AMD Ryzen 9 9950X's AVX-512 Performance Gets Put To The Test

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [AMD Ryzen 9 9950X's AVX-512 Performance Gets Put To The Test]( By Zak Killian on Aug 20, 2024 02:45 pm [AMD Ryzen 9 9950X's AVX-512 Performance Gets Put To The Test]( So the reviews are out, the dust has largely settled, and the conclusion of the community is that AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 processors are more of an iterative step than a groundbreaking leap forward. Some reviews have found excellent performance gains from Zen 5, though. Linux-focused benchmark sites like long-respected blog Phoronix reported [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Suit Up For Tesla To Train Its Humanoid Robot And You Could Earn Up To $48 An Hour]( By Tim Sweezy on Aug 20, 2024 11:33 am [Suit Up For Tesla To Train Its Humanoid Robot And You Could Earn Up To $48 An Hour]( Tesla wants to pay humans up to $48 an hour to suit up in a motion capture suit to help train its Optimus humanoid robot. Candidates need to be able to walk 7+ hours a day while carrying up to 30lbs, and need to be within a certain height range in order to work with the motion capture suit. Humanoid robots have been making strides over [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm Unveils Snadragon 7s Gen 3 To Make On-Device AI More Affordable]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 20, 2024 10:47 am [Qualcomm Unveils Snadragon 7s Gen 3 To Make On-Device AI More Affordable]( You may have noticed a persistent buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, both on the hardware and software side. If not, we'll send help removing you from under that boulder. Partially in an effort to make on-device AI more accessible, Qualcomm today announced its Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, which is the latest "s" addition to its [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Black Myth: Wukong Surges Past 2M Players On Steam To Claim Single-Player Record]( By Tim Sweezy on Aug 20, 2024 10:09 am [Black Myth: Wukong Surges Past 2M Players On Steam To Claim Single-Player Record]( The highly anticipated, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong has taken Steam by storm, surging past 2 million concurrent players to claim a single-player record. The action RPG surpassed the all-time peaks of games such as Palworld, Elden Ring, Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Counter-Strike 2, representing a mix of single-player and multi-player [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Final Fantasy XVI PC Release Date Confirmed, Demo Available Now]( By Alan Velasco on Aug 20, 2024 10:00 am [Final Fantasy XVI PC Release Date Confirmed, Demo Available Now]( A little over a year after releasing on PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy XVI is now coming over to PC, and players can check out a demo of the game’s opening prologue on both Steam and the Epic Games Store. Any progress made while playing the demo will carry over to the full game. There will two versions available, the standard base game and the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [HP Blitzes Gamescom With New Streaming Gear And Omen 35L Gaming Desktop]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 20, 2024 09:49 am [HP Blitzes Gamescom With New Streaming Gear And Omen 35L Gaming Desktop]( Gamescom doesn't official begin until tomorrow (August 21-25), but the announcements are already starting to pour in. Among them are a handful of new gaming and streaming gear from HP, including its Omen 35L desktop and the HyperX QuadCast 2 S, which the company is pitching as the world's first gaming microphone to feature over 100 LEDs. Starting [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Toyota Runs Into Another Security Breach With Hackers Leaking 240GB Of Stolen Data]( By Aaron Leong on Aug 20, 2024 09:30 am [Toyota Runs Into Another Security Breach With Hackers Leaking 240GB Of Stolen Data]( Large-scale data breaches are a dime a dozen nowadays, but that doesn't make them any less serious or consequential. Automaker Toyota faced yet another breach of its network, this time with around 240GB worth of files. The data reportedly includes personal and staff data, financial documentation, emails, and Toyota's network infrastructure, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Study Claims Playing Video Games Is Great For Your Brain, But There's A Caveat]( By Thiago Trevisan on Aug 20, 2024 09:06 am [Study Claims Playing Video Games Is Great For Your Brain, But There's A Caveat]( The amount of gamers in the world seems to increase drastically year-over-year. There are now a myriad of ways you can game, from consoles, PCs, to mobile devices like smartphones. It is only fitting that attention is drawn to the mental health and practical aspects of such a heavily practiced genre. There is some good news, according [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung 57" 8K Monitor, Apple 9th Gen iPad Both 40% Off And More Great Deals]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 20, 2024 08:58 am [Samsung 57]( Given unlimited budgets, there would be little reason to buy anything but the latest generation products (with some exceptions, like a buggy release for an item that needs to mature). If you're in that position, more power to you, For everyone else, however, the trick is finding value in older generation items that are still capable, like [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Intel Arrow Lake Desktop CPU Lineup Leak Reveals Models And Clock Speeds]( [US Unveils Groundbreaking Road Safety Plan Of Cars Talking Directly With Each Other]( [Pokemon Trading Card Game Preregistrations Open Now, Mobile Launch Date Revealed]( [Super Tiny 3D Printed PC Pays Homage To Retro Desktops And Plays Doom]( [AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Price Slashed By 7% In Germany, Will US Retailers Follow?]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2024 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. You're receiving this because you opted in to our list at HotHardware.com or are an industry partner. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.