The White House is dictating access to frontier AI models, shifting power from tech giants, sources say

Following up on our editorial regarding its incredibly confusing software support policy for the recently announced Edge 70 Max, Motorola reached out to us to clarify the matter. The company rep, who contacted us following our story, had this to say: We can confirm that Edge 70 Max arrives with up to 3 OS upgrades…

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Summary Plasma 6.7.3 re-enables triple buffering for Nvidia after a nearly two-year disablement due to a KWin sync bug. Disabled since Oct over multi-GPU copy glitches; KWin sync bug fix allows enabling it again. Grab Plasma 6.7.3 now to fix Nvidia stutters; Plasma 6.8 will add Spectacle audio to video recordings. If you’ve used KDE…

Chrome has been my default browser on Android for years. It works on every device I own and rarely gives me a reason to think about switching. But over time, a handful of small frustrations started adding up. I wanted a browser that blocked intrusive ads without extensions, respected my privacy a little more, and…

AI software claims hidden grid capacity could ease America’s growing electricity shortage GridCARE says simulations reveal unused transmission capacity across existing power infrastructure Existing transmission lines may hold far more capacity than previously estimated A new software platform claims it can unlock roughly 300 gigawatts of hidden electrical transmission capacity across the existing United States…

AMD launched the Ryzen 7 7700X3D a couple of days ago to universal acclaim, with reviews praising its consistently excellent gaming performance while critiquing the price point. It’s officially priced at $329, which is just shy of what the Ryzen 7 7800X3D goes for these days, rendering the newest X3D chip a bit pointless. However,…