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https://www.techspot.com/news/89663-elon-musk-tesla-stop-accepting-bitcoin-payment-crashes.html My thoughts on Bitcoin have generally been that it's really bad for the environment on many levels. If this starts a downward trend for crypto maybe people will be able to buy GPUs for gaming again. -
https://www.techspot.com/news/89652-researchers-develop-injectable-microscopic-chip-monitor-physiological-conditions.html Sounds like an origin story for the borg.
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Microsoft is using Intel CPU tech to thwart crypto-mining malware | TechSpot This is the first I've heard of bitcoins being stolen by a malware attack. Seems like this has the potential to become a big problem.
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https://www.techspot.com/news/89404-microsoft-directstorage-pc-work-pcie-30-ssds.html Good news for nvme ssd owners.
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Get your back-up routers now bois. Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/89261-global-chip-crisis-causing-60-week-delay-new.html
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https://www.techspot.com/news/89208-diablo-ii-resurrected-playable-alpha-test-kicks-off.html
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https://www.techspot.com/news/89173-amd-admits-zen-3-cpus-vulnerable-new-spectre.html According to people who understand this much better than I do, though I guess it's similar to spectre in how it works, it's something that can only occur in more specific and rare scenarios.
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Source Freebie week: Ubisoft is handing out free games and DLC every day this week (techspot.com) Free games are always nice. FYI, just sign into uplay and you should see the freebie on the front page, you just have to claim it. I'm not sure why the articles says you have to register to get the games, that is not the case... just sign in.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/88796-nasa-mars-perseverance-rover-powered-processor-1998.html IIRC the voyager spacecrafts use a very similar CPU to the PlayStation 1.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/88708-spotify-announces-hifi-lossless-streaming-tier-premium-add.html Freaking finally! As an audiophile, this is very good news. Really can't even believe this has taken so long.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/88677-chrome-os-overtakes-macos-second-place-annual-market.html As much as I dislike macOS... Chrome is so much worse. I wonder if this says more about chromes success or apples failure.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/88646-qualcomm-google-microsoft-arent-happy-about-nvidia-buying.html Nvidia and open standards are like oil and water.
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https://www.techspot.com/news/88598-intel-cuts-10th-gen-comet-lake-prices-amd.html Been getting the itch myself. As much as I'd prefer to go with amd, gotta admit intel has some good prices right now.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/88148-amd-desktop-cpu-share-passes-intel-first-time.html Didn't quote anything from the article since really there was no need.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87521-news-covid-19-vaccine-90-effectiveness-sees-pandemic.html Some extremely good news! Not purely tech news but news that impacts us all.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87862-retailers-accidentally-reveal-geforce-rtx-3000-mobile-paired.html#commentsOffset Further evidence of a 3000 series refresh with more Vram.
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techspot EA faces another class-action lawsuit over loot boxes
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87240-ea-faces-another-class-action-lawsuit-over-loot.html This is way overdue. Hopefully more countries will follow suit and sue EA for illegal gambling practices. -
Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87783-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-announces-intent-step-down.html I don't think many will be sad to see him go.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87716-graphics-api-vulkan-now-features-full-ray-tracing.html Neat!
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87568-smoking-xbox-series-x-videos-fake-microsoft-warns.html Kinda funny news.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87567-rumored-999-rtx-3080-ti-launch-january-take.html This wouldn't be a surprise at all. Personally I'm not in the market for a $1000 GPU. I'll likely be getting the 6800 when it's available. Seems to have the best specs for the price.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87504-fortnite-reportedly-return-iphones-nvidia-geforce-now-web.html Seems like they should have done some kind of web based client sooner.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87037-amd-ryzen-5000-launch-fastest-gaming-cpu-higher.html Looks like AMD is about to take the performance crown! Lots more details in the source, no benchmarks yet though.
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Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/87153-atari-publicly-sell-branded-cryptocurrency-quarter-each.html Don't know what to say about this other than it feels incredibly unnecessary.
