From ExtremeTech: The hard drive world is about to enter unchartered territory as the first 30TB heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) drives have finally arrived. Seagate has been locked in a race to 30TB with its rival Western Digital for years and has now eclipsed it by a hair as WD announced...

From PC Mag: Mark Zuckerberg plans on acquiring 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs to help Meta build a next-generation AI that possesses human-like intelligence.

Zuckerberg mentioned the figure today as he announced his company’s long-term effort to develop an artificial general intelligence (AGI), or an...

From Tom's Hardware: Microsoft is seemingly lining up a number of new minimum specification levels for AI PCs that it hasn’t yet broadcast via official channels. We have heard from our own sources that AI PCs will move up the bar concerning minimum RAM configuration, and TrendForce appears to have...

From ExtremeTech: Intel recently launched its 14th Generation CPUs, a.k.a. Raptor Lake refresh. The launch didn't garner much interest from gamers simply because it's still Raptor Lake, with nothing changed aside from a mild turbo clock boost for most of the "new" CPUs. However, Intel also added a...

From PC Mag: Google says a group of Russian state-sponsored hackers has been spotted sending encrypted PDFs to trick victims into running a decryption tool that’s actually malware.

On Thursday, the company published a blog post documenting a new phishing tactic from Coldriver, a hacking group that...

From ComputerWorld: Google Chief Executive Officer, Sundar Pichai, has warned the company’s workforce about upcoming job losses as Google moves investments toward new technologies, such as AI, according to a memo called, “2024 priorities and the year ahead,” CNBC reported.

“The reality is that to...

From PC Mag: UPDATE 1/17: The makers of AdBlock and Adblock Plus say bugs in their ad blockers are to blame for the YouTube slowdowns. They've both rolled out fixes.

"With our latest update published last week, some of our users began to experience a slowdown on YouTube and other sites across the...

From TechCrunch: As Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S24 line today, Google announced a series of new AI features that are launching for Android Auto, which is the secondary interface that brings the look and functions of a smartphone, like navigation and messaging, to your vehicle’s infotainment...

From PC World: Inflation and other factors tend to force prices on all goods higher, and that seems to be holding true for high-end electronics. But just occasionally consumers reap the benefits of market forces and see prices drop before a product reaches the end of its shelf life. Such is the case...

From TechCrunch: Apple confirmed today that iOS 17.3 will be released to the public next week, giving iPhone users new features like Stolen Device Protection and collaborative Apple Music playlists.

The company subtly revealed the release date of the software update in a press release about its new...