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Scientists Experimenting With Mushrooms For Future Computer Chips
Scientists have again decided to turn to nature for the future of computing and specifically to mushrooms and then came up with the idea of making a computer chip out of mushrooms. Mushrooms For Future Sustainable Electronics A few weeks ago we saw the world’s first wooden transistor which was…
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Swedish Researchers Create World’s First Wood Transistor With Speeds of 1Hz
A team of Swedish researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have made a breakthrough in transistor technology by creating the world’s first wooden electrochemical transistor. Worlds First Wooden Transistor The research paper titled Electrical current modulation in wood electrochemical transistors, shared by Tomshardware has shown of the…
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Research Shows Q4 2022 Was The Worst Period for CPU Sales on Record!
Compared to the misery of 2020-2021, last year was undoubtedly better in terms of general computer hardware availability. No, prices didn’t fall anywhere near as quickly as they climbed, but at least most CPUs and graphics card models were (somewhat) available to purchase without too much difficulty on the consumers’…
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Average Broadband Usage Hits New High of Nearly 600GB Per Month!
Back in the relatively early days of broadband internet, I was on a limited download contract. I got 10GB a month and trust me when I say that I quickly became aware that I had to start monitoring like like a hawk. Generally just after the first 10 days of…
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Only 10% of UK Gaming Sales in 2022 Represented Physical Media!
Putting my PC gaming purchases to one side, I do still occasionally dabble in the realms of physical media. You know, actually buying a real-world tangible copy of a game. This is, however, pretty much exclusive now to when I’m buying a gift for someone (actually having something to unwrap…
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Research Finds Undervolting the Nvidia 4090 Provides Surprisingly Decent Results!
Undervolting a graphics card is certainly not an unusual practice, but in this regard, it was something only typically done by the cryptocurrency mining community. The overall concept was that by reducing the power requirements of the GPU you could get a significantly better optimised performance-per-watt balance which, ultimately, resulted…
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Researchers Warn A New (and Old) Online Credit Card Scam Has Been Discovered!
It’s not exactly a secret that the online world can be a dangerous place. Particularly so if you’re not very careful about protecting your data (and before you ask, no, this isn’t a sponsored post for some kind of VPN software). – The sad reality is that the internet is…
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Survey Finds 1 in 4 Now Plan to Have a Career as a ‘Social Media Influencer’
I am exceptionally grateful that I did not grow up in a world of social media. And in regards to ‘social media influencers’, quite honestly, I find the concept more than a little bizarre. – I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but for those lucky few who seem to…
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Reddit Analyst Finds Over 1 in 8 Users Post ‘Toxic’ Content!
It surprises many when they learn that I’m not actually a regular user of Reddit. I know, right? An eloquent troll such as me not being on the platform?! What a loss to the online world! – Jokes aside though, I think if you were to ask most people that…
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New Study Finds NO Notable Links Between Gaming and Mental Wellbeing
Back in 2020, research conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute research suggested that gaming was, overall, good for your mental health. Pooling around 3,000 people, it concluded that people who game on a relatively moderate basis would be more inclined to say that they felt good when asked than people…
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Watchdog Finds 40% of Nintendo Switch Controllers Suffer from ‘Drift’ Issue
The Switch has undoubtedly been a colossally huge success for Nintendo. And probably just as well too given the overall sales flop that was the Wii U (despite it actually being a very decent console). – If there is one issue that has dogged the Switch ever since it was…
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DDR5 Prices Appear to be Plunging (And Why Buying Soon Might be a Good Idea!)
With Intel’s Alder Lake-S processor platform bringing with it the formal consumer introduction of DDR5 memory modules late last year, it hasn’t been without its problems. And by this, what I really mean is expense! – And no, this isn’t merely limited to the purchase of a new motherboard and…
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Microsoft Study Finds the Internet Community Might Be Getting Nicer
I don’t think it’s any secret that the general anonymity offered by the internet often results in a number of people saying things online that they’d never say to someone’s face. And if you want any proof of that, just play a couple of rounds of Call of Duty, or,…
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Research Firm Reveals Our Worst Password Categories!
When it comes to most security research announcements about the passwords we use online, the information is usually pretty standard. We see god awful list of very easy-to-guess codes (123456, qwerty, etc.) that usually makes us not want to live on this planet anymore. – Following a report via TechSpot,…
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Graphics Card Prices Might Finally Be Starting to Drop!
Ever since the debut of the Nvidia 30XX and AMD Radeon 6000 series, graphics cards have largely remained in exceptionally short supply. While this is frustrating enough, as a knock-on effect of this, the exceptionally high market demand has seen their prices go well beyond their official MSRP values. –…
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