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Microsoft is getting fed up with OpenAI and wants to distance itself from it if it continues to ask for money frequently. Before launching ChatGPT in late 2022, OpenAI was an AI startup that needed funding to achieve its goal of creating a cutting-edge AI model called GPT, which would later power its popular chatbot.

Yep, running away from the sinking ship? Microsoft is getting fed up with OpenAI and wants to distance itself from it if it continues to ask for money frequently. Before launching ChatGPT in late 2022, OpenAI was an AI startup that needed funding to achieve its goal of creating a cutting-edge AI model called GPT, which would later power its popular chatbot.

Hmmm. I said/guessed 50-100. The estimate is 100 to 200 units were distributed to reviewers and influencers. Not sure who have correct here. But for pure promo of the company I would say MSI send out more than 100 cards. How many of the influencers will put the cards on ebay to grab some profits? This gen Lighning cards is just an ad. Not as a flagship card they used to offer the consumer/enhusiasts in the old days. MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING lands on ebay with price ranging from $7,000 to $14,000 Sadly... This is the way mainstream goes. HEDT will cost a lot more but offer more mem channels and PCIe lanes. What you see is the new price level for mainstream/consumer/gamer chips. More cache cost money... Keep in mind that the details aren't official, so do take these numbers with some skepticism. That said, the variants with 144 MB of on-die Last-Level Cache (bLLC) are reportedly going to measure roughly 57% more or 153.92 mm2 (14.8 mm x 10.4 mm). These SKUs are reportedly built specifically to compete against AMD's X3D SKUs for superior gaming performance, where higher L3 cache often leads to faster data retrieval. That said, these will result in higher pricing, as building a larger die on cutting-edge nodes like TSMC N2 will be more expensive.

Windows 11 update KB5077181 is causing critical boot loops for some users KB5077181 is causing devices to restart over 15 times in an infinite loop. Users also report network issues and error codes. Rufus blames Microsoft for allegedly blocking latest Windows 11 ISO downloads Microsoft has seemingly blocked Windows 11 ISO downloads for certain users as it may be trying to get them to only use the official way Microsoft under fire for allegedly pushing OEMs to exclusively bundle Edge in Windows PCs Microsoft is in hot water again as regulators check if its Jumpstart program nudges PC makers to favor Edge over other browsers.

I forgot to mention the cheapo screen they plastered on the GPU. But I expect it's difficult to make everything top notch within the price target/advertising budget. They could have made it even better when you know the card is a limited Edition and made mostly to promote MSI. They won't make huge profits from only 1300 cards where they give away 50-100 of them. Promoting Cost Money, then do it properly when you first are at it. Get back some of the costs is probably the icing on the cake. And probably the reason for some of the cost savings. This gen Lightning isn't like in the old days where they produced more of the Flagship cards. If you wanted a card, you could get one.

Here's what's absurd.... " Extreme overclockers know exactly which settings to adjust to unlock the card's maximum performance. This will likely be impossible for the average user. The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z review - hardwareluxx.de Me Reading the bottom line..... Edit. MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z Is Now Available On Multiple Indian Retailers At A Whopping $9050

5090 at $5090. Yet, MSI went cheapo and used some lower quality thermal pads. For +5000$ gamer card... Why not put more of the money in the quality than useless gimick accorisies that don't make the product better? You should expect everything top notch when you charge 2,5 times over the org MSRP for 5090 FE. "The thermal pads with a thermal conductivity of only 3.3 W/mK, which we also find on the VRMs, are more in the lower mid-range and only meet basic heat transfer requirements". MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z Review – A lightning-fast and thirsty unicorn battling NVIDIA's clock speed limits

This smells more and more as cApple @Mr. Fox Microsoft tune their OS to match their modern trashware. Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H1 will be for Arm devices only at launch

And it gets worse... Fortnite escalates anti-cheat by mandating Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU

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Let em bleed....

Me paying? Nope. Not in Hell. YouTube Music Now Hides Song Lyrics Behind A Premium Paywall YouTube Music has ended the era of unrestricted free sing-alongs by moving song lyrics behind a Premium paywall, forcing non-paying listeners to decide if words is worth a monthly fee. Shame, shame, Google.

O&O ShutUp10++ v2.2.1024 Released on: 02/04/2026 2.2.1024 – released on 04/02/2026 Added: Show O&O product overview when exiting the application Disable Bing Chat permission in Windows Copilot (C104) Hide welcome screen and startup animation (E132) Disable Spotlight experiences and recommendations (E133) Disable automatic sign-in from the web to the browser (E134) Disable Bing Chat on the new tab page (E135) Disable content on the new tab page (E136) Disable AI-generated designs (E137) Disable integrated AI APIs for websites (E138) Disable inline compose feature (E139) Disable Copilot access to page context (E140) Disable prompts to set Edge as the default browser (E141) Disable default browser campaigns (E142) Disable diagnostic data collection (E143) Disable shopping assistant (E144) Hide Microsoft 365 Copilot chat icon (E145) Hide Microsoft Rewards (E146) Disable recommendations in Settings (E147) Disable cloud-based tab services (E148) Disable text prediction in forms (E149) Disable visual search (E150) Disable AI-powered history search (E151) Allow user control over local AI features (E152) Disable quick startup (E153) Hide default top sites on the new tab page (E154) Hide Adobe Acrobat subscription button (E155) Hide welcome screen and startup animation (E232) Disable Spotlight experiences and recommendations (E233) Disable automatic sign-in from the web to the browser (E234) Disable Bing Chat on the new tab page (E235) Disable content on the new tab page (E236) Disable AI-generated designs (E237) Disable integrated AI APIs for websites (E238) Disable inline compose feature (E239) Disable Copilot access to page context (E240) Disable prompts to set Edge as the default browser (E241) Disable default browser campaigns (E242) Disable diagnostic data collection (E243) Disable shopping assistant (E244) Hide Microsoft 365 Copilot chat icon (E245) Hide Microsoft Rewards (E246) Disable recommendations in Settings (E247) Disable cloud-based tab services (E248) Disable text prediction in forms (E249) Disable visual search (E250) Disable AI-powered history search (E251) Allow user control over local AI features (E252) Disable quick startup (E253) Hide default top sites on the new tab page (E254) Hide Adobe Acrobat subscription button (E255) Set diagnostic data level to minimum (None) (F018) Hide privacy settings notification on first launch (F019) Changed: Disable display of LinkedIn information (F016) Disable news and interests display on the taskbar on this device (M019) Disable app access to calendar for the current user (P011) Disable app access to account information on this device (P107) Disable app access to calendar on this device (P111) Disable app access to camera on this device (P112) Disable app access to microphone on this device (P113) Disable app access to messages on this device (P114) Disable app access to call history on this device (P118) Disable app access to contacts on this device (P120) Removed: Removed note and link to the O&O newsletter from the Current User view Removed note and link to O&O Syspectr from the Local Machine view Removed setting F017 (Disable Microsoft feedback tracking) as duplicate of F009 Info: Compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10; x86, x64 and ARM architecture Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (Simplified)

O&O ShutUp10++ v2.2.1024 Released on: 02/04/2026 2.2.1024 – released on 04/02/2026 Added: Show O&O product overview when exiting the application Disable Bing Chat permission in Windows Copilot (C104) Hide welcome screen and startup animation (E132) Disable Spotlight experiences and recommendations (E133) Disable automatic sign-in from the web to the browser (E134) Disable Bing Chat on the new tab page (E135) Disable content on the new tab page (E136) Disable AI-generated designs (E137) Disable integrated AI APIs for websites (E138) Disable inline compose feature (E139) Disable Copilot access to page context (E140) Disable prompts to set Edge as the default browser (E141) Disable default browser campaigns (E142) Disable diagnostic data collection (E143) Disable shopping assistant (E144) Hide Microsoft 365 Copilot chat icon (E145) Hide Microsoft Rewards (E146) Disable recommendations in Settings (E147) Disable cloud-based tab services (E148) Disable text prediction in forms (E149) Disable visual search (E150) Disable AI-powered history search (E151) Allow user control over local AI features (E152) Disable quick startup (E153) Hide default top sites on the new tab page (E154) Hide Adobe Acrobat subscription button (E155) Hide welcome screen and startup animation (E232) Disable Spotlight experiences and recommendations (E233) Disable automatic sign-in from the web to the browser (E234) Disable Bing Chat on the new tab page (E235) Disable content on the new tab page (E236) Disable AI-generated designs (E237) Disable integrated AI APIs for websites (E238) Disable inline compose feature (E239) Disable Copilot access to page context (E240) Disable prompts to set Edge as the default browser (E241) Disable default browser campaigns (E242) Disable diagnostic data collection (E243) Disable shopping assistant (E244) Hide Microsoft 365 Copilot chat icon (E245) Hide Microsoft Rewards (E246) Disable recommendations in Settings (E247) Disable cloud-based tab services (E248) Disable text prediction in forms (E249) Disable visual search (E250) Disable AI-powered history search (E251) Allow user control over local AI features (E252) Disable quick startup (E253) Hide default top sites on the new tab page (E254) Hide Adobe Acrobat subscription button (E255) Set diagnostic data level to minimum (None) (F018) Hide privacy settings notification on first launch (F019) Changed: Disable display of LinkedIn information (F016) Disable news and interests display on the taskbar on this device (M019) Disable app access to calendar for the current user (P011) Disable app access to account information on this device (P107) Disable app access to calendar on this device (P111) Disable app access to camera on this device (P112) Disable app access to microphone on this device (P113) Disable app access to messages on this device (P114) Disable app access to call history on this device (P118) Disable app access to contacts on this device (P120) Removed: Removed note and link to the O&O newsletter from the Current User view Removed note and link to O&O Syspectr from the Local Machine view Removed setting F017 (Disable Microsoft feedback tracking) as duplicate of F009 Info: Compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10; x86, x64 and ARM architecture Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (Simplified)

Yep, more than what they do for their GPU division.....

More hardware will be shuffled into the landfill. Because Microsoft have no love for older hardware if used with their latest and greatest OS ever. Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time Microsoft is preparing a major change to how printers are supported in Windows 11, pulling the plug on drivers that primarily support older hardware. Beginning with a non-security update that was released on January 15, Microsoft will no longer support legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers, which were announced as deprecated in September 2023. Now that support has officially ended, users of printers that rely on V3 or V4 drivers may find that their printers fail to install or stop working altogether. Microsoft, however, notes that most users will be unaffected because most newer printers use driver architectures. For those who do run into problems, Microsoft recommends that users contact their printer manufacturer and update to a supported driver or upgrade to a more modern printing solution.

RIP - Brad So that's said... I love my American friends🙂

Not everyday I see the editors/writers from Pcworld use their brain. If you buy Razer’s insane $1337 mouse, I will be very disappointed in you I remember the first time I bought a Razer mouse. Inside the box was a letter printed on fancy vellum paper. It opened with, “Welcome to the cult of Razer.” It appears that this isn’t just a cheeky marketing slogan, Razer means it genuinely. Because only brainwashed cult members would pay $1337 for a mouse. It is, in a word, repugnant. In a more accessible word, it’s greedy. In a more all-encompassing and entirely appropriate word, the Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition is bullshit. Razer is taking pre-orders for the mouse in four days. If you buy one, and I want you to imagine this in the most overbearing and judgmental dad voice possible, I will be very disappointed in you.

Here's the consumer nothingburger from Intel. Intel have more than enough feeding China with pricy server CPUs. So as you can see, not only Nvidia and AMD are in love with China. Every tech company making microprocessors love China. Corruption and greed around the microprocessor industry have no limits! And none have the balls to stop the madness. https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-reportedly-cancels-core-ultra-9-290k-plus-but-keeps-270k-250k-arrow-lake-refresh-skus Based on our information, Intel explains the change as a shift toward performance-per-value. The company plans to keep the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus in its lineup, according to materials shared with partners.

Do you need a new mouse? 🙄 It's inflation in the branding "Limited Edition" nowadays. Razer try also to maximize profits from stupids. Razer plans to sell 1,337 units of its new limited edition gaming mouse for $1,337 each

One more reason to make Garbage mode in modern games. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 SUPER pushed back, RTX 60 mass production could move to 2028

They will still offer gaming cards😬 8GB cards at premium. Perfect cards for coming Garbage mode in games. Yup, this is progress. The old 980 notebook GPU in my Clevo from 2015 have also 8GB vram buffer but with not as fast cores as the new and modern GPUs in 2026. 11 years of innovation. Heey, yeah I forgot this one from 2014 or 12 years ago with 8GB vram... NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M This is pathetic. Not even mid tier cards nowadays can should have more than 8GB vram. AMD's RDNA 4 focus for 2026 will reportedly be one GPU, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB In addition to the shift in focus to 8GB cards, the report notes that a 5-10% price increase for Radeon GPUs occurred in January 2026 for AMD's AIB partners purchasing GPU and memory bundles, and another price increase is coming soon. So soon that it could take effect as early as this month, or at the latest in March.

Intel put the money into AI focused GPUs. They want their share of the cake before the bubble pops. But max profit from the more expensive workstation cards is also very welcome. If you are in hope for intel consumer graphics cards meant for gaming, then you can buy Intel CPUs. iGPU will come with Multi-Frame Generation feature, same as from Nvidia. Nice. Intel confirms its fight in GPUs against NVIDIA and AMD by hiring Eric Demers to lead the design of its graphics architecture. Intel has faced uncertainty in the AI sector for the past two years, but yesterday, at Cisco's AI Summit, it sought to dispel any doubts about its continued presence in the GPU market. Intel Arc B770, aka Big Battlemage, has reportedly been canceled due to AI A new report citing sources at Intel is saying that the company has canceled the Intel Arc B770 in favor of the workstation, AI-focused Arc Pro B70. According to a report on XDA, Intel has canceled its plans for a second Battlemage gaming GPU due to a "lack of financial viability." Edit.

Windows 11 shutdown bug confirmed: KB5073455 blamed NVIDIA confirms serious gaming issues after the latest Windows 11 update: black screens, artifacts, and crashes with its RTX cards If there's one thing that can be said about Microsoft this year, it's two things: errors upon errors with Windows 11 and a clear shift towards public "mea culpa," promising to fix everything wrong with the OS. How Microsoft ruined the reputation of Windows 11 Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low. Microsoft promises to fix it, but doesn't address the core problems.