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Corsair iCUE Link RX120, RX120 RGB, RX140 RGB Review (Page 1 of 4)

If you were to choose who to invite to a party you are hosting, why criteria of selection do you have? For me, these factors include the type of party, category of people in relation to the type of party, level of friendship, adjacency between the invited, history of participation, as well as reciprocation. For example, if I were to plan my birthday party, I would generally invite people I consider to be good friends, and of course, the minimum...

FSP CUT593A Review (Page 1 of 4)

"You just have to think outside the box," I was told by a friend of mine when I was sharing my workplace woes and some of the challenges I was facing. "Well, I am not sure if I have a box like that," I responded. I can be an incredibly rigid thinker at times. I form habits and routines of how to complete certain tasks or accomplish certain goals, and I find it a particular challenge to think outside of those boxes. The boxes of thought I have...

After 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drives

From ExtremeTech: It's been a while since the tech world heard about a brand-new 2.5-inch hard drive. The technology seemed to peter out at 5TB long ago, while the rise of SSDs made 2.5-inch hard drives a dead-end technology. That is apparently not the case, however, as Western Digital has unveiled...

OpenAI's ChatGPT Will Soon Feature Content From Reddit

From PC Mag: Don’t be surprised if ChatGPT starts referencing Reddit posts. OpenAI has reached a deal with Reddit to bring its user-generated content to the popular chatbot.

The partnership will let OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other programs pull content from Reddit, an online forum with over 267.5...

Firefox 126 is here: More security, less tracking, and faster Facebook

From PC World: In the new Firefox version 126.0, Mozilla developers have fixed several vulnerabilities in the browser. Better data compression should load Facebook pages faster. Even more tracking parameters are blocked when copying web addresses. Updates to Firefox ESR 115.11 and Tor Browser 13.0.1...

OpenAI Prioritizes 'Shiny Products' Over AI Safety, Ex-Researcher Says

From PC Mag: A researcher who just resigned from ChatGPT developer OpenAI is accusing the company of not devoting enough resources to ensure that artificial intelligence can be safely controlled.

"These problems are quite hard to get right, and I am concerned we aren't on a trajectory to get there...

TSMC: Performance-Optimized 3nm N3P Process on Track for Mass Production This Year

From AnandTech: As part of the second leg of TSMC's spring technology symposium series, the company offered an update on the state of its 3nm-class processes, both current and future. Building on the back of their current-generation N3E process, the optical shrink of this process technology, N3P, is...

Visa leverages AI to help retailers access more customer data

From ComputerWorld: Digital payments company Visa has said it’s leveraging AI to share consumer shopping preferences with merchants, which could enhance personalized shopping experiences.

The company plans to utilize its proprietary token service, which currently secures 29% of its transactions by...

Samsung mocks Apple’s crushing iPad Pro ad with its own ‘UnCrush’ pitch

From The Verge: Samsung heard that Apple managed to upset a lot of people with the “Crush” ad revealed last week that smushed instruments, arcade games, and sculptures into a shiny new OLED-screened iPad Pro, and apparently just had to get into the conversation. Apple eventually apologized, with an...

Starlink to Flat High-Performance Dish Buyers: No More Free Wi-Fi Router for You

From PC Mag: SpaceX's Starlink is no longer bundling a Wi-Fi router with the flat high-performance (HP) dish, forcing users to pay for the additional hardware.

Starlink's checkout page now says: "Please note Flat HP kits no longer include a router."

Instead, buyers will need to spend an extra $250...