AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs Will Have Reworked Ray-Tracing Hardware, Leaker Claims

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs Will Have Reworked Ray-Tracing Hardware, Leaker Claims]( By Zak Killian on May 02, 2024 02:42 pm [AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs Will Have Reworked Ray-Tracing Hardware, Leaker Claims]( AMD's RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 GPUs, even the ones as small as the integrated GPU on the Steam Deck, fully support DirectX Ray-Tracing, or DXR. Despite that, their relatively poor performance in ray-tracing workloads is well-documented. The reason is because the RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 architectures only accelerate a small (but critical) portion of the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Here's How Fast A GeForce RTX 4090 Can Crack Your Passwords]( By Nathan Ord on May 02, 2024 01:52 pm [Here's How Fast A GeForce RTX 4090 Can Crack Your Passwords]( While some might say passwords are on the way out, especially with the advent of passkeys that are regarded as a better solution. However, the extinction of the password isn’t a reality yet. Passwords are still around and they're sometimes terribly not secure, especially if you use one of the top 200 worst passwords for any of your accounts. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA Says Go With A GeForce RTX GPU If You Want A Premium AI PC]( By Ryan Whitwam on May 02, 2024 12:03 pm [NVIDIA Says Go With A GeForce RTX GPU If You Want A Premium AI PC]( Shares of NVDA and NVIDIA as a company is worth more money today than it ever has been, thanks to skyrocketing demand in Generative AI, and artificial intelligence in general. It produces the most powerful AI accelerators in the world, like the newly announced Blackwell "superchip," but what about all of those RTX GPUs out there? NVIDIA recently [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AT&T's Speed Fix Is A $7 Monthly Turbo Boost Add-On For Priority Access]( By Paul Lilly on May 02, 2024 10:46 am [AT&T's Speed Fix Is A $7 Monthly Turbo Boost Add-On For Priority Access]( Starting today, AT&T customers can pony up a monthly fee for a new wireless feature that promises enhanced data connectivity and better responsiveness. The optional feature is called AT&T Turbo and users can tack it onto a qualifying plan for $7 per month per line, with the option to add and remove it whenever a customer wants. According [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Calling All Pranksters, Google’s Audio Emojis For Android Include A Fart Sound]( By Tim Sweezy on May 02, 2024 10:40 am [Calling All Pranksters, Google’s Audio Emojis For Android Include A Fart Sound]( It was only a matter of time before Google decided to add a fart sound that could played while on a call. In fact, the tech giant is testing out six different sounds, including a fart, that some Android beta users are testing out now. While it may sound like a feature for a fifth grader to use while talking to a friend, Google is betting [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [JWST Spots Planet With Temps Hot Enough To Melt Lead And Blustering 5000 MPH Winds]( By Tim Sweezy on May 02, 2024 09:48 am [JWST Spots Planet With Temps Hot Enough To Melt Lead And Blustering 5000 MPH Winds]( An international team of researchers used NASA’s Webb space telescope to map the weather on a hot gas-giant exoplanet. WASP-43 b, as it's called, is similar in size to Jupiter and made primarily of hydrogen and helium, making it much hotter than any planet in Earth’s solar system. While the exoplanet’s star is smaller and cooler than Earth’s [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [T-Mobile Snaps Up Mint Mobile For A Cool $1.35B, Ryan Reynolds Pockets $300M]( By Aaron Leong on May 02, 2024 09:33 am [T-Mobile Snaps Up Mint Mobile For A Cool $1.35B, Ryan Reynolds Pockets $300M]( T-Mobile just snagged itself one of the more successful—and probably best marketed—mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the U.S. Mint Mobile is now part of the fastest mobile network thanks to a recent U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval that allowed the sale. Telling everyone that Ryan Reynolds is my co-worker [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm Profits Soar On AI Chip Boom As Snapdragon X Disrupts PC Landscape]( By Paul Lilly on May 02, 2024 08:40 am [Qualcomm Profits Soar On AI Chip Boom As Snapdragon X Disrupts PC Landscape]( Qualcomm has reason to strut around like a peacock after posting its latest earnings report, which reflected just shy of $9.3 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2024, and net income of $2.3 billion. While the former is just a 1% jump from the same quarter a year ago, Qualcomm's net income is up significantly, to the tune of 37% year-over-year. 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