Alexey "Unwinder" Nicolaychuk, the sole developer of MSI Afterburner, is working on a new beta version of the program. The world's most popular GPU overclocking tool is set to deliver significantly improved voltage control on upcoming "MSI 50x0" GPUs, with the first working samples of the new cards already in......
SK hynix edges out rivals with first-to-market HBM4 chips for Nvidia and others
HBM4 is the sixth generation of SK hynix's high-bandwidth memory, a DRAM-based technology built for rapid data processing in advanced computing environments. According to the company, the new chips double the available bandwidth compared with previous HBM products by using 2,048 input/output terminals, a significant increase that enables much faster......
Senator urges FTC to probe Microsoft for “gross cybersecurity negligence”
In a letter sent to FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, Wyden said that Microsoft should be held responsible for "its gross cybersecurity negligence." Read Entire Article
Whistleblowers tell US Senate that Meta ignored child safety in virtual reality
Two former Meta employees allege that the company ignored child safety in its multibillion-dollar metaverse investment and erased evidence instead of addressing the problem. They testified about these claims this week before the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy and Technology. Read Entire Article
Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal
In April 2024, the Federal Communications Commission imposed nearly $200 million in fines on several major wireless carriers, including Verizon Communications, for selling access to sensitive location data to third-party aggregators. These aggregators, in turn, provided the information to unauthorized parties, including bounty hunters and bail-bond companies, putting consumers at......
Apple A19 Pro’s single-core benchmarks beat the Snapdragon 8 Elite and Ryzen 9 9950X
Starting with the A19 Pro, Apple's flagship SoC in the iPhone 17 Pro Max scored 3,895 points in the single-core test and 9,746 points in the multi-core test on Geekbench 6. These figures represent a 10 – 15 percent improvement over the A18 Pro's 3,479 single-core and 8,568 multi-core scores....
New electric car battery could last 600,000 miles and recharge in minutes
The Shenxing Pro Super Long Life & Long Range Battery is said to offer up to 758 km of range per charge (around 471 miles) and is based on the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure. It is worth noting that WLTP estimates differ from what the EPA uses in...
Microsoft urges customers to prepare for VBScript deprecation in their Office VBA macros
Microsoft first announced plans to retire the Visual Basic Scripting language in 2023, giving developers and organizations ample time to prepare. The company is now reiterating that VBScript deprecation is imminent, which could significantly affect custom automation solutions integrated with Office applications. Read Entire Article
Spotify rolls out long-promised lossless streaming to Premium subscribers
Speculation about a Spotify HiFi tier began nearly a decade ago, and in early 2021 the company pledged that lossless streaming would arrive "later this year." By mid-2024, internal interface leaks suggested it was nearly ready... only for more delays to follow. That history left many Premium users skeptical when......
“DNA cassette tape” can store every song ever recorded with petabytes to spare
While practical DNA storage remains elusive, a team of Chinese researchers has developed a DNA cassette tape that could theoretically store every music track ever recorded. Xingyu Jiang, a professor of biomedical engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Guangdong, China, collaborated with a colleague to combine......