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Balatro fan claims they trained Google fruit fly brain simulation to beat the game — reinforcement learning currently has the model at 20% success rate
One Balatro player says they've taken Google's mapped fruit fly brain and trained it to play Balatro, currently at a 20% success rate with plans for further refinement.
Acer Swift Air 14 review: Wildcat Lake and lots of ports at $699
The Acer Swift Air 14 is an aluminum budget system with lots of ports and long battery life. But it sports a lesser display than its competitors, and tons of bloatware.
Investigation details how billions' worth of export-restricted Nvidia AI chips are sold to China — report details how Chinese firms skirt Trump's regulations
American nonprofit C4ADS, a monitoring organization funded mostly by the U.S. government, produced a report shedding light on the many ways that American AI accelerators reach China.
New York State recommends demanding AI data centers pay $1 million in community investment per megawatt — framework advises towns to plan for maintenance costs, site abandonment, and other conti
The Community Investment Framework puts forward recommendations that towns and municipalities could follow when negotiating with data center developers. This includes charging $1 million per megawatt of demand, among other suggestions.
Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device
Hacking group stegan0gram got its hands on a Flock camera and broke into its systems to see how it worked. It turns out that these devices store thousands of clips and captures millions of images, and could also detect people, aside from cars, motorbikes, and license plates.
Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for only $320 — 2-item Newegg combo saves $149 and nets one of the fastest gaming CPUs and a quality MSI X870E motherboard for only $578
Newegg's 2-item combo pairs the Ryzen 7 9800X3D with MSI X870E Gaming Max Wifi motherboard for only $578 - the $149 savings makes this the cheapest way into the AM5 platform with one of the fastest gaming CPUs around.
Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to get CoD Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively inside Minecraft — achieves 45fps performance using Minecraft’s OpenGL context
An artificial intelligence and games development enthusiast has demonstrated Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively in Minecraft.
Apple eyes Nvidia NVLink to power its new custom M8 Ultra AI servers — historically bitter rivals reportedly team up for 2029 data center push
Apple is reportedly interested in using Nvidia's NVLink Fusion for its own data center platforms.
Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rogue additional instructions to its remit during testing — 'You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself
OpenAI says one of its unreleased models modified its instructions unprompted during testing.
Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb f
This Corsair stock for 32GB Vengeance RAM means you can snatch DDR5 modules at some of its cheapest pricing right now, with a DDR5-6200 kit costing $419.99.
Retired Microsoft Engineer details the story about the famous leaked FCKGW Windows XP key — copy protection used 10MB of encrypted Microsoft Bob for validation
Next. Next. Click. FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8. Enter.
The exceptional Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer could be yours for just $349 — Fall sale drops the popular beginner-friendly printer to a new low price
The Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer is on sale for $349.99 right now, a new all-time low price.
Poland lost $230m in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers
In 2023, Poland apparently lost $230m in cryptocurrency in an attempt to buy 6 million barrels of Venezuelan oil.
UK research agency backs drone-based internet service experiment with lasers, microwaves, and gravity waves used for wireless power — Britain invests $94 million into Starlink alternative
The UK's research agency is looking at airborne drones as an alternative to Starlink and other satellite internet services.
Developer vibe codes a tool to let Nvidia RTX 50-series laptop owners crank up their power limits — can juice RTX 5090 mobile GPU to 225W
A developer has created a fully vibe-coded tool that seems to work to allow some GeForce RTX 50-series laptops to crank their power limits by as much as 28%.
Piecemakers bets edge AI devices will diverge from reliance on HBM — custom-designed memory fuses DRAM stack directly to the processor using hybrid bonding
Nanya-backed DRAM designer PieceMakers began trading in Taipei on Sept. 16 on a bet that AI inference memory won't be HBM.
Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over alleged DRM circumvention — seeks damages after Anti-Tamper protections bypassed in 26 games
Instead of pursuing traditional copyright infringement, Denuvo's case relies on the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, targeting the alleged bypassing of its digital protections.
Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules with 16W power draw — up to 12TB per server, claims 60% less energy-intensive than four 128GB modules
After five years, Samsung's 512GB DDR5 memory modules get their first direct rival from Micron, which also promises to offer speed bins up to 9200 MT/s. But their prices could be way too high even for hyperscalers.
AI-induced memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake
For smaller device manufacturers, rising memory prices are only part of the problem as limited availability forces companies to rethink everything from motherboard designs to procurement strategies.
Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’
State media outlet China Daily posits that Anthropic's Dario Amodei made the call to limit frontier AI development because Chinese AI models are catching up with American AI labs.
Pick up a giant 18-inch RTX 5080-powered Asus gaming laptop from Best Buy and save $600 — the ROG Strix G18 also comes with 32GB of memory and a 2TB SSD
Go big with an 18-inch gaming laptop monster. Save $600 on the RTX-5080-powered Asus ROG Strix G18 gaming laptop at Best Buy.
Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030 — Nvidia CEO says achievement of that capability 'is just a matter of time'
Nvidia CEO thinks that in light of his view of a three- to four-year timeline for Chinese development of advanced semi tooling, the country is "already there."
SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manufacturing with Intel — options include leasing Ohio plant or forming joint venture with other AI hyperscalers
Sources say SK hynix and Intel are in talks to start HBM manufacturing in the United States. Both companies refused to confirm the rumors, though, as SK hynix could potentially be put in a precarious position as trade talks between Seoul and Washington continue.
'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft — OpenAI offering gets further than any other AI system in 141-hour test
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra spent hours just farming potatoes after dying and losing all of its gear during a Minecraft test.
AWS tells clients to abandon Middle East data centers six months after Iranian drone strikes — Amazon offers no recovery timeline as UAE mulls underground data centers
Amazon Web Services' data centers in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain were struck by drone attacks more than six months ago. Now, the company has told customers to move their data to other regions, and it has no details on when repair work will be completed.
Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over faded serial number — $6,500 GPU blemish not an isolated incident, according to customers
Redditor reported that Nvidia allegedly rejected their warranty claims for GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics cards because the serial number on the bracket was unreadable.
Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 from MSI, now under $1,430 — Codex R2 rig packs 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and a 10-core Intel CPU
Save $270 on this MSI gaming PC with a Intel Core i5-14400F, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD, all for $1,429.
China's open-weight AI models are now just 4 months behind frontier US offerings, Mozilla report claims — models still lag in some benchmarks but are drastically cheaper to use
Mozilla's State of Open Source AI report puts Kimi K3 about four months behind closed frontier models at 30% of the price.
Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one
A father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 of his employer's money on YouTube ads for Minecraft and Roblox videos in three weeks.
AI enthusiast builds GPT-6 Astra-powered bot to take on Balatro's Gold Stake Black Deck — bot leverages Python for numerical tools, beats hardest difficulty repeatedly
A Reddit user has shared details of a new Balatro-playing AI bot that took on the infamous Gold Stake Black Deck with aplomb.
AI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic whistleblower says AI could 'kill us all' by 2030 — OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI figureheads call for external governance, while Jensen Huang says
The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as other industry leaders, are calling for a general slowdown in AI development over safety fears. On the flip side, Chinese authorities, the U.S. President, and CEO of Nvidia have dismissed their concerns as fearmongering.
Asus' ludicrous $10,850 20th-anniversary bundle is now the cheapest way to buy an RTX 5090 — Nvidia's flagship GPU stock is so limited that this bundle with a 3000W PSU, X870E board, and open-fr
This ultra-premium Asus ROG Edition 20th Anniversary Combo set at Newegg is super expensive at $10,849.96, but ironically, it's the 'cheapest' way to pick up an RTX 5090 right now.
Intel reportedly cans 12Xe option for Nova Lake-S desktop — gaming APU design said to resurface with Razor Lake
Following rumors of a Nova Lake desktop SKU with 12 Xe3P cores, tipster Jaykihn suggests that Intel has canned the design and moved the target to next-gen Razor Lake instead.
US AI data centers projected to become the fifth-largest natural gas consumer in the world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day as demand for compute increases
Data centers in the U.S. are projected to use up more natural gas than most of the rest of the world to generate the electricity they need. Estimates suggest that 15 billion cubic feet per day are needed to keep data centers running by 2035.
Bill Gates compares AI to alien intelligence in movies where ‘magically the US and China’ solve the problem together — warns world governments that they’re not ready for AI
The billionaire philanthropist says that governments across the world need to work together to ensure that the people are ready for upcoming upheaval brought about by AI. He even compared the technology to aliens in movies which got the world working together.
ChatGPT transcripts are reportedly read by humans to improve responses, including those with personal information — 'Project Lilly' has seen OpenAI hire hundreds of contractors to manually revie
404 Media reports that OpenAI has hired hundreds of contractors to evaluate ChatGPT responses manually.
Microsoft rolls out emergency update for Windows 11's latest patch — recent update causes crashes on AMD graphics, Explorer hang-ups, and broken third-party integrations
Windows September 2026 update brings many long-requested features, but also surfaces fresh bugs - new code crashing AMD, HP, and Lenovo systems and surfaces audio, Explorer, and Remote Desktop problems
Grab a $560 saving on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, now $1,859 — all-white CyberPowerPC desktop ships with one of AMD's best X3D chips, along with 32GB DDR5 and
Save nearly $600 on this CyberPowerPC gaming PC with a 9800X3D, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD.
Minecraft Legacy gets rewritten in C++ for PS2 and Wii ports — code is tuned so it works well even on the PS2’s meager 32MB of RAM
Games optimization specialist OptiProjects (AKA OptiJeugos) has released a new port of Minecraft Legacy for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii consoles.
Developer builds viral 3D source code visualizer that consumes 21GB of RAM — flies around 2.5 million lines of code at over 120 frames per second
A developer has built a 3D code visualizer.
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card returns to its lowest-ever price of $499 — rare deal places this current-generation 12GB GPU below its MSRP launch price
Grab a new 12GB GPU for less than the MSRP launch price.
Perplexity’s local AI agent comes to Windows, but only for RTX GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM — Portable Computer brings AI for multistep tasks to compatible PCs
Perplexity and Nvidia released Portable Computer for Windows on Sept. 14, bringing the local-first AI agent to GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs with 24GB or more of VRAM.
Anthropic says AI can boost U.S. GDP by 32%, up to $44.4 trillion in four years — economics model predicts that displaced employees 'may have to switch to jobs like electrician and nurse'
Anthropic has published a paper wherein it envisions a future for the economy where AI is deeply ingrained. In the most extreme scenarios, U.S. GDP is up, but unemployment simmers as others are put out of work.
Nvidia's RTX 5090 vanishes from online retail in the US — third-party sellers now demand as much as $9,500 for Nvidia's fastest GPU
The RTX 5090 is out of stock from first-party sellers online in the U.S., with third-party sellers now asking for as much as $9,500 for the GPU.
Gaming takes a backseat as Nvidia overhauls the RTX 5090 for maximum AI margins — RTX Pro 5500 delivers 2.6X VRAM at matching specs
Nvidia launches the RTX Pro 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition graphics card for agentic and generative AI.
Valve engineers discuss the duality of the Steam Frame and pricing — Valve's newest VR headset pivots SteamOS to Arm
We chatted with Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Leinbaugh about the Steam Frame launch, why the company is taking a two-pronged strategy with streaming and standalone support, and how the global memory/storage crunch affected development.
Valve Steam Frame interview — why it costs up to $1,300, Snapdragon power, and 10x foveated streaming
We chatted with Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Leinbaugh about launching the Steam Frame amid a global memory/storage supply crunch
Valve Steam Frame Review: Competent as a standalone VR, but wireless streaming remains the focus
All dressed up and nowhere to go sums up the Meta Quest 3.
Nvidia, Palantir, and others restrict advanced AI model usage over privacy concerns, report claims — 'paranoia' rising over customer intellectual property
Companies are concerned that their intellectual property may be used by Anthropic and OpenAI to help improve their AI models.
Solo dev enables running CUDA on AMD hardware in Windows, getting multiple CUDA libraries running on a gaming Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU in Windows — CUDA-exclusive workloads on AMD hardware in Windo
A developer has wired up the ZLUDA project to AMD's HIP libraries for Windows, putting a small but signifcant bridge over NVIDIA's CUDA moat.
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