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The Korea Fair Trade Commission has fined Samsung roughly 20.1 billion won (about $15.1 million) over its Game Optimizing Service, which automatically reduced performance in certain popular games on Galaxy S22-era phones to as low as 30% of capacity. The ruling follows an earlier class-action lawsuit brought by South Korean Galaxy owners over the same issue.
Ukrainian drone units reported Starlink terminal signal failures at speeds above 160 km/h starting Wednesday, disrupting frontline logistics and strike missions without prior notice, according to military personnel and senior officials. Kyiv also said it received no advance warning from allies of a Russian missile strike on energy facilities for a second consecutive day.
Free diagnostic tools like HWiNFO, Core Temp and HWMonitor can display real-time CPU temperature readings in Celsius. Guidance suggests 60°C or below is typical for everyday use, 70-90°C warrants investigation, and 90°C or above risks overheating damage, with most modern CPUs throttling performance to self-protect before that point.
An Android Authority writer describes keeping a four-year-old Nothing Phone 1 running after it reached the end of official software support. The fixes included a third-party battery replacement, switching to a slower 18W charger and thinner case to reduce heat, and moving to lighter, open-source apps to cut battery drain and improve speed.
A hardware advisory explains that placing a desktop tower directly on the floor exposes its intake fans to higher concentrations of dust, pet hair and pollen than surfaces like desks or shelves. This debris coats internal components, blocking airflow and forcing the system into thermal throttling, which slows performance during demanding tasks like gaming.
Developer Matt Birchler tested Apple's iPhone 18 Pro's A20 Pro chip for thermal throttling during transcription benchmarks, finding speeds dropped from a peak of 447.9 words per second to about 320 after several runs. He then placed a cold can of La Croix sparkling water on the back of the phone during a 20-run benchmark session and recorded a 25% improvement in sustained performance compared to the uncooled test.
A newly released white paper examines how single-phase direct liquid cooling addresses escalating thermal loads in AI and high-performance computing systems, where individual chips now exceed 1,000 watts and racks can dissipate over 100 kilowatts. It compares this approach against two-phase and immersion cooling methods, and outlines how liquid cooling works at both chip and system levels.
Portable power devices often list peak wattage on the box, but real-world performance drops as heat builds up during charging—especially in magnetic wireless chargers, where the induction coils sit in direct contact with the phone. For years manufacturers have relied on passive materials like graphite sheets and heat spreaders to manage that heat, but these can only slow warming, not stop it, once a compact enclosure hits its thermal ceiling.