Wi-Fi 8 will not improve transfer speeds

Instead of increasing the physical data transfer rate beyond the 23 Gbps offered by Wi-Fi 7, the next-generation Wi-Fi 8—based on IEEE's 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability (UHR) specification—will focus on improving connection reliability and user experience.

Raspberry Pi 5 teams up with Radeon GPU to run Doom Eternal with RTX on at 4K

A leading Raspberry Pi torchbearer has demonstrated relatively modern AAA games likeDoom Eternal,Crysis Remastered,Red Dead Redemption 2, andForza Horizon 4, running at 4K on the humble $50 SBC.

Bitcoin launderer hands over $400 million as he heads to prison

Crime doesn't pay- or at least that was the case with Larry Dean Harmon, who wasrecently sentencedto three years in prison and ordered to forfeit over $400 million in assets for operating a darknet-based 'mixer' called Helix which laundered his customers Bitcoins. His operation was very popular among online drug dealers who used his services to launder money.

AMD adds LLVM support for the "GFX950" GPU, likely for MI325X or the upcoming MI355X accelerator

AMD'slatest commitsto theLLVM GitHubrepository include mentions of a new "GFX950" GPU—likely the firm's recently announced Instinct MI355X or the now-launched MI325X accelerators, perPhoronix. These patches push early enablement for the accelerators in LLVM - to better optimize the compiler back-end and improve software compatibility.

This Raspberry Pi Pico-powered 'barcode beast' scans your CDs and plays your tunes via Spotify

Listening to music on Spotify can certainly be a rewarding experience but it's the way we interact with our music in the real world that can make a difference. That's why we're excited about this coolRaspberry Pi Pico-powered project created by maker and developer Bas. Using our favorite microcontroller, he's created abarcode scanning systemthat recognizes the barcodes from your favorite CDs and uses the data to queue up the music automatically on Spotify.

Ludicrous LAN Party House detailed

A Texas couple has shared expansive details of their home. But why wouldTom’s Hardwarebe interested? Because software engineer Kenton Varda and entrepreneur Jade Wang’slanparty.housewebsite boasts that they “built our house for LAN parties.” The high-tech Austin home is stuffed with 22 muscular modern gaming PCs, oodles of servers, and bucketfuls of supporting tech. Also, to prevent your body and peepers from seizing up after long LAN party sessions, there is a Dance Dance Revolution room and a 30-mile-view roof deck for the family and guests.

Latest Valve Proton Experimental update enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation

Last week,Valvereleaseda new Experimental update for its Proton compatibility later, which builds upon the stable September 19 Proton 9.0-3 release by providing fixes for dozens of games and even adding support for Nvidia's Optical Flow AI and DLSS 3 Frame Generation technologies. DLSS 3 now being supported under Proton bodes well for the future of Nvidia gaming on Linux, particularly when playing titles where framerate isn't easy to come by.

The PS5 Pro is surprisingly efficient

Digital Foundry tested the PlayStation 5 Pro's power consumption and discovered some surprising results. According to its three-way discussion piece onYouTubefeaturing Richard Leadbetter, John Linneman, and Oliver Mackenzie, the PlayStation 5 Pro consumes practically no additional power than the base PS5, despite featuring a significantly more powerful GPU.

Intel Arc B580 "Battlemage" GPU boxes appear in shipping manifests

Yesterday, wereportedthat Intel might be gearing up to unleash Battlemage early in December - ahead of AMD's RDNA 4 and Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs. Today, a shipping manifest at NBD - highlighted by userjosefk972at X indicates that Team Blue has been dispatching what appears to be GPU boxes for a never-before-seen "BMG B580" card - likely referring to the Arc B580 based on Battlemage.

Gamer receives free RTX 3060 GPU from Temu

People rarely receive free gaming gear, especially something nice, such as anRTX 3060. However, LudM on thePCMR subredditrevealed he was given a free Chinese "RTX 3060" from Temu. The new RTX 3060 owner is waiting for the rest of his computer parts to arrive to build his gaming rig and verify if the card he was sent was an actual RTX 3060 and not a fake.

LG unleashes $999 OLED gaming monitor with lightning 480 Hz refresh rate

LGhas revealed its latest OLED gaming monitor, theLGUltraGear 27GX790A-B. This 27-inch, 1440p, 480 Hz, DisplayHDR True Black 400-certified gaming monitor has almost no visible border and a far more robust stand than older LG gaming monitors.

AMD-powered El Capitan is now the world's fastest supercomputer with 1.7 exaflops

AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced today that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer on the planet with 1.742 exaflops of performance. El Capitan debuts on the list at the top spot, catapulting over the previous leader, the 1.3 exaflop Frontier. The Intel-powered Aurora system fell to third place on the list—the system didn't submit a new benchmark run, implying that the partially operational system is stillexperiencing failure issues on numerous fronts(more below).

Arrow Lake non-K CPU pricing surges up to 13%

PC-Canada has posted preliminary listings of Intel's soon-to-launchArrow Lakenon-K 65W CPUs on its website—in both boxed and tray variations, thanks tomomomo_uson X. While these prices are in no way indicative of the final MSRP, there is a slight upward trajectory—at least for the budget CPUs, but that could boil down to currency conversion and other factors.