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AMD’s new Zen 5 CPUs fail to impress during early reviews

AMD launched its first Zen 5 desktop processors earlier this month, and tomorrow, it’s about to release what looks like a disappointing flagship Ryzen 9 9950X CPU. Early reviews of the initial Zen 5 CPUs — the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X — revealed a lack of performance improvements and efficiencies, and now reviews of the flagship Ryzen …

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Reactions to Japan’s Fumio Kishida stepping aside in LDP race

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters following North Korea’s missile launch on April 13, 2023. JIJI Press | AFP | Getty Images Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is stepping down in September, a move that sparked a broad range of reactions from government officials and analysts. By choosing to not run for reelection as leader of Japan’s ruling …

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How to troubleshoot someone else’s computer remotely

If you read IMR, then you probably know your tech, and so it’s likely that you’re sometimes asked to help troubleshoot computer issues by friends, family, and / or neighbors. It can be something as simple as just turning on the Wi-Fi or as complicated as having to update a BIOS. Whatever’s wrong, it’s much harder to sort out …

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