OpenAI’s skyrocketing spending could see billions of dollars in silicon headed down the AI mines in the next few years, including 2 million Nvidia chips headed to Texas Stargate facility

OpenAI consumes compute capacity like few have ever done before it. A recent report expects it to gorge itself on datacentre capacity and research between 2025 and 2030—burning cash at a rate of swimming pools per minute by some estimations. The Information reports that OpenAI is chasing fresh investment to allow it to expand its…

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A crypto wallet browser extension has been quietly wearing out some user SSDs at a rate of 5 MB/s: ‘That’s about 500 GB per day!’

There are many things that have kept me from joining the crypto hive-mind up until now: mild scepticism, lack of knowledge, confusion, laziness. I never pegged SSD longevity as being on that list, though. Until now, that is, because one popular crypto wallet extension is apparently writing an inordinate amount of data to and from…

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A new city in Helldivers 2 will be named ‘Gun’ because 82,188 players voted for it—making it twice as popular as the other 4 options combined

If you don’t have enough money to LARP, you might want to become a Helldivers 2 player, because those guys are embodying the spirit of the satire-laden universe without setting a single foot outside. As evidenced by a recent Discord poll that allowed players to rename the city of Remembrance, which was reduced to near-rubble…

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Alienware Area-51 review

I wasn’t adequately prepared for just how massive the new Alienware Area-51 is in the flesh. It’s frankly enormous, especially compared with the rather meek little Aurora desktops of the last Dell gaming box refresh. Those Auroras just felt like pretty standard mid-tower machines, with a rather dull, very Dell design. This Area-51, however, is…

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Gustave’s voice actor, Charlie Cox, admits he needs to ‘play the game’ after asking if Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s goofball sidekick is the ‘big baddie at the end’

I don’t necessarily think every voice actor in videogames needs to play them, in the same way I don’t think Vin Diesel is obligated to spend half of his life doing donuts. I’m starting to wobble on that theory in the face of Charlie Cox who, bless his cotton socks, barely seems to know a…

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Musk saying ‘game on’ to AI and creating a Baby Grok for kids makes me miss ‘in denial’ Elon, when he was oracle of the impending AI apocalypse

Upon opening pretty much any news site, I’m immediately reminded that the freight train of AI continues to plough through any and all barriers, oblivious to puny human protestations. Technological determinism has a certain ring of truth to it. So, I’m not entirely surprised by Elon Musk recently posting on X, “I resisted AI for…

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Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 ARGB review

You don’t need to spend a fortune on your next liquid cooler. The Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 ARGB is all you need for a modern processor and it costs just $94/£80. That’s for the 360 mm version with ARGB lighting. You could spend as little as $71/£62 on the 240 mm option without…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Tuesday, July 22

We’ve got all sorts of Wordle help waiting below, ranging from the sweet and simple to the more thoughtful. Use our tips to make the most out of every letter you uncover, and turn every new puzzle into a winner. There’s a clue for the July 22 (1494) game around here as well, something to…

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