AMD Investigating Overheating Radeon 7900 Reference Boards

From ExtremeTech: Though AMD’s all-new Radeon 7900 series cards have been relatively well received by the gaming public, all the news about them post-launch has been surprisingly negative. Reports have already surfaced of broken shader prefetch hardware in some cards using early silicon, which AMD...

Netflix Password Sharing Alert—New Crackdown Starts In 2023

From Forbes: Netflix password sharing is a common thing but it’s no longer a good idea for a number of reasons. Amid falling profits this year and declining subscriber numbers, the popular streaming service is about to implement a crackdown on sharing passwords outside of your household, according...

Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker

From TechCrunch: This holiday season, consider giving the gift of security with an ad blocker.

That’s the takeaway message from an unlikely source — the FBI — which this week issued an alert warning that cybercriminals are using online ads in search results with the ultimate goal of stealing or...

Delta May Offer Free Wi-Fi for Passengers in 2023

From CNET: Delta Air Lines plans to offer free Wi-Fi service on its flights in early 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The company is testing out the service by providing it "to select customers on select routes."

In March, the carrier announced that by the end of 2022, it would equip...

Elon Musk: 'I Will Resign as CEO' of Twitter

From CNET: Elon Musk respects the decree of Twitter's users, apparently. Musk tweeted on Tuesday that he would step down as head of Twitter once he finds a suitable replacement. It follows a poll the Twitter owner posted Sunday in which he asked users whether he should step down as head of Twitter...

Hacker George Hotz Resigns From Twitter 4 Weeks Into His Internship

From PC Mag: Software engineer and security researcher George Hotz has resigned from Twitter, a mere four weeks into his 12-week internship. 

Hotz originally joined a month ago as an intern, seeing an opportunity to help Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk overhaul the social media service. But on...

Google Play Introduces Family Purchase Requests

From PC Mag: Google has added a new Google Play feature called Purchase Requests(Opens in a new window) which aims to make it easier for families to purchase paid apps and make in-app purchases.

Google Play already allows users to set up a family payment method, which works by letting an appointed...

Google Just Delayed Its Controversial Chrome Changes

From Forbes: Google has delayed the controversial Chrome changes dubbed Manifest V3 that could cause some ad blockers to break. The Manifest V3 changes were originally earmarked to start in January 2023 in Chrome 112.

In a timeline published back in October, Google described how Chrome was...

Image Claims to Show 2nd-Gen Intel Larrabee Graphics Card

From Tom's Hardware: Hardware collector YJFY has posted images of what they claim is Intel's 2nd Generation Larrabee graphics card — which never came to market, but existed as hardware evaluation samples. Intel's Larrabee 2 graphics board was meant to be based on the chip eventually known as the...

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