Recently, AMD disclosed a vulnerability in the AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) chipset driver that allows malicious actors to dump memory pages and exact sensitive information such... | Continue reading
Nvidia as part of its GPU Technology Conference (GTC) keynote earlier this year hosted a secret treasure hunt in which it invited onlookers to see if they... | Continue reading
Most of your digital photos use the JPEG format, but when you download an image from the web, it may be using the more modern WebP format.... | Continue reading
In terms of quarterly failures, Seagate's 4TB HDD led the pack with 91 units out of a total of 439 failing drives. Interestingly, the company's 6TB HDD... | Continue reading
The social networking giant confirmed as much to The Information (paywalled), and is apparently one of several tech companies interested in a field known as homomorphic encryption.... | Continue reading
Amazon seems to be doing relatively well under its new leadership, but the company's growth is slowing down and the shortcuts taken to achieve its gargantuan size... | Continue reading
On June 16, Hong Kong customs officials noticed the driver and co-driver of a truck crossing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge were acting suspiciously while their vehicle was... | Continue reading
WKRN News 2 (via GamingBible) reported new information on the April 2020 incident involving Mark Herring of Bethpage, Tennessee. A swatting incident—the act of calling 911 to... | Continue reading
On Tuesday, privacy-focused search engine DuckDuck Go announced a new service that protects users' privacy by stripping trackers from emails. Email Protection provides users with a "Personal... | Continue reading
This is the third print spooler vulnerability to emerge in just five weeks. While a critical flaw was originally identified and patched in June, a similar flaw... | Continue reading
In 2019, Nintendo sued Storman as the owner of RomUniverse, a site they purported was illegally distributing copyrighted Nintendo games. Storman chose to represent himself. The California... | Continue reading
PayPal will soon address one of the biggest shortcomings of cryptocurrency on its platform. | Continue reading
Johannes Caspar, the commissioner of the HmbBfDI, indicated in a press release that Facebook has a history of user-privacy abuse, pointing to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and... | Continue reading
In 2018, Netflix was debating whether it should remove in-app subscriptions for new customers in its iPhone app. It planned to run tests that summer in select... | Continue reading
While most people who enjoy music on the go these days are listening from their phones, there are still many reasons someone might want to own a... | Continue reading
Taiwan is facing its worst drought in 56 years after a drop in rainfall combined with a lack of typhoons in 2020; it's usually hit by three... | Continue reading
Procon-SP, the consumer protection agency of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is biting back at Apple with a R$ 10.5 million ($1.9 million) fine. They haven’t accepted Apple’s justifications... | Continue reading
According to numbers from market research firm IDC, Chrome OS overtook macOS for the first time in 2020 in user install base. For decades, Windows has had... | Continue reading
Recently unsealed court documents reveal that Facebook senior executives have been knowingly overstating customer reach to advertisers for years. The filing contains records of emails and other... | Continue reading
Nvidia's inclusion of Apple M1 support is practical, and the snubbing of Apple, who continues to disallow game streaming services on the App Store, is merely a... | Continue reading
Ever since Apple's M1 SoC launched, the tech community has been abuzz trying to draw comparisons to see where it stands in terms of performance and efficiency... | Continue reading
With Ryzen 5000, and by extension the Ryzen 9 5980HS, AMD is delivering much better single-thread performance. The 5980HS provides a ~20% gain versus the 4900HS, which... | Continue reading
Last month, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed it experienced a hack in which documents and emails relating to the regulatory submissions for the Covid-19 vaccines, stored... | Continue reading
Most internet users have probably never used Cloud Print a single time -- it was primarily designed for ChromeOS customers who had limited or no access to... | Continue reading
As a corporation, it's Nvidia's prerogative to decide on the reviewers it chooses to collaborate with. However, this and other related incidents raise serious questions around journalistic... | Continue reading
At its peak in the 1990s, Silicon Graphics had legendary status among 3D and graphic designers who leveraged the unique power of these workstations that were at... | Continue reading
For GPU enthusiasts, it's been a long two year wait. But now that Nvidia's Ampere RTX 3000 GPUs are out, as are AMD's Radeon RX 6000 series,... | Continue reading
A group of more than 40 US states are reportedly planning to file a lawsuit against Facebook next week. | Continue reading
According to a Financial Times report, Facebook's controversial Libra cryptocurrency could launch as early as January 2021, although it won't be nearly as impressive as originally planned,... | Continue reading
The PS5's availability has suffered more than most gaming hardware released recently. Referring to its console, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan said that "everything is sold.... | Continue reading
Precursor chip maker Cyrix brought the world of personal computing into the lives of many, only to be killed by its best product and its inability to... | Continue reading
Apple released macOS 11, better known as Big Sur, last Thursday, and some users are already reporting a severe flaw that has bricked their laptop. The issue... | Continue reading
For the first time, the Unreal Engine will be used in a consumer automobile, as all displays in the new GMC Hummer EV are powered by the... | Continue reading
Proposition 22, also known as the "App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative," will be up for a vote on California's upcoming ballot. If it passes,... | Continue reading
As reported by Android Central, the feature is currently being tested internally. It was discovered by Nest Home hacker Jan Boromeusz, whose Nest Hub Max smart display... | Continue reading
Back in July, the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee held a landmark hearing where regulators asked the CEOs of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple a slew of hard... | Continue reading
Earlier this year, we saw how a YouTuber was able to achieve remarkable results in upscaling old, low-resolution footage from 1896 to 4K video at 60 frames... | Continue reading
Apple has been facing a lot of heat lately regarding its walled garden policies. This week the stove got turned up another notch. Not only did a... | Continue reading
The T2 is the successor to Apple's T1 security chip, which served as a gatekeeper to certain functions. The T2 chip, introduced in 2018, added more functionality... | Continue reading
Wi-Fi is set to get better and faster. While plenty of routers are already available with chips using draft specifications, 802.11ax Wi-Fi was not finalized until Sept.... | Continue reading
After deliberately flouting Apple's in-app payment policies, Epic launched a lawsuit against Apple accusing it of anti-competitive practices. The two companies appeared at a hearing on Monday... | Continue reading
The issue appears related to the type of capacitors found on the rear of the PCB underneath the GPU. As explained by Igor's Lab, AIB partners are... | Continue reading
Back in July, Apple and Ireland won an appeal against a $15 billion tax bill imposed by the European Commission. The Cupertino giant paid the amount plus... | Continue reading
For years, we've heard that Apple may eventually expand NFC functionality on iPhone and Apple Watch beyond Apple Pay. That thought has yet to materialize, as is... | Continue reading
In addition to their main website detailing their processors, AMD operates a special fan store that sells AMD-themed merchandise. Mostly hats, shirts, water bottles, and the like.... | Continue reading
In Graven, you’ll explore a dark fantasy world as a faithful priest of the Orthogonal order that has been “exiled unto death for a crime in defense of another.” Per Steam’s description, you’ll be tasked with alleviating suffering, uncovering deception… | Continue reading
The move comes following an investigation from the Financial Times, which initially identified “suspicious activity” involving 9 out of Amazon’s top 10 UK accounts. Following this initial investigation, Amazon has now removed the review history of its top 7 UK… | Continue reading
Every single CPU found in any computer, from a cheap laptop to a million-dollar server, will have something called cache. More likely than not, it'll possess several levels of it, too. It must be important, otherwise why would it be there? But what does cache do? | Continue reading