China's Loongson claims its latest CPUs are a match for Intel's 10th-gen in single-core performance

Loongson Vice President Zhang Ge revealed that the company has made huge strides in single-core performance through its R&D efforts. While admitting that its chips lag mainstream offerings in multi-core grunt, Loongson claims its latest iterations have seen up to a 20x gain in single-core capabilities.

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Apple backtracks, says macOS utility Amphetamine can remain on the App Store

The app Amphetamine is a simple but useful macOS utility which can be configured to keep a Mac awake, preventing the computer from going into sleep mode. It's been available on the Mac App Store for some 6 years, where it's accrued over a thousand favorable ratings from users. Given... https://www.techspot.com/news/88141-apple-backtracks-macos-utility-amphetamine-can-remain-app.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

OpenAI faces ChatGPT probe over data risk issues, damaging reputations

The agency sent a 20-page demand letter to OpenAI for records about how it addresses risks related to its AI models, writes The Washington Post. The Civil Investigative Demand also requests details about the company, its AI model and training, how it deals with privacy and prompt injection attacks, API... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/99395-openai-faces-ftc-probe-over-chatgpt-damaging-reputations.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Alienware vBIOS abducts CUDA cores from the RTX 3070

Things aren't going well with Dell's Alienware gaming notebooks as of late. With the Alienware Graphics Amplifier external GPU recently killed off in favor of Thunderbolt 4 solutions, and the class-action lawsuit now being brought against the advertising of their Area 51m R1 laptops, they could be forgiven for wanting... https://www.techspot.com/news/89950-alienware-vbios-abducts-cuda-cores-rtx-3070.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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