Exhaustive Testing Posts Receipts On Likely Cause Of RTX 4090 12VHPWR Meltdowns

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Exhaustive Testing Posts Receipts On Likely Cause Of RTX 4090 12VHPWR Meltdowns]( By Zak Killian on Nov 16, 2022 02:59 pm [Exhaustive Testing Posts Receipts On Likely Cause Of RTX 4090 12VHPWR Meltdowns]( Much has been written already, both here and elsewhere, about the issue of melting 12VHPWR connectors on GeForce RTX 4090 cards. If you're new to this topic, the shortest summary is that recent GeForce cards use a new type of auxiliary power connector, and those connectors have been smoking and melting for a few users. Many have theorized [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Teams Says All Work And No Play Makes Employee Productivity Wither Away]( By Mark Tyson on Nov 16, 2022 12:53 pm [Microsoft Teams Says All Work And No Play Makes Employee Productivity Wither Away]( Microsoft has announced Games for Work. This is a new app for its Teams workplace collaboration app, to facilitate playing games with co-workers. Gaming with co-workers might be considered an unwelcome distraction by some employers, but Microsoft asserts that some co-worker gaming fun can "build trust, create connections, and improve team [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Xbox Boss Says Gaming Business Will Become Untenable If This Doesn't Happen]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 16, 2022 12:49 pm [Xbox Boss Says Gaming Business Will Become Untenable If This Doesn't Happen]( Xbox CEO Phil Spencer insists that the Activision Blizzard acquisition is more about Candy Crush than Call of Duty (COD). The $68.7 billion deal still faces an "in-depth" investigation by the European Commission before it can be finalized. When Microsoft announced its desire to purchase Activision Blizzard, some felt the move could give [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA Shares Plan To Protect Webb Telescope After Surprise Micrometeroid Impact]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 16, 2022 11:19 am [NASA Shares Plan To Protect Webb Telescope After Surprise Micrometeroid Impact]( NASA convened a team of experts to devise a plan to protect its extremely valuable Webb telescope from powerful micrometeoroid impacts. The team was assembled following an impact in May, which exceeded any prelaunch models. NASA reported in June of this year that the Webb telescope had been struck by multiple micrometeoroids between May [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Razer Blade 14 Owners Treated To A Free USB Speed Upgrade, Here's How To Get It]( By Aaron Leong on Nov 16, 2022 11:07 am [Razer Blade 14 Owners Treated To A Free USB Speed Upgrade, Here's How To Get It]( If you currently own a 2022 Razer Blade 14 laptop, Razer is upgrading your USB-C ports to support the latest and greatest USB4 via a firmware update. Consider this an early Christmas present! It is usually unheard of that ports on sold laptops can be improved after the fact. However, according to Razer spokesperson Gilberto Williams-Gamboa, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Scores EPYC Supercomputer Win As Frontier Smokes The Competition To Stay No. 1]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 16, 2022 10:53 am [AMD Scores EPYC Supercomputer Win As Frontier Smokes The Competition To Stay No. 1]( The latest rankings are in for the Top500 list of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Frontier system powered by AMD EPYC hardware is still in front of the pack. That's not surprising, given that Frontier took pole position when it went online just shy of six months ago. However, it's likely to [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [The iPhone 14 Pro Is Fixing A Major Feature Annoyance By Taking A Page From Android]( By Aaron Leong on Nov 16, 2022 10:08 am [The iPhone 14 Pro Is Fixing A Major Feature Annoyance By Taking A Page From Android]( A developer release of iOS 16.2 beta 3 is fixing a criticism that many users have had with the flashy new always-on display (AOD) on the iPhone 14 Pro, putting it more in line with how Android does AOD. The much ballyhooed introduction of the AOD feature on the latest iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max was definitely met with excitement, but also [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Loses CPU Patent Lawsuit And Is Ordered To Pay This Firm Nearly $1 Billion]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 16, 2022 09:37 am [Intel Loses CPU Patent Lawsuit And Is Ordered To Pay This Firm Nearly $1 Billion]( Intel is on the hook for a massive $948.8 million judgement after a federal jury in Texas decided it infringed on a key patent held by VLSI Technology, a silicon valley firm that designs and manufacturers custom and semi-custom integrated circuits. It's the latest showdown in what's become an ongoing saga between Intel and VLSI, with the two [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform With Faster, More Intelligent Everything]( By Dave Altavilla, Ryan Whitwam on Nov 15, 2022 06:00 pm [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform With Faster, More Intelligent Everything]( Before you know it, 2022 will be drawing to a close, and that means a new wave of smartphones will be looming on the horizon. Many of the next-gen flagship devices due to arrive next year will likely run on Qualcomm's latest mobile platform, the just-revealed Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. This chip is the predictably named follow-up to last year's Snapdragon [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [How Russian Code Infiltrated Android And iOS Apps Used By The CDC And US Army]( By Nathan Wasson on Nov 15, 2022 05:16 pm [How Russian Code Infiltrated Android And iOS Apps Used By The CDC And US Army]( Around 8,000 Android and iOS apps rely on code provided by Pushwoosh to monitor user activity and send custom push notifications. According to a report by Reuters, Pushwoosh has made efforts to portray itself as a US-based company, obscuring the fact that the company operates out of Russia. Among the clients that included Pushwoosh’s code [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Dragon Range And Intel Core i9-13900HX Mobile CPU Specs Break Cover]( By Zak Killian on Nov 15, 2022 05:03 pm [AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX Dragon Range And Intel Core i9-13900HX Mobile CPU Specs Break Cover]( We love to talk desktop hardware around here. Those are the high-powered parts, of course, with potent performance that puts up the big benchmark numbers. Even still, laptops make up a huge swath of the market, so we can't ignore those chips. Both AMD and Intel have new laptop processors on the horizon, but the ones that are the most interesting [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Compares Its Radeon RX 7900 XTX Specs Against GeForce RTX 4080 On Launch Day]( By Zak Killian on Nov 15, 2022 03:29 pm [AMD Compares Its Radeon RX 7900 XTX Specs Against GeForce RTX 4080 On Launch Day]( The GeForce RTX 4080 is a powerful GPU. In our full review it was able to outpace every card from the previous-generation including the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, as well as every Radeon ever made. However, AMD has its own new parts on the way, and in its latest marketing materials, it makes direct comparisons against the new Ada Lovelace GPU. 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