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Power company hikes data center bills by 30%, cuts residential electricity costs by 1.3% — Oregon approves change through POWER Act, pushes developments using more than 20 Megawatts of power to pay their fair share
Oregon approves the 29.7% price hike that Portland General Electric (PGE), the state's largest power provider, will impose on users that consume 20MW or more. This move is backed by Oregon's POWER Act, which helps ensure that data centers in PGE's coverage area pay their fair share.
'Slopfix' software team charges $10,000 a week to delete AI-generated code bloat — ironically, the team uses AI agents to trim messy repositories by up to 65%
A software house known as 'Slopfix' has launched a fixed-price service that refactors AI-generated codebases, charging $10,000 for one week of work.
Fi Ultra becomes first dog tracker powered by Starlink satellites – the Fi Ultra Dog Tracker makes Fido trackable via satellite, onboard GPS, and LTE connectivity
Smart pet technology firm Fi has launched the Fi Ultra Dog Tracker today, the first such device with Starlink connectivity.
Cracked version of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced leaked days prior to official release despite Denuvo DRM protection — Denuvo unable to stop crackers, with some finding ways to completely remove it from other titles
Ubisoft's remake of the 2013 game has been circulating online more than a month before its official release date, despite Denuvo DRM protection. Incident questions the effectivity of anti-piracy app, which causes performance hits and requires intrusive online check-ins.
Modding tool 'DLSS Swapper' might infect your PC with malware if you download the wrong files — App creator warns against using random, user-submitted DLLs
The creator of DLSS Swapper is warning against using random DLLs that claim to fix issues pertaining to DLSS, FSR, or XeSS, even if said file is available on the app's GitHub repo.
Save $527 on this 1440p gaming PC from Newegg with a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti right now — huge discount for high-end performance rig with an Intel Core i7-14700F, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD
This great value gaming PC from Newegg's ABS brand features a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti GPU and 32GB of DDR5-6400 RAM, giving you a rig ready for 1440p gaming.
Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it — tells users it doesn’t offer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ gaming company provides resources ‘as is’
These drivers will make it easier for your Steam Deck or Steam Machine to play nicely with Windows 11. However, Valve says it does not offer customer support for 'Windows on Steam Hardware,' and instead points stuck users to the SteamOS recovery instructions.