Month: August 2025
21 Best Early Labor Day Sales on WIRED-Tested Gear (2025)
Say “hello” to autumn with deals on WIRED-approved fire pits, headphones, tablets, and home office gear. Source
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Google, AMD and Intel catching up on Nvidia? Survey shows almost a third of AI teams now use non-Nvidia hardware
AI teams still favor Nvidia, but rivals like Google, AMD and Intel are growing their share Survey reveals budget limits, power demands, and cloud reliance are shaping AI hardware decisions GPU shortages push workloads to cloud while efficiency and testing remain overlooked AI hardware spending is beginning to evolve as…
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Analogue delays its N64 remake console yet again
Analogue's 4K take on the Nintendo 64 is… still not quite here. The company announced its third delay to the Analogue 3D on Wednesday, pushing the retro system back to Q4 2025. However, it said that's an intentionally conservative estimate, so this probably isn't a huge concern. The postponement follows…
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Intel borrows AMD feature which could finally mean more allocated RAM for the iGPU for these all-important AI tasks
Intel Shared GPU memory benefits LLMs Expanded VRAM pools allow smoother execution of AI workloads Some games slow down when the memory expands Intel has added a new capability to its Core Ultra systems which echoes an earlier move from AMD. The feature, known as “Shared GPU Memory Override,” allows…
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The game studio building a new BioShock just had mass layoffs
The team working on the next BioShock game is losing a third of its staff. According to Bloomberg, Take-Two is laying off more than 80 people at Cloud Chamber, which has been working on a new BioShock title, and the game has been delayed from a planned launch in late…
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Still use Skype at work? Bad news, hackers are targeting it with dangerous malware
Criminals found using Skype to deliver images hiding malware Victims were mostly SMBs in the Middle East The malware is new, but seems to have distant relatives Cybercriminals have been found using Skype messenger to deliver Remote Access Trojans (RAT) malware, compromising victim’s computers and opening the doors for devastating…
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