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Intel is designing new hardware with immersion cooling in mind

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According to two estimates from 2020, data centers consume anywhere from 1.5% to 2% of the world's energy and could be consuming as much as 13% within ten years. Around half of that energy is used by the computers themselves and 25% to 40% is used by air conditioning, says the US Department of Energy.

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FCC chair proposes upgrading broadband standard to 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up

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FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed raising the definition of broadband speeds to 100Mbps for downloads and 20Mbps up. She also suggested adopting a plan to update the standard to 1Gbps/500Mbps at some point in the future and that the commission's broadband deployment analysis takes more factors into account, including.

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Intel's Arc A750 outperforms the RTX 3060, according to Intel

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This week, Intel published a brief benchmark of its upcoming Arc A750 graphics card, claiming it compares favorably with Nvidia's RTX 3060 in a few popular games. Previous Arc benchmarks, both official and unofficial, have been mixed thus far.

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