Month: February 2024
The 10 Best Mesh Wi-Fi Routers of 2024
Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested mesh systems will get you online in no time. Source
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Sony just let slip a Final Fantasy VII Rebirth playable demo is imminent
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is nearly here. It’s coming February 29th, and yes, we will find out what happens to Aerith unless the game’s producer was playing us. But we won’t have to wait that long to get a taste, because Sony will release a playable demo as soon as…
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Someone turned a $10 discarded monitor into a transparent LCD screen — Great for geeks, but it is definitely not going to run Windows
In an innovative but very geeky endeavor, Sumasa, a writer at Japanese tech site PC Watch, successfully transformed a discarded $10 monitor into a transparent LCD screen, and detailed his progress, which included more than a few failures along the way. Transparent displays have been around for quite some time…
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Your humble webcam could allow hackers to spy on you night and day — and no, a piece of tape simply won’t be enough
A new study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has uncovered a potential privacy threat that could be affecting millions of screen users globally. Similar to spying through webcams, the new find reveals how hackers could use ambient light sensors in devices to obtain information about users.…
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Yahoo’s forgotten birthday is the saddest thing on the Internet
Imagine saying this sentence today, “The most popular index on the World Wide Web is Yahoo.” Granted, the terminology comes across as a bit arcane, but the idea that Yahoo was the most popular anything sounds fanciful. But there was a time, decades ago, when Yahoo was so big, it…
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Huawei just retasked a factory to prioritize AI over its bestselling phone
Reuters reports that Huawei will focus on increasing the manufacturing of its AI chip, the Ascend 910B, at the expense of production of its Mate 60 phones in at least one facility. Huawei makes both its Ascend AI chip and the Kirin chip, which powers the Mate 60, in one…
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