Month: November 2024
Misleading ‘pro-Harris’ texts are bombarding swing state voters
Swing state voters are being inundated with text messages seemingly designed to look like they’re coming from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris or even from her campaign itself. Some of the messages imply that Harris is misleading the public about her efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas…
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Google’s super powerful Arm-based CPU is now available — but this data center mystery chip will never go on sale, and Google won’t say how many cores powers it
Google unveiled its Axion processors at Google Next ’24, revealing custom Arm-based CPUs built on Neoverse V2 architecture and designed to support a wide range of data center workloads, including web servers, media processing, and AI applications. Google’s main cloud rivals, Amazon and Microsoft, already have their own CPUs based…
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This could be the date when Google launches Android 16 – and here’s what’s coming
An earlier launch for Android 16 was previously confirmed Now we may have an exact date: June 3 The OS will be ready in plenty of time for the Pixel 10 We’ve recently heard rumors that Android 16 is going to be launching earlier in 2025 than we might have…
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Reddit sleuths track down the band behind the internet’s most mysterious song
Members of Reddit’s r/ThatMysteriousSong community have finally identified what they call “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet,” a new wave tune that a teenager recorded to cassette sometime around 1984, as reported yesterday by 404 Media. The mysterious song’s digital trail goes back to 2004, when Darius S., the…
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Snowflake hacker arrested over data breach and extortion
Canadian man arrested in connection with Snowflake data breach The breach affected hundreds of millions of customers This was likely a ‘credential stuffing’ attack Canadian authorities have confirmed that an arrest has been made in connection to the significant breach of Snowflake earlier in 2024. Alexander ‘Connor’ Moucka (aka Waifu…
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Hori’s officially licensed Steam controller is coming to the US
Hori originally released its Wireless Horipad for Steam in October — but only in Japan. The controller features dedicated buttons you can use to pull up menus in Steam, whether you’re playing in Big Picture Mode, or on the company’s handheld. Just like on the Steam Deck, the gamepad comes…
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