“Update the drivers.” We’ve all heard this advice a million times. And generally, it does help resolve whatever the issue is. But what if the updated driver itself is the problem? Whether it’s due to an unstable update or incompatibility, updating NVIDIA drivers can sometimes lead to a downgrade in performance. And although this is rare, some users have even reported facing BSOD errors likenvlddmkm.sys, and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. In cases like these, reverting to the previous stable version is the best option....

Shutting down or restarting your Windows device directly come in handy when you’re in a hurry and don’t have time to update the device. However, Windows does not let you restart or shutdown the device unless the update process is complete. Avoiding updates may be necessary when you do not have a charger lying around to safely update your device. Or maybe it is because you’re simply waiting to hear reviews before updating your computer as new updates may not be stable and might cause problems in the system....

When you’re ready to dive a bit deeper into computer management, few skills are quicker and easier to learn than using Command Prompt. With it, you can run scans on your computer, adjust your networking, and input commands that you can’t do outside of this feature. Whether you’ve never used Command Prompt before or are just getting started with it, check out some of the fantastic options it gives users....

You’re at the store and suddenly you remember that you really need to start a script on a remote server. It could be yourRaspberry Pi 5or in my case, back in 2012 it was a misbehaving client project server which forced me to login and restart some services while I was browsing which pizza would be for dinner. I did everything from my smartphone using SSH (Secure Shell) andJuiceSSH, a free SSH client app for Android....

Hurricane Helene, which recently hit North Carolina, caused severe flooding and damage across a vast swath. Among the areas affected isthe small town of Spruce Pine, which is home to high-purity quartz mines, the only facilities that produce ultra-pure quartz in the world. High-purity quartz is vital for various stages of chip production, so if its supply is disrupted, this could hurt the semiconductor industry, which is already struggling with supply issues....

This isn’t the best Cyber Monday we’ve seen for GPU and CPU deals, but still, if you know what to buy, you can put together a powerful gaming PC for cheap. Based on our knowledge and testing of GPUs and CPUs, I’ve put together a parts list for a PC that could comfortably play games at 4K ultra settings for just $1,285 (this price is a moving target as parts sell out and was as low as $1,231 on Friday)....

IBMhas ambitions to take the lead in quantum computing, with a new governmental partnership inbound to make this a reality. Japanese news outletNikkei reports on a leaked joint effortbyIBMand Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) that seeks to produce a quantum computer containing 10,000 qubits by 2029, vastly outclassing today’s class-leading133-qubit machines. Quantum computinghas been a major focus of IBM for a few years now, and this newest step forward is a notable one....

Intel has finally announced its budget-focused chipsets for its latest Core Ultra 200 series desktop CPUs. B860 and H810 are aimed at the mid-range and entry-level price segments, with motherboards sporting these chipsets starting at $99 and $129, respectively. B860 is the newest chipset in Intel’s B-series lineup, sporting 14 lanes of PCIe 4.0 connectivity (not including the CPU lanes), four SATA 3.0 ports, 1Gb Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.3, and Wi-Fi 6 support....

Intel has achieved notable construction progress at its upcoming Ohio fabs in Licking County, reports local ABC affiliateWSYX TV 6. Team Blue reports that the basements are now ready and the next stage involves constructing the floors. Likewise, four massive superloads have been delivered, and Intel shared a glimpse of one of the largest cranes in the world at the construction site. In 2021, Intel announced an investment of over $28 billion to construct two bleeding-edge chip manufacturing campuses in Licking County....

Intel disclosed several chip packaging breakthroughs at the Electronic Components Technology Conference (ECTC), outlining the technical merits of multiple new chip packaging techniques. We spoke with Dr. Rahul Manepalli, an Intel Fellow and VP of Substrate Packaging Development, for more details on three of the new packaging technologies: EMIB-T for boosting both the size of chip packages and power delivery capabilities to support new technologies like HBM4/4e, a new disagregated heat spreader design, and a new thermal bonding technique that improves reliability, yields, and enables scaling to finer chip-to-chip connections....

Intel’s Gaudi 3 processor for AI applications is significantly faster than its predecessor, which makes this offering significantly more competitive against rivals. However, the company gave a rather uninspiring guidance forGaudi 3sales this year: the company expects Gaudi 3 to generate $500 million in revenue in 2024. Compared to AI-related expectations of AMD and Nvidia, this looks like a negligible sum. “Our Gaudi 3 launch gave us a strong offering to improve our position in accelerated computing for the data center and cloud,” said Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s chief executive, at the earnings call last week....

Israeli news sourceCalcalisthas reported that Intel Israel has initiated legal action against Natalia Avtsin, a former employee, and Yafim Tsibolevsky, a previous component supplier, for their alleged conspiracy to embezzle over NIS 3 million, approximately $842,000. This embezzlement allegedly took place between October 2023 and November 2024, remaining undetected until Intel exposed the fraud. Avtsin was employed in Intel Israel’s hardware production department until her dismissal in November 2024. Intel stated that her termination was part of a strategy toreduce operationsin Israel and was unrelated to her alleged crimes, which were still undiscovered at that time....

Intelhas released new graphics drivers promising substantial performance boosts and optimizations across several games. The drivers offer up to 24% improvements onCore Ultra 200V(codenamed Lunar Lake) iGPUs and 20% on thedesktopArc AlchemistGPUs. The driver package size has been increased (1.4GB), at least temporarily, as drivers for both Arc GPUs and Lunar Lake iGPUs have been merged in this release. Going over the release notes, Intel has made enhancements in a handful of games and also added support for a new title with the 32....