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PS5 fans brace for another price hike, and rising memory costs are likely to blame
According to France-based tipster Gyo, the PlayStation Portal is expected to rise from €219.99 to €249.99 following the hike, while the PS5 Slim Disc Edition could increase from €549.99 to €649.99. The PS5 Pro is also set to become €100 more expensive, going from €799.99 to €899.99.
Judge dismisses Elon Musk's X lawsuit over "advertiser boycott"
Judge Jane Boyle of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Thursday that X failed to show any “antitrust injury,” such as a measurable benefit to rival social media companies. “The very nature of the alleged conspiracy does not state an antitrust claim, and the court…
US warns EU over regulation, says fines on American tech giants could have consequences
Speaking to Ian King on CNBC’s Europe Early Edition, Puzder said, “If the European Union is going to participate in the AI economy… They’re going to need data centers, data and access to the United States AI hardware stack, and you can’t overregulate and move the goal post on regulations…
Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts for smart features
Starting this month, using smart TV features on Vizio TVs will require signing in with a Walmart account. It remains unclear which models are affected, but the stipulation will likely apply to all new TV sets. The retail giant confirmed to Ars Technica that users can combine their pre-existing Vizio…
"Why make game art at all?" New Blood publisher fears DLSS 5 is replacing artistry with AI
Nvidia says that DLSS 5, due later this year, is designed to sit on top of existing assets, taking a 2D frame plus motion vectors and inferring more photorealistic lighting and materials in real time. The company pitches it as a leap toward more lifelike visuals, but critics see it…
Chinese universities with military ties bought Supermicro servers with restricted Nvidia A100 chips
The report is the latest reminder that Washington’s export controls can still be circumvented by embedding advanced GPUs inside full server products. The US first moved against chips such as Nvidia’s A100 in October 2022, then tightened the rules in October 2023 with additional measures and broader licensing requirements aimed…
Windows PCs crash three times as often as Macs, report says
Omnissa’s 2026 State of Digital Workspace report outlines the IT challenges that various organizations face from the growing use of AI and the heterogeneous deployment of enterprise devices. The relative instability of Windows and Android is a recurring theme throughout the report.
Using a VPN to hide your location could expose you to government surveillance
Six Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether US citizens who connect through VPNs are losing constitutional protections against warrantless spying. Their letter argues that because virtual private networks obscure a user’s true location, intelligence agencies may presume those communications are foreign in…
CERN scientists successfully turned an antiproton trap into a moving appliance
The European Organization for Nuclear Research has announced a major breakthrough in making antimatter more portable – almost like something you could ship via Amazon. Researchers at the Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment have successfully transported a small number of antiprotons across CERN’s main site, and they are now working to…
Netflix hikes prices for all its plans, pushing Premium to $26.99
The streaming giant’s new pricing pushes the Standard With Ads plan up by $1 to $8.99 per month. The ad-free Standard plan that allows viewing on two devices simultaneously is going up by $2, from $17.99/month to $19.99/month.
Google's TurboQuant compression tech cuts LLM memory use by 6x with no accuracy loss
The biggest memory burden for LLMs is the key-value cache, which stores conversational context as users interact with AI chatbots. The cache grows as conversations lengthen, increasing both memory usage and power consumption. TurboQuant addresses this issue by reducing model size with “zero accuracy loss,” improving vector search efficiency, and…
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