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14 state attorneys general accuse TikTok of exploiting and addicting young users in new lawsuit
Posted on Thursday October 10, 2024
A group of 14 state attorneys general has filed lawsuits against TikTok, accusing it of harming children's mental health and violating consumer protection laws. The bipartisan coalition, led by New York and California, alleges that TikTok's platform is designed to be addictive and exploits young users.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A 12GB Nvidia RTX 5070 might debut at CES alongside the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090
Posted on Thursday October 10, 2024
According to established leaker @harukaze5719 and other sources, the long-rumored GeForce RTX 5080 and 5090 will be accompanied at CES 2025 by the 5070. Hardware specifications for the three graphics cards have recently begun materializing.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Hacker shows how a cigarette lighter can grant you root access
Posted on Thursday October 10, 2024
Buchanan walks through his process of experimenting with low-cost fault-injection attacks as an alternative when typical software bugs aren't available to exploit.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Want more money for your old handset? Buy an iPhone instead of Android, survey suggests
Posted on Thursday October 10, 2024
People tend to do one of three things with their old phones when upgrading to a new model: They either retain it by keeping the handset as a backup or giving it to a friend or family member, it's recycled or donated, or it's sold or traded in, either to...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. 9700X: 3D V-Cache Still Going Hard!
Posted on Thursday October 10, 2024
We've tested the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with Windows 11 24H2 and compared it to the new Ryzen 7 9700X. This review dives into performance data across patched 23H2 and 24H2, examining how both CPUs stack up.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Foxconn to open Mexico plant for mass production of Nvidia Blackwell superchips
Posted on Wednesday October 09, 2024
Foxconn is expanding its manufacturing operations in Mexico with a new plant dedicated to Nvidia's Blackwell architecture, the recently unveiled GPU designed to accelerate AI and high-performance computing workloads.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
New algorithm promises to slash AI power consumption by 95 percent
Posted on Wednesday October 09, 2024
Researchers at BitEnergy AI have developed a technique that could dramatically reduce AI power consumption without sacrificing too much accuracy and speed. The study claims that the method could cut energy usage by up to 95 percent. The team calls the breakthrough Linear-Complexity Multiplication or L-Mul for short. The computational...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
South Dakota crews excavate 800,000 tons of rock to build world's largest neutrino detector
Posted on Wednesday October 09, 2024
Researchers overseeing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) have completed the first phase of a major scientific project managed by US-based facilities. Engineers and construction workers removed 800,000 tons of rock from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, making way for...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD unveils passively-cooled Radeon Pro V710 GPU with 28GB of VRAM
Posted on Wednesday October 09, 2024
What makes the V710 particularly intriguing is that it will be an Azure cloud exclusive, at least initially. Microsoft's cloud customers will be able to provision between one-sixth and a full instance of this GPU, with up to 24GB of its beefy 28GB GDDR6 video memory at their disposal.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nintendo announces new hardware, but it's not the Switch 2 – it's a bedside alarm clock
Posted on Wednesday October 09, 2024
Nintendo has introduced a new hardware device that was first teased in an FCC filing last month. It's not the long-rumored successor to the Switch but rather, an interactive alarm clock featuring immersive sounds and music from the Nintendo universe.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »