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Intel claims ‘substantial’ CPU core speed boost in Meteor Lake test chip ‘for just moving wires around’

Intel claims ‘substantial’ CPU core speed boost in Meteor Lake test chip ‘for just moving wires around’

In a recent blog post Intel has made some bold claims about its new PowerVia technology, and how it’s been performing in Meteor Lake-based test chips, delivering a greater than 5% increase to clock speeds. According to Intel’s Ben Sell, vice pres. of technology development, that puts PowerVia on track for delivery next year along with the Intel 20A process node.  PowerVia represents a...

Save on the rarely discounted Google Pixel Watch now, get one at a discount while you still can

Oh, man, the Google Pixel Watch! We must say that this smartwatch had a really rough start. Yes, designwise, the Pixel Watch was and is a gem. However, its poor battery life and stutters here and there that it had at the beginning made it difficult to recommend. That said, Google improved its first-ever smartwatch with time. It eliminated all these issues, and now...

Pete Davidson Slams PETA In Vicious Voicemail Over New Puppy Purchase For His Family! Listen!

Pete Davidson is NOT happy with the animal rights activists over at PETA! The non-profit animal rescue and activism group lit into him in recent days after the Saturday Night Live alum was spotted on video buying a Cavapoo puppy for his family. Of course, the folks over at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would much rather he adopt a dog than buy...

Jared Leto Climbs Front of German Hotel Without Harness

Play video content SplashNews.com Jared Leto‘s not satisfied with being an actor and singer — he’s adding daredevil to his resume by skipping the stairs at a hotel, and instead climbing up its stone wall without a harness! Jared was spotted scaling the Hotel De Rome in Berlin Monday. He wasn’t super high on the wall, but he was high enough to draw a...

Prince Harry SLAMS ‘Destructive’ UK Press, Takes Aim At Piers Morgan, & MORE While Testifying In Phone Hacking Case!

Prince Harry has taken the stand — and he’s the first royal to do so in over a century! On Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex arrived at the High Court of Royal Courts of Justice in London to testify against Mirror Group Newspapers. As we covered, he was supposed to be there for the first day on Monday by was a no-show due to...

College Baseball Fan Drops Toddler On Head In Pursuit Of Foul Ball

A pursuit of a foul ball nearly turned into a tragedy for one college baseball fan over the weekend … ’cause video shows as the man was hightailing it for a souvenir, he dropped a little boy on his head. The scary scene happened on Sunday afternoon during the Campbell vs. N.C. State regional elimination game in Columbia, S.C. … when in the seventh...

Nvidia 4060 Ti 8GB offers up the sort of performance Nvidia promises – and questions the current GPU market

Nvidia 4060 Ti 8GB offers up the sort of performance Nvidia promises – and questions the current GPU market

With the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, Nvidia has a clear audience and a clear goal in mind. We all like to make a big song and dance about the hardest-hitting, heaviest-lifting state-of-the-art graphics cards – but the truth is, the majority of people don’t buy them. Glance over at the Steam Hardware survey and you’ll see that story: right now, the most popular...

PlayStation Store: May 2023’s top downloads

PlayStation Store: May 2023’s top downloads

It’s time to see which top downloads for PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PSVR, and free-to-play received the most downloads to make the list this month. The U.S. and EU PS VR2 charts saw some major movement in the top three spots, while the PS5 charts saw little change, and the U.S. and EU PS4 lists crowned a new number one spot. Check out the...

Is it really a surprise that Diablo 4’s business model is a clone of Call of Duty?

Is it really a surprise that Diablo 4’s business model is a clone of Call of Duty?

I don’t know which is worse, that we have to use the old Diablo 3 Auction House argument as a way of painting the Diablo 4 business model in a better light, or that our only options are various degrees of terrible. In case it wasn’t already clear, yes, Diablo 4 does indeed share its business model with Activision Blizzard’s other premier franchise, Call...

Flash drives often end up as e-waste but this eco-friendly one might alleviate some of the guilt

Flash drives often end up as e-waste but this eco-friendly one might alleviate some of the guilt

Having just dropped a new, totally net-zero flash drive, TeamGroup steps in as yet another tech company taking steps to reduce the use of new plastics, and tackle some of the issues that come along with the inevitable evil that is e-waste. From the same company that brought us the first PCIe 5.0 storage made for non-server use, the C175 ECO is TeamGroup’s new,...