|
Navigation
Search
Top: Unavoidable
|
PC / Tech. > Unavoidable
Wednesday February 5, 2025. 05:32 PM
If you value your sanity, don’t try to buy a new graphics card on eBay right now. I had to take a peek at it on Monday and it’s, to use the technical parlance of my profession, a shitshow. In addition to the usual scalpers trying to make a small fortune off of already...
International security squads all focus on stopping baddies busting in through routers, IoT kit etc Netgear is advising customers to upgrade their firmware after it patched two critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple routers.…
Most everyone thinks of routers as set-and-forget devices. But you should ditch that habit right about now, especially if you own a Netgear Nighthawk router or Wi-Fi 6 access point. Fixes for two critical vulnerabilities just got issued and they should be applied...
A developer has successfully run the classic video game Doom on Apple's $50 Lightning to HDMI adapter, exploiting the device's built-in system-on-chip that runs a simplified iOS version. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Bitwarden is a beloved password manager for good reason—it’s feature-rich and its paid subscriptions cost bare pennies ($10/yr). The service is also proactive about continually strengthening security for its users. Here’s the latest security update for cloud-hosted...
You don’t realize it until you’ve tried it, but it’s just so convenient to be able to check who’s outside your door — or be alerted when things happen outside — from the comfort of your couch or bed. For that, you need a capable video doorbell. It’s not just a...
PC gamers are getting pretty darn antsy for new desktop GPUs. Nvidia’s newest cards sold out pretty much instantly worldwide despite astronomical prices, and AMD failing to show off its new Radeon designs at CES 2025 last month was seen as a snub. But it looks like we...
A data breach counter feels too grim to start, given how last year went—but you can add another tally mark for 2025. On Monday, GrubHub disclosed its discovery of unauthorized access to customer contact information and payment info. Described as “recently identified”...
It looks like you want to irritate Windows users. Do you want some help with that? There are some things that can't be unseen, including Microsoft posting a hand-drawn image of the company's infamous assistant, Clippy, on social media.…
Temperatures at the north pole soared more than 20C above average on Sunday, crossing the threshold for ice to melt. From a report: Temperatures north of Svalbard in Norway had already risen to 18C hotter than the 1991-2020 average on Saturday, according to models from...
We love great laptops, but we don’t love how much they can cost. That’s why days like this are worth highlighting! Right now, you can get this powerful Acer Nitro V 15 gaming laptop for $800 at Best Buy. That’s a superb $300 off its original $1,100 MSRP! This laptop...
MicroSD cards are so useful for expanding storage on your phone, security camera, dashcam, drone, Nintendo Switch, etc. If you need more storage space, today’s your lucky day — because the 1TB Samsung EVO Select is now $70 on Amazon, its all-time best price. With this...
China's antitrust watchdog is laying the groundwork for a potential probe into Apple's policies and the fees it charges app developers, part of a broader push by Beijing that risks becoming another flashpoint in the country's trade war with the US. From a report: The State...
Radiation-hardening for space environments and energy efficiency tweaks for above and below Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is leading a project to transform how chips are designed and manufactured, to make them more energy efficient and able to better tolerate...
The main processor (CPU, “Central Processing Unit”), the main memory (RAM, “Random-Access Memory”), and the dedicated graphics card with its graphics processor (GPU, “Graphics Processing Unit”) are central components of a PC. In order to maintain the performance...
Get rid of old, broken, and unused devices—even Lightning cables—without adding to the e-waste problem.
Therabody’s at-home muscle stimulator is brilliant in theory but is plagued with connectivity issues.
Thailand cut power supply, fuel and internet to some border areas with Myanmar on Wednesday. It's an attempt to choke scam syndicates operating out of there that have become a growing security concern. Reuters: Scam compounds in Southeast Asia are suspected to have entrapped ...
Mountain View clocked onto the scheme with days to spare A Chinese national faces a substantial stint in prison and heavy fines if found guilty of several additional charges related to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets at Google.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, according to renowned climate scientist Prof James Hansen, who said the international 2C target is 'dead.' A new analysis by Hansen and colleagues...
|
25 sources
Current Date
Apr, Tue 22 - 12:08 CEST
|
