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    News IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack

    And Cognizant still has clients? I just don't see how they recover from this.
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    News Researchers pack a "quantum light factory" into a 1mm² CMOS chip — combines photonics, electronics, and quantum hardware with traditional silicon...

    " It’s not hard to imagine a future where quantum and AI hardware share similar silicon platforms. " I, for one, am terrified of this
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    News China state-backed firm is first to 3D print a micro turbojet engine, and not just for show — new design delivers 160 kg of thrust, successfully te...

    I'm no expert, but it seems to me that pretty much anything manufactured can be 3D printed at small scales, so there is no need to press release each use case as it happens. It's just a matter of deciding to spend the time and money. If the 3D printing process allowed for some improvement of the...
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    News RTX Pro 6000 crowned the ‘new gaming king’ — but its $10,000 price tag makes the all-gold Dhabab RTX 5090 seem cheap

    It seems like most of the comments are from people who are treating this like a legitimate suggestion/contender for a gaming rig. It is not. It is an analysis of how a pro card stacks up against traditional gaming cards when playing games as a mere intellectual curiosity. This is meant as a...
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    News This 3.5-inch hub will turn your PC case's front panel into a USB paradise

    The worst kind of hell is when they first tell you it is a paradise, and you believe them.
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    News World's first CPU-level ransomware can "bypass every freaking traditional technology we have out there" — new firmware-based attacks could usher...

    "According to the report, Beek has indeed written proof-of-concept code for ransomware that can hide in a CPU. Reassuringly, he promises they won't release it." Gain of function research.
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    News Researchers develop new fabrication method to make materials stretchy but strong

    I'm trying to imagine stretchy glass, but it might as well be a 4 dimensional klein bottle. :confused:
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    News Limited-edition Severance keyboard features a built-in trackball, but aptly, there’s no Escape

    Um... Your comment was, "But how am I supposed to actually use a keyboard with no Escape or Control keys? Those two keys alone are literally essential to my productivity..." The tone of @Notton's reply seemed perfectly in line, given your expectation that this product should be justified...
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    News Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error

    So that would be a human error, blaming the system.
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    News Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error

    "The system" is the ultimate scapegoat. The system is down - Strong Bad
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    News China's AI data center boom goes bust: Rush leaves billions of dollars in idle infrastructure

    The AI industry doesn't claim that AI is in anyway sentient or "thinking for themselves". As far as AI having some kind of an agenda - please save that for Sci Fi entertainment. Many people know what E=MC^2 means, but did not derive or think of the equation on their own. Nor did they derive the...
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    News Samsung launches its glasses-free Odyssey 3D monitor — 27-inch 4K OLED G8 and 144 Hz G9 variant now also available

    Which is why they are making a gaming monitor and not a TV. I put this monitor in the same category as VR technology: meant for one person to use and not everyone's cup of tea. But a nice in-between option for 2-D monitors and VR headsets.
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    News TSMC and President Trump announce $100 billion investment in the US, including three fabs

    Any economic policy with an upside also has a downside. Pointing out either side is fine in my book - as long as they get equal treatment.
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    News Chinese researchers reveal self-encrypting molecular HDD technology supporting 100TB+ capacities

    There are lots of overly complicated ways to store data, for instance have a computer write things down on paper with a pencil using a plotter and then reading the data back with an optical scanner when needed. The real question is how this improves on what is currently known to work best...