackaday

A Speed Loader For Your 3D Printer Filament

Reloading filament on a 3D printer is hardly anyone’s favorite task, but it’s even worse when you’re trying to shove stiff filame...

#speedloader #3dprinting #toolhacks #bowden

IT News 10 months ago

Make Redmond angry by setting up Windows 11 with a local account - They want you to use a Microsoft account, but we'll show you how to get around it hands o... -

theregister

How to set up Windows 11 with a local account

hands on: They want you to use a Microsoft account, but we

IT News 10 months ago

Titan sub investigators blame OceanGate for safety lapses and say fatal disaster was ‘preventable’ - In a 2017 image, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is framed by the carbon-composite cy... -

GeekWire

Titan sub investigators blame OceanGate for safety lapses and say fatal disaster was ‘preventable’

The panel investigating the loss of the Titan sub and its pilot and passengers in 2023 blamed the disaster on a long series of safety lapses.

#submersibles #coastguard #submarines #oceangate #titansub #titanic #tech

IT News 10 months ago

Seagate's 26TB Expansion Desktop HDD has had its price slashed by $100 at Best Buy — now just $9.61 per TB - Seagate's 26TB Expansion Desktop HDD has had its price slas... -

Tom

Seagate

Aww shucks, this is one cost-effective way to get hold of a 26TB HDD for less.

#externalhdds #pccomponents #storage #hdds

IT News 10 months ago

YouTube to be included in Australia's teen social media ban - The Australian government says the world-first ban is aimed at protecting youth from onli... -

YouTube to be part of Australia's youth social media ban

The Australian government says the world-first ban is aimed at protecting youth from online harm.

IT News 10 months ago

In Trump’s Washington, Palantir is winning big - From warfighting and tracking deportations to writing State Department cables with AI, th... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/palantir-trump-defense-tech-ai-software/