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Microsoft responds to Gaming Copilot controversy, says it uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not for training AI models — optional feature can be turned off, but not easily uninstalled

Microsoft said that the Gaming Copilot in the Game Bar only uses screenshots of your game to understand what's going on, not for training itself.

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Ludicrous $6 billion Counter Strike 2 skins market crashes, loses $3 billion overnight — game update destroys inventories, collapses market

Counter-Strike 2 received an update yesterday that prompted the worst market crash in the game's history. Cosmetics worth over $6 billion fell to almost $3 billion after Valve made it easier to acquire them. Less scarcity means lower barrier of entry, but it also means less desirability for traders who'd…

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IBM's boffins run a nifty quantum error-correction algorithm on standard AMD FPGAs, and it is' 10 times faster than what is needed' — research propels IBM's Starling quantum computer project forward

IBM's Starling project gets a boost from quantum error-correction algorithms running on conventional AMD FPGAs

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OCCT version 15 adds coil whine detection that doesn't require a microphone, plays a coil whine melody instead — popular stress tester gets genius new feature to silence your PC

The latest iteration of OCCT introduces a coil whine detection tool that allows users to detect if their system is producing coil whine in an audibly harsh environment.

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Apple's Houston-built AI servers are now shipping, according to CEO Tim Cook — custom silicon to power Private Cloud Compute

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to X yesterday, October 23, to announce that Apple’s “American-made advanced servers” have begun shipping from a new Houston facility to Apple’s own data centers.

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Nexperia China snubs Dutch HQ amid spat that threatens automotive production — says order to dismiss executive violates labor laws

Nexperia's China subsidiary refuses to follow its HQ's order to vacate the position of John Chang, its VP for global sales and marketing, citing conflict with Chinese law.

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Intel Core Ultra 5 338H appears in Geekbench listing, confirming new "Arc B370" Xe3 iGPU — No "X" branding in sight as Panther Lake's naming scheme becomes clear

A new Geekbench listing for a midrange Panther Lake CPU, Core Ultra 5 338H, shows a modest bump in performance, but confirms more important details like the exact GPU being utilized under the hood, while clearing up the naming scheme confusion that previously made it part of the flagship "X"…

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Intel has cut 35,500 jobs in less than two years — more than 20,000 let go in in recent months as Lip-Bu Tan continues drastic recovery journey

Intel cut 20,500 jobs under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan — totaling 35,500 in two years — and reduced R&D spending by over $800 million per quarter as it streamlines operations, cancels lower-priority projects, and concentrates investment on strategic projects.

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Anthropic signs deal with Google Cloud to expand TPU chip capacity — AI company expects to have over 1GW of processing power in 2026

Anthropic and Google Cloud just signed a deal that will bring the AI company's compute capacity to over 1GW.

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TSMC says China's rare-earth export restrictions will have limited short-term impact on company — concern lies in transitioning away from China supply

TSMC says that it has about a year or two of rare-earth supplies, but transitioning to other non-China sources will take time.

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Full-size Amiga A1200 retro gaming system comes armed with modern HDMI port, 25 classic games — pre-orders and launch date announced

Retro Games Ltd has lifted the curtain on the upcoming A1200 remake, and pre-orders will be open from November 10. Units will be launching from June 2026

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Intel hamstrung by supply shortages across its business, including production capacity — says it will prioritize data center CPUs over consumer chips, warns of price hikes

Intel's third-quarter results were constrained by production and substrate shortages, forcing the company to prioritize data center CPUs over client chips, which will likely make Raptor Lake CPUs more expensive going forward.

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Intrepid modder builds Frame Warp demo from Nvidia Reflex 2 binaries — tech remains mysteriously shelved despite greatly reducing latency

Nvidia's Reflex 2 tech has been showcased in the real world.

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Intel's pivotal 18A process is making steady progress, but still lags behind — yields only set to reach industry standard levels in 2027

Intel said that its 18A process is advancing on schedule with usable yields to begin Panther Lake volume production, but low marings will slow the ramp and capacity expansion until yields reach 'industry standard' levels in 2026 – 2027.

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AWS outage post-mortem fingers DNS as the culprit that took out a chunk of the internet and services for days — automation systems race and crash

Massive Amazon Web Service outage that took out a chunk of the internet and services for days was due to DNS.

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Intel posts return to growth and profitability in Q3 2025, but significant challenges remain — achieves $13.7 billion revenue with $4.1 billion operating profit

Intel returned to profitability in Q3 2025 with $13.7 billion in revenue and $4.1 billion profit, driven mainly by one-time gains, as client and data-center sales improved despite ongoing capacity shortages.

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Virtualized Windows 11 test shows Apple's M5 destroying Intel and AMD's best in single-core benchmark — Chinese enthusiast pits Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Core i9 14900KS against Apple's latest SoC

A Chinese enthusiast’s benchmark suggests Apple’s new M5 chip delivers record-breaking single-thread performance in CPU-Z, outperforming top AMD and Intel CPUs even while running Windows 11 in virtualization mode. But its multi-thread performance should be better.

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TP-Link launches budget Archer GE400 Wi-Fi 7 gaming router — Dual-band router hits more affordable price point, includes 2.5 GbE ports and RGB lighting

The Archer GE400 carries an MSRP of $219, but is currently discounted to $169 at Amazon

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Elon Musk claims Tesla's new AI5 chip is 40x more performant than previous-gen AI5 — Next-gen custom silicon for vehicle AI to now be built by Samsung & TSMC

Tesla's next-gen AI5 chips is going to be manufactured by both TSMC and, now, Samsung in America. Musk claims that it's 40x faster than the outgoing AI4 silicon, mostly because of a radical design approach that ditches legacy hardware blocks to focus on what's needed right now.

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Nexperia fallout threatens automobile production as Japanese carmakers warn of supply disruptions while European companies prep assembly line shut-downs — mature-node chip market in crisis as supply dwindles

Japan's Automobile Manufacturers Association warned that Nexperia's disrupted chip supply could halt vehicle production across Japan, as Volkswagen is reportedly preparing to suspend assembly of Golf and Tiguan models as early as next week.

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Elon Musk's Starlink reportedly tasks Samsung to build AI-powered modem — space-based 6G service could revolutionize satellite-to-device connectivity

Samsung is developing an AI-boosted modem chip to enable Earthbound devices to connect directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink service, according to Korean insider sources.

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China seeks semiconductor and AI self-reliance in ambitious new 5-year plan — Beijing also wants to increase domestic spending and reduce reliance on exports

The CCP's 15th five-year plan draft focuses on a path of technological independence while reducing its reliance on exports for economic growth.

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Fujitsu defies convention with optical drives in new AMD Ryzen laptop — Blu-ray disk drive clings onto life in Japanese market

Optical disc devotees continue to find safe ports and harbors in Japan, with the release of the new FMV Note A laptop line from Fujitsu.

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Trump considering China export ban on items made with or containing U.S. software — sweeping restriction to hit hard in response to Beijing’s rare earth embargo in major trade war escalation

Trump is considering blocking all U.S. software from China if it doesn't lift its rare earth restrictions.

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Trump administration to follow up Intel stake with investment in quantum computing, report claims — tens of millions of CHIPS Act dollars could be paid out to leading companies in exchange for equity

The U.S. government is in talks to take equity stakes in major quantum computing startups in exchange for at least $10 million each in funding from the Commerce Department.

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