The Hot Take: Interesting. I mean with the limitless compute of quantum computing it's more than possible.
New research from Google suggests that future quantum computers will develop quickly enough to pose a risk to elliptic-curve cryptography, used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, as soon as 2029, and its researchers say action should be taken now to prepare.
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The Hot Take: I'm sorry optimization is optimization. Stop crying.
Intelās Binary Optimization Tool (BOT) has come under scrutiny following a technical analysis conducted by Geekbench, which examined how the software impacts benchmark performance.
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The Hot Take: Whoa, now if publishing house start publishing native you might get my buy in.
Steam just released its March hardware and software survey, and it's clear that the PC gaming market is going through a massive flux as inflated prices force buyers into new (and old) areas.
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The Hot Take: Following intels steps on the Arc? Also, how much space are the pre-compiled shaders going to consume of diskspace?
NVIDIA has introduced a new beta feature called Auto Shader Compilation, or ASC, through the latest NVIDIA App update, and it targets a familiar pain point in modern PC gaming: long initial loading phases and shader compilation stutter in DirectX 12 titles.
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By ckasprzak | TkOut
| April 2, 2026 |
Hardware
The Hot Take: I love they have a virtical mouse too, but this doesn't look mechanical and they're focus last I knew was on Ai products. Nothing i'll be using any time soon, but hopefully gets others to get more options to market.
Razer has introduced the Pro Type Ergo wireless keyboard, expanding its productivity-focused lineup with a device that blends ergonomic design and integrated workflow controls.
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The Hot Take: Let's milk the architecture untit the pleebs scream, beg and plead for a new architecture... All while ringing out as much cash from the Ai market......
Thereās an easier way: A manufacturer could simply release the most expensive gaming graphics card in the series, and the market would eventually settle down. For NVIDIA, however, that moment seems to be a long time coming. Since early February, reports have been circulating that an even more powerful Blackwell modelāpositioned above the GeForce RTX [ā¦]
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The Hot Take: I really hope that the rumors of Intel following AMD with keeping chipsets and sockets around longer. This new board and chip with these prices is crazy expensive these days.
With some leaks, a single screenshot is enough to keep the rumor mill churning for a few days. With Intel Nova Lake-S, things have gotten a bit more uncomfortable for anyone still hoping for a loose collection of speculations: Since early February, several separate clues have emerged that all point in the same direction. First, [ā¦]
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By ckasprzak | TkOut
| April 2, 2026 |
Software
The Hot Take: Update to a version greater than Control Center versions 25.07.21.01!
The GIGABYTE Control Center is vulnerable to an arbitrary file-write flaw that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access files on vulnerable hosts. [...]
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The Hot Take: Reading through them using SIMD, just sounds like they're optimizing the thread pipeline. How can anyone think it's "Cheating"? It's just optimization all hardware vendors do with their silicon.
Geekbench has taken a closer look at Intel's Binary Optimization Tool and found that it can automatically vectorize a large number of instructions.
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The Hot Take: Trying to win customers over again as many are eyeing Linux alternatives. Only problem, I'm hearing things about Opensource possibly going to subscriptions just like others because coding for free doesn't help peoples bottom lines.
Weren't these supposed to be 'atypical'? Microsoft is preparing another out-of-band update to address its latest problematic update following reports of installation errors.ā¦
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