Month: August 2024
Ryzen CPU owners can now download better gaming performance thanks to a Windows 11 update
You can’t download more RAM, but you can now download better gaming performance if you’re the owner of a modern Ryzen desktop CPU. AMD revealed last week that it was working with Microsoft on an optimization patch for Ryzen CPUs that was due with Microsoft’s next big Windows 11 version…
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4 essential cyber hygiene practices to boost your organization’s digital defenses
Millions of computer systems going down at the same time; emergency services, travel, and financial systems disrupted; and global shipping halted. It’s the type of technology catastrophe many envisioned would happen during Y2K, or some far-off dystopian future, yet the CrowdStrike outage happened in 2024 and the world was woefully…
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Hotshot is heating up AI video-making – here’s how you can try it for free
The competition among AI video makers is already simmering, but the temperature just went up again thanks to a new option called Hotshot, built by just four people. The new AI video generator offers a free alternative to Runway, OpenAI’s Sora, Luma’s Dream Machine, and other text-to-video AI models, with…
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AT&T customers report wireless service has been down for hours
AT&T seems to be experiencing some issues right now that are leaving customers seeing “SOS” instead of their usual bars of service. According to The Mobile Report, AT&T has found internally that a failure at a switching center “has resulted in a cascade of problems, including service delays, the inability…
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The retro Barbie flip phone arrives in October, only 15 months after the movie
HMD’s Barbie Phone, the novelty device for Y2K-nostalgic hot pink aficionados, finally has pricing and release info. The Mattel-sanctioned champion of tardy movie tie-ins launches in October — only 15 months after Greta Gerwig’s movie hit theaters! — for $129. The handset is the creation of Human Mobile Devices (HMD),…
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The Shokz Openrun Pro 2 have sprinted into view, and they look like the best bone conduction headphones yet
Shokz has announced the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2, a new contender for the best bone conduction headphones designed for runners, and the best running headphones. With audio upgrades promising deeper bass, and a longer battery life than the original OpenRun Pro, they look set to be Shokz’ best headphones yet. …
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