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IBM is building a dual-architecture mainframe chip that will run Arm and Z software on the same cores
Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2026
The processor was showcased at Hot Chips 2026 and is expected to use 11 IBM Z cores built on a 2-nanometer process. IBM said the cores will operate above 5.7 GHz and support native execution of both z/Architecture and AArch64 instructions.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year, but AMD still dominates
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core i7-14700K rank #6 and #9, respectively, surrounded by an array of Ryzen chips spanning multiple generations. Both are mid-range parts, priced at $255 and $312, respectively. The 270K Plus belongs to Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh series, while the 14700K comes from the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1, its first true 32-bit operating system, in 1993. The "New Technology" platform initially adopted the traditional user interface of the DOS-based Windows 3.x operating environment, but things began to change exactly 30 years ago.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Trump says data center protesters are "making a mistake," but his allies disagree
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Explaining the reason for his support despite strong opposition from members of his own party, Trump insisted that data centers are beneficial because they create "tremendous amounts of jobs and money." He added that people opposed to new data centers are making a mistake because the original concerns about excessive...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A hidden Windows cleanup routine is quietly deleting Asus laptop GPU drivers
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
The Eco mode feature available on Asus gaming laptops can cause Windows to remove the GPU driver installed on the system. A user who owns a ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop discovered the unpleasant issue after spending "months" investigating why the system's discrete GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU would suddenly disappear....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Which of these companies once owned meaningful chunks of TSMC, ASML, and NXP – and today owns none of them?
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Imagine owning stakes in three companies now worth a combined $2.6 trillion... and selling all of them before it mattered.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Happy 35th anniversary to the Super Nintendo, one of gaming's greatest consoles
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
The Super Nintendo debuted in North America on August 23, 1991, after having launched as the Super Famicom in Japan a full nine months earlier. Nintendo was technically late to the 16-bit fight considering Sega's next-gen gaming machine had been around since the tail end of the 80s, but made...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
CPU-Z version 3 adds PC health checks to the classic system information tool
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
CPU-Z remains a favorite for checking processor, memory, and motherboard details, but version 3.01 makes it more useful for troubleshooting. The new Validator V3 can quickly scan for more than 100 potential issues, including overheating, outdated drivers, hardware problems, and bloatware.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Four former police employees arrested over alleged misuse of Flock license plate cameras
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced last Friday that three former Savannah Police Department officers and one former civilian staff member have been arrested over accusations they accessed the Flock Safety system for non-law-enforcement purposes.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A developer is using AI to bring 26-year-old Voodoo3 cards back to life on Linux
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
A series of new patches is improving support for 3dfx Voodoo3 cards in Linux. Daniel Palmer, the developer behind the code contribution, designed an AI-assisted solution to let the open-source kernel initialize the video cards even on machines with no standard BIOS on the motherboard.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »