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- Microsoft Teases DirectSR API To Bring Super Resolution Upscaling To More Gaming PCs
- Why The Biden Admin Is Telling Programmers To Avoid C And C++
- IBM Unveils AI-Assisted SSD That Thwarts Ransomware For Safer Storage
- Is This The Future Of Music? Adobe’s New AI Tool Turns Text Prompts Into Beats
- Lenovo Legion Go Review: A Great Handheld Windows Gaming PC
- Security Report Slams Amazon, Walmart For Selling Video Doorbells With Alarming Flaws
- Corsair Launches Stylish Dual Chamber Cases Designed For Easy Building And Cooling
- EA Issues Another Big Round Of Layoffs, Cancels Games Including A Star Wars Shooter
- Close Call! NASA Spacecraft Narrowly Dodges Russian Satellite In Low-Earth Orbit
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Renders Leak Hints At A Battery Upgrade
- GPU Shipments Are Booming Again Just In Time For The AI PC Gold Rush
- Biden Executive Order Aims To Safeguard American Data From Foreign Entities
- Nintendo Lawsuit Accuses Switch Emulator Yuzu Of Piracy At A Colossal Scale
- HotHardware And Lenovo 2024 New Year, New Gear Giveaway Winners!
- Why Palworld Devs Issued An Apology For Inadvertently Fixing A Bug In Latest Patch
- A New Ransomware Gang Claims It Stole Source Code, Passwords And More In Epic Hack
- Apple's EV Car Plans Run Out Of Gas, Will Focus On AI Instead
- NASA Slammed A Spacecraft Into An Asteroid So Hard That It Altered Its Shape
- Wendy's Backpedals Uber-Like Surge Pricing After A Frosty Reception
- Intel Core i9-14900KS Retail Listing Seemingly Confirms 6.2GHz Top Clock
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All News for February 2024
So-called "Super Resolution" features first came about during the tail end of the 6th generation of game consoles, when developers started experimenting with spatial upscalers on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The technology came into its own in PlayStation 4 games, which utilized features like checkerboarding to...
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Cybersecurity is an incredibly complex and vast topic, requiring a multifaceted approach across multiple sectors and disciplines, so the White House wants you to stop using C and C++. While that is a bit of an unnuanced simplification, this is essentially the case, following a publication from the Office of the...
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Most forms of malware can only make the attacker money in a roundabout way. For example, selling stolen data or bundling infected systems into a rentable botnet. Ransomware is different, however, in that it can be a moneymaker all on its own, and that's why infections have increased every year. IBM has debuted a new...
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Adobe Research is about to provide creators with a new way to create music with its Project Music GenAI Control. The new AI-infused software is an early-stage generative AI music generator and editing tool that allows creators the ability to generate music from text prompts, and then fine tune the audio to their...
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Lenovo Legion Go (starts at $699, as tested $749) Lenovo's entry into the handheld PC gaming device space has great performance for its size, solid battery life, and a beautiful display. Beautiful, high-resolution screen Comfortable controllers Good performance for a handheld PC Low-power battery life, including streaming, is great Innovative...
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It turns out that you do not need Chinese backdoors in products if people are just installing IoT devices with poor security. This is evidenced by a recent report regarding video doorbells manufactured by a Chinese company, which can be easily compromised. Further, these doorbells are sold around the United States at...
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Corsair announced two dual chamber PC cases with compatibility for newfangled reverse connector motherboards. The 6500 and 2500 series build on the direct airflow and performance of the 680X and 280X cases.
The gaming company remarked that its 6500D and 2500D Airflow cases are designed for optimal cooling...
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We're barely two months into 2024 and it's already shaping up to be a tough year as it applies to job security in the tech industry. Unfortunately, layoff announcements have been coming in at a steady pace. Google, eBay, Discord, Riot Games, and Sony PlayStation have all announced reductions in head counts over the...
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NASA confirmed a near miss between its own TIMED satellite and Russia’s defunct Cosmos 2221 satellite. If the two had collided, it could have generated considerable debris at about 373 miles (600km) above Earth’s surface.
The Department of Defense was closely monitoring the situation between the two satellites...
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A leaked render of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 has broken cover with one very promising detail. Sure, it looks like Samsung isn't pushing new boundaries with its design language (again), but the device is thicker all-round. Could this mean that the Flip 6 will finally get decent battery life or is the extra space for...
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in the words of Jon Peddie Research, a market research firm with a pulse on the tech industry (and especially GPUs), it was "another great quarter" for both PC-based GPU and CPU shipments. In more words, JPR reports that the global GPU market reached 76.2 million units last quarter while CPU shipments skyrocketed by...
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Privacy is a hot-button issue for individuals and the enterprise, which has lead to some clever innovations, such as self-destructing USB drives, among other devices. To that end, the Biden administration is looking to address data privacy with a new executive order with a goal to “protect Americans’ sensitive...
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As the latest salvo in its seemingly never-ending war against emulation, the producer of the third-best-selling video game console of all time, Nintendo, has filed a lawsuit against the creators of the Yuzu emulator for Nintendo Switch. The suit, filed in Rhode Island, alleges that Yuzu developers Tropic Haze are...
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To celebrate the new year, we teamed up with Lenovo to give away some fresh, new Tech gear! Well, the giveaway has ended and it's time to reveal the lucky winners!
We had three prize packs lined up for our 2024 New Year, New Gear Giveaway with Lenovo – 1 (one) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IRX9H Gaming Laptop, 1 (one)...
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Massive runaway indie success story Palworld is a game where you play a castaway washed up on an archipelago inhabited primarily by strange, cartoonish creatures known as Pals. Pals have otherworldly abilities, and this makes them valuable to the player, who can ultimately set up an entire industrial production system...
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When you get into the ransomware scene, one would think that you want to lay somewhat low while building up a decent reputation before going for the big fish. However, ransomware newcomer Mogilevich is coming out swinging with the claim that it has compromised Epic Games and made off with a good handful of data...
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If you were looking forward to wearing your Apple Vision Pro while driving in your new Apple Car, we may have some bad news for you. It seems as though Apple has ended its ambitious plans to build its very own electric vehicle, wanting to focus its team on AI instead. With its "Project Titan" ending, many of the 2,000...
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A new study has found that NASA’s DART mission that slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid may not have had the impact once thought. The impact simulation study suggested that DART did not leave an impact crater; rather, it reshaped the entire body of the asteroid.
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed...
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UPDATE: Well, that didn't take long! Wendy's is clearing the air that it's not planning on rolling out dynamic pricing, claiming it was a misinterpretation by the press regarding slide 15 of its earnings presentation. A spokesperson told Quartz, "To clarify, Wendy’s will not implement surge pricing, which is the...
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There probably won't be much mystery, if at all, regarding the specifications for Intel's upcoming Core i9-14900KS. It's not an official part, mind you, but multiple retail leaks are collectively a pretty strong indication that the hyper-binned slice of 14th Gen silicon is coming. And the latest retail cameo once...
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A leaked render of the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable smartphone proves that Samsung is responding to the competition and critics regarding the shape of the Fold 5, as well as the main display crease, among other things. The renders shows a more squarish profile when in the open position, while looking almost like...
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Bitcoin is on a tear this week, having initially rallied to above $53,000 on Monday, the highest it has been since November 2021. That's also well above the less than $17,000 mark that it was sitting at to begin the year. Now just two days later, Bitcoin's value has surged past the $60,000 mark and is quickly...
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