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Samsung announced in a statement that it will be removing all apps that share users' Internet connections following an exposé from Mnemonic researchers that revealed select apps, including an Editor's Choice-marked Pac-Man port, contained...
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High-stakes Silicon Valley lawsuits are usually dry, legally cautious affairs fought through polite corporate PR statements, but OpenAI just threw out the rulebook with a scorching, highly irregular blog post that essentially accuses Apple...
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At the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2026 conference in Santa Clara, memory titans SK hynix and SanDisk have formally released the first open technical specification for High-Bandwidth Flash (HBF) through the Open Compute Project...
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An internal Microsoft roadmap leaked to The Verge bodes well for the future of game preservation, but a few questions and concerns remain. The good news is that, as we suspected, due to the existing Xbox-to-PC emulator already featuring...
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We spend a lot of time working on or upgrading PCs around here and suspect many of you do too. Whether you're the local expert in your friend group or your family's resident tech guru, there are some gadgets and tools that are effectively must-haves for repairs, maintenance, and diagnostics...
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Cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 have uncovered three novel post-compromise attack vectors that allow local malware on Windows PCs to quietly hijack Google-synced passkeys, bypassing biometric checks and PIN...
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Mark your calendars and prepare your travel itineraries, because on August 2, 2027, some parts of the world will witness a special solar eclipse. Although almost no one in the U.S. will see it (unless you live in the north-eastern part of...
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PC memory is expensive these days, and the same is true of discrete graphics cards. The AI-driven shortage of key components has made building a PC from the ground up or even upgrading an existing one a tough proposition. It's not all bad...
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Seemingly as part of renewed banning spree, the Trump administration is drafting a new federal policy to halt imports of Chinese-made data center components, escalating Washington’s intent on walling off the physical infrastructure...
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TCL is bringing its signature glare-reducing display tech to a larger and more productivity-focused footprint. The new TCL TAB A1 Plus NXTPAPER hits store shelves in the U.S. today, and it brings with it two notable upgrades over the base...
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Valve's latest audit of gaming PCs on Steam suggests that if you are not running a graphics card with 16GB of VRAM, then you are in the minority. For the first time, 16GB of VRAM tops the chart at 25.90% of systems that participated in the...
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StatCounter claims Linux has risen to 10.65% of the United States' web traffic, outstripping Chrome OS at 2.06%, macOS at 8.6%, and OpenBSD at below 1%. That's an interesting number, but the math doesn't add up if you assume the traffic is...
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Modern microprocessors come stacked with processor cores. This is great for lots of reasons, but many of the most demanding tasks we run on PCs are highly latency-sensitive because they are held up by fundamentally serial (meaning they...
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Comments made on a recent podcast by Windows Central executive editor Jez Corden prompted various outlets to post rumors suggesting that Microsoft is planning to stop publishing games on Steam, and the rumor mill got in such a fervor over it, that Corden himself stepped in refuted the claims...
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Samsung might’ve just unveiled a slew of new devices at its most recent Unpacked event, but there's always something new coming down the pipeline. A recent report and a set of leaks indicate the company has likely settled on the camera...
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Generative AI has drastically lowered the bar for finding software vulnerabilities, but it has simultaneously unleashed a flood of machine-generated noise that is overloading security teams and breaking bug bounty programs.
According...
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Every time we blink, it seems there is another price hike on something or other. However, if you have been holding out for a capable mid-range gaming laptop that will not break the bank, then check out Best Buy's 'deal of the day' on a...
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Chinese memory titan ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is in early talks to secure funding for a second major DRAM fabrication facility in Beijing in a bid to expand memory chip output. Could this help alleviate some of the pressure on...
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A leftover three-ton SpaceX rocket stage is set for an unavoidable collision course with the Moon at a speed of 5,400 mph (or seven times the speed of sound) in the early hours this Wednesday, August 5.
Blue Ghost lander (Credit:...
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MSI is pitching its new Pro Max OLED 271UPJW12 as the world's first 27-inch inkjet-printed (IJP) OLED display with a 4K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Calling it the "ultimate display," it arrives nearly two years after TCL began...
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Microsoft's latest round of price hikes for its Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles has hit Europe and they are steeper than some may have been anticipating. Depending on the region and specific model, official Xbox console prices are...
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There is still time to preorder a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, or Galaxy Z Flip 8 series smartphone and take advantage of pre-release offers, both direct from Samsung or at Amazon. If ordering from Samsung, the...
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