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EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: eon, undersea fiber, space lasers

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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Rolls for ‘Star Wars’ and ‘World of Warcraft’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: dungeons & dragons, star wars, world of warcraft

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This $10 bundle of 100+ DRM-free games means to support laid-off game developers (techspot.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Sims | tags: itch.io, game industry layoffs, drm-free games

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Who Will You Play in D&D’s New World of Warcraft and Star Wars Sets? CNET Answers (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by David Lumb | tags: dungeons & dragons, wizards of the coast, world of warcraft

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AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, nvidia geforce rtx 5050

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D&D is getting World of Warcraft and Star Wars crossovers (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: dungeons & dragons, world of warcraft, blizzard

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D&D Rolls a Natural 20 on Nerd Collabs, Announcing World of Warcraft and Star Wars Sets (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by David Lumb | tags: dungeons & dragons, wizards of the coast, world of warcraft

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Memory maker SK hynix's profit rises 557% amid global shortage, expansion costs climb to $27 billion — shares slide despite mammoth earnings as expectations outpace reality and global AI selloffs continue (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Luke James | tags: sk hynix, dram, nand

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4GB GPUs might return with AMD's Radeon RX 9050 (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Daniel Sims | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, asrock

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Samsung is making more RAM because Apple needs more RAM (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: samsung, apple, dram

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ASRock officially announces Radeon RX 9050 with 8GB VRAM — RDNA 4 card offers boost clock of up to 2600MHz (updated) (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: asrock, radeon rx 9050, rdna 4

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Leaked Radeon RX 9050 hints at the return of 4GB VRAM GPUs in 2026 — new budget RDNA 4 card also spotted in 8GB config with half the power of an RX 9060 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: radeon rx 9050, amd, asrock

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‘Dungeons & Dragons 2’ Can’t Happen Because Money, and Life is Cruel (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: dungeons & dragons, jarnathan, movie

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Intel is reversing course and bringing hyper-threading back to its server chips (techspot.com)

2026-07-26 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: intel, hyper-threading, xeon coral rapids

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Geekom A9 Max 2026 review: Gorgon Point in a compact Mini PC (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mark Tyson | tags: geekom, ryzen ai 400, amd ryzen

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Patreon laying off 20% of staff (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: patreon, creators, layoffs

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T. Rex Babies Were No Bigger Than House Cats—But Already Deadly (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: t. rex, fossils, dinosaurs

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AMD confirmed $5.4 billion ATI acquisition 20 years ago today — deal to 'reinvent our industry' paved the way for Radeon GPU innovation, APUs, and games console domination (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mark Tyson | tags: amd, ati, radeon

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The AMD Radeon Settings You Should Actually Be Using (techspot.com)

2026-07-24 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: amd radeon, amd software, radeon gpu

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The AMD Radeon Settings You Should Actually Be Using (techspot.com)

2026-07-24 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: amd radeon, amd software, radeon gpu

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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-23 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: patreon, jack conte, 404 media

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Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-23 | by Aisha Malik | tags: patreon, jack conte, headcount reduction

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AMD’s 256-core Epyc 9996 ‘Venice’ claims up to a 3.4x jump over Intel Xeon competition, 20% over Nvidia Vera – Zen 6 comes with up to 1024MB of L3, 16-channel memory, and 5GHz+ clock speeds (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, epyc 9996, zen 6

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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers (theverge.com)

2026-07-23 | by Emma Roth | tags: patreon, jack conte, ai tools

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Intel and AMD sign long-term server CPU deals with Chinese customers as prices jump over 40%, report claims — agreements purportedly guarantee purchase volumes for about a year without fixing prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Luke James | tags: intel, amd, xeon

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Avast! Sony Parleys With Ridley Scott Over a New ‘Treasure Island’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: sony, ridley scott, treasure island

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PlayStation 3 emulator adds support for ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, and 4000 series graphics cards on Linux — 20-year-old HD 2600 crumbles, can only run Portal at 13 fps in 273p (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-22 | by Mark Tyson | tags: rpcs3, ati radeon hd 2000, linux

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Shrink your PC setup with up to 25% off on Kamrui mini-PCs — big savings on the H1 for gamers and the Hyper H2 for pros (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Layer Van-Ds .Vds-Author Font-Size Var --Vds-Author-Font-Size | tags: mini-pc, kamrui, ryzen 7 7735hs

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‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Is Sensational (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: avatar aang, last airbender, flying bark productions

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Microsoft will deploy AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI accelerator ‘at scale’ on Azure – Radeon Instinct MI455X and Epyc Venice power will be available through Redmond’s cloud infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: amd, azure, radeon instinct