Oderço Distribuidora is a Brazilian hardware distributor that has been in business for more than 38 years, about 18 of them importing computer hardware. According to a recent message from company president Oderço Matos, the company has lost an undisclosed number of GeForce RTX 5090 cards after two pallets went......
VSDC Video Editor is a free alternative to resource-hungry editing suites
VSDC is a feature-rich video editor that runs smoothly on modest hardware. The free version supports 4K exports without watermarks, screen recording, visual effects, and a wide range of editing tools. While its unconventional interface takes some getting used to, it's a capable alternative to heavier editors. Read Entire Article
Sony patents AI that predicts a game’s next frame before the GPU finishes rendering it
The approach targets a drawback of some frame-generation techniques: they require two completed frames before generating an image to insert between them. Waiting for the second frame adds latency. Sony's system would instead use an already available frame to predict the next one, rather than waiting to interpolate between two......
Eiliko robot maker Energize Lab left its entire fleet of 68,000 robots open to a remote takeover
An investigation by The Verge found that researcher Sammy Azdoufal could access 13 million conversations across what appeared to be Energize Lab's entire active fleet of 68,000 Eiliko robots. The US accounted for the largest share of the data, which included more than 31,000 profiles belonging to children. Read Entire...
PSA: The calendar invite is the new phishing vector, and email filters aren’t catching it
Security researchers at Sublime are warning users about a new phishing tactic targeting work calendars. Reports of these attacks have surged in recent months because the technique is inexpensive and more likely to reach end users. Read Entire Article
Analogue’s updated SNES and Genesis consoles go wireless and switch to USB-C
Both consoles cost $219.99 and will be available for pre-order this weekend, with shipping expected to begin in December. Read Entire Article
Amazon return scammers may be delidding CPUs, a suspected fake Ryzen suggests
When a Redditor recently bought a second AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor, he noticed conspicuous differences compared with his earlier purchase. Commenters quickly realized that a new type of Amazon return scam might be at play. Read Entire Article
Windows Defender now works in Linux, because why not
Microsoft believes Linux systems also need a corporate-oriented security solution such as Defender. Redmond's anti-malware solution, notorious for its arguably excessive false positives, is now offering expanded support for major Linux distributions. This allows organizations to use the same security platform to protect heterogeneous enterprise environments where Windows and Linux......
A Dota 2 pro says he talked his way out of a police raid by playing a match for the officers
In a Facebook post, 23savage said officers raided the facility, handcuffed him and teammates Fbz and Oli, and confiscated their belongings. They questioned why the team was in the city and whether its members were professional players. Read Entire Article
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 debuts: It’s all about that OLED
The ROG Xbox Ally X20 is receiving praises for its gorgeous 7.4" OLED, premium design, improved controls and ergonomics. Performance is largely unchanged from last year's Xbox Ally X though, and then there's the very steep $1,300 price tag. Read Entire Article