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Every four days over the last 12 months SpaceX sent a rocket into orbit, for a total of 98 successful missions, topping its previous record of 61 orbital launches in 2022 and coming within striking distance of founder Elon Musk's goal of 100 launches for 2023. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101368-spacex-comes-close-meeting-goal-100-orbital-launches.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a post-open-source world, Bruce Perens, one of the co-founders of the Open Source movement, envisions a simple compliance process that companies must go through every year in exchange for all the rights necessary to use open-source software. These companies would fund developers writing software for ordinary people as opposed... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101366-open-source-initiative-co-founder-imagines-post-open.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

At the recent IEDM conference, TSMC unveiled a product roadmap for its semiconductors and next-generation production nodes that culminates in eventually delivering multiple 3D-stacked collections of chiplet designs (3D Hetero Integration) with one trillion transistors on a single chip package. Advancements in packaging technologies, such as CoWoS, InFO and SoIC,... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101364-tsmc-working-towards-future-trillion-transistor-chips-1nm.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Financial Times reports that some of the biggest entertainment companies will post more than $5 billion in losses from their streaming services for 2023. Disney, Comcast, and Paramount streaming divisions will all end up in the red for the year, and Warner Bros Discovery managed a small profit. However,... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101360-netflix-competitors-expected-post-losses-exceeding-5-billion.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Gizmodo recently witnessed a demonstration from Dell showcasing Windows 11 Copilot helping find and change settings. The animated presentation indicates one way an AI assistant could facilitate interface navigation as PCs with Neural Processing Units (NPUs) begin to emerge. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101361-dell-demonstrates-how-windows-11-copilot-can-easily.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Amazon says it partnered with hydrogen company Plug Power to install the first electrolyzer, a piece of equipment that can split water molecules to produce hydrogen, at a fulfillment center in Aurora, Colorado. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101355-amazon-dives-hydrogen-fuel-powers-forklifts-innovative-site.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

New listings from Gigabyte on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) website all but confirm that it and likely other AIB partners will soon release Super variants of three RTX 4000 graphics cards. The page also confirms the existence of the previously rumored 6GB RTX 3050. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101353-gigabyte-rtx-40-super-series-stack-leaks-radeon.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Florida resident William Byatt and California residents Chasom Brown and Maria Nguyen filed the lawsuit, writes Ars Technica. It accuses Google of violating wiretap laws and claims that sites using Google Analytics or Ad Manager collected information from browsers in incognito mode, including web page content, device data, and IP... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101354-chrome-incognito-mode-not-private-google-settle-class.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Platinum-tier titles include Destiny 2, Starfield, Counterstrike 2, PUBG: Battleground, Baldur's Gate III, Cyberpunk 2077, Sons of the Forest, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, DOTA 2, and Hogwarts Legacy. Several of these titles are free to play but generate revenue from extras like DLC. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101351-steam-reveals-best-selling-most-played-games-2023.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Volkswagen-controlled JAC Motors out of China will launch the first electric vehicle powered by sodium-ion batteries starting in January under the brand Yiwei. Due to a lower energy density than lithium batteries, sodium-ion cells are not ideal for full-size cars. So the Yiwei is a squatty little four-door hatchback. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101350-china-introduces-first-ev-fueled-sodium-ion-battery.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Recent milestones could put a nascent industry on track to open flying taxi services in 2024 and 2025. Questions remain regarding cost and safety, but regulators are warming up to the technology, which could save passengers significant commute time. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101339-flying-taxi-services-could-begin-appearing-early-2024.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The long-awaited Fallout: London is finally in the home stretch. Again. Developer Falon Team just dropped a progress update with new details, including a release date of April 23, 2024. The previous launch was scheduled for an unspecified time in 2023, but the studio said it needs these next few... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101337-fan-made-fallout-london-finally-coming-april.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The custom APU from AMD consists of a four-core / eight-thread Zen 2 chip, an RDNA 2-based GPU with eight compute units, and a 128-bit LPDDR5 memory interface. The analysis shows that the CPU consumes just 12.4 percent of the total die size while the GPU makes up only 10.9... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101341-custom-steam-deck-apu-amd-exposed-detailed-die.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a statement, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said that "after careful considerations," Ambassador Katherine Tai decided not to reverse the ITC's decision that called for a blanket ban on the import of the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the US. In anticipation of... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101332-apple-watch-series-9-watch-ultra-2-ban.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Amazon announced in October that two more types of robot would be joining its warehouses for a testing phase. One was Sequoia, a Roomba-like machine designed to identify and store inventory and reduce order processing time. The other was Digit, a 5-foot 9-inch 143-pound robot from Agility Robotics. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101333-maker-amazon-warehouse-robots-insists-they-wont-replace.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

MIT recently posted a video of a talk from earlier this year where Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger commented on recent assertions that Moore's Law could end soon. Gelsinger believes the rule guiding chip production for almost six decades still holds but admits that it hasn't maintained its usual pace lately. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101330-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-moore-law-isnt-dead.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Back in September, Amazon made the unwelcome announcement that ads would be coming to the video streaming element of its $14.99 per month/$139 per year Prime service. They will also be part of the $9 per month standalone Prime Video membership plan. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101331-amazon-prime-video-introduce-ads-movies-tv-shows.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Windows 11 will soon have a new system option that allows users to recover or reinstall the OS using Windows Update. The tool is already in the Recovery section of the Win11 Insider Preview Build 25905 System menu under the placeholder name "Fix problems using Windows Update." Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101329-windows-11-soon-leverage-windows-update-make-system.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The FTC introduced new arguments to a California court against Microsoft's already-completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard this week. The agency's latest action could be the final challenge to the deal after nearly two years of regulatory proceedings. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101136-ftc-continues-fighting-microsoft-activision-deal-post-closure.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

UK and US authorities are exposing the troublesome activities of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group sponsored by the FSB, a team tracked by security companies as Star Blizzard, Callisto Group, or Seaborgium. The group has actively sought to interfere with the political process in the UK and other nations... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101129-russian-cyber-spies-identified-apt-attacks-against-uk.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Speaking during a fireside chat on Thursday, where he was awarded the Peter G. Peterson Leadership Excellence Award by the Economic Club of New York, Gates talked about the rise of artificial intelligence and how it brings to mind the start of the internet revolution. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101128-rationality-qanon-bill-gates-discusses-internet-unforeseen-path.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

It should come as no surprise that the two biggest winners at the Game Awards were Baldur's Gate 3, which won six of its eight nominations, including GOTY, and Alan Wake 2, winner of three awards. Here are the best trailers from the show. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101124-here-biggest-best-trailers-game-awards-2023.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

After reviewing CPUs throughout the year and revisiting the most interesting matchups post-launch, in this buying guide we put it all together to keep your CPU shopping as simple as possible. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/bestof/cpu-24/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Running in the Nordics, Benelux, Ireland, and the UK, the ads cover several well-known printer issues most of us have faced. The first of these shows a worker struggling to operate her printer, noting that "I did everything you asked for – and now this. No." She then throws the... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101123-much-hated-hp-claims-ad-campaign-printers-made.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Australia is engaged in a "top-secret" project aimed at developing an intelligence-focused cloud computing platform, with the primary objective of enhancing information and data sharing with the US and UK. According to Andrew Shearer, Australia's director-general of national intelligence, British and American authorities already have their own cloud platform for... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101116-australia-building-top-secret-cloud-platform-intelligence-sharing.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Named 'LogoFAIL' by the researchers who created it, the exploit is said to be very easy to implement, potentially leaving users vulnerable to remote attacks by malicious actors. It is the combination of around two dozen vulnerabilities that were only recently discovered by cybersecurity researchers but are believed to have... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101105-new-logofail-exploit-leaves-windows-linux-users-vulnerable.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Wyden sent a letter to the DoJ on Wednesday urging the department to permit Apple and Google to inform the public about demands for smartphone app notifications. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101100-us-senator-raises-alarm-foreign-government-spying-through.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

3D graphics transformed a somewhat dull PC industry into a spectacle of light and magic after generations of innovative endeavor. TechSpot's look at the history of the GPU goes from the early days of 3D, to game-changing hardware and beyond. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/article/650-history-of-the-gpu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Pre-orders have opened for the RetroTINK 4K, starting at $750, and initial stock has quickly sold out. While the price is steep, the device offers an impressive array of features for various uses. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101097-retrotink-4k-scales-old-school-devices-4k-displays.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

What's more, only 36 percent of those surveyed said they acquire PC games at full price, meaning the remaining majority prefer to wait for discounts or bundles, or otherwise obtain games for free. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101094-price-wrong-bob-only-third-pc-gamers-pay.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Back in October, the Biden administration attempted to address the difficult issue of regulating artificial intelligence development with an executive order signed by the president that promised to manage the technology's risks. The order covers many areas, including AI's impact on jobs, privacy, security, and more. It also mentions using... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101090-advocacy-groups-urge-biden-address-generative-ai-environmental.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Pre-orders are now open for Logitech's latest flagship Astro headset, the A50 X, at $379.99. The product's primary draw is its included base station, which serves as a charging cradle and an HDMI 2.1 switcher that the company expects customers to simultaneously connect to an Xbox Series X or S,... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101077-latest-flagship-astro-headset-doubles-hdmi-21-switcher.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Kali Linux's last release for the year adds Vagrant offerings to Hyper-V, Raspberry Pi 5 support, an updated UI to GNOME 45, and various new network tools. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6738-kali-linux.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 is currently available at an exceptional deal price of $29. The package gets you a lifetime license for one Windows PC or Mac, suitable for both home and work use. Office remains the king of office productivity, and here's one way to get most of... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100909-get-microsoft-office-29-one-time-purchase.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Turbo Pascal was initially released in 1983 for DOS and CP/M-based systems, injecting a breath of fresh air into the home computer programming market. While competing products (and languages) were essentially clunky patchworks of different programming tools, the Pascal dialect conceived by Anders Hejlsberg at Borland offered an all-in-one environment... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101067-turbo-pascal-celebrates-40-years-innovation-legacy-programming.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In an uncharacteristically free, all-access interview to CNBC's Katie Tarasov, Apple executives showed off the company's Silicon Valley chip lab, where engineers in lab coats test each component meticulously before approving its use in the company's products. Tarasov also spoke to the head of Apple silicon, Johny Srouji, who claimed... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101065-apple-shows-off-state-art-lab-designs-develops.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A PDF recently emerged on Intel's website accusing AMD of misleading its customers with its new laptop Ryzen naming scheme. Introduced last year, Team Red's designation for laptop processors differs from those designed for desktops. While the names contain more information than their predecessors, they can be confusing, which the... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101060-intel-compares-amd-new-ryzen-laptop-naming-scheme.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Xbox head Phil Spencer has denied having any plans to make Xbox Game Pass available on PlayStation or Nintendo consoles. The subscription service has become the crux of Microsoft's gaming business, and its accessibility across Xbox, PC, and the cloud has pushed the company's hardware-agnostic strategy. Despite the policy, Spencer's... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101058-microsoft-has-no-plans-bring-game-pass-sony.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you have purchased Discovery content from PlayStation at any time in the past, prepare to lose it. Sony has notified some PSN members that it is pulling digital content from the store and user libraries on December 31, even if they paid for it. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101052-sony-purging-tv-shows-users-libraries-including-purchased.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

While the tech world is brimming with optimism about AI's potential, Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, injects a dose of reality. Speaking to CNBC on the 10th anniversary of Meta's AI lab, LeCun expressed skepticism about AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) going big and questioned the current capabilities of quantum... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101057-meta-ai-chief-doubts-ai-super-intelligence-coming.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Predicting the future is hard. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/trivia/16-who-famously-there-no-reason-anyone-would-want/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The planet's journey to clean energy use has taken another leap forward in Naka, Japan, where the world's biggest and most advanced experimental nuclear fusion reactor has been inaugurated. Housed at the National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, the system, known as JT-60SA, is a six-story-high donut-shaped... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101041-nuclear-fusion-milestone-japan-unveils-world-largest-reactor.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Are higher refresh rates better for gaming? Yes, they are. In this article we'll explain why refresh rates often labeled as "overkill" might actually offer more improvement than you might think. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/article/2769-why-refresh-rates-matter/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

It was back in 2022 when Broadcom, known for designing and manufacturing semiconductor products, announced plans to buy cloud computing and virtualization technology company VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $61 billion. The deal also sees Broadcom assuming VMware's $8 billion in debt. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101046-broadcom-acquisition-vmware-leads-massive-layoffs-ceo-tells.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft's overhaul of its Rewards program has stirred a wave of discontent among its loyal user base, particularly affecting Edge and Xbox users. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101040-microsoft-rewards-now-less-rewarding-sparking-user-backlash.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to Board Channels, a Chinese product information source, Nvidia plans to continue distributing RTX 3060 GPUs at least until Q1 2024. Shipments may cease starting in Q2 2024, but this will depend on manufacturers' interest in continuing RTX 3060 sales. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101042-nvidia-plans-continue-producing-rtx-3060-2024-recommends.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Electronic Arts is venturing into new realms of player engagement with a new patent that enables players to voice their in-game characters by generating speech "in the voice of a player of a video game." Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101015-ea-latest-patent-players-use-their-voice-game.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you're in the market for a new system or platform upgrade, and you've decided to go with Intel's 14th-gen Core CPU platform, these are the new Z790 motherboards you want to be aware of. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/review/2776-intel-z790-motherboards/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CyberPowerPC showcased an incredibly imaginative chassis at CES 2022. The Kinetic case featured 18 motorized triangular vents on the front bezel that open and close based on the system's internal temperature. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101033-youtuber-builds-mind-blowingly-complex-kinetic-pc-case.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Owners of iPhones, iPads, and Macs should update their operating systems ASAP. The latest patch contains a critical security update for two vulnerabilities hackers are currently exploiting. Both issues concern how WebKit reads memory. WebKit is the browser engine underpinning Safari and other essential Apple applications. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/101034-you-update-iphone-ipad-or-mac-now.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger