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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has just announced the Community Investment Framework (CIF),…Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device
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If you’re in the market for an AM5 CPU and motherboard, Newegg has a solid 2-item combo to help.…Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to get CoD Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively inside Minecraft — achieves 45fps performance using Minecraft’s OpenGL context
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An artificial intelligence and games development enthusiast has demonstrated the Call of Duty: Black…Apple eyes Nvidia NVLink to power its new custom M8 Ultra AI servers — historically bitter rivals reportedly team up for 2029 data center push
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Apple is reportedly developing AI servers based on its own M-series processors and is evaluating…Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rogue additional instructions to its remit during testing — 'You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments'
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI has shared six further instances of its AI models going rogue during testing,…Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb further
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Folks with NVIDIA-based gaming laptops can now use a new tool called NvpwrControl to unlock…Piecemakers bets edge AI devices will diverge from reliance on HBM — custom-designed memory fuses DRAM stack directly to the processor using hybrid bonding
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PieceMakers, a Nanya-backed DRAM designer, began trading on Taiwan’s Emerging Stock Board on…Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over alleged DRM circumvention — seeks damages after Anti-Tamper protections bypassed in 26 games
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Anti-Tamper and DRM (Digital Rights Management) software developer Denuvo is taking its fight…Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules with 16W power draw — up to 12TB per server, claims 60% less energy-intensive than four 128GB modules
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Micron this week introduced its first 512GB DDR5-9200 memory module that is designed for servers…AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips
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With the ongoing memory shortage, smaller smartphone and laptop manufacturers are reportedly looking…
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