Apple Brings Windows Precision Touchpad Support to Boot Camp By Nathaniel Mott 11 June 2021 Apple updated its Boot Camp utility to support Windows Precision Touchpad gestures on certain Macs.
Sky Dirt: Backblaze Introduces Cloud-Based Chia Farming By Nathaniel Mott 10 June 2021 Backblaze announced that Chia farmers can now upload their plots to the cloud, with prices starting at $5 per TB per month.
Google Uses AI to Design Chips, Creating Machine Learning Ouroboros By Nathaniel Mott 10 June 2021 Google researchers successfully taught a neural network architecture to design the physical layout of upcoming TPUs.
El Salvador Government to Mine Bitcoin with Volcanic Energy By Nathaniel Mott 10 June 2021 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced that the country is planning to use volcanic energy to mine Bitcoin.
Adata Attacked by Ragnar Locker Ransomware Group, Data Reportedly Stolen By Nathaniel Mott 09 June 2021 Adata's operations were said to have been temporarily disrupted in May because of a ransomware attack.
Cooler Master MM720 Review: Respawn By Nathaniel Mott 09 June 2021 The Cooler Master MM720 is a followup to the Spawn gaming mouse with a honeycomb shell, new sensor and other improvements.
Nvidia Reportedly Seeks Chinese Approval of Arm Acquisition By Nathaniel Mott 08 June 2021 Nvidia has reportedly asked Chinese regulators to approve its $40 billion acquisition of Arm eight months after it was proposed.
Biden Administration Upholds Trump-Era Bans on 59 Chinese Tech Companies By Nathaniel Mott 04 June 2021 The U.S. has upheld existing bans on specific Chinese tech companies introduced during the Trump administration.
China Says WuDao 2.0 AI Is an Even Better Conversationalist than OpenAI, Google By Nathaniel Mott 03 June 2021 Researchers at the AI institute in Beijing said their WuDao 2.0 natural language processing model bests OpenAI and Google's.
AMD Passes 30% CPU Market Share in Steam Hardware Survey, Loses in GPUs By Nathaniel Mott 03 June 2021 The latest Steam Hardware Survey revealed that more than 30% of systems using the platform rely on AMD processors.
Norton Added Ethereum Mining Capabilities to Its Antivirus Software By Nathaniel Mott 03 June 2021 Norton has invited members of its early adopter program to mine Ethereum with its upcoming Norton Crypto feature.
Nvidia and Valve Bringing DLSS to Linux via Steam Proton By Nathaniel Mott 01 June 2021 Nvidia announced that it's partnered with Valve to bring its DLSS graphics technology to Linux via Steam Proton.
Google Reveals 'Half-Double' Technique for Exploiting Rowhammer in DDR4 By Nathaniel Mott 28 May 2021 Google revealed a new hammering technique, Half-Double, that can exploit the Rowhammer bug in DRAM memory.
UK Police Surprised Electricity Thieves Were Mining Crypto, not Growing Weed By Nathaniel Mott 28 May 2021 British police reportedly found a cryptocurrency mining operation when they investigated suspected cannabis farmers.
Asahi Linux Dev Reveals ‘M1RACLES’ Flaw in Apple M1, Pokes Fun at Similar Flaws By Nathaniel Mott 26 May 2021 Asahi Linux developer Hector Martin revealed a covert channel vulnerability in the Apple M1 chip he dubbed M1RACLES.
Chia: Stop Farming with Consumer SSDs or Stop Complaining About Endurance By Nathaniel Mott 25 May 2021 Chia released a statement in response to complaints that farming its cryptocurrency might wreck some SSDs.
Arm Reportedly Freezes Hiring, Cancels Some Benefits Until Nvidia Takeover By Nathaniel Mott 25 May 2021 Arm has reportedly instituted a hiring freeze and canceled some employee benefits until the Nvidia deal is closed.
Chipmakers Are Finally Raising Prices Amid the Global Chip Shortage By Nathaniel Mott 24 May 2021 Chipmakers have reportedly started to raise their prices as much as 30% amid the global chip shortage.
Radxa Announces Updated Rock Pi 4 Plus Models By Nathaniel Mott 24 May 2021 Radxa announced the updated Rock Pi 4 Plus single-board computer with a new OP1 processor and Twister OS.
Linux 5.13 Release Candidate 3 Fixes 37 Patches From Banned University By Nathaniel Mott 21 May 2021 Linux 5.13 Release Candidate 3 is set to revert and fix 37 patches contributed to the kernel by the banned University of Minnesota.
China’s Setting up a Hotline for Snitching on Cryptocurrency Miners By Nathaniel Mott 21 May 2021 A province in China has set up a hotline its citizens can use to report suspected cryptocurrency miners.
Iran Reveals Simorgh Supercomputer, Says Another Is Imminent By Nathaniel Mott 20 May 2021 Iran announced that it's developed its first new supercomputer, Simorgh, and that work has already begun on its second.
AMD CEO Lisa Su Doesn’t Seem All That Worried About the Chip Shortage By Nathaniel Mott 20 May 2021 AMD CEO Lisa Su made it clear in an interview that the company isn’t particularly concerned about the chip shortage.
Nvidia Is Halving the Ethereum Hash Rate of New RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti Cards By Nathaniel Mott 18 May 2021 Nvidia announced that it’s halving the Ethereum hash rate of new RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti graphics cards.
Nvidia's DLSS Reaches VR With "No Man's Sky" and Two Other Titles By Nathaniel Mott 18 May 2021 Nvidia announced that DLSS has expanded to VR with new support from "No Man's Sky," "Wrench," and "Into The Radius."
