For a company that has traditionally promoted CEOs from within its ranks, considering an outsider to lead would mark a significant departure from Intel's long-standing practices. Since its founding in 1968, only one CEO – Bob Swan in 2019 – was hired externally, and even he was regarded as a......
Minecraft’s latest update “The Garden Awakens” is out
Minecraft's final major release of the year introduces an eerie new biome: the Pale Garden. This mysterious adventure brings a new mob, the Creaking, along with exciting additions like Pale Oak trees, Creaking Heart blocks, and Eyeblossoms. Read Entire Article
Samsung is prepping 400-layer V-NAND for future 16TB SSD storage and PCIe 5.0 performance
Samsung's 9th-generation 280-layer V-NAND flash memory has only recently entered mass production, with the first commercial products expected to hit store shelves next year. However, according to the Korea Economic Daily, the company is already setting ambitious targets for its 10th-generation 400-layer V-NAND technology. Read Entire Article
Vinyl is crushing CDs as music industry eclipses cinema, report says
These revelations come courtesy of a new report on Pivotal Economics authored by Will Page, Spotify's former chief economist who has been tracking the value of the music business for the past ten years. Read Entire Article
The unsung heroes of chip sales: field application engineers
Picture this: A chip vendor has a shiny AI accelerator, but how do they actually get that into the hands of their shiny hyperscaler customer? A key part of that process is the Sales Engineer. These people go by many titles – Field Solutions Engineer or Sales Support Engineer, but......
New Google app feature injects search links into third-party websites
The idea, Google notes in its Web Search Forums, is to let users "quickly get additional context about people, places or things – without leaving the site they're on." When you tap one of the annotated terms, it opens an overlay window on top of the website showing a Google......
FTC: Most smart device makers are breaking the law by not informing consumers of software support terms
In September, representatives from iFixit, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Consumer Reports sent a letter to Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Serena Viswanathan, the FTC's Division of Advertising Practices associate director. The letter pointed out the prevalence of anti-consumer practices among smart device manufacturers......
Researchers discover “Bootkitty,” the first UEFI bootkit for Linux
"Bootkitty" is a new and concerning malware that targets Linux systems. Eset analysts recently discovered the bootkit in a previously unknown UEFI application (bootkit.efi) that someone uploaded to VirusTotal. While not yet complete, Bootkitty is described as the first UEFI bootkit for Linux that researchers have found. Read Entire Article
Skyrocketing X alternative Bluesky now displays replies by ‘hotness’
Bluesky's latest feature is the ability to sort replies by "hotness," sparking mixed reactions, however it does reflect the platform's ongoing efforts to position itself as a true alternative to X/Twitter. Read Entire Article
NASA’s bleeding-edge radar captures detailed imaging of a secret Cold War base under Greenland’s receding ice sheet
NASA performed a scientific mission earlier this year, surveying Greenland's massive ice sheet to test the limits and capabilities of its Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) technology. The agency didn't expect to "see" anything interesting down there, yet they rediscovered a long-abandoned base built by the US during......