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Elon Musk flaunts 'the most powerful training cluster in the world' that will transform Grok into the 'most powerful AI' by December to take on Microsoft and OpenAI
By Kevin Okemwa published
GROK 3 Elon Musk recently announced that his xAI company has officially begun training its LLM, Grok, using “the most powerful AI training cluster in the world,” dubbed Memphis Supercluster.
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This one update made the most tedious farming in The First Descendant so much better
By Richard Devine published
Huge change Getting hold of Void Shards in The First Descendant has always been one of the most tedious farms, but one change has made it so much better.
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A new The First Descendant update gives players what they want — more space, less waiting times, better rewards
By Zachary Boddy published
Nexon has released a new The First Descendant patch, bringing some much-appreciated quality-of-life and farming improvements ahead of the next content update.
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Microsoft and Lumen partner up to meet the ever-growing demands of AI
By Sean Endicott published
Partnering up Microsoft and Lumen announced a partnership that will expand the networking capacity of Microsoft's datacenters. Those datacenters have an ever-growing demand driven by AI.
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A former Microsoft Software Engineer explains CrowdStrike's digital pandemic that left over 8.5 million Windows devices with annoying BSoD errors
By Kevin Okemwa published
CROWDSTUCK? Dave Plummer (aka Dave's Garage), a former Microsoft software engineer, recently shared a YouTube video explaining the digital pandemic caused by CrowdStrike.
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It looks as if the best way of avoiding the CrowdStrike drama was to run Windows 3.1 all along
By Richard Devine published
Ancient As its competitor airlines were grounded thanks to the CrowdStrike drama, Southwest carried on thanks to a now ancient version of Windows.
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Latest Windows 11 bug will have you scrambling to find your BitLocker recovery key
By Sean Endicott published
🪲🪲🪲 July's Windows security update has a bug that can cause your PC to show the BitLocker recovery screen when booting up.
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World of Warcraft: The War Within gets its expansion pre-patch, alongside a ton of bugs
By Alexander Cope published
The Bugs Within World of Warcraft: The War Within's pre-expansion patch brings new gameplay features and quests buried under bugs
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