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At the launch of Intel's Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards, reviewers noticed a strange pattern: Intel cards were pulling significantly higher power at idle than comparable AMD and Nvidia graphics cards. Intel revealed in a blog post (opens in new tab) today that it managed to hit two rabbits with one stone: it recognized higher than expected idle power consumption affecting its Arc series of graphics cards, while simultaneously offering a fix. One possible issue for some users, however, is that applying the fix…

Democrats are pressing Texas energy regulators to disclose how much energy crypto mining companies consume from the state’s vulnerable power grid nearly a year after it failed during an extreme winter storm. In the Wednesday letter, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and six other Democrats pressed Texas grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, for information detailing how much electricity crypto mining operations have consumed and how much carbon dioxide emissions they’ve released over the last six years. …

Cryptocurrencies have brought with them a slew of benefits such as decentralization of power and more access to opportunities for various individuals. However, the energy consumption associated with the world of crypto has been far from sustainable and also worryingly harmful to the environment.Ryan AyersRyan Ayers is a consultant within multiple industries including information technology and business development. For advocates of the widescale adoption of cryptocurrency, there is one major challenge that stands in the…

This article aims at leveraging time series analysis to predict Power Consumption in the city of Tétouan, MoroccoPhoto by Matthew Henry on UnsplashThe project's goal is to leverage time series analysis to predict energy consumption in 10-minute windows for the city of Tétouan in Morocco.ContextAccording to a 2014 Census, Tétouan is a city in Morocco with a population of 380,000 people, occupying an area of 11,570 km². The city is located in the northern portion of the country and it faces the Mediterranean sea. The…

The study also found that consuming fish, poultry, and eggs was not associated with heart disease.Blood sugar, general inflammation, and microbiome-related metabolites like TMAO seem to be more crucial in regulating heart disease risk than blood pressure or cholesterol levels.Is there a link between consuming more meat, particularly red and processed meat, and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease? If so, why? The effects of foods derived from animals on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) are hotly…

The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 lineup includes some of the most power-hungry graphics cards on the market. Because of that, you may be wondering if you’ll need a new power supply (PSU) in order to support the borderline monstrous capabilities of the RTX 4090. To answer some of these concerns, Nvidia released new information about the power consumption of its new GPUs. The conclusion? Well, it’s really not all that bad after all. Nvidia Prior to the official announcement of the RTX 40-series, the cards have been the…

The study found that people who drank two or more cups of black tea a day had a 9 to 13 percent lower risk of mortality. Could drinking tea lower your risk of death?Drinking black tea may be associated with a slightly decreased mortality risk, according to a prospective cohort study. Those who drank two or more cups of tea each day had the lowest risk of death. The study was recently published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Previous research has shown a link…

The study also found that a 6-gram reduction in salt consumption would save 8 million lives.The diet change could also ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke and heart disease.A 1 gram reduction in daily salt consumption might prevent over 9 million occurrences of heart disease and strokes and save 4 million lives by 2030, according to estimations published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.China has one of the highest salt intakes in the world, averaging 11 g/day—more than double the…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has given a new figure of what is says is the amount of petrol distributed across the country daily. The agency said Nigeria consumes 66.8 million litres of petrol daily, not 62.9 million it earlier quoted. Both the previous figure and the new one contradict the quantity announced by the state-oil company, NNPC Limited, as the volume consumed in the country. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had last Sunday insisted that…

The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday questioned the National Petroleum Company Limited’s claim that the country consumes 60 million litres of petrol daily. The Customs comptroller-general, Hameed Ali, during a session with the House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance on Thursday, said if the company puts daily consumption of petrol at 60 million litres, why does it allow 98 million litres to be lifted daily. “I remember that last year we spoke about this. Unfortunately, this year, we are talking about…