Author: Zach_Wilson
PS5 USB ports reportedly ‘melted’ at Evo 2023 esports tournament
Evo 2023 fighting game tournament attendees reported problems with damaged PlayStation 5 USB ports over the weekend. Participants took to social channels (viaKotaku) to show and tell accounts of USB accessories that seemingly got too hot and “melted” when plugged into the event’s numerous PS5 consoles. Current Google (and former…
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The Little Mermaid lands on Disney Plus in September
The Little Mermaid is headed to Disney Plus. You can start streaming the live-action remake on the service starting on September 6th. First released in theaters in May, The Little Mermaid stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, and Javier Bardem as King…
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How much data are your GPU drivers collecting about you? Quite a lot in Intel’s case
The installer for the latest Intel graphics card 101.4578 beta drivers adds a “Compute Improvement Program” (CIP) data-gathering component that’s automatically selected during installation. This CIP gathers data for Intel including “categories of websites visited by users (excluding specific URLs) and how they utilize their computers,” according to a report…
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Notorious spyware app shuts down after attacker breaches and deletes server data
LetMeSpy, a commercial spyware product that consumers could buy and use to spy on Android devices, is shutting down as the direct result of a data breach that saw a threat actor breach the company servers and wipe most of the data found there. As reported by TechCrunch, LetMeSpy published…
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Gigabyte’s new RTX 4060 GPU fits three fans on a low-profile design
That three-fan setup might make it a bit difficult to fit into some small form factor cases, as the card measures 182mm long. But it makes up for that with its thin 40mm height and 69mm width. Despite its slender design, the chip comes outfitted with two DisplayPort and two…
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Threads is coming to your browser and could spell trouble for X
Threads may have seen a sharp active user decline since its launch last month, but it’s slowly but surely catching up to Twitter with frequent feature updates. Meta’s app already has a small but faithful following of core users who enjoy the simplicity (and anti-Twitterness) the app offers, but the…
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