ASUS recalls motherboard over typo
Published in News
Thursday, 16 November 2023 11:12

ASUS recalls motherboard over typo


Pedants revolt?

ASUS has won the “most strange recall of the year” award after asking users of its special edition Rog Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 motherboard to send them back over a typo.

SK Hynix releases LPDDR5T
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:33

SK Hynix releases LPDDR5T


Fast mobile RAM

SK hynix has started supplying its customers with 16 gigabyte (GB) packages of Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo (LPDDR5T).

Samsung is buying more fab gear from ASML
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Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:31

Samsung is buying more fab gear from ASML


Gunning for TSMC

Samsung, the world’s second-biggest contract chip fabrication firm, wants to knock TSMC from its top slot by 2030.

AI can predict a heart attack ten years in advance
Published in AI


Better than Tarot cards

A study has found that AI predicts if a person is at risk of having a heart attack up to 10 years in the future.

AMD is still king of the wild Frontier
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Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:25

AMD is still king of the wild Frontier


Top of the supercomputers

The Top500 organisation released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, and the AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer retained its top spot.

Chipzilla pushes urgent microcode updates
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Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:23

Chipzilla pushes urgent microcode updates


Reptar is a high-severity CPU bug

Intel has pushed some microcode updates to fix a high-severity CPU bug that has the potential to be maliciously exploited against cloud-based hosts.

Google continues to pull Fitbit out of countries
Published in IoT
Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:21

Google continues to pull Fitbit out of countries


Only available in 23 countries

Fitbit is active in only 23 countries after leaving Mexico, South Africa, and all Latin American countries.

Big Tech must face child health cases
Published in News
Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:18

Big Tech must face child health cases


Court delivers bad news to big tech

Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet, and Snap must proceed with a lawsuit alleging their social platforms have adverse mental health effects on children.

Musk’s X did not pay Aussie fines
Published in News
Tuesday, 14 November 2023 11:52

Musk’s X did not pay Aussie fines


US $388,000 ignored

Elon [Look at me] Musk's X has not paid a fine imposed for failing to outline the company’s plans to stamp out content depicting child sexual abuse.

Foxconn reports surprise profit increase
Published in News
Tuesday, 14 November 2023 11:49

Foxconn reports surprise profit increase


Despite consumer electronics slump

Foxconn has reported that its third-quarter profit rose 11.27 per cent from last year, beating the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s analysts’ expectations.