Month: April 2025
How to delete your Twitter (or X) account
There are plenty of good reasons to delete your X account, whether it’s because of a general desire to not do anything to help Elon Musk, a distaste for the curdled culture of the platform or the allure of greener social pastures like Bluesky or Threads. Whatever your reason, the…
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The impressive Beats Pill portable speaker is landing in two gorgeous new colors, ready for summer
Beats is launching its Pill speaker in Blush Pink and Navy Blue It’s also announced that the Pill is Beats best-selling speaker ever You’ll still get bold sound and all-day battery life from the Pill Last summer, Beats brought back its Pill speaker, and after testing it, we found it…
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Pure coincidence, surely not? Huawei launches its fastest AI chip ever as US bans export of popular China-only Nvidia H20
US bans Nvidia’s H20 just as Huawei reveals its next-gen Ascend 920 AI chip Ascend 920 may fill China’s AI chip gap post restrictions Nvidia faces $5.5 billion hit as Huawei seizes opportunity On April 9, 2025, the United States announced plans to further tighten restrictions on AI chip exports…
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Tennis star Alexander Zverev calls out automated line judging system
It’s clay court season in tennis, and instead of questioning the judgments of chair umpires, some players are now questioning the decisions of complex software — specifically electronic line-calling (ELS) systems, which are increasingly tasked with determining whether a ball is in or out. German tennis star Alexander Zverev became…
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DragonForce ransomware group evolves new cartel business model
DragonForce is selling its ransomware as a service that can be rebranded The group will handle malware development, leak sites, and more RaaS democratizes malware – as if AI hadn’t done enough damage Inspired by drug gangs, ransomware group DragonForce is bringing a new business model to the ransomware scene,…
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Asus’ ROG Astral GPU sag ‘detector’ needs to be adopted by other GPU and motherboard manufacturers – even though it’s reportedly been removed
Asus GPU Tweak III software notifies ROG Astral GPU users of any potential GPU sag It’s possible thanks to a built-in gyroscope and accelerometer The feature appears to be unavailable in the latest version of the application Considering the multitude of Nvidia and AMD third-party GPUs that come with different…
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