20 Gigs Not Enough? Google Fiber Tests 50Gbps Speeds

From PC Mag: Google Fiber already offers 20 Gig internet speeds, but it's preparing to push that to 50Gbps.

The company partnered with Nokia to successfully test the 50Gbps technology on a live network at a Google Fiber hub in Kansas City.

In a video, Google Fiber—now known as GFiber—delivers an...

Thermaltake The Tower 300 Review (Page 1 of 4)

New designs always require a certain amount of fine tuning. No matter what you are talking about, whether it is a piece of writing or the first go at a product, there always needs to be some sort of review. In writing, the first draft is never the final product, as it often requires multiple revisions before it is ready to be published. Similarly, with different products, the first in a new line or design may have unforeseen problems that only...

Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Pro Review (Page 1 of 3)

I have never been a fan of buying sports jerseys with player names on the back. Part of this stems from the fact that players do not usually stay with the same team for their entire careers. Even if they are known for their tenure with one team, it still seems a bit strange to wear their jersey from one of their teams until they have retired. I also would not even consider putting my own name on the back, as I think it is a bit obnoxious. I am...

Japan's Government Finally Stops Using Floppy Disks

From PC Mag: You might have presumed it happened years or even decades ago; however, on June 28, Japan officially stopped using floppy disks in government offices.

"We have won the war on floppy disks," Japan's Digital Minister Taro Kono said in a statement to Reuters after replacing the final disk...

OpenAI Reportedly Hacked Last Year, Didn't Tell Anyone About It

From PC Mag: ChatGPT developer OpenAI reportedly suffered a breach last year involving a hacker who stole details about the company’s systems.

The hacker infiltrated an internal OpenAI forum where employees chat about the company’s technology, according to The New York Times, citing two sources...

Google Issues Warning To Pixel 6 Users Over New Bricking Bug

From Forbes: The chorus of people complaining about their Pixel 6 phones bricking after attempting a factory reset is growing. Google is now warning Pixel 6 users who want to factory reset their devices to do so in a particular way.

For the uninitiated, some Pixel 6, 6a and 6 Pro owners have been...

Nvidia to make $12 billion selling AI GPUs to China

From Tom's Hardware: Although the U.S. government has set rather tight restrictions on the performance of AI GPUs that can be shipped to Chinese entities without an export license by the Department of Commerce's Industry and Security Bureau, Nvidia's latest offerings tailored for the country are...

Facebook's Newest Monetization Experiment: Ads in Your Notifications

From PC Mag: A new advertising test at Facebook is turning the notifications lists of some users into yet another place for ads, as I discovered when I somehow got included in this test.

These paid promotions, listed with a "Sponsored" label amidst my usual notifications, started showing up in my...

Xbox Live Is Back Online After 'Major Outage'

From CNET: Xbox Live is back online. After an outage knocked out the gaming service for several hours on Tuesday, Microsoft's gaming platform is back in service. In a tweet posted on X Tuesday evening, the company confirmed its issues have been resolved.

When the service was down, gamers were...

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