OLED monitor momentum expected to continue — analysts expect 1.34 million units shipped by year end ( www.tomshardware.com )
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Microsoft offers to relocate nearly 10% of China-based staffers to the US or allied nations — AI and cloud engineering exodus from China begins ( www.tomshardware.com )
China poised to break 5nm barrier — Huawei lists 5nm processor presumably built with SMIC tech, defying U.S. sanctions | Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor. ( www.tomshardware.com )
China poised to break 5nm barrier — Huawei lists 5nm processor presumably built with SMIC tech, defying U.S. sanctions | Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor.::Chinese foundry SMIC may have broken the 5nm process barrier, as evidenced by a new Huawei laptop listed with an advanced chip with 5nm...
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT ( www.tomshardware.com )
Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone — happens on both clean installs and reinstalls ( www.tomshardware.com )
Multi-million dollar Cheyenne supercomputer auction ends with $480,085 bid — buyer walked away with 8,064 Intel Xeon Broadwell CPUs, 313TB DDR4-2400 ECC RAM, and some water leaks ( www.tomshardware.com )
Intel continues search for source of Core i9 chip crashes — issues statement about recommended BIOS settings to board partners ( www.tomshardware.com )
Chinese startup launching RISC-V laptop for devs and engineers priced at around $300 ( www.tomshardware.com )
Nvidia tries to kill CUDA translation layers | Tom's Hardware ( www.tomshardware.com )
New PCB design is repeatably recyclable — vitrimer PCBs could save millions of tons in eWaste, say UW researchers ( www.tomshardware.com )
Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4 source code on GitHub — 45 year old code now open-source ( www.tomshardware.com )
Drone maker DJI facing U.S. FCC ban — the national security risk and part China-state ownership are key issues ( www.tomshardware.com )
Nintendo forces Garry's Mod to delete 20 years of content — Garry confirms Nintendo is behind Steam Workshop purge | Tom's Hardware ( www.tomshardware.com )
Nintendo is literally a depressing company right now....
Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements. ( www.tomshardware.com )
Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements ( www.tomshardware.com )
Determined enthusiasts are building a custom 3dfx graphics card — VoodooX has 32MB RAM and DVI output ( www.tomshardware.com )
Commodore 64 claimed to outperform IBM's quantum system — sarcastic researchers say 1 MHz computer is faster, more efficient, and decently accurate ( www.tomshardware.com )
China filed 25% more patents than the U.S. in 2023 — heavily sanctioned Huawei led all companies worldwide despite bans ( www.tomshardware.com )
Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software ( www.tomshardware.com )
Nvidia's AI customers are scared to be seen courting other AI chipmakers for fear of retaliatory shipment delays, says rival firm ( www.tomshardware.com )
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Maker uses Raspberry Pi and AI to block noisy neighbor's music by hacking nearby Bluetooth speakers ( www.tomshardware.com )
Maker uses Raspberry Pi and AI to block noisy neighbor's music by hacking nearby Bluetooth speakers::Roni Bandini is using a Raspberry Pi to power his AI-driven assault against his neighbor's regular 9am reggaeton music.
Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire ( www.tomshardware.com )
Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire::A serial burglar in Edina, Minnesota is suspected of using a Wi-Fi jammer to knock out connected security cameras before stealing and making off with lots of loot. Such...
Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire ( www.tomshardware.com )
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption ( www.tomshardware.com )
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption::The U.S Energy Information Administration is now requiring large-scale cryptomining operations to report their energy consumption. Inevitably this will bring about new regulations that will restrict...
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks ( www.tomshardware.com )
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks::Around three million smart toothbrushes have been infected by hackers and enslaved into botnets. They caused millions of Euros in damages for a Swiss company, according to a newspaper report.
