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- Ransomware Payments Plunge To Record Low In Q1 '24, Don't Get Complacent
- Galaxy S Display Issues Are Worse Than Expected, Samsung Offers Free Fix
- Beastly Mini PC Packing A Ryzen 9 7940HS And 70W TDP Breaks Cover At Retail
- Aliens On Meteors? Study Proposes Wild Interstellar Hitchhiking Theory
- HOT Handheld Deals: Score A Lenovo Legion Go, MSI Claw And Steam Deck Below MSRP
- Gorgeous Mercedes AMG GT 63 S E Looks Fast Standing Still But Thumps 805 HP
- Spicy Rumor Suggests Sony May Bring PlayStation Exclusive Helldivers 2 To Xbox
- Meta PCs Shows Off Jaw-Dropping PS5 Water Cooling Mod, Don't Try This At Home
- Apple Is Reportedly Engineering An LLM For iPhone As Its Next Big Thing
- Aston Martin DBX707 With 193 MPH Top Speed Gets A Swank Interior Makeover
- When A Spectacular Full Pink Moon Will Grace The Skies This Week
- AI Breathes Life Into Sagging PC Shipments, Finally Sparking A Rebound
- Orthopedic Doctor Uses Apple Vision Pro For Game-Changing Surgery Assist
- NASA's Juno Captures Stunning Views Of A Hellish Volcanic Moon Of Jupiter
- HighPoint’s New PCIe Gen 5 Rocket M.2 RAID Card Brings Blinding 56GB/s Speed
- Need A Power Bank? Check Out These HOT Anker Deals On Cool Tech
- UPDATE: Falcon Northwest Finds Potential Fix For Intel Raptor Lake Game Crash Bug
- Forget Boss Battles, RedLine Malware Aims To Defeat Gamers With Fake Cheats
- Llama 3 Powers Impressive Meta AI And It’s Accelerated On Intel Gaudi And Arc
- Free Adobe Express Mobile App With Firefly Turbocharges Android And iOS With AI Tools
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All News for April 2024
In the past few years, the ransomware market has heated up, leading to more payouts for threat actors and more attacks overall. However, in late 2023, with the seizure of BlackCat ALPHV by law enforcement, among other factors, the business side of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has been put on ice, at least somewhat...
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We increasingly expect our smartphones to go the distance, putting up with daily abuse and neglect for years. Samsung appears to be accepting that some of its devices can't keep up and has offered free repairs to customers with a specific display defect. Those with pricey Samsung phones in India can now rest easy that...
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There's no two ways about it—AMD's Ryzen 8040 mobile CPU family and its Ryzen 8000G desktop CPU family are the exact same silicon: Hawk Point, the evolution of Phoenix featuring 60% better NPU performance. AMD takes the same chip, attaches it to either an LGA or BGA interposer depending on whether it's destined for...
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As the search for life outside of the confines of Earth continues, a group of astrobiologists has suggested checking meteors as an Uber for aliens. The new research explores a model of life spreading between planetary systems via panspermia and terraformation.
There are currently over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets...
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At this point, the handheld gaming market is more mature than it was when Valve introduced its Steam Deck a couple of years ago. It's a more competitive landscape now than it was in early 2022, and as we know, competition breeds better pricing for consumers. This is on display with several handheld gaming consoles...
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Just when you thought the Mercedes-AMG GT series of 2-door grand tourers couldn't get more sinister, in comes a new flagship with a plug-in hybrid powertrain capable of outputting 805 hp and an earth-crushing, driver-humbling 1,047 lb-ft of torque through all four wheels. That's more than 200 horses and nearly twice...
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The rumor mill is churning about possible talks going on between Sony and Microsoft about potentially bringing Helldivers 2 to the Xbox platform. While some fans are hesitant about the rumor being true, others are excited about the possibility.
One thing that holds true in the gaming industry is that rumors will...
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While gamers anxiously await the release of Sony's upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro, the current PlayStation 5 still has some party tricks up its sleeve. Thanks to Meta PCs, a PlayStation 5 was modded and completely water cooled. While PC gamers are used to seeing intricately designed open-loop custom water cooled PCs, it...
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Apple is banking on AI running on iPhones to get sales out of the doldrums, according to Bloomberg’s Marc Gurman. Gurman says that even though the market is growing, the iPhone will see a 10% decline in sales for the first three months of 2024. It’s because of this difficult business environment that Apple will be...
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Aston Martin has released a refreshed version of its DBX707 ultra-luxury performance SUV. Much of the go-fast hardware and sexy exterior remain the same—this time it's the tech stuff on the inside that has gotten a much-needed rethink. No word on the price of entry though, but at this price bracket, buyers aren't...
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April’s full Moon, perhaps best known as the Pink Moon, is about to grace the night sky. As with other full Moons, this month’s is known by many names, such as the Sprouting Grass Moon, and the Pesach or Passover Moon.
According to NASA, the Maine Farmer’s Almanac began publishing “Indian” names for full moons in...
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Following a brutal eight quarters of declining shipments, the PC market is back on the upswing, growing in the neighborhood of 3% in the first quarter of 2024, according the latest audit by the bean counters at Counterpoint Research. Not surprisingly, the long overdue return to growth comes on the heels of an...
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There are plenty of instances of folks using Apple’s Vision Pro augmented reality headset irresponsibly, while doing things like driving Telsa Cybertrucks, skydiving, or even getting married. Despite all that nonsense, the Vision Pro has some potentially game-changing applications, especially within the medical field...
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NASA scientists have taken data gathered by the Juno spacecraft of Jupiter’s moon Io and created interesting animations, highlighting two of the Jovian moon’s most striking features. The incredible animations create three-dimensional renderings of one of Io’s mountains, and a lake of cooling lava.
Juno’s principal...
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HighPoint is a name that will need no introduction to the people that will probably be interested in these products. Distinct from the budget firearms manufacturer with a similar name, HighPoint is a company who has been selling storage controllers since the 20th century. The latest products from HighPoint are...
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Keeping a charge on portable devices while traveling can be a pain at times, but Anker has a slew of devices that can keep even the busiest of road warriors charged up. Don’t miss out on some great deals from Anker right now on portable power banks, charging hubs, and more.
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Hardware enthusiasts who have been around the block a few times will recall some concern over the reliability of chips based on Intel's 14nm FinFET fabrication process. With the fully-integrated voltage regulator (FIVR) being manufactured at such a tiny feature size, overclockers doing even minor overvolts might be...
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If you are a threat actor and want to mine cryptocurrency or steal some juicy information, a gamer’s PC is a good target for that sort of thing, given the hardware and software they use. Even better yet is the PC of a game cheater because they are used to downloading sketchy software in the first place, so the barrier...
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The company formerly known as Facebook made a couple of big announcements yesterday in cooperation with Intel, who may be providing some of the potent AI hardware to power Meta's new AI products. The big new things to know about are the Llama 3 AI model and Meta's new AI assistant, simply called "Meta AI".
Meta's...
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Adobe is rolling out its newest Adobe Express mobile app with Firefly generative AI and the power of Adobe creative tools. The new mobile app brings features such as text-to-image, generative fill, text effects, and text to template, all now available on mobile devices.
The company touts the all-new mobile app as...
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Over the coming years and decades, we're going to see a lot more computer chips manufactured on U.S. soil, with companies like Intel and TSMC investing heavily on new and upgraded semiconductor fab sites in North America. Lest it need be said, however, TSMC has confirmed that chips produced in the United States are likely to carry an up-charge
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Microsoft is showing off its AI chops with a new demo of its VASA-1, making Mona Lisa spit out rhymes like a rap star. The new framework is used for generating lifelike talking faces of virtual characters with visual affective skills (VAS).
The fear of AI being used to make deep fakes of people may have just gotten...
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