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Intel’s Xeon Diamond Rapids processors will use the company’s all-new Oak Stream platform, which will adopt a brand-new socket with over 9300 pins, based ona test tool that Intel currently offers to its partners(discovered by@harukaze5719). The new LGA9324 socket for Intel’s Xeon 7 ‘Diamond Rapids’ processors will — as the name suggests — have 9,324 contacts. This is up from the 4,677 contacts used by Intel’s Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids CPUs, and is also up from the 7,529 contacts used by Intel’s Xeon 5 Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest processors....

Intel has teamed up with Japan’s NTT and South Korea’s SK hynix to develop next-generation chips featuring optical technology that communicate via photons (light) instead of using electrons, according to a report fromNikkei. The companies reportedly obtained financial backing for their joint work, which focuses on integrating silicon photonics and similar technologies into semiconductors. The collaboration between Intel, NTT (a leading Japanese telecom carrier), and SK Hynix (a leading memory maker) leverages the specific strengths of each partner....

In a disappointing turn of events,FlatpanelsHDreports thatLGhas ended production of its Blu-ray player series, which includes the UBK80 and UBK90 models. With limited stock available, prospective buyers should act quickly to secure the last remaining units before they are sold out. After Samsung andSony’sdeparture from physical media, LG was one of the last major manufacturers of Blu-ray players. The pace of innovation slowed down, as did the frequency of newer models, and to no one’s surprise, LG has decided to exit the Blu-ray market, per reports....

If you’ve been waiting to make the leap to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series, upgrading an existing rig or building from scratch, then this 10% saving on the Zotac Solid OC GeForce RTX 5070 12GB GPU could be perfect for you. Now just$629.99 at Newegg, you may grab one for the lowest price we’ve seen on this model since its launch. It also matches the samebest price ongoing at Amazon right now, although that card is now out of stock, so Newegg is your best bet....

Microsoftis trying out cross-laminated timber (CLT) material for building a new datacenter in Northern Virginia, to help reduce its carbon footprint. Instead of using the usual steel and concrete most commercial buildings are made of, the company decided to incorporate CLT in its latest data centers to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According toMicrosoft, it estimates using wood for parts of its data centers will cut down its carbon footprint by 35% versus steel construction....

Microsofthas announced that it will introduce a newextension performance detectorto its Edge web browser. It will roll out to users of Edge Canary 130 to start with — “Canary” being the beta build branch of Microsoft Edge, essentially. This performance detector won’t serve as an active performance monitor, but will instead appear as a pop-up alert dialog if your browser is consistently being slowed down by any offending extension(s). If this happens, Microsoft Edge will notify you of the extensions in question, show the performance impact as a percentage value, and provide toggle controls to disable one or all of them on the spot....

The government and mainstream media might finally be catching up to what we reported in January: AI image generators output pictures that are both offensive and contain copyrighted characters. Today,MicrosoftEngineer Shane Jones sent anopen letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking the agency to warn the public about the risks of Copilot Designer, the company’s image generation tool. Jones also sent a note to Microsoft’s Board of Directors, asking it to investigate the software giant’s decision to continue marketing a product with “significant public safety risks....

WhileMicrosofthas sold Surface Pro and Surface Go tablets with cellular connectivity before, that capability hasn’t come to the Surface Laptop yet. But on August 26, Microsoft will launch the Surface Laptop 5G as part of its Surface for Business line.The 5G laptop is a variant of the existing 13.8-inch Surface Laptop for Business, which utilizes Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors. The fine print inMicrosoft’s blog postpoints out that it will be supported “only on specific SKUs,” but as of this writing, we don’t know what the other tech specs will be....

Microsofthasissued a warningregarding potential issues when installing Windows 11 version 24H2 using physical media such as CDs or USB flash drives. The problem arises when the installation media includes security updates released between October 8 and Jun 29, 2025. In such cases, the operating system may not accept further security updates post-installation. This issue does not affect systems that receive updates directly through Windows Update or the Microsoft Update Catalog. Additionally, installations using the latest December 2024securityupdate are not impacted....

Minisforum hasunveiledseveral new mini PCs, including its first Intel Core Ultra powered device, and the first with a discrete AMDRadeonRX 7600M XT GPU. AtCES2024 in Las Vegas it is also showcasing its recently revealed V3 AMD 2-in-1 tablet, MoDT motherboards, and Mini Workstation MS-01 designs. The new Minisforum UH185 Ultra is touted as the firm’s flagship product for 2024. No prizes for guessing what processor lies within this mini PC – of course, it is theIntel Core Ultra 9 185H....

Phillip Tennen, developer of the open-source axleOS, has recently decided to use what he learned from that project to create an IRC client that runs entirely within the UEFI pre-boot environment, with no operating system required. This “UEFIRC” is nearly fully functional, with a graphical interface and a TrueType font renderer, and it’s all written in the Rust programming language. For those unfamiliar, “UEFI” is just the modern term for “BIOS” since UEFIs replaced those long ago....

Your monitor features a power-saving mode to save power when the computer is inactive for some time. Generally, when it happens, you see a message “No signal, Entering Power save mode.” However, if the monitor constantly enters into this mode, it can be quite a hassle for the users. This happens mostly if the sleep timer is set to a lower time frame. In such cases, the inputs from your keyboard and mouse will wake up the monitor....

MSI is going big, literally, atCES2024, updating almost its entire line of laptops, many of which are getting 18-inch screens. We’re also seeing updates to both of Intel’s two new processor lines, Intel Core Ultra and 14th Gen Core HX-series, across the board.The new group of gaming PCs is headlined by revamps of some of itsbest gaming laptops, the Tian 18 HX, Raider 18 HX, and Stealth 18 AI Studio....