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How close were the RTX 4090 leaks?

Nvidia is finally launching the long-awaited 4090, which is going for $1,599. (Source: Nvidia)   Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 will be available on October 12. Its specs will make it one of the fastest GPUs ...

Varjo gathers $40 million to develop industrial metaverse

The high-resolution Aero is Varjo’s professional-grade XR headset. For $1,990, you get dual mini-LED displays, edge-to-edge clarity, a 90-Hz refresh rate, and active cooling. (Source: Varjo) Varjo, a producer of high-end virtual reality (VR) hardware, ...

PTC’s new Onshape–Arena Connection will link product teams through the cloud

Connecting Onshape and Arena means more collaboration and less catch-up. (Source: PTC) PTC recently announced the Onshape–Arena Connection, connecting their two products using the cloud. This new feature will streamline the process of making new ...

Dassault Systèmes continues an acquisition spree

Diota’s hardware devices for Industry 4.0 are going to be incorporated into Dassault’s 3DExperience platform. (Source: Diota) Dassault Systèmes has acquired Diota, a company that develops manufacturing solutions in the digital market. This marks the ...

Altair picks up RapidMiner

 (Source: Altair) Altair is a technology company that provides software and cloud solutions for product development, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Its recent acquisition of advanced data analytics and machine learning software maker ...

Nvidia Research creates a virtual population explosion

What’s a virtual world without 3D characters? Without 3D objects? Without 3D vehicles or 3D buildings? Not much, that’s for sure. As the metaverse inches ever closer to reality, users will need an easy, practical ...

Intel’s wonderful Flex AIBs

(Source: Intel) A few weeks ago, Intel rebranded the Artic Sound-M data center GPU as the Flex series. The first products introduced are the Flex Series 170 and 140—how wonderful is that? The name change ...

Who anticipated that 8K will be illegal?

(Source: Samsung) Viewers crave resolution. After all, who wouldn’t prefer watching their favorite film or TV series in 8K if given the choice. Well, those in the EU may not have that choice come March ...

Nvidia announces another blockbuster GPU—Ada Lovelace

This week (#38 of the year), Nvidia dominated the news with their GTC announcements. Top among them was the introduction of the long-awaited and rumored RTX 40 series and associated AD100 series GPUs known as ...

Game day will have a new look for Texas Longhorns

Alienware has provided UT Austin with an esports lounge and will help construct an arena for the next school year. (Source: UT Austin) Esports have exploded in popularity during the past decade. The prize pool ...

Lenovo gets personal with its new display

Lenovo Glasses T1, a personal display that fits in your pocket. They can even be worn over prescription eyewear. (Source: Lenovo) Lenovo has screens of varying sizes, from those on its tablets to its ThinkVision ...

The era of ‘who cares’ computing

Microsoft’s Game Pass, a big play in the young game subscription market. (Source: Microsoft) What happens when people start to find out that you can do the same work on a lower-cost hardware platform as ...