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US delays GPU tariffs for another 3 months, court rules most Trump tariffs illegal
Posted on Saturday August 30, 2025
The US Trade Representative's office announced that a 25-percent tariff on graphics cards, motherboards, SSDs, and other PC hardware assembled in China for the US market will not take effect until at least December 1, 2025. However, the future of most of the Trump administration's tariffs is uncertain after a...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Hacker's intervention exposes Tesla crash records, shifts legal precedent
Posted on Saturday August 30, 2025
On the night of April 25, 2019, a Tesla traveling through Key Largo struck 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, resulting in one death and serious injuries. Police and attorneys quickly realized that understanding the crash required accessing a specific set of electronic records – the collision...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Modders unlock FSR 4 for Radeon GPUs in games without official support
Posted on Saturday August 30, 2025
Developers experimenting with a popular upscaling configuration tool have successfully implemented FSR 4 into games that don't officially support it. Though still in its early stages, Radeon RX 9000 GPU owners could soon play many more titles with AMD's latest super-resolution technology.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
China accelerates drive to replace Nvidia with Alibaba, MetaX and Huawei chips
Posted on Saturday August 30, 2025
China's leading tech companies have long relied on American chipmakers such as Nvidia, but US export restrictions and rising geopolitical tensions have accelerated efforts to develop domestic alternatives. Alibaba, once a top Nvidia customer, now joins local developers in meeting the growing demand for chips that can power emerging AI...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google is "enhancing" Play Games profiles with more data collection (and some privacy controls)
Posted on Saturday August 30, 2025
Google recently announced an update for user profiles on the Play Games service. The enhanced profiles aim to provide a more unified view of gaming activities across different Android devices. However, they also introduce a significant change in how the company handles users' data related to these activities.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Performance woes in Unreal Engine 5 games are developers' fault, says Tim Sweeney
Posted on Friday August 29, 2025
Recent high-profile Unreal Engine 5 releases have highlighted the challenges of game development with Epic's popular creation tool. Games such as Metal Gear Solid Delta or Wuchang: Fallen Feathers have suffered from significant performance issues, but Sweeney insists the blame lies with game studios rather than the engine itself.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft debuts in-house AI models as it builds independence from OpenAI
Posted on Friday August 29, 2025
Microsoft is developing and testing proprietary large language models, signaling a shift from its previous heavy reliance on OpenAI technology.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
USB testing "wheel" provides multiple ports to check faulty devices or cables
Posted on Friday August 29, 2025
An electronics engineer known as "Iron Fuse" has developed a custom "USB and More Tester," offering a wide range of testing capabilities on a single PCB "wheel." The tester can check resistance, detect short circuits, or identify missing connections between pins on a cable or motherboard, although the device does...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
xAI launches Grok Code Fast 1 aiming to rival GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex
Posted on Friday August 29, 2025
Grok Code Fast 1 supports multiple high-level, general-purpose, and multi-paradigm programming languages, including TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, C++, and Go. According to xAI, the model can create new projects and fix bugs in existing code with minimal supervision.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A growing number of states are restricting corporate use of facial recognition
Posted on Friday August 29, 2025
Colorado recently implemented new privacy rules requiring companies to obtain consent before using facial or voice recognition technology. The rules also prohibit the sale of biometric data. In June, Texas introduced an AI law that bans the unauthorized collection of biometric identifiers, echoing similar consent-based regulations passed last year in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »