Month: August 2022
Twitter whistleblower to testify in Congress over damning security revelations
Twitter’s former security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko will testify in Congress next month after he went public with damning allegations about the social media company’s security practices and attempts to mislead regulators, the Washington Post reports. Zatko is scheduled to speak at a hearing on September 13th and is expected…
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Prepare your wallet: Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU could already be in production
Audio player loading… Nvidia’s RTX 4090 has been spotted in what are apparently documents from a manufacturer, indicating that the flagship graphics card is already in production. At least that’s the theory, but we need some heavy seasoning with this leak – which comes from the Baidu (opens in new…
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Nvidia to announce next-gen GPU architecture in September amid RTX 4090 rumors
Nvidia is getting ready to announce its next-gen GPU architecture, codenamed Lovelace. Ampere is the current GPU architecture that powers Nvidia’s RTX 30-series GPUs, after Turing debuted with the first RTX cards in 2018. Nvidia is now expected to detail its Lovelace GPU architecture at GTC 2022 in September, with…
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Sony hikes price of PS5 in Europe, Japan, and more
Sony is increasing its PS5 prices in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada. Prices are jumping by 10 percent in Europe, and by around 6 percent in the UK as inflation rates impact Sony and many other companies. While Sony is increasing PS5 prices in many parts…
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Starlink lowers monthly subscription prices for many
Starlink, Elon Musk’s internet-from-space service provided by SpaceX, is notifying customers with some good news: their monthly subscriptions have been reduced in response to “local market conditions.” I received one of these notifications for my Starlink RV service that normally costs me €124 each month in the Netherlands. It says,…
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Samsung’s new SSD promises awesome speed even without the latest technology
Audio player loading… Samsung unveiled its new flagship SSD (solid-state drive) line, the 990 PRO Series, which is said to be built for a wide range of applications like gaming and 4K video editing. There’s a fair amount of hype for the 990 because there were hints this new SSD…
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