Month: October 2023
Remember T1000 from Terminator 2? Scientists are planning something similar but with a cuter name – SMARTLET
Self-assembling ‘living technology’ is now within reach, thanks to researchers who’ve developed a form of microbotic electronic units called SMARTLETs that can behave like biological cells. The team at the Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN) has built these tiny modules with silicon chiplets between folds. These…
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AMD’s new anti-lag feature could mark you as a cheater in your favorite competitive shooter
If you’re in the online competitive shooter scene and own an AMD Radeon graphics card, you might want to turn off the AMD Anti-Lag+ feature exclusive to the Radeon RX 7000-series graphics card, as the results could be devastating. According to AMD, Anti-Lag+ is supposed to work by “applying frame…
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The New York Times now offers daily hints for its Connections word game
The New York Times will now offer daily hints for Connections, its delightful yet sometimes frustrating daily word game. In Connections, you’re tasked with finding four sets of associations between 16 words. Each “solution” groups four words together, but the groupings can be tough to figure out. (I only got…
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Hacked Skype accounts are being used to spread malware
Hackers are reportedly abusing compromised Skype accounts in an attempt to distribute the DarkGate malware. In a new report, Trend Micro researchers claimed multiple Skype accounts had been compromised and then used to share a VBA loader script attachment. The script’s file name was modified in such a way to…
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Biden campaign joins Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched its own account on former President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, on Monday, as first reported by Fox News. “Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!” the campaign wrote in its first post to the platform on Monday under the handle…
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Google’s Pixel 8 may soon become the best smartphone for audiophiles
The Pixel 8 may have the potential to become the premiere smartphone for music listening as Google has confirmed the series will be receiving support for lossless USB audio. This nugget of information comes from David Burke, VP of Engineering for Android, who recently took part in an AMA (Ask…
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