IT News 3 months ago

Johnson, Cummings met Thiel months before Palantir won NHS pandemic role - Meeting with former UK prime minister and his chief advisor withheld from official record... -

Johnson met Thiel months before Palantir

: Meeting with former UK prime minister and his chief advisor withheld from official records, according to leaked documents

IT News 3 months ago

Nvidia Rubin CPX forms one half of new, "disaggregated" AI inference architecture — approach splits work between compute- and bandwidth-optimized chips for best performance - Nvidia's Rubin CPX GPU will be Nvidia's complement to the u... -

Tom

Nvidia Rubin CPX forms one half of new,

Nvidia

#semiconductors

IT News 3 months ago

KDE Linux and FreeBSD hit alpha and – surprise – fan fave Pop_OS nearly at beta - It's the season of FOSS fruitfulness as juicy goodness falls from the branch The Northern... -

Pop_OS beta close to popping and KDE Linux, FreeBSD at alpha

: It's the season of FOSS fruitfulness as juicy goodness falls from the branch

IT News 3 months ago

A Look at Not an Android Emulator - Recently, Linux has been rising in desktop popularity in no small part to the work... -

Hackaday

A Look At Not An Android Emulator

Recently, Linux has been rising in desktop popularity in no small part to the work on WINE and Proton. But for some, the year of the Linux desktop ...

#translationlayer #androidhacks #linuxhacks #smartphone #android

IT News 3 months ago

Cybercrooks ripped the wheels off at Jaguar Land Rover. Here's how not to get taken for a ride - Are you sure you know who has access to your systems? Feature  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is... -

Key lessons from Jaguar Land Rover

Feature: Are you sure you know who has access to your systems?

IT News 3 months ago

Home Office delays £816M English test contract despite market engagement - Government wants to assess would-be immigrants' language skills remotely Plans for an £81... -

UK Home Office delays £816M English test contract

: Government wants to assess would-be immigrants' language skills remotely

IT News 3 months ago

UK schools give system supplier Bromcom an F for Azure uptime - Management software stumbles at start of term, leaving staff unable to track attendance o... -

UK schools supplier Bromcom gets an F for Azure uptime

: Management software stumbles at start of term, leaving staff unable to track attendance or reach parents

IT News 3 months ago

Arm bets on CPU-based AI with Lumex chips for smartphones - Four-tier core design debuts amid NPU debate Arm has lifted the lid on its latest mobile ... -

Arm bets on CPU-based AI with Lumex chips for smartphones

: Four-tier core design debuts amid NPU debate

IT News 3 months ago

The Magic of the Hall Effect Sensor - Recently, [Solder Hub] put together a brief video that demonstrates the basics of ... -

Hackaday

The Magic Of The Hall Effect Sensor

Recently, [Solder Hub] put together a brief video that demonstrates the basics of a Hall Effect sensor — in this case, one salvaged from an o...

#halleffectsensor #halleffect #air-wired #parts

IT News 3 months ago

AI pricing is currently in a state of ‘pandemonium’ says Gartner - If you can find the T&Cs, which are often hidden, you may spot hidden costs and nasti... -

AI pricing currently in a state of ‘pandemonium’ - Gartner

: If you can find the T&Cs, which are often hidden, you may spot hidden costs and nasties galore

IT News 3 months ago

Maurice Brings Immersive Audio Recording to the Masses - Immersive audio is the new hotness in the recording world. Once upon a time, mono ... -

Hackaday

Maurice Brings Immersive Audio Recording To The Masses

Immersive audio is the new hotness in the recording world. Once upon a time, mono was good enough. Then someone realized humans have two ears, and ...

#microphonearray #audiorecording #immersiveaudio #microphone #mischacks #xlr

IT News 3 months ago

HP's Omen 16 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and 2K 165Hz display is $550 off right now — all-time low pricing and a free copy of Battlefield 6 - HP's Omen 16 Slim is a solid gaming laptop that allows you ... -

Tom

HP

The right price.

#pccomponents

IT News 3 months ago

Retrotechtacular: Exploring the Moon on Surveyor 1 - Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960... -

Hackaday

Retrotechtacular: Exploring The Moon On Surveyor 1

Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960s, TV had already become the “vast wasteland&#8...

#retrotechtacular #atlas-centaur #spacerace #regolith #surveyor #apollo #lunar #moon

IT News 3 months ago

Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market - Someone bought an Asus TUF RTX 4090 from eBay, and it would... -

Tom

Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market

Just the latest in the series of hollow 4090s.

#pccomponents #gpus

IT News 3 months ago

Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign - A new report from VirusTotal shows that more than 44 compro... -

Tom

Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign

A new report links over 500 weaponized SVGs to a phishing campaign that spoofed a Colombian government portal.

#securitysoftware #software

IT News 3 months ago

For Pete’s sake, what does AI think of the play that haunts Seattle Seahawks fans — run or pass? - Former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on the sidelines in Seattle. Carroll is now coac... -

GeekWire

For Pete’s sake, what does AI think of the play that haunts Seattle Seahawks fans — run or pass?

Former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on the sidelines in Seattle. Carroll is now coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Li...

#microsoftcopilot #seattleseahawks #sportstech #football #nfl #ai

IT News 3 months ago

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 31, 2025 - Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here ... -

GeekWire

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 31, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 31, 2025.

#geekwireweekly

IT News 3 months ago

Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first power outage in 30 years – all the RGBs went out - Tokyo’s renowned electronics shopping district was plunged ... -

Tom

Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a

Akihabara

#powersupplies #pccomponents

IT News 3 months ago

Creality Hi Combo Review: Catching up with Color - Creality plays catch-up with a color bedslinger. ... -

Tom

Creality Hi Combo review: Catching up with color

Is this Creality’s answer to the A1?

#3dprinting

IT News 3 months ago

Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready - Windows bloat hater NTDEV has released an updated version o... -

Tom

Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft

A more powerful ‘Tiny11 core Builder’ has also been released, but this

#operatingsystems #software