'The Mountain' deadlifts a record-breaking 283PB of storage at SC24 — picks up 996 pounds (452kg) of Phison 128TB SSDs

'The Mountain' from Game of Thrones, AKA Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, has succeeded in deadlifting a record-breaking 282.624 PB of SSDs. Source

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A superb Black Friday price cut brings this MSI Katana A15 AI laptop down to $1,099 – With an AMD Ryzen processor and RTX 4070 GPU

Black Friday deals price cut brings this MSI Katana A15 AI laptop to just $1,099, a great price for such a decently specced laptop. Source

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Three days later, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch is still stumbling with access and bandwidth problems — issues aren't going away anytime soon as more users come online globally

Microsoft has revealed that player counts for MSFS 2024 across the globe have begun to increase, putting continuous strain on the servers and exacerbating current issues. Source

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The RTX 5090's GB202 GPU will reportedly be the largest desktop chip from Nvidia since 2018 coming in at 744mm-squared — 22% larger than AD102 on the RTX 4090

Rumor has it that Nvidia's RTX 5090 wielding the GB202 chip has a massive 744mm-squared die size. Nvidia is expected to announced the Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025…

Continue Reading The RTX 5090's GB202 GPU will reportedly be the largest desktop chip from Nvidia since 2018 coming in at 744mm-squared — 22% larger than AD102 on the RTX 4090

GlobalFoundries gets $1.5 billion subsidy from U.S. gov't after it was fined for violating export laws to China

GlobalFoundries signed a deal to get $1.5 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act even after being fined for violating U.S. export laws by supplying advanced chips to Chinese entities.…

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AMD increases official Ryzen 7 9800X3D pricing to 542 Euros in Europe due to exchange rate fluctuations

AMD might be worried about changing prices based on the exchange rate. However, these incremental updates are not affecting the chip's real-world pricing due to the chip's non-stop availability issues.…

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Top-end and mid-range RTX 50-series cards are rumored to launch in early 2025, and entry-level cards to follow later — RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti and 5070 up first

Nvidia is rumored to launch the RTX 50 series GPUs early next year. Source

Continue Reading Top-end and mid-range RTX 50-series cards are rumored to launch in early 2025, and entry-level cards to follow later — RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti and 5070 up first

US FCC to update undersea cable regulations amid suspected cable sabotage incidents — proposals include restricting Chinese companies from building cable components

The FCC is working on a new set of rules that will help protect the more than 400 undersea cables connecting the globe from disruption. Source

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