Category: pro
DDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that’s a really bad thing
There had been “thousands” of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the time since the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability was disclosed, a new report from Cloudflare has claimed, adding that 89 of those exceeded 100 million requests per second (rps). Thanks to these attacks, the total amount…
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‘SSD Performance levels’: New generation of microSD cards could help transfer an entire Blu-ray movie in less than 15 seconds, paving the way for mainstream 8K recording
The SD 9.1 standard will double the speeds of the best microSD cards out there today, with the next generation of SD cards hitting speeds of up to 2GB/s. With SD 9.1, unveiled by the SD Assocation (SDA), the next cohort of SD Express memory cards uses PCIe Gen4 that…
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Is the BM9C1 Samsung’s first 16TB high capacity, QLC SSD for PC or the new 880 QVO? Fleeting mention in press release sparks rumor about successor to ‘cheapest’ large-capacity SSD
Samsung unveiled a slew of memory products and technologies this week that caught TechRadar Pro’s eye, ranging from the new HBME3 Shinebolt memory technology to the possibility of a petabyte SSD (PBSSD). But it’s the throwaway reference to a BM9C1 SSD that’s among the most compelling. Described as a high-capacity…
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Inspired by the human brain — how IBM’s latest AI chip could be 25 times more efficient than GPUs by being more integrated — but neither Nvidia nor AMD have to worry just yet
Researchers have developed a processor built on neural networks that can perform AI tasks so much quicker than conventional chips by removing the need to access external memory. Even the best CPUs hit bottlenecks when processing data because calculations need to use RAM, with this shuttling of data back and…
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These Android apps are nothing but adware, but have been installed over 2 million times already – so uninstall now
Cybersecurity researchers from Dr.Web discovered a handful of Android apps that were pushing ads and stealthily subscribing people to premium services. The reserachers reported that these trojan apps, all found on Google’s official Play Store app repository, were cumulatively installed roughly two million times. The apps were pretending to be…
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This top tech co-founder wants young workers to work 70-hour weeks
Comparing India’s current worker and productivity situation to those of Germany and Japan after the Second World War, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has suggested that the country’s young workers should be committing at least 70 hours of their time per week. In an interview published on YouTube by Indian venture…
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