Continue Reading Five smart ways to ride out the RAM pricing apocalypse — get the most of your old DDR4, buy a prebuilt or new GPU before prices rise, get a better CPU for your socket, or make your game frames look better with a new monitor

Five smart ways to ride out the RAM pricing apocalypse — get the most of your old DDR4, buy a prebuilt or new GPU before prices rise, get a better CPU for your socket, or make your game frames look better with a new monitor

You could also hold out hope for a RAM component bundle deal, but most of those have included DDR4 so far…

Continue Reading Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development

Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools…

Continue Reading China claims domestically-designed 14nm logic chips can rival 4nm Nvidia silicon — architecture leverages 3D hybrid bonding techniques for claimed 120 TFLOPS of power

China claims domestically-designed 14nm logic chips can rival 4nm Nvidia silicon — architecture leverages 3D hybrid bonding techniques for claimed 120 TFLOPS of power

A domestic processor combining 14nm logic and 18nm DRAM could boast both power and efficiency…

Continue Reading FCC sounds alarm after emergency tones turned into potty-mouthed radio takeover

FCC sounds alarm after emergency tones turned into potty-mouthed radio takeover

Agency flags hijacks of insecure studio-to-transmitter gear after attackers pipe in fake alerts and vulgar audio…

Continue Reading New Holiday Scams Are Popping Up This Shopping Season. Follow These 4 Tips to Stay Safe

New Holiday Scams Are Popping Up This Shopping Season. Follow These 4 Tips to Stay Safe

Scammers thrive during this time of year. Here are some simple, shareable suggestions to avoid getting swindled…

Continue Reading HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan, fresh round of cost-cutting

HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan, fresh round of cost-cutting

Warns memory price explosion means PCs may have less RAM, or use low-cost parts…

Continue Reading Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices…

Continue Reading Windows 11 Is Full of Secret Tools. Here Are the Weirdest Ones You’ve Never Used

Windows 11 Is Full of Secret Tools. Here Are the Weirdest Ones You’ve Never Used

Think you know Windows 11? Hidden deep in Settings are strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features you’ve probably never stumbled across—until now…

Continue Reading RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster

RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster

Memory now commands market prices…

Continue Reading Debian vs. Ubuntu: How to pick the right Linux for your workflow

Debian vs. Ubuntu: How to pick the right Linux for your workflow

Debian is the classic server Linux, but tends to be the second choice on desktop hardware. It’d be wrong to write off Debian on the desktop…

Continue Reading Hacked email? How to protect your account before attackers take over

Hacked email? How to protect your account before attackers take over

If your email inbox has been compromised, every minute counts. We explain how to react in an emergency and which support centers will help you…

Continue Reading Windows Notepad is testing advanced formatting options — like tables

Windows Notepad is testing advanced formatting options — like tables

Tables can be added to Notepad text documents via the formatting toolbar and Markdown syntax…