Category: Hardware

June 2, 2023

As exciting as AI tools like ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s numerous Co-pilots may be, they all currently face the same restriction: you have to be connected to the Internet to use them. For most people and in most situations […]

June 1, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Eclypsium has discovered a backdoor in Gigabyte’s firmware that puts 271 different motherboards at risk. These include models with Intel and AMD chipsets from the last several years, all the way up to today’s Z790 and X670 SKUs. […]

May 31, 2023

A team of security researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany has reported a new form of side-channel attack that capitalizes on power and speed management methods used by graphics processing units and […]

May 26, 2023

Current computer systems are very good at performing exact calculations. But as we are using more and more AI-based applications, we also need more efficient systems that are able to process data in real time with the same precision. TU/e […]

May 24, 2023

Apple writes that its collaboration with Broadcom will see the latter develop 5G radio frequency components, including film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) filters and cutting-edge wireless connectivity components. The deal is part of Apple’s 2021 commitment to invest $430 billion […]

May 22, 2023

According to China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC), a network security review of Micron’s products showed they have relatively serious potential network security issues that pose major security risks to China’s critical infrastructure supply chain, which includes state-owned banks, transportation, and telecoms. […]

May 19, 2023

Microsoft has announced a new 10-year partnership with Nvidia that will see PC games made by Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios make their way to Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. The first GeForce Now releases will include Gears 5, […]

May 15, 2023

Back in March, we learned that Apple was working on new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models as well as a new entry-level MacBook Pro. These would come equipped with a new M3 chipset built on TSMC’s 3nm process technology […]

May 15, 2023

Several security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in cloud management platforms associated with three industrial cellular router vendors that could expose operational technology (OT) networks to external attacks. The findings were presented by Israeli industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO at the Black […]

May 11, 2023

By now it’s no secret the hardware industry has been struggling in recent months, mostly due to economic uncertainty and low demand for consumer electronics. People in need of a phone or PC upgrade are increasingly turning to refurbished and […]

May 11, 2023

Two large cryptomining companies, Hut 8 and Hive Blockchain, have redirected their mining GPU infrastructure toward High-performance computing (HPC), which includes AI workloads. The move could recoup investments on GPUs the companies originally bought for cryptocurrency mining – a market […]

May 10, 2023

HDDs will go the way of the dodo before the decade is over, predicts a top exec at Pure Storage. a flash, software, and cloud storage company. Shawn Rosemarin is the VP of R&D within the Customer Engineering unit at […]

May 4, 2023

Like Intel, Samsung has been struggling to find customers for its 3nm GAA process node. This can be partly explained by TSMC cutting prices for 3nm FinFET wafers, which were hovering around the $20,000 mark last year. That said, Apple […]

May 3, 2023

AMD has announced the specs of its 7040U “Phoenix” series processors, including some of its first with its XDNA-powered AI engine. There’s still no word on the 7040HS processor specs, though the company did tell us yesterday that the HS […]

May 2, 2023

Microsoft has been working for years on custom silicon for the data center. Recently, we learned the company was making progress on developing a custom neural processing unit for its AI needs, as services like ChatGPT are notoriously expensive to […]

May 2, 2023

A new research paper explains vulnerabilities in AMD SoCs that could let attackers neutralize any security from their TPM implementations. The attacks can expose any cryptographic information or other credentials TPM guards. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) adds a layer of […]

May 1, 2023

Asus’ Zenbook S 13 OLED holds a special place in my heart. When people ask me what the best MacBook Air alternative for Windows users is, the 2022 model has been my go-to for the past year. It’s thin, it’s […]

May 1, 2023

Intel’s Meteor Lake processors are seemingly on track to launch sometime in the second half of 2023, so it is not surprising to see benchmark results leak one way or another. However, more surprising than the benchmarks, the company has […]

April 25, 2023

Based in Fort Myers, Florida, Cigent Technology is a cybersecurity firm that protects businesses and individuals from zero-day ransomware and data theft. The company first announced its new ‘self-defending’ SSD in May 2021, claiming its technology can make data invisible […]

April 14, 2023

The RTX 4070 seems to be holding firm to its $600 MSRP in the days following its launch. This week, several good options have appeared around that price point as AMD slashes the Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT to […]