Jana Kramer, who is pregnant with her third child, revealed that she suffered a bacterial infection in her kidneys while she was on her babymoon vacation with her fiancé.
Jana Kramer, who is pregnant with her third child, revealed that she suffered a bacterial infection in her kidneys while she was on her babymoon vacation with her fiancé.
It used to be that if you dreamed of reaching 6GHz speeds with your hot rod desktop CPU, you’d have to try your luck with overclocking and all of the potential instability and cooling demands that required. Earlier this year, Intel released the Core i9-13900KS, which hit 6GHz right out of the box. Now, the company is doing it again with its fastest 14th-gen desktop CPU, the i9-14900K. That frequency is just a short-lived “Thermal Velocity Boost” speed, which isn’t sustained for very long, but it’s still something Intel can lord over AMD.
These 14th-gen chips, to be clear, are different from Intel’s recently announced 14th-gen Core Ultra processors for notebooks. Understandably, Intel is focusing on efficiency for its mobile lineup, whereas its desktop chips are all about raw power (and 6GHz bragging rights). You can look at the 14th-gen desktop hardware as a last gasp for Intel’s existing architecture, where the company doesn’t mind pushing power demands to out-bench AMD. (The i9-14900K consumes as much as 253 watts, just like its predecessor.)
Intel’s highest-end 14th-gen chip may get most of the attention, but discerning gamers may be more interested in the i7-14700K, which now features 20 cores (8 performance and 12 efficiency) and reaches up to 5.6GHz “Turbo Boost Max 3.0” speeds. Perhaps most importantly, its $409 price tag is well below the 14900K’s $589.
When it comes to benchmarks, Intel claims the 14900K is up to 23 percent faster than AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X3D while playing Starfield in 1080p. The company also says that chip is up to 54 percent faster than the same AMD hardware while multi-tasking between After Effects and Premiere Pro. (That comparison may be a bit unfair, since Intel tested an Auto Reframe task in Premiere Pro that works together with its UHD graphics, something that AMD’s graphics don’t help with.)
Perhaps more useful than raw benchmark comparisons, Intel also says the i9-14900K was able to reach over 100fps in Total War: Warhammer III while playing, streaming and recording in 1080p with ultra graphics settings. That game is also optimized specifically for its 14th-gen hardware, so you can’t expect the same results with every title.
If you’re still eager to overclock, Intel is also making that easier with its new XTU AI Assist feature, which will only be available on the i9-4900K. In a demo for media, an Intel representative showed off how the XTU app can quickly determine the ideal processor core voltages, motherboard power settings and “other tuning knobs” to determine safe performance speeds. They noted that Intel had trained its AI overclocking model on hundreds of CPUs, as well as a variety of motherboard and cooler options (including a bit of liquid cooling). Once the AI tuning process is complete, you can roll with its suggested settings or use them as a baseline for further overclocking.
One feature you won’t see in these new 14th-gen chips? An NPU (neural processing unit) for AI acceleration. Oddly enough, the company’s upcoming Core Ultra mobile chips will feature an NPU, which enables things like Windows Studios Effects for AI-powered background blurs in video chats. It makes sense for Intel’s first NPU to appear in its new architecture, whereas the 14th-gen desktop chips are beefed-up versions of last year’s hardware. Still, it’s a bit odd for its priciest desktop hardware to miss out on something mere laptops will see next year.
Intel’s 14th-gen desktop chips will be available from retailers and system manufacturers on October 17th.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/intel-hits-6ghz-again-with-its-14th-gen-desktop-cpus-130007286.html?src=rss
As gaming laptops and dedicated portable consoles like the Steam Deck eat up all of the press, it’s easy to forget the humble tower desktop. Alienware sure hasn’t, as it just announced the latest refresh to its popular Aurora line of mid-tower gaming desktops. The Aurora R16 is a legit monster that the company says can overclock to an incredible 6.1GHz to handle even the most advanced modern gaming applications.
As a matter of fact, Alienware says this is the company’s first system to reach beyond 6Ghz. This is due to the inclusion of an Intel Core 14th Gen processor, a two UDIMM memory architecture and a custom motherboard based on the Intel Z690 chipset. You can overclock via a BIOS switch to fly past that 6GHz benchmark.
Gaming PCs are also largely defined by the GPU, and the R16 ships with the scarily-powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card with 24GB of GDDR6X memory, though that’s the top-of-the-line model. You have plenty of GPU options here, all the way down to the GeForce RTX 3050 with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. You can also choose up to 64GB of DDR5 XMP memory and up to 4TB of SSD storage.
Aurora desktops have been a mainstay with PC gamers since 2009, but this latest release represents a near-total redesign. The R16’s inspired by the industrial form factor of the company’s Legend 3 gaming laptop. You get a nifty cube design that’s 40 percent smaller than last year’s R15, while still emphasizing accessibility and user upgrades. The chassis ships with either a solid door or a clear side panel so you can marvel at all of those sweet techy innards. The new cube shape also makes it easier to find the perfect spot on or under your desk.
With all of that new power comes new thermal regulation requirements. The R16 boasts larger air-intakes and exhausts than the R15, with hexagonal side vents and a new vertical stadium to provide a larger surface area for airflow. The top face also features a larger surface area for the purposes of exhaust. All told, the company says these upgrades contribute to a seven percent reduction in overall temperature when compared to the R15, despite the added power. You also have your choice of air-cooled or liquid-cooled CPUs.
The R16 also integrates with the company’s Alienware Command Center 6.0 software suite, a first for desktops. This software lets you adjust nearly every aspect of the PC, from the AlienFX lighting, thermal regulation, game presets and much more. As for user upgrades, you have two DIMM slots for memory, 2x M.2 PCIe slots for SSD storage and an additional 3.5” HDD slot. All configurations also support Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5 Gbps ethernet.
The Alienware Aurora R16 will be available for purchase tomorrow and starts at $2,200. This is for a bare-bones model, however, so you could potentially pay hundreds more for access to each and every bell and whistle.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/alienwares-new-aurora-desktop-can-overclock-to-an-astounding-61ghz-130059365.html?src=rss
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce went out to dinner in New York City for the second night in a row after they both appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live.’
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce went out to dinner in New York City for the second night in a row after they both appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live.’
TikTok is the latest social media company to announce its plan for mitigating misleading and violent content in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. A point-by-point blog post details recent steps, such as the creation of a command center “that brings together key members of our 40,000-strong global team of safety professionals, representing a range of expertise and regional perspectives, so that we remain agile in how we take action to respond to this fast-evolving crisis.” The company’s statement follows similar ones from Meta and X — both companies had received letters from the European Union’s regulatory commissioner detailing misinformation concerns.
Additional steps outlined by TikTok include hiring “more” moderators who speak Arabic or Hebrew and regularly updating its automatic detection systems to identify graphic or violent content so as not to expose users or moderators. To that end, TikTok has expanded the well-being care available for frontline moderators. Notably, a moderator sued TikTok in 2021 for mental trauma, alleging that she would view between three and ten videos at once that featured horrific events like school shootings and cannibalism.
Users should also now see opt-in screens over graphic imagery that is being kept on the platform for “public interest” reasons and further restricted Live eligibility in an attempt to limit misinformation. Speaking of falsehoods circulating on the internet, TikTok reiterated that it removes spliced content that users have edited to be misleading.
TikTok reportedly took down about 500,000 videos and ended 8,000 livestreams occurring in Israel and Gaza between the initial attacks on October 7 and the statement’s October 15 release. Moving forward, the company plans to roll out misinformation warnings in English, Hebrew and Arabic when certain terms are searched.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-details-how-its-taking-action-against-israel-hamas-misinformation-115753575.html?src=rss
Are you waiting for an even more powerful Apple laptop? Well, you might have to hold on a little longer. Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro may arrive at the beginning of 2024, with the M3 MacBook Air likely to follow a few months later. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who had predicted that a MacBook Air with the new chip could appear as early as October.
Gurman reports the 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Airs are now in the engineering verification test (EVT) stage. M3 MacBook Pros, on the other hand, are further along in the process and “nearing mass production.” If you want even more power, MBPs with M3 Pro and M3 Max are also progressing, so expect to see them in the first half of 2024.
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The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray’s hybrid drive isn’t here to raise the efficiency of this iconic sports car. It’s only here to make it faster: 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds and a quarter-mile in 10.5 faster. The electric motor up front adds 160 horsepower to the 495 from the LT2 V8 engine in the back. It even helps the handling.
The National Labor Relations Board has accused X (formerly Twitter) of retaliating against software engineer Yao Yue for attempting to organize workers in the wake of the new policy. After Musk gave then-Twitter employees an ultimatum in November 2022 to return to the office, Yue urged others not to resign in response but instead “let him fire you.” Yue was fired five days after tweeting about it and writing a similar post on Slack. In terminating her, the complaint filed by a San Francisco branch of the NLRB alleges the company violated federal labor laws by “interfering with, restraining and coercing employees” exercising protected rights.
Netflix’s Squid Game reality show will premiere on November 22, just in time for Thanksgiving, so you can celebrate the holiday by watching a reality show adaptation of a dystopian drama with a pretty on-the-nose message about late-stage capitalism. One that’s utterly ignored here.
The Meta Quest 3 is here, and it’s the best standalone VR headset we’ve ever seen. But is that enough to make people care about virtual reality? In this episode, Devindra and Senior Writer Sam Rutherford chat with Tested’s Norm Chan about the Quest 3 and Meta’s mixed reality future.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-you-might-have-to-wait-for-an-m3-powered-macbook-pro-and-macbook-air-111504463.html?src=rss
Minecraft is turning 15 next year and we’ve been given insight into how popular it still is in the lead up: the game has now sold more than 300 million copies. To put that in perspective, Grand Theft Auto V is not even a close second, with over 185 million copies sold. Even its slightly later release (2013) doesn’t do much to make up for the gap — especially considering Minecraft surpassed the 200 million mark in 2020.
Mojang Studios announced the achievement during a Minecraft Live event that shared new features coming to the game, like a trial chamber that has traps and mobs coming at you along a series of rooms and corridors. A new Star Wars: Path of the Jedi DLC and Planet Earth DLC are also in development and will be available on November 7 and early next year, respectively.
“As we approach the 15th anniversary, Minecraft remains one of the best-selling games of all time with over 300 million copies sold,” said Helen Chiang, head of Mojang Studios. “[Its] a milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks.”
The exact launch date of Minecraft is a bit confusing. Game developer Markus Persson, commonly known as Notch, first made Minecraft available to the public in 2009 (the anniversary being celebrated), but the game wasn’t officially released until late 2011. Persson used the initial launch as an opportunity to better the game, keeping track of feedback and releasing alpha and beta updates in 2010 under his new company, Mojang. Jens Bergesten took over as lead designer at the end of that year, and in November 2011, the official Minecraft game launched on iOS.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/minecraft-has-now-sold-over-300-million-copies-094225081.html?src=rss
Janelle Brown’s boys open up about their ongoing feud with Robyn and the family gift exchange drama.
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The ‘Love Is Blind’ season 5 reunion was full of explosive reveals. From the one couple that’s still together to who tried dating and then split, here’s the full rundown of the most shocking reunion moments.
The ‘Love Is Blind’ season 5 reunion was full of explosive reveals. From the one couple that’s still together to who tried dating and then split, here’s the full rundown of the most shocking reunion moments.
Johnie Maraist and Chris Fox’s relationship did not survive after ‘Love Is Blind’ filming ended. During the season 5 reunion, Chris opened up about how he actually cheated on Johnie.
Johnie Maraist and Chris Fox’s relationship did not survive after ‘Love Is Blind’ filming ended. During the season 5 reunion, Chris opened up about how he actually cheated on Johnie.
