Day: October 23, 2025

XDC Ventures, the investment arm of the XDC Network, announced the acquisition of Contour Network, reviving the blockchain platform for digitized letters of credit (LCs) and combining Contour’s global bank consortium with XDC’s hybrid Layer‑1 settlement rails. The deal positions XDC as an institutional gateway for tokenized trade finance and real‑world asset settlement, with co‑founder […]

Counterpoints: Many of us can sell our 7800X3D right now for more than we paid for it. Making a profit off of a CPU you have used is not the norm. Some will leverage that to make the 9800X3D a downright bargain for final out of pocket, as they were effectively paid to use their […]

I have power plugs around most chairs and sofas at my place, same with hotel rooms. On the train we also have power plugs where I’m from. Same with long haul flights.What I don’t have in all those situations is a console or a desktop with a screen. And for the rare situations where I […]

N4P is supposed to be -22% power @ iso-perf relative to base N5. Relative to N5P, however, TSMC’s numbers give something like +4% perf, iso-power, or -7% power, iso-perf. Honestly, kinda marginal gains. Does beg the question, however. With Zen 5 widely expected to bring a much “bigger” core, but only small improvements on the […]

The Liechtenstein Trust Integrity Network (LTIN) has launched as a sovereign blockchain infrastructure network offering regulatory‑compliant services for enterprises and institutions, operating under Liechtenstein’s Blockchain Act (TVTG) with full alignment to the EU Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The majority‑state‑owned initiative is led by Telecom Liechtenstein with launch partners Bank Frick, Bitcoin Suisse, Solstice and […]

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I have power plugs around most chairs and sofas at my place, same with hotel rooms. On the train we also have power plugs where I’m from. Same with long haul flights.What I don’t have in all those situations is a console or a desktop with a screen. And for the rare situations where I […]

That is the most sensible interpretation, yes. But you’re expecting people to realise that. There were rumours that MTL would use N3 before this slide, then they saw the slide and it became fact to most people, including the tech press. What I’m really wondering though, is wtf is up with the slide showing 192EUs […]

The rapid growth of the AI industry has created a crisis characterized by rising compute costs. Andrew Sobko proposes radical decentralization as the key to overcoming this challenge. The Walled Garden Problem: Why Startups Pay Too Much The explosive growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry has created a systemic crisis: skyrocketing compute prices and […]