Month: September 2024
It’s a good year to buy the vanilla iPhone 16 (and avoid the SE at all costs)
Every year, the calculus of choosing which iPhone to get feels increasingly frustrating. Do you opt for the standard iPhone? Do you splurge for the latest and greatest Pro model, something that might take two years to pay off completely? Or should you just buy a slightly older used or…
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RAMBO attack uses RAM in air-gapped computers to steal data
Cybersecurity researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, came up with a very James Bond-esque way to steal sensitive files from air-gapped systems. The method is dubbed RAMBO (short for Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense) because it abuses the target computer’s RAM memory to steal data, taking…
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You don’t need to replace your AirPods Max to get a splash of the new colors
If you’re envious of the new AirPods Max colors but don’t think a switch from Apple’s proprietary Lightning port to USB-C is enough reason to upgrade, you can now buy replacement ear cushions in the new colorways that are still compatible with the original version of the headphones, as MacRumors…
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The Life of Chuck dances through the end of the world
When Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass) adapts a Stephen King story, you might expect something spooky. That was true with his takes on Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game. It’s not the case with The Life of Chuck, which isn’t trying to creep you…
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Sony’s $700 PlayStation 5 Pro Is Finally Coming in November
Following months of rumors, the company just announced its powerful yet pricey PlayStation 5 upgrade. Source
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Meta showcases the hardware that will power recommendations for Facebook and Instagram — low-cost RISC-V cores and mainstream LPDDR5 memory are at the heart of its MTIA recommendation inference CPU
Meta unveiled its first-generation in-house AI inference accelerator designed to power the ranking and recommendation models that are key components of Facebook and Instagram back in 2023. The Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) chip, which can handle inference but not training, was updated in April, and doubled the compute…
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