New AI-compute cryptocurrency Pearl sparks a GPU mining rush but profitability is already sliding — RTX 5090 daily revenue has halved to $17.19 since April
A new cryptocurrency called Pearl has set off a short-lived GPU mining rush.
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Category: Hardware & Gear
Orpheus II ISA soundcard returns due to ‘popular demand’ — aimed at DOS and early Windows users, this card includes hardware to support every major audio standard
Want real Sound Blaster, Gravis UltraSound, OPL3 FM synthesis, and MPU-401 MIDI support? You got it.
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You can still run the original Nvidia Control Panel by grabbing it from the Microsoft Store today — app remains useful to adjust a handful of RTX Pro and Quadro features, and may be handy for troubleshooting
The old Nvidia Control Panel is now a separate, optional download, but is it worth grabbing?
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Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying ‘Who do you want to execute today?’
Bill Gates gives a possessed Doom heavy weapon dude both barrels in a rediscovered Windows 95 plus DirectX gaming presentation.
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California Assembly passes 3D printer bill that would criminalize bypassing mandated gun-blocking software
California’s Assembly has passed AB 2047, the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, sending the amended bill to the state Senate.
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