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Crucial Pro Overclocking White DDR5-6000 2x16GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

In the book "Good Strategy/Bad Strategy", author Richard Rumelt in one of the chapters discusses that good strategy requires someone to choose one path over another, which often requires difficult psychological, political, and organizational work. One example given was Intel leaving the DRAM business in 1984. At the time, Intel was known as a leading DRAM manufacturer. However, they were losing a lot of money. because its rivals were able to...

DeepCool LD360 Review (Page 1 of 4)

With the turn of the seasons currently in Calgary, there are lots of changes. Calgary is probably as green as possible towards the end of May and into June. All the snow melts, and the rain that arrives during this time in the season means the greenery has enough to thrive. The temperature also changes dramatically during this time, often all within the same week. We will have summer-like mid-20 degrees Celsius temperatures, while at other points...

iFixit Terminates Self-Repair Deal With Samsung

From ExtremeTech: The gadget surgeons at iFixit have been working to support tech repairability for years. In 2022, iFixit teamed up with Samsung to provide official smartphone repair kits and guides, allowing smartphone buyers to fix their aging gear instead of throwing it away. However, the...

US to Resume Trump-Era Tariffs on Graphics Cards Assembled in China

From PC Mag: PC builders, beware: The Biden administration is preparing to resume tariffs on graphics cards and motherboards assembled in China.

Over the past year, the US Trade Representative (USTR) has delayed restoring the Trump-era tariffs, which added a 25% duty on affected Chinese goods. The...

Micron loses patent trial, must pay rival Netlist $445 million in damages

From PC Mag: Semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology has lost a patent infringement lawsuit with Netlist. A jury in the United States decided that Micron infringed on memory module technology patents held by the computer memory company Netlist. Micron could be forced to pay Netlist $445 million...

Hacking Group Targets Merchants to Print Out and Sell Gift Card Codes

From PC Mag: A hacking group out of Morocco has been spotted infiltrating companies to print out gift card codes valued at up to $100,000 per day.

The group, Storm-0539, prints the high-value gift cards with the goal of selling them to buyers on the black market at discounted rates, according to...

Lucid Motors slashes 400 jobs ahead of crucial SUV launch

From TechCrunch: Lucid Motors is laying off about 400 employees, or roughly 6% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of its first electric SUV later this year.

The company said in a regulatory filing on Friday morning that it expects to complete the restructuring by the...

OpenAI Switches Course, Won't Punish Employees for Speaking Out

From PC Mag: OpenAI is reportedly killing its non-disparagement agreements that previously barred former staff from criticizing the company—and punished those who did with equity forfeiture.

The AI firm told current and former staff Thursday that they won't lose any equity that has already vested...

Microsoft Bing issue takes down Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and ChatGPT search features

From The Verge: Search capabilities for ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms aren't working properly right now due to a Microsoft outage that appears to be related to the Bing application programming interface (API). Sites and services are either completely unavailable or only...

Google Is Building Massive Fiber Optic Cable Network From Africa to Australia

From PC Mag: Google has announced a substantial fiber optic cable project that will create a new cable network from Kenya to South Africa and then travel subsea across the ocean to Australia, the tech giant announced Thursday.

Dubbed Umoja, the cable route will be set up in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda...