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By Zak Killian on Aug 15, 2024 01:30 pm [Geekbench AI Cross-Platform Benchmark Preview: Measuring AI Throughput]( The Geekbench suite of system benchmarks have their limitations, but they present a reasonable impression of overall performance for a wide variety of productivity, content creation, and high-performance computing tasks, and they're also cross-platform. These qualities, along with the low, low price of zero dollars have made them quite popular. As
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By Tim Sweezy on Aug 15, 2024 11:29 am [Subscribe To Disney+? Disney Says Your Family Canât Sue If You Die At Its Park]( While a widower filed a lawsuit against Disney Parks and Resorts for the wrongful death of his wife, Disney wants the case thrown out because the man signed up for a free month of Disney+ in 2019. The plaintiff, Jeffrey Piccolo, is suing Disney for $50,000 after his wife, Kanokporn Tangsuan, died from an allergic reaction from food she
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By Paul Lilly on Aug 15, 2024 11:23 am [AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs Are A Shoe-In For Cooler Master's Sneaker Gaming PC]( If you get your kicks out of custom PCs that are out of the ordinary (like, way out of the ordinary), then you may have had Cooler Master's Sneaker X on your radar. In case you missed it, it looks like a gigantic shoe, or just a regular shoe, if you're a giant like Shaquille O'Neal. It's not a new concept, but it is getting a timely upgrade
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By Paul Lilly on Aug 15, 2024 10:44 am [AMD Ryzen 7 9700X And Ryzen 5 9600X See Slow Start In Retail Debut But It's Complicated]( Some early (very early) sales data seemingly reveals that AMD's brand-spanking-new Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X processors are not exactly flying off store shelves. This could be due to a number of factors, including the 65W TDP on these mainstream chips. Should AMD be concerned with the early numbers, though? Probably not, at least now
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By Aaron Leong on Aug 15, 2024 10:27 am [Will Your Vehicle Make It To 250K Miles? Odds Revealed In Car Reliability Study ]( This week, results from a longevity study of vehicles most likely to reach 250,000 miles found that (surprise, no surprise) Toyota dominates the top rankings. In the top 10, Toyota took the first five spots plus another Toyota and Lexus further down that list. There are a couple of GM products and a Honda in there somewhere, but the point
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By Alan Velasco on Aug 15, 2024 10:12 am [Is Xbox Bringing A Big Game To PS5? Gamescom Announcement Expected]( Gamescom is only days away and the rumor mill is in full swing, with another Xbox title seemingly on the way to PlayStation 5. It would be part of Xboxâs effort to try and find new audiences for games it thinks will do well on Sonyâs platform. This strategy is the result of the company looking to recoup some of the billions of dollars it recently
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By Tim Sweezy on Aug 15, 2024 10:04 am [Astronomers May Have Finally Solved 843-Year-Old Mystery Of A Zombie Star]( An international group of astronomers may have solved an 843-year-old mystery surrounding the origins of a zombie star. The researchers connected ancient records from China and Japan, which spoke about a supernova event near the constellation Cassiopeia in the year 1181, to a zombie star seen today, called guest star SN 1181. Astronomers
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By Aaron Leong on Aug 15, 2024 09:42 am [Sonos Slashes 100 Jobs After Mobile App Fiasco, May Bring Back Old App]( Sonos has laid off approximately 100 of its employees, which is a mere 14 months after the beleaguered smart home audio company dropped roughly 150 of its 1,800 workforce. The timing of this comes after product delays plus the well-documented (and disastrous) rollout of the Sonos app, not to mention the company's earnings call last week, in
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By Thiago Trevisan on Aug 15, 2024 09:35 am [ASUS Teases Ultimate Radeon GPU For Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2 Fans]( While we await new GPU releases for next generation products from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA, ASUS has something cool to reveal. For fans looking forward to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, ASUS has a special graphics card in store. While this new limited-edition GPU will be part of an exclusive giveaway, everyone can partake in a new game promotion
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By Alan Velasco on Aug 15, 2024 09:29 am [Apple Wants To Put A Robot Arm In Your Living Room, Is This The Next Big Thing?]( Apple continues to work on new projects as it looks for opportunities to increase revenue, as sales of the iPhone and Macs arenât seeing the growth the company wants to achieve. One such project is a tabletop in which an âiPad-like displayâ is attached to a robotic arm, according to Bloombergâs Mark Gurman. This project has gotten far enough
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By Paul Lilly on Aug 15, 2024 09:13 am [FTC Cracks Down On AI-Generated Fake Reviews, Fines For Violators]( In the emerging era of artificial intelligence (AI), it's getting increasingly difficult to tell the difference between human-generated and AI-generated content. Scammers are using this to their advantage by posting fake reviews of products, and it has caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, which has finalized a new rule on
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By Paul Lilly on Aug 15, 2024 08:41 am [Alienware Unveils a Dual-Resolution 27]( There's a small but growing army of gaming monitors that wield dual refresh rate options for players who can't decide between a fast 4K panel for gorgeous visuals, or an even faster 1080p display for competitive gaming at a lower resolution. Dual-mode models offer the best of both worlds in a single package. Most (though not all) of the dual-mode
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