China's Crypto Mining Crackdown Expands to Three More Provinces By Nathaniel Mott published 14 July 21 China's crackdown on cryptocurrency mining operations has expanded to the Anhui, Gansu, and Henan provinces.
Pimoroni Teases RP2040-Powered PicoSystem Gaming Device By Nathaniel Mott published 14 July 21 Pimoroni's software lead has shared new videos showing the RP2040-powered PicoSystem gaming device in action.
Chia and Server Demand Could Keep NAND Prices High for Months By Nathaniel Mott published 14 July 21 TrendForce predicted that increases to NAND flash contract prices will be modest in most segments in 3Q21.
UK Police Seize Record-Breaking $250 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency By Nathaniel Mott published 13 July 21 The Metropolitan Police Service announced that it seized nearly $250 million worth of cryptocurrency.
DRAM Price Hikes May Be Lower Than Originally Expected By Nathaniel Mott published 13 July 21 TrendForce said that quarter-over-quarter DRAM price increases could even out due to high inventory levels.
Nuclear-Powered Crypto Plant Planned for PA Next Year. What Could Go Wrong? By Nathaniel Mott published 12 July 21 Talen Energy reportedly plans to build a nuclear-powered cryptocurrency mining operation in Pennsylvania.
Intel to Reveal Process and Packaging Technology Roadmap During July 26 Webcast By Nathaniel Mott published 12 July 21 Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and Technology Department head Ann Kelleher will discuss the company's IDM 2.0 roadmap.
Crypto CEO: Bitcoin Needs Year to Recover From Chinese Crackdown By Nathaniel Mott published 12 July 21 Compute North's CEO said Bitcoin's hash rate might not reach its pre-China-crackdown high again until late 2022.
Even 'Free' Chia Farming Wouldn't Be Profitable at Scale, Cloud Storage Provider Finds By Nathaniel Mott published 9 July 21 Backblaze's calculations indicate that farming Chia at scale wouldn't be profitable even with essentially no operating costs.
Power Your Raspberry Pi With These Low-Cost Battery Add-ons By Nathaniel Mott published 9 July 21 PiSugar Kitchen's PiSugar S and PiSugar S Pro promise to power a Raspberry Pi for several hours on a charge.
Historic Power Plant Decides Mining Bitcoin Is More Profitable Than Selling Electricity By Nathaniel Mott published 9 July 21 A hydroelectric plant built in 1897 has been restored and will be using some of the power it produces to mine Bitcoin.
Twister OS Brings Windows 11's New Design to Raspberry Pi By Nathaniel Mott published 8 July 21 The eminently customizable Raspberry Pi operating system Twister OS now has a new theme inspired by Windows 11.
Chia Cryptomining Finally Gets Pools, as Profitability Continues to Drop By Nathaniel Mott published 8 July 21 The Chia Network released its official pooling protocol to give Chia farmers a chance to receive more consistent payouts.
Invector Labs Reveals Wi-Fi Enabled RP2040 Board By Nathaniel Mott published 7 July 21 Invector Labs revealed a new Wi-Fi enabled board built around the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s RP2040 chip.
US Department of Defense Cancels the Controversial $10B JEDI Cloud Contract By Nathaniel Mott published 6 July 21 The U.S. Department of Defense canceled the controversial $10 billion JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft in 2019.
AMD's Acquisition of Xilinx Reportedly Moves Forward with Chinese Regulators By Nathaniel Mott published 6 July 21 AMD's proposed acquisition of Xilinx will reportedly move forward to Phase Two of a Chinese regulator's process.
Hackers Demand $70 Million in Ransomware Attack Hitting 200+ Companies By Nathaniel Mott published 5 July 21 Hacker group REvil demanded $70 million worth of Bitcoin in exchange for the decryption key used in its latest ransomware campaign.
Jupiter Nano Is a Tiny Microcontroller That Runs Linux By Nathaniel Mott published 5 July 21 Jupiter Nano is about to start crowdfunding with the promise of being at least 10x more powerful than the Arduino Due.
Parallels Plans to Bring Windows 11 Support to macOS By Nathaniel Mott published 1 July 21 Parallels said it plans to bring Windows 11 virtual machine support to macOS with a future version of its software.
Grand Theft Auto V Gets AMD FSR Support Thanks to Modder By Nathaniel Mott published 1 July 21 A modder added support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution to ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ before the tech was even open sourced.
House Passes Bills to Support American Innovation, STEM Education By Nathaniel Mott published 30 June 21 The U.S. House passed two bills meant to increase funding for technology research and improve STEM education.
UK Regulator Approves AMD's Xilinx Acquisition By Nathaniel Mott published 29 June 21 The UK Competition and Markets Authority has approved AMD's proposed acquisition of Xilinx.
Intel Disables TSX for More CPUs via Microcode Updates By Nathaniel Mott published 29 June 21 Intel's plans to release new microcode updates to disable TSX by default could lead to decreased performance in some tasks.
Three Major Licensees Signal Support of Nvidia's Arm Acquisition By Nathaniel Mott published 28 June 21 Arm licensees Broadcom, MediaTek, and Marvell have indicated their support of Nvidia's proposed acquisition.
Microsoft Teases October Launch for Windows 11... but Not for Windows 10 PCs By Nathaniel Mott published 28 June 21 Microsoft teased a target launch window for Windows 11 of October, but only for devices that aren't running Windows 10.
