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New PS6 report claims AMD will be designing the console's chip

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support AMD has allegedly won out against Intel in the PS6 chip battle, meaning the manufacturer will continue to provide Sony with internal components for its next-generation console. That's according to Reuters , who state in a new PS6 report that AMD has been contracted by Sony for the design and fabrication of the chip for the next generation of PlayStation console. Sources claim that the deal was secured in 2022, with AMD winning out against rival chip manufacturer Intel in the bidding process. It seems like the decision making process eventually whittled down to both AMD and Intel. However, it's possible that backwards compatibility for PS6 may have been the deciding factor. "Moving from AMD, which made the PlayStation 5 chip, to Intel would have risked backwards compatibility, which was a subject of discussion between Intel and Sony engineers and executives," says the report. It continues: "ensuring backward compatibility
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Samsung shows insides of its 128TB SSD in all its glory but with a weird caveat — QLC-based BM1743 won't go on sale anytime soon and has a very short but strange 1-month retention

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support High capacity SSDs are becoming increasingly important as data storage demands continue to surge. Companies like Samsung, Huawei and Phison have been teasing future 128TB SSDs this year. These drives will provide a massive storage boost, essential for industries like AI, big data, and cloud services where vast amounts of information need to be processed and stored efficiently. Huawei's 128TB SSD , is set to be part of its Exabyte-capable OceanStor A800 range, highlighting the need for such drives in large-scale data environments. Phison’s enterprise SSD platform, with its potential for 128TB capacity , also demonstrates how these drives will play a critical role in handling high-performance, data-intensive applications. Samsung recently showcased its new 128TB SSD, the BM1743, at the Future of Memory and Storage 2024 event (formerly Flash Memory Summit). The drive, which features 122.88TB of usable storage, was displayed with an exploded view
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This 5K monitor can do something that no other 5K screen can — rival to Apple Studio Display matches it for price, but is a touchscreen with more ports and a far more versatile stand

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Alogic, known for peripheral devices and displays, showed off a range of smart tech productivity devices at IFA 2024, including three premium displays. Particularly eye-catching among these is the Clarity 5K Touch 27” UHD Monitor, a device that is positioned to take on Apple’s Studio Display in home and workplace settings. As the name suggests, the Clarity 27 5K Touch Display has a 27-inch screen with an ultra-crisp 5120 x 2880 resolution, putting it on par with Apple’s Studio Display in terms of pixel density and image sharpness. But interestingly, it also boasts 10-point multi-touch functionality, making it one of the few high-resolution 5K monitors on the market to offer a touchscreen. Clarity 27 versus Apple Studio Display In addition to its high resolution and touchscreen capabilities, the Clarity 27 5K Touch Display offers 99% coverage of the sRGB color space, 350 nits brightness, and supports up to 1.07 billion colors. The touchscreen f
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The Steam update you've been waiting for is finally here

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support After a beta period earlier this year, Steam's new family sharing system and parental controls hub is now available for everyone . Steam Families is replacing both Family Sharing and Family View, creating a nucleus for all your game-sharing needs.  A Steam Family can comprise up to six members (including yourself), and the full libraries of all the users will be available to the 'family' unit, except for games where developers have opted out of sharing for whatever reason. No longer will you need to feel bad if you're watching your big brother play a game that you want – you can share the title across devices, just not at the same time. The most important upgrade to Steam's game-sharing update is the ability for you and your family to play games from your library at the same time. For example, your wife can play your copy of Cyberpunk 2077 while you play Warzone concurrently with no issues. And while playing one copy at the
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MI6 and CIA are combatting tech-savvy criminals with generative AI

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Representatives from MI6 and the CIA have revealed the agencies have adopted generative AI in the fight to improve intelligence activities. In a joint opinion piece , the agencies pointed to the ‘sea of data’ they need to comb through in order to identify and tackle security threats. The intelligence chiefs describe the ‘accelerated’ challenges brought about by advances in technology, with an ‘unprecedented array of threats’ that the two countries face. The pair identify the war in Ukraine as the first of its kind in combining open-source warfare with ‘cutting-edge battlefield technology [..] high and low sophistication cyber warfare, social media, open-source intelligence” A special relationship The move is perhaps not hugely surprising, with Microsoft confirming it designed generative AI models specifically for use by intelligence services. For example, the large language model developed for data analysis uses an ‘air gap’ to ensure a separa
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Google’s new AI gaming engine can recreate DOOM and basically all your other favorite games too

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support DOOM, the 1993 cult classic, has turned into somewhat of an internet meme. Playable on nearly everything, from microwaves to electric toothbrushes , it’s more of a question of what can’t play DOOM rather than what can. Now, thanks to Google’s AI GameNGen, AI can even generate a playable version of one of the most beloved video games of all time, and it’s seriously impressive.  GameNGen is a new video game engine that is powered by a neural model able to generate gameplay based on different prompts. In the case of this recreation of DOOM, GameNGen is essentially learning to play the game as masterfully as possible, dodging bullets, slaying demons, and interacting with the environment. Once the AI has understood exactly how to play the game, GameNGen then uses a diffusion model to recreate a perfect image of the content it has just consumed. The game is produced in real-time with the AI model generating each individual frame based on the last one.
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Withings releases a Brilliant edition of the ScanWatch Nova, but I think its design is anything but

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Hybrid smartwatch maker Withings has just announced a couple of fresh color options for the ScanWatch Nova and with it, a slightly new name in the ScanWatch Nova Brilliant. Intended to be more of an elegant, dress watch – as opposed to the more diver-centric style of the current ScanWatch Nova – customers in the US and Australia (UK availability is TBC) have the choice of titanium silver or “bicolor silver and gold” finishes.  To coincide with the new color options, Withings has also bestowed a white dial upon the ScanWatch Nova Brilliant, with a white sub-dial at 6 o’clock to track progress towards a goal you define in the companion app, and the now-customary OLED display at 12 o’clock to show notifications and other health-related information.  Adding to its dress-watch nature is a smaller watch face of 39mm compared to the standard Nova’s 42mm, making it not only easier to slip under a shirt cuff but making it better suited to smaller wrists,
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If you think SearchGPT is ready to replace Google, you’re hallucinating too

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support When OpenAI debuted SearchGPT , the demonstrations suggested everything about how people look for things online would immediately change forever. But, “wow” became “wow, that’s  “embarrassing” when examples of the AI search engine at work proved somewhat flawed . The challenge to Google’s reign as search engine king is still undergoing revisions. According to a new piece in The Washington Post , SearchGPT is still wobbly on the facts. Google may not have to worry about losing its digital search throne any time soon, even as it moves at breakneck speed to implement its own AI search tools. The issues are not hard to understand. SearchGPT is supposed to meld OpenAI’s AI models with real-time web data for faster, more accurate answers. Questions and keywords return a summary of the requested information instead of the standard Google links. It can be fast and informative. Unfortunately for OpenAI, that initial error of fact is starting to look more
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Transport for London currently undergoing cyberattack

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Transport for London (TfL), the local government body responsible for managing the transportation system in Greater London, is currently experiencing a cyberattack . However, the details are quite scarce at the moment, so the nature of the attack is unknown. In a brief statement given to the BBC , TfL Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Shashi Verma said the company is currently sorting the problem out: “We have introduced a number of measures to our internal systems to deal with an ongoing cyber security incident." "The security of our systems and customer data is very important to us and we will continue to assess the situation throughout and after the incident,” he added. (Image credit: Transport for London) No evidence of data theft These days, the majority of cyberattacks revolve around hackers stealing sensitive data, and then either demanding a payment in exchange for deleting it, or selling it on the black market. So far,
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Shhh - KitchenAid's new coffee machines can brew up to 40 hot and cold drinks, and they're whisper quiet

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support KitchenAid has just revealed a new range of coffee makers that can brew 50 different hot and cold drinks, all without waking up your sleeping partner. Some coffee machines can reach 70 decibels (dB) during grinding and brewing (the same as a washing machine), but all models in the KitchenAid Espresso Collection are Quiet Mark certified for their low noise levels. According to Quiet Mark, although coffee machines generally give your ears a break between different parts of the brewing process, grinding beans and pulling espresso shots can still be an uncomfortably loud affair. "It is because of this reason that isolating louder components, such as the grinding blades, is especially important," says the organization. "Furthermore, liquid sounds are to be minimized outside the coffee pouring process, as they create a sense of leakage where the user may be forced to stop the machine and check for cracks." The KitchenAid KF8
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This leaked image shows just how tiny the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s bezels might be

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support We’ve heard from several sources that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will have smaller bezels than their predecessors, with one going so far as to say that the iPhone 16 Pro Max could have the slimmest bezels of any phone, at just 1.15mm. And now thanks to a leaked comparison image we have a good idea of how much difference that might make. Leaker Apple Hub (via NotebookCheck ) has shared an image on X, providing a close up view of the bezels on the iPhone 15 Pro Max compared to those on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. As listed by the image, the former phone has 1.55mm bezels, and this source agrees with an earlier leak that the iPhone 16 Pro Max will have 1.15mm bezels. Now, without an image it was hard to get a sense for whether that would actually make much difference, but here you can see that the rumored bezels on the iPhone 16 Pro Max really are noticeably smaller. The iPhone 16 Pro Max is expected to feature the thinnest bezels on
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Black Ops 6 beta dates and how to get access

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Black Ops 6 Beta dates (Image credit: Activision) The Black Ops 6 beta went live on August 30 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST, and will run until September 4 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST. Currently, there are four maps to enjoy, as well as four modes. You'll be able to play even more next weekend, when the open beta goes live, adding in even more maps to try out, just make sure you're keeping your game updated. The Call of Duty Black Ops 6 beta allows players to jump into the game before launch, giving them a taste of the new weapons and Omnimovement mechanics. The first of the two beta weekends is currently live, and will end on Wednesday (September 4) There are two distinct beta periods, one week apart, with different ways to access each one. If you're looking to play Black Ops 6 as early as possible, you'll need to know the details on the ongoing Early Access period, before the game is opened up to more players at
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I'm a photographer –here are 5 reasons why I'll be upgrading to the iPhone 16 Pro

Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Smartphone cameras may have been pushed aside by AI hype in the past two years, but they're still one of the biggest reasons to upgrade – and as TechRadar's former cameras editor, I'm particularly excited about the iPhone 16 Pro. Granted, some of that enthusiasm may be because my daily driver is a creaking iPhone 11 Pro, which has now reached classic car status in smartphone terms. But lately, I've felt the allure of shooting with something more discrete and pocketable than my Fujifilm X-T5 – and rather than a Ricoh GR IIIx , it's the iPhone 16 Pro that's caught my eye. We're still very much in rumors territory for Apple's next flagship phone ahead of its launch on September 9 . But after closely following the speculation this year, it looks to me like the iPhone 16 Pro could be the ideal pocket camera to complement my beefier Fujifilm X-series body and lenses. So why am I thinking of finally upgrading this year,
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