Alleged NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB Die Swap Brings Power Consumption Way Down

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The answer, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA Sort Of Breaks Silence On Its Flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]( By Paul Lilly on Feb 15, 2022 02:22 pm [NVIDIA Sort Of Breaks Silence On Its Flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti]( Back at CES, NVIDIA announced a flurry of new mobile and desktop GPUs, including a new flagship SKU—the mighty GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. There was not a whole lot of information to share at the time, other than a few TFLOPs numbers and the promise to share more details by the end of the month. It's been about a month and a half since then, so where [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [First Samsung Galaxy S22 Camera Samples Are Stunning In Zoom And Low Light Modes]( By Paul Lilly, Myriam Joire on Feb 15, 2022 02:00 pm [First Samsung Galaxy S22 Camera Samples Are Stunning In Zoom And Low Light Modes]( Following up on our Galaxy S22 hands-on first look at Samsung's newest flagships, which the company unveiled during its Galaxy Unpacked event last week, we've been putting the two higher end SKUs through their paces. We'll have a full review with benchmarks and analysis later this week. In the meantime, we wanted to share a few sample photos [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Defender Is About To Make It Tougher For Hackers To Steal Windows Passwords]( By Lane Babuder on Feb 15, 2022 01:50 pm [Microsoft Defender Is About To Make It Tougher For Hackers To Steal Windows Passwords]( Passwords get compromised every day through devices, services, and operating systems. Microsoft's operating system, Windows, is no different. To help combat this, Microsoft's antivirus utility, Defender, is getting a new (and much welcomed) default policy setting. Building on Microsoft's efforts in security as of late, the Redmond tech [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Opera Browser Supports Emoji Web Addresses As Kesha And Other Music Artists Ditch Traditional URLs]( By Tim Sweezy on Feb 15, 2022 11:53 am [Opera Browser Supports Emoji Web Addresses As Kesha And Other Music Artists Ditch Traditional URLs]( If you have ever dreamed of using emojis for a custom URL, your day has come. Well, at least if you are using the Opera browser with Yat integration. Opera has announced a new partnership with Yat that will make creating a custom URL a bit more, well, emoji-tional. The emoji integration is available within Opera browsers on Windows, Mac, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google Issues Emergency Security Patch For Billions Of Chrome Browser Users, Update ASAP]( By Paul Lilly on Feb 15, 2022 11:50 am [Google Issues Emergency Security Patch For Billions Of Chrome Browser Users, Update ASAP]( If you're using Google's Chrome browser your Windows PC, Linux system, or Mac computer, be sure you have the latest version installed (version 98.0.4758.102). That's because the latest update contains several security fixes, including an emergency patch for a zero-day vulnerability that Google says is being actively exploited in the wild. That [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Launch Trailer Gets Gamers Hyped For Bungie's Exciting Expansion]( By Brittany Goetting on Feb 15, 2022 11:20 am [Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Launch Trailer Gets Gamers Hyped For Bungie's Exciting Expansion]( Bungie just released the launch trailer for Destiny 2:The Witch Queen. Some of the trailer was already familiar to us, but other aspects of it piqued our interest. Here are all of the interesting and new elements we spotted in the Destiny 2:The Witch Queen launch trailer. Savathûn Views the Light As A Literal Rebirth The launch trailer [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google Pixel Fold Could Make Foldables Affordable, Here's When It Might Launch]( By Tim Sweezy on Feb 15, 2022 10:37 am [Google Pixel Fold Could Make Foldables Affordable, Here's When It Might Launch]( Google is looking to join in on the foldable smartphone craze with its own Pixel version. As such, the tech giant is rumored to be starting production on the Pixel Fold later this year. Foldable smartphones are starting to become more of a norm, as more companies look to jump into the foldable market. Companies like Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Newegg Promises Hassle-Free Open Box CPU And Mobo Returns After Selling Damaged Gear]( By Paul Lilly on Feb 15, 2022 10:31 am [Newegg Promises Hassle-Free Open Box CPU And Mobo Returns After Selling Damaged Gear]( Buying open box, refurbished, or recertified merchandise at a discount carries an inherent risk, though vendor or manufacturer inspections and appropriate return policies are supposed to be mitigating factors. Simply put, if an item arrives damaged or otherwise doesn't function properly, you should be able to return it for a refund or, at [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Exotic Stars Covered In Helium Burning Ashes May Be From A Rare Stellar Merger]( By Brittany Goetting on Feb 15, 2022 09:41 am [Exotic Stars Covered In Helium Burning Ashes May Be From A Rare Stellar Merger]( It feels as if we discover something new about space everyday, much of which challenges our existing understanding of the universe. Many current research projects are especially focused on studying the evolution of stars and their origins. Two particular stars recently piqued astronomers’ interest. Astronomers discovered two stars that are [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel To Acquire Tower Semiconductor In Huge Foundry Services And Capacity Expansion]( By Paul Lilly on Feb 15, 2022 09:28 am [Intel To Acquire Tower Semiconductor In Huge Foundry Services And Capacity Expansion]( There's been a lot of moving and shaking in the silicon space over the past couple of weeks, the latest of which is Intel announcing it has agreed to acquired Tower Semiconductor for $53 per share in cash, which values the deal at approximately $5.4 billion. 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