Category: Hardware

A disgruntled developer has been sentenced to four years in prison after building a “kill switch” that locked all users out of a US firm’s network the moment that his name was deleted from the company directory following his termination. Davis Lu, a 55-year-old Chinese national residing in Houston, was convicted of “causing intentional damage…

A lawyer for 4chan said the imageboard website’s operators will refuse to pay fines levied under the UK’s Online Safety Act. “Ofcom’s notices create no legal obligations in the United States,” lawyer Preston Byrne told the BBC, according to an article yesterday. Byrne said the UK regulator’s investigation into 4chan is part of an “illegal…

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An external DVD drive is an uncomplicated and practical solution for those things. And right now, the best-selling external DVD drive on Amazon is…

So far this year, electricity use in the US is up nearly 4 percent compared to the same period the year prior. That comes after decades of essentially flat use, a change that has been associated with a rapid expansion of data centers. And a lot of those data centers are being built to serve…

Looking for a decent laptop under $500? Yeah, it’s a bit of a mess out there. One quick search and you’re drowning in options–most of them are pretty meh. The key is knowing what actually matters. Shoot for a 1080p screen and at least 8GB of RAM. That combo keeps things running smooth and makes…

TSMC and Micron are reportedly spared from Washington’s move to ask for an equity stake in exchange for CHIPS Act funding. According to the Wall Street Journal, a government official stated that there are no plans to request shares from CHIPS Act recipients that have or are increasing their investments in the country. “The Commerce…

Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 feature that will let you resume using your Android apps right on your PC. The capability is gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels, and only supports the Spotify app for now. If you’re in the test, you can try out the feature…

Tech giants and hyperscalers are paying billions to build out large data centers for AI, creating supply chain bottlenecks and intense competition for technological dominance. Source: Latest from Tom’s Hardware.

The US military’s reusable winged spaceship rocketed back into orbit Thursday night atop a SpaceX rocket, kicking off a mission that will, among other things, demonstrate how future spacecraft can navigate without relying on GPS signals. The core of the navigation experiment is what the Space Force calls the “world’s highest performing quantum inertial sensor…