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CD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growing
Posted on Monday September 07, 2026
News of the latest increase in physical media sales comes from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It revealed that recorded music revenues for H1 2026 were up 6.9% from the first half of 2025 and outpaced inflation, with both streaming and physical formats posting gains.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
GeForce RTX 5070 vs. Radeon RX 9070 XT: 2026 Update
Posted on Monday September 07, 2026
This is a big test: across 52 games at 1440p and 4K, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is ~25% faster than the RTX 5070, while also costing less and offering 16GB of VRAM. Let's take a closer look.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's new workstation pairs a 96-core Threadripper with 576GB of GPU memory
Posted on Sunday September 06, 2026
The system pairs the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX processor with up to four Instinct MI350P accelerators. AMD demonstrated a two-card version at IFA, while a fully configured model with four accelerators would provide 576 GB of HBM3E memory – enough, the company said, to hold a trillion-parameter model on...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Miami wants to turn parts of the city into a real-life GTA Vice City, but sheriff opposes the plan
Posted on Sunday September 06, 2026
A public records request last week revealed that Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava put forward the idea of a "GTA VI × MDC" marketing collaboration to Rockstar Games in June.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
GPU shipments surged 12% despite weaker PC demand and higher memory costs
Posted on Sunday September 06, 2026
Standalone GPU shipments climbed 12.2% from the first quarter and 14.1% from a year earlier, according to Jon Peddie Research. The increase came as the broader client CPU market declined 1.1% year over year and desktop PC demand weakened.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
CERN is moving more than 2,200 specialized computers from RHEL to Debian
Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026
During a recent conference held in Winterthur, Switzerland, engineers working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) confirmed that the laboratory is going to move from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Debian. The switch will affect more than 2,200 computers, many of which cannot be upgraded to newer RHEL...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Starlink is offering half-price internet near xAI data centers, but critics want the pollution fixed
Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026
With roughly 2,000 reported subscribers since the offer was announced in July, compared with more than 250,000 households across Memphis, the discount appears unlikely to ease broader concerns about the company's unpermitted power generation and its environmental impact.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Acer's new DualPlay Mini is a handheld gaming PC that flips open into a mini laptop
Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026
While unveiling its latest standard handheld gaming PC at IFA last week, Acer also offered an early look at its DualPlay Mini concept, which aims to offer a gaming handheld and a mini laptop in one product. If the device ever receives a proper launch, Acer might have one of...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft unveils distraction-free Windows for developers, but anyone can replicate it
Posted on Friday September 04, 2026
As part of its push to promote AI-driven development, Microsoft and its hardware partners will begin selling high-end PCs with a clutter-free version of Windows later this year. However, instead of a separate Windows SKU, the machines will ship with pre-configured developer-friendly settings for Windows 11 Pro.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs could hit 3.4GHz, but they're not coming anytime soon
Posted on Friday September 04, 2026
According to a post on the AnandTech Forums by the generally reliable leaker Kepler_L2, internal AMD documentation points to a 3.1 to 3.4 GHz target frequency range for RDNA 5. The comment came in response to another forum member questioning whether the integrated graphics in AMD's next-generation APUs could clock...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »