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The end of an era? At $250, Dell’s cheapest laptop is almost half the price of its most affordable PC so are desktops on the way out?
Dell’s $250 laptop beats its own entry-level desktop and rivals more expensive models The cheapest Dell desktop lacks Windows, while next options start at $599.99 At under half the price, Dell’s laptop offers full PC experience with modern specs Desktops used to be the default for affordable computing, offering more…
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Bitdefender eyes untapped multi-billion creator protection market by adding additional features for Facebook and Instagram creators to its security software
Bitdefender Security for Creators now monitors Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for unauthorized account changes or mass deletions Over 184 million login credentials are exposed, many tied to creator social media accounts Financial losses from online scams have crossed $1 trillion, with creators becoming prime targets Influencers and digital creatives are…
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Tape storage is not dead yet – but $300 LTO-10 cartridges and inflated exabyte numbers won’t help its cause
LTO tape sets new capacity record with 176.5 exabytes shipped Compression inflates numbers masking real 70.6EB uncompressed data capacity LTO-10 costs rise threatening tape’s long-standing affordability advantage The LTO Program, backed by HPE, IBM, and Quantum, has reported a new high in tape capacity shipments, with 176.5 Exabytes of LTO…
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Plucky rival to Kioxia and Samsung unveils thinnest large capacity SSD ever: Exascend 30.72TB SSD is 7mm thick and has a one DWPD endurance
Exascend 30.72TB PE4 SSD claims to avoid thermal throttling even at 70°C Uses predictive thermal algorithms to keep performance stable in hot, compact deployments Consumes just 7 watts when active and below 1.5 watts when idle In a market dominated by Kioxia and Samsung, Exascend has introduced what it calls…
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First AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX workstation PC goes on sale for just over $20,000 – but it’s not from HP, Lenovo or Dell
VRLA Tech workstation is first to ship with AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX System is built on ASUS WRX90E board with 128GB ECC memory and 1TB NVMe storage Supports up to three high-end GPUs including options like the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada The first workstation powered by AMD’s new Ryzen…
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3D printed weapon templates have gone mainstream – and it’s as bad as you think
Police are now tracing ghost guns by identifying microscopic toolmarks left by 3D printer hardware Thingiverse is using automation to block the upload of dangerous weapon blueprint files Lawmakers want 3D printer makers to build in AI tools that block firearm printing The rapid spread of 3D-printed gun templates online…
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