Category: computing
Planning on updating to Windows 11 24H2? You might want to grab a snack, as Microsoft admits it could take a very long time
Windows 11 24H2 has got off to a somewhat wobbly start – with a number of bugs being discovered, though thankfully, there are no huge blunders (yet) – but one thing to be aware of is that the upgrade can take a pretty long time to install. There’s an official…
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AMD Ryzen 9800X3D leak suggests a big leap in clock speeds – and a CPU shaping up to be Intel’s worst nightmare
A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D leak provides us with a tempting glimpse of some potentially major advances made by this next-gen CPU in terms of clock speeds for 3D V-Cache chips, where a large cache has been a considerable drag factor on the clock frequency achieved. Maybe that isn’t…
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Delightfully light: LG’s gram is the super-light laptop that punches way above its weight
Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to choose between performance, portability and power when you wanted the perfect laptop? With LG, you don’t have to. The LG gram delivers pro-level power and military-spec toughness in one of the lightest laptops around. Don’t let that light weight – just…
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Windows 11 could soon get a cool feature to seamlessly link your Android phone to the Start menu – and a nifty gamepad perk, too
A new preview for Windows 11 version 23H2 has been released with some nifty additions in terms of new features, including one that Phone Link fans will definitely enjoy. This is preview build 22631 (also known as KB5044380 in Microsoft’s documentation) and it has arrived in the Release Preview channel…
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Uber is plugging ChatGPT into EVs
Uber is turning to OpenAI and ChatGPT to help push the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) by its drivers. The ride-share company announced the new AI assistant at the Go Get Zero sustainability conference in London among several other green initiatives. Uber will employ OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, the same one…
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Good news, gamers – AMD could launch a cheap Radeon GPU soon that may shake up the budget card market
Rumors about AMD’s Radeon GRE graphics cards aren’t anything new, but the latest whisperings on the tech grapevine may be revealing something big for the upcoming CES 2025 event. According to the latest leak from well-known hardware leaker Hoang Anh Phu (reported on by PCGamesN), we could be seeing an…
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