November 2023

The Disney Plus password crackdown has begun, but no one knows how it works

4 minutes of reading / compliance, Netflix, Tech / By

After announcing and testing features meant to stop password sharing, Netflix implemented account changes to prevent the phenomenon it had previously encouraged. Netflix tracks account access and issues verification prompts when an account is used outside what it believes to be the authorized household. The password-sharing ban worked, leading to Netflix subscriber growth — in the…

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The best cheap SSD deals and prices for November 2023

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We’ve tested a lot of hard drives of all sorts over the years from premium to budget options. So, we’re here to help you find the top cheap SSDs for your storage needs. You’ll find a lot of choices out there that don’t sacrifice performance in whichever budget range you’re looking for. Whether you’re searching…

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Intel finally releases its Arc A580 graphics card — and its price might make it the best cheap GPU going

4 minutes of reading / Acer, AI, API, Hardware, Intel, Tech / By

Intel surprised everyone this week when it released its Arc A580 graphics card, a GPU that was first announced last year but which had otherwise been missing in action ever since.The Intel Arc A580 (which had been rumored in recent weeks thanks to leaked benchmarks) sits in the middle of Intel’s Arc graphics card stack…

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Kaspersky opens up over spyware campaign targeting its staffers

5 minutes of reading / API, Apple, Google, iPad, iPhone, open source, Tech / By

Kaspersky has shared more details of a novel iOS spyware that it discovered earlier this year when its own devices came under attack in a campaign dubbed Operation Triangulation. Dozens of Kaspersky employees are understood to have been affected by the advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign, which employed a “sophisticated method” of distributing zero-click exploits…

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Intel Core i9-14900K CPU leak shows it beating AMD’s 7950X3D by a long way in some games

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Intel’s Core i9-14900K is the flagship CPU of the supposedly imminent Raptor Lake Refresh range, and we’ve just caught sight of a leaked slide that details the gaming performance of the processor.The slide shared on X (formerly Twitter) by HXL is purportedly direct from Intel and is part of the marketing materials around the 14th-gen…

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The new data landscape: how will the new UK-US data bridge affect businesses?

5 minutes of reading / compliance, digital transformation, GDPR, Tech, Technology / By

After much deliberation, the UK-US data bridge finally took effect on 12 October. This new framework is expected to speed up processes and increase opportunities for companies that are exporting data-enabled services. Previously, organisations that wanted to do this had to have contract clauses in place to guarantee UK data protection and privacy standards are…

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ECS LIVA Q3D and ACEMAGIC T8 Plus micro-PCs Review: Jasper Lake and Alder Lake-N in a Smaller-than-UCFF Package

7 minutes of reading / Intel, Samsung, Tech / By

Compact computing systems have gained significant market share over the last decade. Improvements in the performance per watt metric of processors have enabled the replacement of bulky desktop PCs by ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) machines with a 4 in. x 4 in. footprint. Motivated by IoT applications at the edge, some companies such as Shuttle started…

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Nvidia’s plans for AI GPUs could upend PC gaming forever

3 minutes of reading / AI, Hardware, Tech / By

Nvidia is planning to seriously up the pace at which it releases graphics cards for AI and heavyweight usage, and that could have ramifications for the firm’s GeForce gaming GPUs.We hear from SemiAnalysis (via Tom’s Hardware) that Nvidia has big plans to dominate the AI landscape and fend off rivals by increasing the speed at…

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Research team tricks AI chatbots into writing usable malicious code

4 minutes of reading / AI, Baidu, chatbot, ChatGPT, natural language processing, open source, Tech / By

Researchers at the University of Sheffield said they have successfully fooled a number of natural language processing (NLP) generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools – including ChatGPT – into producing effective code that can be used to launch real-world cyber attacks. The potential for tools like ChatGPT to be exploited and tricked into writing malicious code…

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