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Philips unveils new line of 4K monitors aimed at increasing productivity — display quartet delivers bare necessities as they launch in an ultra competitive market

Philips is one of the most respected names in the desktop monitor market, and the company has announced a new range of high-quality 4K monitors for working.  Although the Philips 27E1N1800A, 27E1N1800AE, 27E1N1900AE, and 32E1N1800LA are perhaps not the most memorable of names, all of the new monitors come in…

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When light meet bytes: Intel debuts crucial optical tech that will boost AI performance — OCI chiplet can move up to 4Tbps and consume nearly 70% less power than rivals

Intel has unveiled the industry’s first fully integrated bidirectional optical I/O chiplet at the recent Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024.  This optical compute interconnect (OCI), showcased by Intel’s Integrated Photonics Solutions group, supports 64 channels of 32Gbps data transmission in both directions over up to 100 meters of fiber…

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“We have won the war on floppy disks” — Japanese government says it has finally eradicated ancient hardware

In a major milestone for modernization, Japan’s government has eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems. The achievement comes two or three decades after the technology’s prime, and marks a pivotal milestone in Japan’s ongoing campaign to digitize and streamline government operations. By mid-June, the Digital Agency…

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Some of the newest Intel processors could be hit by dangerous new security flaw — Raptor Lake and Alder Lake both affected

Experts have discovered a new way to run side-channel attacks on some of the latest processors from Intel, and warned if users don’t secure their devices, they risk losing sensitive data to cyber-criminals. Security researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tullsen detailed an attack they named Indirector, which abuses…

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How proxies differ from VPNs

On the surface, a proxy server and VPN (virtual private network) seem incredibly similar. Both act as a go-between when establishing connections. Primarily, a proxy and VPN accomplish the same things, and that’s to route internet traffic through a remote server and assign a new IP address, one that’s virtually…

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Large language model evaluation: The better together approach

With the GenAI era upon us, the use of large language models (LLMs) has grown exponentially. However, as with any technology in its hype cycle, GenAI practitioners run the risk of neglecting to verify the trust and accuracy of an LLM’s outputs in favor of its quick implementation and use.…

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