GPUs hit by cross-origin attack
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 11:40

GPUs hit by cross-origin attack


Six of the major suppliers vulnerable

GPUs from all six significant suppliers could be vulnerable to a newly discovered attack that allows malicious websites to read the usernames, passwords, and other sensitive visual data displayed by other websites.

Unity group collapses into chaos
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 10:23

Unity group collapses into chaos


Company no longer loved 

The "first official Unity user group in the world" has collapsed into chao after 13 years because it no longer trusts the company.

MariaDB might be sold to Runa Capital
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 10:12

MariaDB might be sold to Runa Capital


Ill advised IPO

Venture capital firm Runa Capital has bid for MariaDB, the open saucy database company which slashed its staff levels to the bone after a disappointing IPO last year.

Samsung develops Low Power Compression Attached Memory Module
Published in PC Hardware


Says it will transform DRAM

Samsung Electronics has developed the industry’s first Low Power Compression Attached Memory Module (LPCAMM) form factor, which is expected to transform the DRAM market for PCs and laptops — and potentially data centres.

France surrendering to robots
Published in News
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:34

France surrendering to robots


Installations growing eight per cent a year

France is adopting robots at a rate of eight per cent a year according to a report compiled by the  International Federation of Robotics.

Apple allows ethernet connections on iPhone 15
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:10

Apple allows ethernet connections on iPhone 15


Hush, its secret

Fruity cargo cult Apple has a feature on its iPhone 15 which for some reason, has not been mentioned in any marketing – a secret wired ethernet connection.

ChatGPT has learned to talk
Published in News
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:02

ChatGPT has learned to talk


For millions of years it was just like the animals and then something happened....

ChatGPT has learned to talk. OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence start-up, released a version of its chatbot that can interact with people using spoken words.

Amazon gives a daily limit of self-published books
Published in AI


"Authors" can "only" write three a day now

Amazon has created a new rule limiting the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale in recent months. 

iPhone 15 has an overheating problem
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 10:33

iPhone 15 has an overheating problem


Tame Apple Press claims ALL phones do that

Early adopters of Apple's iPhone 15 have taken to social media to complain that the expensive new phone is overheating.

Nvidia’s DLSS could have a full neural rendering
Published in Graphics


AI in the gaming business

A future version of  DLSS technology is likely to include full neural rendering, according to Bryan Catanzaro, a Nvidia VP of Applied Deep Learning Research.