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China’s problem with smog, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite

China’s problem with smog, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite

Over the last few months, you may have heard about China’s growing smog problem. In Beijing, Shanghai, and many other areas of China, the smog is so bad that the air quality index (AQI) has started spiking over 400, and sometimes reaching 500 — the top of the AQI scale. Just for some context, an AQI above 100 is generally ...

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Well, that was quick: AMD solves R9 290 throttling problem with a new driver

Yesterday, we detailed how troubles with AMD’s R9 290′s fan profile could lead the GPU to return slower-than-expected performance under load. This was a problem that reportedly struck both reviewers and certain retail cards and left multiple sites pulling their recommendations on the R9 290. According to AMD, the problem was caused by improper fan settings on retail cards and ...

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