Month: July 2024
The blackmarket for Nvidia H100, A100 AI GPUs is exploding — US-imposed export sanctions cause Chinese buyers to come up with imaginative techniques to get their hands on precious cargo
In October 2022, the Biden Administration announced that it would impose restrictions on the sale of new semiconductors to China, aiming to slow the progress of the Chinese tech sector. This has meant firms like Huawei have had to become increasingly creative to get around the restrictions, but it’s not…
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Apex Legends is having a rough week
Apex Legends can’t seem to catch a break. The game has been plagued with a pair of high-profile issues for the last few weeks. First up, earlier this week, the hero shooter’s developer, Respawn Entertainment, announced it was retooling the game’s battle pass. For season 22 and beyond, the battle…
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Intel Arrow Lake may not arrive until December – and that could seal AMD’s Ryzen 9000 victory in next-gen CPU war
Intel’s Arrow Lake processors may not arrive until the very end of 2024, if a new rumor is right. This one comes from regular hardware leaker HXL as shared on X in a very brief statement that informs us that Arrow Lake sales won’t kick off until December. In case…
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Another reason to upgrade — experts warn Internet Explorer is being used to lure in Microsoft users for data theft
Internet Explorer – Microsoft’s old and long-replaced internet browser, is still being used to deploy malware to people’s devices, experts have warned. A report from Check Point Research (CPR) outlined a new and somewhat unique campaign that saw hackers distributing .URL files. These are Windows Internet Shortcut files, and are…
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Captain America: Brave New World’s first trailer goes back to the series’ political thriller vibes, and reveals a big new character
The teaser trailer for Captain America: Brave New World has dropped, and aside from the exciting glimpses of Samuel Wilson (Anthony Mackie) – who we finally get to see take on the Captain America role from Steve Rogers – there’s an even bigger reveal at the end that you won’t…
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The AT&T data breach can still trace back to you directly – here’s how to stay safe
AT&T has admitted ‘tens of millions’ of customers were involved in a huge data breach that rocked the telecom titan back in 2022. Although the breach impacted AT&T cellphone customers, the company has since revealed the exposed data did not contain the contents of personal calls and messages, and shouldn’t…
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