This week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added seventeen actively exploited vulnerabilities to the 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. [...]... Read more »

Bloomington School District 87 in Illinois has published its cyber-insurance renewal details, and the cost has jumped from $6,661 in 2021 to $22,229 this year. [...]... Read more »

In a warning issued on Thursday, the Dutch National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) says organizations should still be aware of risks connected to Log4j attacks and remain vigilant for ongoing threats. [...]... Read more »

It has been quite a busy week with ransomware, with law enforcement making arrests, data-wiping attacks, and the return of the Qlocker ransomware. [...]... Read more »

Microsoft has backpedaled its decision to forcefully redirect users from the Network Connections (ncpa.cpl) control panel to the Advanced Network Settings screen. [...]... Read more »

A new phishing campaign using fake shipping delivery lures installs the STRRAT remote access trojan on unsuspecting victim's devices. [...]... Read more »

​Microsoft has announced that Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros will now be disabled by default to protect customers from malicious documents. [...]... Read more »

A massive supply chain attack compromised 93 WordPress themes and plugins to contain a backdoor, giving threat-actors full access to websites. [...]... Read more »

McAfee Enterprise (now rebranded as Trellix) has patched a security vulnerability discovered in the company's McAfee Agent software for Windows enabling attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. [...]... Read more »

Following a stream of customer reports that started yesterday evening, security hardware manufacturer SonicWall has provided a temporary workaround for reviving next-gen firewalls running SonicOS 7.0 stuck in a reboot loop. [...]... Read more »

Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 10, version 21H2 to more devices approaching the end of service (EOS) as part of a first machine learning (ML) training phase. [...]... Read more »

Microsoft released a list of twenty-five group policies that admins should not use in Windows 10 and Windows 11 as they do not provide optimal behavior or cause unexpected results. [...]... Read more »

TL;DR: As of Jan. 23, you can save 61% on a DIY Building Block STEM Drone, on sale for $49.99 instead of $129.When we were kids we built DIY volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar and took basic computer courses where we learned to type. Today's kids are much more... Read more »

TL;DR: As of Jan. 23, you can get one Magnetic Wireless Charger for iPhone 12 worth $39 for $29.99, and a two-pack for $49.99 — that's 23% and 35% off respectively.MagSafe isn’t going anywhere. So, you might as well jump on board and stock up on MagSafe-compatible charging devices — especially if... Read more »

TL;DR: As of Jan. 23, the PhiGolf Mobile & Home Smart Golf Simulator with Swing Stick is on sale for $229 instead of $249. That's a discount of 8%. Perfect your swing. Credit: PhiGolf Whether your swing suffers from the time off or you just really miss hitting the course... Read more »

TL;DR: The Ultimate 2022 Learn to Paint Bundle, valued at $1,194, is on sale for just $19.99 a of Jan. 23 — that's savings of 98%.If you’re new to painting, it can be pretty intimidating. Sitting in an art class and being judged by your fellow peers? No thank you. Instead,... Read more »

TL;DR: As of Jan. 23, Founders' Book Lifetime Access is on sale for just $79. It normally costs $147, so you're saving 46%.If you had a great idea and already started your business, you may be asking yourself, now what? There's no rulebook for launching and keeping a successful company... Read more »

SAVE 81%: Access more content from top streaming sites with Surfshark. A two-year subscription to Surfshark is on sale for £1.68 per month and includes an extra two months for free — saving you 82% for a limited time.Why should you consider subscribing to a VPN? A lot of subscribers use... Read more »

SAVE 90%: Ivacy VPN is a cheap service that offers powerful protection for your online identity and data. A five-year subscription to Ivacy VPN is on sale for £0.73 per month and includes a free password manager — 90% off list price for a limited time.Ivacy VPN is a unique... Read more »

SAVE 58%: TunnelBear is a great VPN for cybersecurity beginners. A two-year subscription to TunnelBear is on sale for £3.05 per month — 58% off list price for a limited time.VPNs are seriously useful tools for protecting your online identity and data, but for some users, these services are still... Read more »

TL;DR: The Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle is on sale for £43.93, saving you 98% on list price.Coding can be overwhelming, but with the right instruction, you can develop knowledge you can use. The affordable Premium Learn to Code 2021 Certification Bundle is a solid place to start —... Read more »

TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Speakly is on sale for £51.25, saving you 82% on list price.Always wished you were multilingual? Now’s your chance to finally turn that dream into a reality. With this doorbuster deal on Speakly, you’ll get a lifetime of learning eight different languages for only £51.25.For... Read more »

We love those four-legged friends, but one issue that tends to arise? Pet dander in the air — and sometimes a smell or two that is more on the “odour” end of the scent spectrum. For that, there are air purifiers: They act as filters for your room or house... Read more »

It's something close to criminal that Infocom isn't better known in the 21st century.The iconic developer of all-text story games — commonly referred to as "text adventures" — like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the Zork series shut down in 1989, but not before releasing a library of titles... Read more »

Leave it to Adele to make a COVID-19 cancelation seem almost magical. On Thursday, the British singer-songwriter announced the postponement of her Las Vegas residency, set to begin the following day at the Colosseum of Las Vegas at Caesars Palace Hotel."I'm so sorry, but my show ain't ready," she said in... Read more »

The Olympics are practically tailor-made for inspirational posts. That's not necessarily a good thing. As the 2022 Winter Olympics spin up in and around Beijing, The Guardian reports that the Chinese government has, via a consulting firm, hired scores of social media influencers in an attempt to burnish its tarnished... Read more »

Your days as an ordinary Muggle are over, as long as you have an iPhone. With just a word or two, you can use your iPhone and newfound Muggle-born powers to cast spells just like Harry Potter and team. Only your "wand" is from Apple, not Ollivanders in Diagon Alley.... Read more »

One of the coolest aesthetic features of iMessage is its animated message effects. If you're like many users, you might even have discovered them by accident, where wishing your friend a "Happy Birthday!" or congratulating them on a promotion unexpectedly flooded your screen with balloons or confetti. Apple's iMessage effects... Read more »

Whenever you need to type out a fraction on your iPhone, whether it's in a message, word document, presentation, math problem, recipe, or wherever else you need it, it's easy to use numbers and slashes. But there's a way to make fractions look more professional and easier to read straight... Read more »

Wordle has been popping up all over in the app stores, but none of them are the real Wordle. The popular word game app has amassed two million users since its launch in November 2021 but has no plans to hit the iOS App Store or Play Store any time... Read more »

Downloading content from TikTok is relatively easy, even if the video is protected, but the same can't be said of Reels, Instagram's version of short-form videos. Instagram doesn't make it easy to download content unless it's your own, and that's especially true with Reels. However, there is a way to... Read more »

Privacy is a growing concern in the tech industry, but Apple has fallen behind many of its peers when it comes to email security. Fortunately, iOS 15 changes that. Your email address is the key to a vast amount of personal information, not to mention a stepping stone into your... Read more »

Gmail uses TLS, or Transport Layer Security, by default for all email communications, so all of your emails will use the standard encryption as long as the recipients also support TLS. But there's a way to add even more security to your Gmail emails, and you can use your iPhone's... Read more »

Apple unrolled an array of nifty iPhone features in iOS 15. One of the more valuable updates lets you group all your untimely notifications and view them throughout the day at only the times you choose. In a nutshell, Scheduled Summary helps summarize and organize app notifications the way you... Read more »

Every iPhone has a series of hidden Apple apps installed by default, most of which work behind the scenes to perform actions such as filtering SMS messages, trusting computers, and dealing with payments. However, there are a few secret apps you can access right here and now, but they take... Read more »

The iPhone has included a real-world magnifying glass called "Magnifier" since iOS 10. Still, it remained relatively obscure until iOS 14 when it received significant upgrades such as a new interface, hideable controls, a customizable toolbar, improved filters management, multi-image shooting, and people detection. But one of the best things... Read more »

Apple's iOS 15 update has some great camera features that can benefit professional photographers and casual users alike. And while many are exclusive to newer iPhone models, there are still some Camera app upgrades and additions that apply to all iPhones running iOS 15. 1. Improved Panoramas If you have... Read more »

If you're like me, you take more than just a few screenshots throughout the day, and they add up fast on your iPhone. When you snap that many images of the screen, your Photos app's "Screenshots" folder can swell beyond triple digits if you don't manage it, and your "Recents"... Read more »

OK, I'm sure you're thinking, "Isn't it just the 'Select All' button in Mail?" Yes and no. If the view you're in has a "Select All" button and you actually want to select all items, then great — use that. But when you're selecting emails from a Mail search or... Read more »

If you've ever used your iPhone's hidden Field Test mode to view your signal strength in decibel-milliwatts, locate the tower you're connected to, or find out the radio frequency in use, you no longer have to dig through all of the confusing-looking data every time you need to check. Apple... Read more »

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Review Roundup Today AMD lifts the embargo on its entry-level Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card reviews. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Reviews Media AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Model 🇵🇱 Benchmark ASUS TUF 🇨🇳 BenchLife GIGABYTE OC 🇺🇸 Club386 XFX SWFT 210 🇫🇷 Comptoir... Read more »

Intel launches 12th Gen Core CPUs The embargo on independent reviews of the Alder Lake-S desktop series has officially lifted.  Intel Alder Lake-S Reviews Media Intel 12th Gen Core CPU 🇯🇵 4Gamer Core i9-12900K(F) 🇺🇸 AnandTech Core i9-12900K(F) 🇵🇱 Benchmark Core i9-12900K(F) 🇩🇪 CapFrameX Core i9-12900K(F) Core i5-12600K(F) 🇬🇧 Club386... Read more »

AMD Radeon RX 6600 Review Roundup Today AMD lifts the embargo on its mid-range Radeon RX 6600 graphics card reviews. AMD Radeon RX 6600 Reviews Media AMD Radeon RX 6600 Model 🇯🇵 4Gamer SAPPHIRE Pulse 🇧🇷 Adrenaline POWERCOLOR Fighter 🇦🇺 AusGamers GIGABYTE Eagle 🇵🇱 Benchmark SAPPHIRE Pulse 🇩🇪 ComputerBase XFX... Read more »

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Review Roundup Today AMD lifts the embargo on its mid-range Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card reviews. AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Reviews Media Type AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Model ?? 4Gamer ? MSI RX 6600 XT GAMING X ?? Adrenaline ?️ POWERCOLOR RX... Read more »

Gigabyte AORUS 17G 17YE5 with Core 12700H or 12800H? A test run of the upcoming gaming laptop from Gigabyte had just made an appearance on Userbenchmark. Gigabyte laptop naming is relatively easy to follow. The 10th Gen Comet Lake-H AORUS series was called YC, 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake-H was... Read more »

Intel 11th Gen Core aka Rocket Lake-S Reviews Today Intel lifts the embargo on its latest desktop S-Series processors. Meet the full lineup of Rocket Lake-S featuring Cypress Cove architecture and PCI Gen4 support. Check the following reviews to see how fast the last generation for the LGA1200 socket, and... Read more »

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Review Roundup AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Reviews Media Type AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Model ?? 3DNews ? AMD REFERENCE ?? 4Gamer ? AMD REFERENCE ?? Adrenaline ?️ AMD REFERENCE ?? Benchmark ? AMD REFERENCE ?? Bitwit ?️ AMD REFERENCE ?? ComputerBase ? AMD... Read more »

AMD Radeon RX 5900 XT ES (former RX 6800 XT) spotted An interesting leak has just popped up on Chiphell. A member of the forums was able to find an engineering sample of the Radeon RX 5900 XT graphics card from ASRock. Such a model has obviously never been released,... Read more »

A Lithuanian retailer has put the listing of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti two weeks ahead of its launch. Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has been listed by Skytech Skytech now lists four Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti models, including Eagle (OC), Gaming OC, and Gaming OC Pro. The graphics... Read more »

Today AMD launches its Ryzen 5000 series processors. AMD makes Ryzen 5000 series official Zen3 is here. AMD today lifts the embargo on Ryzen 5000 series processor sales and reviews. AMD  launches four processors based on a new 7nm Zen3 architecture. The Ryzen 9 5950X is a 16-core flagship CPU... Read more »

Microsoft reveals detailed specifications of Xbox Series X SoC At HotChips 2020, Microsoft has provided more details on the upcoming Xbox gaming console. The System on a Chip (SoC), codenamed Project Scarlett, was manufactured in TSMC’s N7 Enhanced fabrication process. The SoC with a die area of 360.4 mm2 is... Read more »

Intel’s bigSMALL architecture aka Hybrid Technology is coming to desktop and mobile platforms. Intel Alder Lake Yesterday we reported on a leak detailing how the Hybrid Technology would work for the upcoming 12th Gen Core architecture, aka Alder Lake. The series will be Intel’s second series to feature big and... Read more »

Today AMD launches its new Matisse processors with slightly higher clock speeds. AMD refreshes Ryzen 3000 lineup with the XT series The XT series features a new optimized 7nm node. Officially AMD expects 4-5% improvement over the original X-series processors. This is achieved thanks to the improvements introduced to the... Read more »

Intel launches its first 10-core mainstream CPU. Time for a new review roundup. Intel Core i9-10900K and the band Another 14nm Intel processor launch? The comet hit the lake and the embargo has been lifted. You can now read and watch comprehensive reviews of the Comet Lake-S platform. Intel Comet... Read more »

 Bitcoin, the largest digital asset, extended its decline Saturday, and has now shed more than 50% from its record high in November.Bitcoin’s decline since hitting the record has wiped out more than $600 billion in market value, and over $1 trillion has been lost from the aggregate crypto market. While... Read more »

Representations of virtual cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoRussia's central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability, citizens' wellbeing and its monetary policy sovereignty.The move is the latest in a global cryptocurrency... Read more »

Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoTikTok owner ByteDance saw its  revenue grow  70% year on year to about $58 billion in 2021,  slower growth than a year earlier as China tightens its... Read more »

Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationHedge funds, which make profits by speculating on precarious takeovers, got a treat this week when Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) agreed to buy "call of duty" maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O)... Read more »

A doctor vaccinates a person with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Vienna, Austria April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerAustria's conservative government said  Thursday it was launching a national lottery to encourage holdouts to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, hours before parliament passed legislation that would introduce a national... Read more »

An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir and being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc and obtained by Reuters May 17, 2021. Merck & Co Inc/Handout via REUTERSA UN-backed agency has struck a... Read more »

 REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoTesla Inc (TSLA.O) shareholders on Tuesday asked a judge  to find that Elon Musk forced the company's board of directors into a  deal for SolarCity in 2016 and wanted the CEO convicted, the electric vehicle maker one of the largest judgments in history paid $13 billion. "This case... Read more »

 (Mike Blake, Reuters)Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is buying "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) for $68.7 billion in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake their claims to a virtual future.The deal announced by Microsoft on Tuesday, its biggest-ever and set to be the largest... Read more »

The Android app will get new pencil and drawing  tools in a future update, while WhatsApp Desktop will get new chat bubble colors. The desktop app  also gets a new dark blue color that is only visible in dark theme mode.The instant messaging app is also testing a new emoji... Read more »

Photo Credit: Fabrice Coffrini | ReutersAt present, there is no evidence  that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine,  World Health Organization chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news briefing, she said that while there seems to be some waning of vaccine immunity... Read more »

Photo credit: Gadgets Now Apple has confirmed that  iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro do not cancel noise  during phone calls, including  iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Apple included the feature in the iPhone 12 series and earlier models to improve call quality in noise environment. No reason was... Read more »

Samsung  today unveiled the Exynos 2200, its latest flagship chipset that will power  Galaxy S22 smartphones in certain regions. The new platform is based on  4nm EUV process technology and comes with a custom GPU called Xclipse. It is based on the AMD RDNA2 architecture and as such is a "single... Read more »

Photo credit: Marvel StudiosMarvel's Eternals is a very different beast to many other MCU movies; directed by autheor Chloe Zhao,  is a slow-paced, meditative story that explores the emotional toll of immortality on a group of extraterrestrials who have lived on the fringes of human society for millennia. This departure... Read more »

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks during a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece, on October 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos, File)Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Monday that while the "most likely scenario" is that the coronavirus will circulate for many years, he believes the current wave of infections will be the... Read more »

As the price of bitcoin drops to $35,149, "The entire country of El Salvador is riding the cryptocurrency wave," reports The Street, "even in its choppiest waters." The first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, the Central American nation just "bought the dip" once again and... Read more »

"The European Union took a significant step Thursday toward passing legislation that could transform the way major technology companies operate," reports the Washington Post, "requiring them to police content on their platforms more aggressively and introducing new restrictions on advertising, among other provisions...." "The legislation is the most aggressive attempt... Read more »

How popular is Linux? The Windows Central site admits Linux is starting to tempt them. "It made such an imprint on Windows Central that not all of us even bother much with Windows anymore." "Heck, Germany (part of it, to be specific) is taking another stab at ditching Windows for... Read more »

Two-thirds of technology firms are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, reports the BBC (citing a recent report from recruitment firm Harvey Nash). But what's the solution? In an article shared by Chrisq, the BBC's business technology reporter field-tested some computer programming training: I attended Teach the Nation to Code,... Read more »

In 2015 the San Francisco Arts Commission surveyed nearly 600 local artists. "More than 70% of them had either already left San Francisco or were about to be displaced from their work, home or both," reports SFGate.com, adding "The pandemic has only intensified these problems. A report by Americans for... Read more »

The Washington Post reports that three of the world's most prominent live-streaming stars "received notifications of copyright infringement after broadcasting TV shows to their millions-strong fanbases on Twitch." "The days that followed produced copious amounts of Twitch's most common byproduct, online drama, but also focused attention on the murky and... Read more »

"Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday for 2022 was a rocky start to the year, giving admins and users numerous headaches to deal with..." reports ZDNet. "The Windows Update on January 11 was intended to address 96 security flaws but also brought a load of pain for users and admins." "One of... Read more »

America's National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the federal government that enforces U.S. labor law. And its prosecutors "plan to formally accuse Amazon.com of illegally firing an activist who was trying to unionize its New York warehouses," as well as other violations of the law, reports Bloomberg... Read more »

"Scientists have estimated the number of 'small' black holes in the universe," reports Live Science. "And no surprise: It's a lot." Using a new method, outlined January 12 in The Astrophysical Journal, a team of astrophysicists has produced a fresh estimate for the number of stellar-mass black holes — those... Read more »

This week the Free Software Foundation's board announced that for the first time in the organization's 37-year-history, its 5,000-plus associate members will now be able to nominate and evaluate candidates for its board of directors. Under new procedures adopted by the FSF board on January 17 and summarized here, the... Read more »

"Netflix's stock has tumbled 41% from the all-time high it hit just two months ago," reports CNN Business. "It's gaining subscribers at a painfully slow pace. Competition is heating up. The company's answer to all that: It just raised prices on North American customers." Netflix ended 2021 with 221.8 million... Read more »

"Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots," reports the Associated Press: They are the first large U.S. studies to look at vaccine protection against omicron, health officials said. The papers echo previous... Read more »

The Washington Post profiles Lasso Loop, the startup behind "a hefty home appliance machine that automatically sorts and breaks down the recyclables you toss inside it," saying the company tackles "a flaw in our waste management systems that many people probably aren't aware of." As it turns out, much of... Read more »

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: To wit, the Nasdaq 100 just did something it hasn't done since the aftermath of the internet bubble: fall more than 1% in every session of a week. It doesn't count as a superlative because Monday was a holiday. But for investors... Read more »

Let's not get too excited about this right away Comment  Intel puts on a show for its biggest manufacturing announcements, with episodes every few years using a rotating cast of CEOs and US presidents.…... Read more »

Probably something to tackle before those chip fabs are built, eh? Soaring electricity prices have derailed manufacturing involving silicon and non-ferrous metals in Europe, politicians were warned this week.…... Read more »

'This is strongly limiting the scope of maneuver by Big Tech' expert tells El Reg Analysis  The European Parliament has adopted a set of amendments to the Digital Services Act (DSA) that makes the pending legislation even more protective of personal privacy and requires businesses to give greater consideration to... Read more »

Whatever it takes, Mark Researchers at Facebook parent's Meta have trained a single AI model capable of processing speech, images, and text in the hope that these so-called multi-modal systems will power the company’s augmented reality and metaverse products.…... Read more »

Disclosure of WebKit flaw appears to have prodded iBiz to undertake repairs Apple is preparing to repair a bug in its WebKit browser engine that has been leaking data from its Safari 15 browser at least since the problem was reported last November.…... Read more »

As long as you're running on VMware Nvidia has rolled out the latest version of its AI Enterprise suite for GPU-accelerated workloads, adding integration for VMware's vSphere with Tanzu to enable organisations to run workloads in both containers and inside virtual machines.…... Read more »

When audiobooks just take too darn long... Friday FOSS Fest  In this week's edition of our column on free and open-source software, El Reg takes a look at Calibre, which converts almost any file type into almost any other file type, so you can read whatever you want, wherever you... Read more »

It's not the wurst idea in the world Man's best friend, though far from the dumbest animal, isn't that smart either. And if there's one sure-fire way to get a dog moving, it's the promise of a snack.…... Read more »

Freed of launch restraints, mirror segments can waggle at will NASA scientists have deployed mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope ahead of a critical thruster firing on Monday.…... Read more »

Prototypes now available for testing Arm has made available for testing prototypes of its Morello architecture, aimed at bringing features into the design of CPUs that provide greater robustness and make them resistant to certain attack vectors. If it performs as expected, it will likely become a fundamental part of... Read more »

Alleges he had an off-the-books agreement with reseller MLM firm Herbalife, which sells diet-linked products but styles itself as a "nutrition company", has accused one of its former execs of cutting a "fraudulent" $20m deal with a Dell reseller.…... Read more »

Freshly overhauled, several careful owners Fancy buying an almost-original and flyable Second World War Supermarine Spitfire? If you've got £4.5m gathering dust in the bank, today might be your lucky day.…... Read more »

Processes relying on 1980s ICL mainframe contributed to £1bn pension black hole Brit MPs have told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) it should factor in the cost of not upgrading a 34-year-old legacy system when reviewing tech investments after it contributed to a £1bn pension shortfall.…... Read more »

Fusion energy projects nearing 40th anniversary A milestone was reached this week by the Joint European Torus (JET): the 100,000th pulse of the fusion energy experiment.…... Read more »

With fab expansions on tap across the entire semiconductor industry, Intel today is laying out their own plans for significantly increasing their production capacity by announcing their intention to build a new $20 billion fab complex in Ohio. With the paperwork already inked and construction set to begin in late... Read more »

It has been noted in the media that at the upcoming ISSCC conference at the end of February, Intel is set to give a talk entitled ‘Bonanza Mine: An Ultra-Low Voltage Energy Efficient Bitcoin Mining ASIC’. It already has a lot of attention, as it confirms the fact that Intel... Read more »

Following its announcement back at CES, today AMD is formally launching the entry-level member of its Radeon RX 6000 series of video cards: the Radeon RX 6500 XT. Based on AMD’s new Navi 24 GPU – the first GPU made on TSMC’s N6 process – AMD is broadening their desktop... Read more »

Over the years Intel has prided itself on its ability to provide processors that fit into the ultraportable, professional market. We’re talking thin and light designs with obscene levels of performance and battery life for the form factor. It’s so important to Intel, that over the years they’ve produced several... Read more »

With the Unify, we are looking at a premium model with support for DDR5 memory, but it doesn't feature any RGB LED lighting. The MSI MEG Z690 Unify represents MSI's Enthusiast Gaming series, which combines elements of an enthusiast-level motherboard, but with all the features designed for users to make the... Read more »

ASRock has been at the forefront of the small form-factor (SFF) PC revolution right from the Sandy Bridge days. Starting with the Core HT series in the early 2010s, the company moved on to the Beebox (NUC clones) , and recently settled on the DeskMini lineup (based on mini-STX boards).... Read more »

While not the absolute first company in the market to talk about putting different types of silicon inside the same package, AMD’s launch of Ryzen 3000 back in July 2019 was a first in bringing high performance x86 computing through the medium of chiplets. The chiplet paradigm has worked out... Read more »

This morning the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) is releasing the much-awaited final (1.0) specification for PCI Express 6.0. The next generation of the ubiquitous bus is once again doubling the data rate of a PCIe lane, bringing it to 8GB/second in each direction – and far, far higher for... Read more »

NVIDIA this morning is quietly adding to its menagerie of high-end video cards with a third version of the GeForce RTX 3080, the simply-named GeForce RTX 3080 12GB. Just as the name says on the tin, this latest GeForce card is more or less a version of the existing RTX... Read more »

At the close of play today, Intel is announcing two major changes at the top of its organization. The big one is that EVP and GM of Intel’s Client Computing Group, Gregory Bryant, who led the company in their CES messaging only last week, is moving on to new ventures.... Read more »

When AMD started using TSMC’s 7nm process for the Zen 2 processor family that launched in November 2019, one of the overriding messages of that launch was that it was important to be on the leading edge of process node technology to be competitive. That move to TSMC N7 was... Read more »

One constant theme throughout AMD’s recent resurgence into high-performance computing has been the messaging around the scalability of its platform. Building a processor that can scale both from single digit watts all the way up to big water cooled compute servers is no easy task, but also combining multiple types... Read more »

Over the last several years there has been a renewed push towards privacy features from the laptop industry. With the majority of PC sales being laptops, and battery life improving dramatically, use of laptops in public spaces for business use has increased accordingly. Quite a few business laptops now offer... Read more »

It has been over three years since Corsair released the monstrous AX1600i and today still very few manufacturers even dared to release any digital PSU designs, let alone top-tier products. Today we are reviewing the newly released Dark Power Pro 12 1500W PSU by Be Quiet!, one of the very... Read more »

When you move from an old iPhone or iPad to a new one, the easiest approach is often the Quick Start device-to-device transfer. But if that doesn’t work, or if you have to give up one device before receiving the other, iCloud Backup is a fine alternative. Fine, that is,... Read more »

Have you ever wanted to identify a plant, flower, or pet breed, or find out what that famous painting is called? Us too. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple added a new AI-driven feature called Visual Look Up that provides more information about photos of plants, flowers, pets, books,... Read more »

Last year, Apple started to transition Macs away from Intel processors to its custom M1 system-on-a-chip. The M1’s performance is stellar, but Apple has used it only in low-end models so far: the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and new 24-inch iMac. For professionals looking for more power,... Read more »

Along with a new version of Safari in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple has released Safari 15 for macOS 11 Big Sur and macOS 10.15 Catalina. Why do this before macOS 12 Monterey ships? Some of the browser’s new capabilities—notably the Tab Groups feature—integrate it more deeply into your... Read more »

You have a new iPhone or iPad—congratulations! When transferring your data to the new device, you have three options: Quick Start, an iCloud backup, or a Mac backup. All will work, but they don’t quite provide the same end result (particularly if you didn’t encrypt your Mac backup). Our advice—backed... Read more »

In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple expanded the concept of Do Not Disturb to what it calls Focus. You can create a Focus for different types of activities, so only specific people and apps can break through your cone of silence at appropriate times. Focus subsumes the old Do... Read more »

Here’s a tricky situation that threw one of our clients for a loop recently. Texts they sent in Messages via iMessage (indicated by blue bubbles) to their son, letting him know they were stopping by weren’t being delivered, making their visits a surprise. But other texts worked fine. The problem,... Read more »

It’s easy, particularly when traveling, to end up connecting to a Wi-Fi network that doesn’t provide Internet access, requires credentials you don’t have, or lacks access to the network’s printer. Unfortunately, once your iPhone, iPad, or Mac has connected to such a network, it may reconnect to it later, causing... Read more »

For most homes and offices, a standard or mesh Wi-Fi network works fine for providing Internet access throughout the building. And when higher throughput is necessary, it’s usually not that difficult to pull Ethernet cable from room to room. But some buildings seem almost impervious to networking—imagine thick brick walls... Read more »

Are you the kind of person who loves bleeding edge flagship smartphones? Samsung sure hopes so because they're already allowing pre-orders for their next Galaxy S phone, the Samsung Galaxy S22. If you do opt to pre-order you will get benefits such as a $50 Samsung store credit redeemable for... Read more »

When AMD announced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D at CES 2022, a lot of people were surprised that the company appears to only be launching a single Ryzen SKU with its staked 3D V-Cache technology. That's partially because the company had already demonstrated 3D V-Cache using a Ryzen 9 5950X, and... Read more »

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has nearly reached its desired orbit, nearly 1 million miles away from Earth. As the NASA telescope nears the second Lagrange point (L2), it will begin the intricate process of aligning its mirrors. Earlier this month, JWST achieved another milestone as its gold-coated mirror... Read more »

Are you planning a party for the big game next month, but you're still rocking a bulbous CRT from the days of 'Sanford and Son'? Or maybe you just want to upgrade from a small, drab 1080p panel to some big, glorious 4K action? Either way, we've got you covered.... Read more »

PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi says that the metaverse and VR headsets will only serve to divide the virtual and real worlds. The 71-year-old was one of the prominent people behind the creation of Sony's PS1, PS2, and PS3 game consoles. The metaverse has quickly become the buzz word among tech... Read more »

When people think of malware and malicious code, they might imagine an infected file or download from a sketchy email or website on their computer. However, this sort of infection is realistically only the tip of the iceberg and often some of the least sophisticated. Researchers at Kaspersky have found... Read more »

The just-released Radeon RX 6500 XT is a weird product in a lot of ways. Besides its lean 64-bit memory bus, its hilariously-narrow PCIe x4 interface, and the resulting mediocre performance, it also suffers from limited video encoding and decoding capabilities compared to its fellow RDNA 2 GPU siblings. On... Read more »

Windows Updates are great when they work properly, but many users like to have more control over when and how they update their OS. Microsoft's TechCommunity Blog, however, says there are a bunch of things that you probably should not attempt to control yourself. Power users and system administrators commonly... Read more »

A lot of people were disappointed when CES 2022 came and went with nary a sign of discrete graphics adapters bearing Intel GPUs. Intel broadly promised Arc GPUs in Q1 of this year, but the thrust of the presentation was entirely focused on laptops, which are unlikely to include the... Read more »

Are you earbuds on their last legs? That's a bummer, though it's also an opportunity to treat yourself to a fancier set, perhaps one with active noise cancellation and adaptive EQ that automatically tunes your music to your ears. Both of those features happen to be present on Apple's AirPods... Read more »

Facebook is looking into how it can use things like your body language and eye tracking, in order to send you targeted virtual ads. The patent documents provide more insight into how the company plans on monetizing the metaverse. Meta, parent company of Facebook, has made no secret of its... Read more »

There are plenty of opinions to go around on Microsoft's deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, but I'll say this—if Microsoft goes on to reboot franchises like King's Quest and other classics, I'll be ecstatic. It may very well happen, too. Xbox boss Phil Spencer alluded to the... Read more »

New head of Blizzard, Mike Ybarra, promises that the company will place teams and players at the forefront moving forward. This follows the news that Microsoft will be buying out Activision Blizzard in a blockbuster $68.7 billion deal. Microsoft sent the gaming world into a frenzy earlier this week, when... Read more »

You can run but you can hide from the deluge of cryptocurrency and everything related, like blockchain technology and those non-fungible tokens (NFTs). That doesn't mean you can't ignore all that stuff. However, if you want to go in the opposite direction and dive in browser-first, now you can—the Opera... Read more »

Een man verveelt zich op het werk en is duidelijk aan het broeden op een plannetje om voor wat reuring te zorgen. Dat pakt anders uit dan hij had verwacht.... Read more »

Een slang op de golfbaan zorgt voor paniek bij een oude man. De slang heeft het op hem gemunt en is zeer vastberaden.... Read more »

Een man in Nieuw-Zeeland dacht dat hij water in zijn oor had gekregen na een bezoekje aan het zwembad. Het bleek een kakkerlak te zijn.... Read more »

Omwonenden hebben een vrij van het ijs gered met behulp van een kajak. Ze was met auto en al door het ijs gezakt.... Read more »

Een piloot werd ternauwernood gered door politieagenten voordat een trein tegen zijn sportvliegtuigje botste. Het vliegtuigje was gecrashed op de spoorlijn.... Read more »

Het is maar goed dat het een oefening was voor de plaatselijke brandweer. Als je zo'n entree maakt bij een echte brand, kijken de mensen een beetje vreemd op.... Read more »

Een succesvolle Australische zakenman is zo gehecht geraakt aan zijn Emma, een vrouwelijke robot, dat hij haar ten huwelijk heeft gevraagd.... Read more »

Opwinding in het land der wetenschappers, er is een dinosaurus-ei gevonden met een goed bewaard gebleven embryo.... Read more »

In Illinois, is een veroordeelde pyromaan benoemd tot brandweercommandant van een plaatselijk brandweerkorps.... Read more »