Month: November 2022

Intel officially launches its pay-as-you-go CPU platform

Audio player loading… Intel has officially launched its pay-as-you-go CPU platform that will see system administrators paying to activate select accelerators. The new Intel On Demand software-defined silicon (SDSi) service is expected to reduce the amount of hardware sent out by the company while allowing clients to upgrade their machines…

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Black Friday monitor deals 2022: great deals live now

Black Friday monitor deals have been coming in as Black Friday has finally arrived, giving us some excellent discounts to choose from. And of course, more deals are heading our way through the weekend and through the rest of November. Black Friday 2022 officially starts on November 25, and tons…

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It’s easier to change Alexa’s accent now if you’re into that

If you’ve been dreaming of the day you can make Alexa sound like your very own British butler, well then, you’re in luck: Amazon is now making Alexa’s English vocals region-free. “We’ve added more voice options for English-speaking customers in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia by giving them the…

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The best fitness trackers to buy right now

Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from a hard bout of training. They’ve got sensors galore and, in some cases, can give smartwatches a run…

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DraftKings users lose thousands in devious cyberattack

Audio player loading… Users of popular sports betting platform DraftKings were on the receiving end of a credential-stuffing attack that cost its victims approximately $300,000.  Issuing a statement via Twitter, the company’s co-founder and president, Paul Liberman said the platform’s systems were not compromised, but rather that the incident was…

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An alleged crypto scam involving a bank called Polybius is headed to court

Two Estonians have been arrested and are facing extradition to the US after being accused of defrauding thousands of people out of around $575 million with a crypto Ponzi scheme, according to the US Department of Justice. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, along with four unnamed co-conspirators, were allegedly behind…

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