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High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hardware manufacturer Asus has released updates patching multiple critical vulnerabilities that allow hackers to remotely take control of a range of router models with...
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Surgeon general’s proposed social media warning label for kids could hurt kids
Enlarge (credit: MirageC | Moment) US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to put a warning label on social media platforms, alerting young users of potential mental health harms. “It is time to require...
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Drugmaker to testify on why weight-loss drugs cost 15x more in the US
Enlarge / Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, chief executive officer Novo Nordisk A/S, during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on Monday, June 12, 2023. (credit: Getty |...
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TDK unveils prototype solid-state battery with 20 times the energy density of...
Japan’s TDK has announced a significant breakthrough in materials for small solid-state batteries, forecasting substantial performance improvements for devices like wireless headphones and...
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Adobe’s hidden cancellation fee is unlawful, FTC suit says
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) Adobe prioritized profits while spending years ignoring numerous complaints from users struggling to cancel costly subscriptions without incurring...
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PCIe 7.0 achieves 128 GT/s in optical connection demonstration
Cadence demonstrated a PCIe 7.0 connection reaching 128 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) using off-the-shelf parts last week at PCI-SIG DevCon 2024. The test marks a significant step forward for optical...
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Black holes formed quasars less than a billion years after Big Bang
Enlarge (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)) Supermassive black holes appear to be present at the center of every galaxy, going back to some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. And...
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Many stunt performers are reluctant to report head injuries, study finds
Enlarge / Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy. (credit: Universal Pictures) Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman in the new action comedy The Fall Guy, a loose adaptation of the popular 1980s TV series of...
View ArticleQNAP QDA-UMP4A M.2 to U.2 Adapter Shown at Computex 2024
At Computex 2024, we saw the QNAP QDA-UMP4A. This small M.2 to U.2 adapter also works on non-QNAP systems and operates at PCIe Gen4 speeds The post QNAP QDA-UMP4A M.2 to U.2 Adapter Shown at Computex...
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Asus is changing customer service protocols following RMA controversy
Asus has pledged to make several significant changes to its handling of customer service complaints, with some effective immediately and others coming later this year. Customers can also ask the...
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Elon Musk rushes to debut X payments as tech issues hamper creator payouts
Enlarge (credit: eldadcarin | iStock / Getty Images Plus) Elon Musk is still frantically pushing to launch X payment services in the US by the end of 2024, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Launching...
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AT&T imposes $10 price hike on most of its older unlimited plans
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Ronald Martinez) AT&T is imposing $10 and $20 monthly price hikes on users of older unlimited wireless plans starting in August 2024, the company announced. The...
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Fisker is out of cash, not making cars, and filing for bankruptcy
Enlarge / Car designer Henrik Fisker poses with a Fisker Ocean at the Salvation Army California South Division’s annual Sally Awards in June 2022. (credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) Fisker, the...
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Men plead guilty to aggravated ID theft after pilfering police database
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Two men have pleaded guilty to charges of computer intrusion and aggravated identity theft tied to their theft of records from a law enforcement database for use in...
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Nvidia is now the most valuable company in the world – after unbelievable...
Nvidia’s shares are up another 3.5% today, closing at $135.58. The company’s share price has increased by more than 3,400% over the past five years and 181% this year alone. Read Entire Article
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Roundup: Snapdragon X Elite Windows laptop first impressions, performance and...
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Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters to life
Enlarge / Screen capture of a Runway Gen-3 Alpha video generated with the prompt “A giant humanoid, made of fluffy blue cotton candy, stomping on the ground, and roaring to the sky, clear blue sky...
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AMD’s Strix Point chip could boost handheld PC gaming performance by over 30%
The integrated graphics chip powering AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 SoCs might be substantially faster than the one currently used for most handheld gaming PCs if GPD’s official specs on its upcoming dual-screen...
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When did humans start social knowledge accumulation?
Enlarge (credit: IURII BUKHTA) A key aspect of humans’ evolutionary success is the fact that we don’t have to learn how to do things from scratch. Our societies have developed various ways—from formal...
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Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices
Enlarge (credit: Chesnot / Contributor | Getty Images Entertainment) Meta got hit Tuesday with a lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly overlooks sexist treatment of female employees. That...
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