When looking at the best CPUs and the best GPUs, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the investment that'll be required, which is exactly why a chip like Ryzen's 8600G is such a compelling choice, packing in both processing and graphics capabilities. However, you'll still need some solid memory. You can look at list after list of the best RAM out there, but why bother with that when we've got the ultimate memory choices specifically for the 8600G below?
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Journey from Housekeeper to Self-Taught Dev
I guess I should start off my introducing myself and a little bit about where I started. My name is Emily and I can't say my life has always been the most stable. At one point my son and I were living in a shelter for about a month, then some extended family reached out and I accepted their offer to move in with them. It was here my life slowly began inching more towards this stability I never had … [Read More...]
Four reasons why Llama 3 is a big deal for Meta and AI
Meta's long-awaited Llama3 (stylized LlaMa3) model is here, and it brings a host of technical improvements. While it's another relatively small model, with variations in 8B and 80B parameters, Llama3 retains a focus on high quality training data and effective guardrails. Meta used a training dataset seven times larger than their previous model (Llama2), training Llama3 on 15 trillion tokens and … [Read More...]
An iPad version of the Delta game emulator is officially on the way
The popular Nintendo emulator, Delta, that arrived on the App Store for iPhone to much fanfare a few weeks ago is now getting a version that’s optimized for the iPad. Developer Riley Testut shared an update on Threads this weekend revealing that an iPad app has been in the works, and is now being prioritized since Apple changed its tune on game emulators. The iPad app is “near completion,” and … [Read More...]
You can make your own handheld XS2040 emulator with a Pi Pico
The Pi Pico is an even smaller variant of the already-tiny Raspberry Pi, which makes it fantastic for making miniature devices. With so little space on the motherboard, it's hard to run anything seriously intensive on it, but it does make for a great way to emulate your games. Now, someone has build a full ZX2040 emulator with their Pi Pico, complete with a portable shell so you can take it … [Read More...]
Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welp, Tesla earnings happened this week — and yeah that was a lot. A lot of what, you ask? A lot of the same kinds of promises and hand waving … [Read More...]
The best movie trailers for the week of April 21st
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Image: Marvel StudiosI’ve been making more of an effort to keep up with movies lately and even managed the rare feat of seeing one in an … [Read More...]
Remembering Netbooks, some of the worst laptops ever made
Do you remember netbooks? I'd forgive you for not. The next big thing of a bygone era, netbooks were a short-lived and much-derided product of the late 00s. Born before the iPad and the iPhone, and just as the modern internet was starting to find its feet. Not necessarily a commercial failure, and ultimately replaced by the far more successful Ultrabook, Netbooks are a fascinating tale of public … [Read More...]
How to reset a Spectrum router
If youre troubleshooting connectivity issues with your Spectrum router, one of the first pieces of advice youll receive is to turn it off and then back on. While this can help with a lot of software issues, it leaves all of your settings the same and doesnt fix any settings that might have been messed up. Restarting your router like this is known as a soft reset, but if you want to clear all of … [Read More...]
Hackers Claim to Have Infiltrated Belarus’ Main Security Service
A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name. The authorities have not commented on the claim, but the website of the Belarusian KGB was opening with an empty page on Friday that said it was “in the process of … [Read More...]
Apple’s OLED iPad Pro may come packing an M4 chip and an emphasis on AI
Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad event is just over a week away, and the rumors in the leadup are starting to get interesting. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the much-anticipated OLED iPad Pro may arrive not with the new M3 chip as we’ve all been expecting, but the next-gen M4 instead. In the Power On newsletter on Sunday, Gurman wrote that he’s “hearing there is a strong possibility” that this … [Read More...]