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PlayStation 5 Gets Price Rise in Japan, Increasing By $90
PlayStation 5 Price Rise in Japan: PS5 Increases by $90 The PlayStation 5 is becoming more expensive in Japan, as announced by Sony on the Japanese PlayStation blog. This price hike is attributed to “the recent challenging external environment, including fluctuations in the global economic situation, and its impact on our business.” With the current […]
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Wi-Fi vs Internet: What’s The Difference? [Beginner’s Guide]
Today, we’re breaking down Wi-Fi vs Internet! What’s the difference between these two often-conflated terms and what do those differences mean for you? How do these technologies even work? I’ll be giving you the definitive beginner’s guide to Wi-Fi vs Internet in this article, so let’s get into it! Wi-Fi vs Internet: What’s The Difference? So, […]
South Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data
South Korea’s ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), claims that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country’s main battle tank, as well as its “Baekdu” and “Geumgang” spy planes. PPP fears that DPRK will use this information to evade military surveillance and gain an advantage on the battlefield, so it’s […]
What Is a Netbook: Compact Computing Explained
Netbooks are small, lightweight laptops. They became popular in 2007 because they were cheaper and more portable than regular laptops. They were mainly used for basic web browsing and simple tasks, which made them popular with students and casual users. Netbooks had small screens and keyboards, making them easy to carry around. They had low-power […]
Black Hat USA: Wi-Fi tracking flaw puts the ‘BS’ in BSSID
LAS VEGAS — Geolocation services for a number of popular mobile hardware vendors can be used to perform widescale Wi-Fi network monitoring, according to a presentation Tuesday at the Black Hat conference here. Researcher Erik Rye of the University of Maryland said that a feature known as a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) can be […]
Gaming mini-PC looks like a laptop without a screen — AtomMan G7 Ti packs Core i9-14900HX CPU, RTX 4070 Mobile GPU, and up to 96GB RAM
This week, Minisforum launched another AtomMan-branded mini-PC for pre-orders: the AtomMan G7 Ti and its G7 Ti SE counterpart. This mini-PC is so slim that it has also been compared to a laptop without a screen. Internally, the machine has the mobile versions of Intel’s 14th Generation Core i9-14900HX or Core i7-14650HX CPUs and an RTX 4070 […]
Researchers discover battery-free technology that harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered devices
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new type of energy harvesting module which extracts energy from radio frequencies (RF).Typically called ‘waste energy’, these modules convert the RF signals into DC voltage which can be used by low-powered devices. The radio frequency energy harvesting modules could reduce the dependency on batteries […]
Verizon to pay $16 million in TracFone data breach settlement
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents at its wholly-owned subsidiary, TracFone Wireless, suffered after its acquisition in 2021. TracFone is a telecommunications service provider offering services through Total by Verizon Wireless, Straight Talk, and Walmart Family Mobile, among […]
ASRock IMB-A8000 industrial Ryzen Embedded 8000 mini-ITX motherboard takes up to 96GB DDR5 RAM
ASRock Industrial recently launched the IMB-A8000, an industrial and embedded motherboard in a mini-ITX form factor. As an embedded motherboard, it is powered by AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 series APU which features 8 cores and 16 threads, built with 4nm technology, and including a 16 TOPS AI accelerator. The motherboard supports up to 96GB of dual-channel DDR5-5600MHz […]
Hackers Downloaded Call Logs from Cloud Platform in AT&T Breach
Telecommunications giant AT&T has revealed that customer data has been illegally downloaded by threat actors. Hackers have downloaded the data from AT&T’s its workspace on a third-party cloud platform, the company confirmed in a statement published on July 12. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company first learned […]