Thousands of fake HDMI cables seized in a single day in Taiwan
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Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
#TBT Every few years it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games look ever more realistic. We've had shaders, tessellation, shadow mapping, ray tracing – and now there's path tracing.
X CEO responds to Elon Musk telling departing advertisers to "Go f**k yourself"
"It's a real weakness to be liked"
Big quote: Elon Musk has responded to advertisers rushing to leave former Twitter platform X by telling them to "Go f**k yourself," which is unlikely to appease the companies that were handing over millions for ad space. The owner's outburst has since been addressed by X CEO Linda Yaccarino, who said "X is standing at a unique and amazing intersection of Free Speech and Main Street."
Electric vehicles report 79% more issues than gas-powered cars
Japan maintains its crown for having the most reliable automakers
Common misconception: It stands to reason that electric vehicle powertrains should have fewer problems than internal combustion engines. After all, they don't have to withstand thousands of tiny explosions every second the motor runs. In fact, unlike ICE-driven vehicles, there are no moving parts or other stressors while the car is idling.
Microsoft's 2023 ugly sweater features Windows XP's iconic wallpaper
Win the holiday ugly sweater party with Microsoft
Most kids want game currencies and subscriptions instead of physical titles for Christmas
Are boxed games going the way of the VHS?
Official photos and details of Amazon's Fallout TV show have arrived
A better look at what we saw in the leaked trailer
This Nvidia co-founder lives a philanthropic, manifesto-writing, "off the grid" life
Priem could have been worth $70 billion if he'd kept his Nvidia stock
Amazon turns Fire TV Cube into a cheap cloud desktop PC for businesses
The ancient thin client is back, because Amazon thinks everyone works in the cloud now
Blade Runner director Ridley Scott calls AI a "technical hydrogen bomb"
"we are all completely f**ked"
Fan-made Zelda short reimagines Ocarina of Time in the style of Studio Ghibli
Courtesy of Unreal Engine 5
Dbrand takes legal action against Casetify for allegedly stealing its Teardown designs
Hard to argue with this evidence
Sony fails to stop $7.9 billion lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices
Has Sony been ripping off gamers?
Tech giants and the evolving productivity landscape
Qualcomm does indeed have 50,000-ish employees, double those of Nvidia and AMD
Why it matters: After looking at revenue and operating income per employee for big semiconductor companies, we thought that was a fun exercise, so we have looked at another dozen tech companies in various sectors. Broadcom and Apple are in a league of their own – it is good to have a software or licensing business.
World Press Photo Contest reverses stance on AI-generated images following angry complaints
Thanks to the "honest and thoughtful feedback"
Robots will soon roam South Korea's sidewalks
But they will need a proper license and legal insurance against incidents
UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage
(Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock.
Half-Life gets massive 25th anniversary update along with 'making-of' documentary
Valve added new and restored content and made the game free to keep on Steam this weekend
Fake Disney posters prompt Microsoft to reprogram Bing Image Creator
Or why we will never have true artificial intelligence
Google paid Samsung $8 billion to make its apps the default on Galaxy phones
Google is also expected to pay Apple $19 billion this year to be the default search engine on iPhones, iPads, and Macs
IBM suspends advertising on X after its ads appear next to pro-Nazi content
Musk has also found himself in trouble for endorsing a controversial post
Asus apologizes for Evangelion motherboard typo, offers replacement cover and extends warranty
Asus goes above and beyond in its response
TikTok's rising popularity in news consumption challenges Facebook's reign
Thirty percent of US adults still prefer Facebook for their news
3D Game Rendering 101: The Making of Graphics Explained
You're playing the latest games at beautiful 4K ultra res. Do you ever wonder how those graphics got there? Welcome to our 3D Game Rendering 101: A guide to how one basic frame of gaming goodness is made.
The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first
Last year's most common password: "password" falls to 7th place