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- Data Breach Exposes Fake Amazon Reviews Scam Implicating Thousands Of Unethical Behavior
- Elon Musk's SNL Dogecoin Hustle Jokes Send Cryptocurrency Plummeting To The Dog Pound
- Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack Highlights Alarming Security Vulnerabilities In Critical Infrastructure
- AMD EPYC Server CPUs Capture Highest Market Share Gains From Intel In 15 Years
- Latest Data Suggests Apple Has Crushed Facebook’s Data Mining Of iOS Users
- Here's How Google Chromecast Will Play Stadia Games Without An Official Controller
- AMD Ryzen 6000 Zen 3+ Rembrandt 6nm Mobile CPUs Rumored With RDNA 2 GPU
- Galaxy GeForce RTX 3080 Ti And RTX 3070 LHR Latest To Nerf Ethereum Mining
- Google Pours Gasoline On Flames Engulfing Roku-YouTube TV Contract Dispute
- Google Play Store Privacy Labels Coming To Make Android Safer And More Trustworthy
- Alleged Intel Xe-HPG DG2 Desktop And Mobile GPU Specs Leak With Up To 512 Cores
- Microsoft Reportedly Puts Windows 10X Chrome OS Competitor On Ice
- Kingston Announces Development Of Overclockable DDR5 Modules As Alder Lake, Zen 4 Approach
- FTC Report Roasts Device Manufacturers For Hindering Right To Repair Movement
- EVGA XR1 Review: Full-Featured High Quality Stream Capture
- Why Global Semiconductor Sales Could Top $521 Billion In 2021
- Qualcomm Chip Vulnerability Affects 30% Of All Smartphones, Lets Hackers Eavesdrop On Your Calls
- Linux Technical Advisory Board Issues Findings On UMN's Shady Kernel Conundrum
- Google Takes New Major Step Towards A More Secure And Passwordless Future
- Broadband Providers Funded Secret Campaign To Derail Net Neutrality Rules Claims NY AG
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All News for May 2021
Last week, cybersecurity researchers discovered an open Elasticsearch database that exposed an extensive fake Amazon reviews scam ring. The database contained millions of direct messages between Amazon vendors and upwards of 200,000...
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Elon Musk giveth, and Elon Musk taketh away. Such is the case with Dogecoin, the "joke" cryptocurrency that has been on a dramatic rise during 2021 (especially during the past month). This past Wednesday, Dogecoin hit a high of $0.53, a...
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One of the top U.S. fuel pipeline operators had to shutter its network this weekend due to a nasty ransomware attack. This effectively shut down approximately half of the East Coast’s fuel for both air and ground transportation. Though...
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A reinvigorated AMD is making strides across the board, including the high-dollar data center segment where premium sums go towards the top silicon money can buy. Intel has historically dominated data center sales, but it can ill-afford to...
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The recent feud between Apple and Facebook has been well documented. The companies have been at odd for years, but tensions between the two came to a head most recently when Apple detailed its newest privacy guidelines at WWDC 2020. Those...
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Google Stadia is an easy way to access and play many games, from virtually anywhere via the cloud, provided you do not have a powerful PC or console on hand. And it appears the service is getting better as Stadia for Android is preparing...
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Here is a juicy nugget straight out of the rumor mill as the weekend commences—according to notable leaker and Twitter user ExecutabieFix, AMD's eventual Ryzen 6000 mobile series processors will feature onboard graphics based on the...
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Cryptocurrency mining seems to be just one factor behind the shortage of graphics cards on the market today, and many gamers have rejoiced at anything that might make cards more accessible. Limiting mining on consumer cards is a big deal...
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We've been covering the ongoing war of words between Google and Roku over YouTube TV negotiations for the past few weeks. And unfortunately for customers caught up in the drama, it's starting to devolve into an unsavory war of words.
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Privacy and security have become Google’s modus operandi after the company announced a Password Manager for Android, iOS, and Chrome the other day. Now, the Android arm of Google is taking steps to make Google Play a more “safe, trusted...
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We know from a recent Twitter post by Intel's Pete Brubaker that it won't be too terribly long before Intel's Xe-HPG DG2 gaming GPU is released—to use his words, it's "right around the corner." Following up on that, an interesting leak...
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Windows 10X, which we have been talking about for quite some time, could have been the “Chrome OS killer,” but Microsoft has seemingly put the kibosh on it for now. Perhaps this is due to a newly invigorated effort into the upcoming “Sun...
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The era of DDR5 memory has not begun in earnest, but it will later this year when next-gen platforms arrive. In the lead-up to that day, memory makers are hustling their tails off manufacturing and validating DDR5 memory modules. As part...
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Like consumers, the Federal Trade Commission is fed up with device makers taking steps to make their wares difficult to fix at home or by independent shops. In a new report submitted to Congress, the FTC outlined numerous types of repair...
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HDMI capture cards, or HDMI capture devices, are extremely valuable tools with a wide variety of uses. As the description implies, these devices allow virtually any HDMI feed to be routed through them to be captured by a computer. The HDMI inputs on capture devices can be used with game...
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One might assume that chip makers are taking a beating in revenue because of the global shortage of silicon, but that is not the case. Semiconductors are selling as fast as manufacturers like TSMC can make them. It's the reason why AMD and...
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Our smartphones, over the years, have from a tool used primarily by tech enthusiasts to something that almost everyone walks around with today. As such, our smartphones are used for everything from making phone calls, to texting, to...
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In April, we first reported on Linux Kernel dev and maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman banned submissions from the University of Minnesota due to new concerning patches. It has also come to light that UMN has done questionable research on the...
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We use passwords on a day-to-day basis, from checking the bank to logging onto Twitter, but they can be the weakest link in the chain of security around these use cases. If they are simple, they can be cracked; and if they are complex...
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The largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States defrauded the public by engaging in a secret campaign to derail net neutrality rules, New York Attorney General Letitia James stated in a series of Twitter posts. This...
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The PlayStation 5, like previous generations before it, has been a runaway sales success for Sony. The console launched to good overall reviews, and gamers have been very eager to get their hands on the console to unwind during COVID-19...
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In this latest episode of HotHardware's 2.5 Geeks, the guys recap some of last week’s happenings and discussing all of the recent NVIDIA news. From the rumored GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, to dedicated Crypto mining cards, to hash rate limiters and Grace CPUs, NVIDIA has a lot going on...
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