Month: February 2021
Microsoft’s Surface Headphones drop to a record low $111 at Woot
If you passed on Microsoft's original Surface Headphones when they were new, they might be worth a second look. Woot is offering the Surface Headphones at an all-time low price of $111 — less than a third of their original $349 sticker, and less… Source
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SolarWinds hack was the work of thousands, says Microsoft Zero-day attack
The SolarWinds hack that affected hundreds of public and private networks across the globe may have been the work of thousands of cyberattackers. Microsoft president Brad Smith told US news program 60 Minutes that an internal analysis of the attack found that “certainly more than 1,000” software engineers had been…
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India lifts restrictions on mapping and surveying to help local firms
India said on Monday local firms will no longer need license or other permission to collect, generate, store and share geospatial data of the country, bringing sweeping changes to its earlier stance that it admitted hindered innovation. Until now, New Delhi required Indian firms to seek licenses and additional approvals…
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The Morning After: NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 arrives February 25th
NVIDIA has set a release date for the GeForce RTX 3060, but the wait won't be the biggest challenge. The $329 mid-tier GPU, the first at this price to feature ray tracing, will be available on February 25th at 12PM ET. You won’t be able to pick u… Source
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AMD users should immediately switch to the latest Linux 5.11 kernel AMD CPU
The latest release of the Linux kernel features some impressive performance enhancements for AMD hardware. Released over the valentine’s day weekend, Linux kernel 5.11 fixed a major performance regression that impacted the AMD Zen architecture. Thanks to the fix, Zen-based processors such as Ryzen and EPYC have been benchmarked as…
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Google wants your business to buy lots of Pixel phones Google Pixel for Business
Google has launched a new site aimed at attracting companies into buying its Pixel phones for business use. The company’s new Pixel for Business site looks to show off the potential of its devices for business use as Google looks to shift more of its phones to customers around the…
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