The WD Easystore 12TB external hard drive is on sale for $179.99. That's a whopping $100 off its normal retail price, and similar capacity drives retail for over $300. That makes this one of the best tech deals for those looking for extra space for their files and backups.
Two big storms, Ciara and Dennis, passed over the UK and Europe this month, and on Monday, the UK government approved a £1.2-billion ($1.56 billion) budget for what it said will be the world's most powerful weather-predicting supercomputer. Of that budget, £854 million ($1.1 billion) is the contract price for building the supercomputer itself, with the rest of the budget covering
WordPress users might want to double-check their extensions. WebARX reported yesterday that a flaw in ThemeGrill Demo Importer, an extension that helps users install premium themes made by ThemeGrill, put sites at risk of being taken over.
WebARX said yesterday that more than 200,000 websites had the extension installed. That number has quickly fallen since that report, though, with the WordPress Plugin Repository currently saying it's used on more than 100,000
Researchers from security firm Eclypsium have publicly disclosed that millions of Windows and Linux systems sold by Dell, HP, Lenovo and others are vulnerable to attacks due to the unsigned firmware of peripheral component s.
According to the researchers, both vendors and attackers have known about this attack vector since at least 2015; however, the vendors don’t seem in much of a hurry to sign their firmware yet. The unsigned firmware of laptop cameras, network interface cards, trackpads, USB
News outlet Petri has published the potential specifications for Microsoft's upcoming Surface Book 3 and Surface Go 2. Rumor around town is that Microsoft will announce the two devices at a New York event in spring.
The Surface Book 3 and Surface Go 2 shouldn't present any drastic changes aesthetically. The real upgrade lies under the hood. Microsoft is expected to leverage Intel and Nvidia's latest offerings to juice up both devices.
The Surface Book 3 will allegedly utilize
Google Cloud users now have new virtual machines to experiment with. The company today announced that its N2D VMs, which are built upon second-gen AMD Epyc processors, are now available as a public beta in certain regions.
AMD revealed its second-generation Epyc processors in August 2019. The chips are built using TSMC's 7nm process--which means AMD beat Intel to the latest-and-greatest process for the first time--and are
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Windows Latest reported yesterday that Microsoft customer support workers are aware of the problems caused by the KB4532693 update. One person told the outlet that "Microsoft is aware of this known issue and our engineers are working diligently to find a solution for it." The company hasn't updated the support article related to the KB4532693 cumulative update with information about
When buying a CPU cooler , it's important to make sure your selection is able to clear the system's RAM . That typically isn't an issue when using standard-size or slim DIMMs, but with taller modules, it's something you'll want to double-check before making a purchase. Today, be quiet! aimed to solve this problem with the introduction of its Shadow Rock 3 CPU cooler, which has a unique asymmetrical design.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce is considering new restrictions on China's usage of U.S. chip-making equipment, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, purportedly because it wants to make it harder for Huawei to source processors.
Previous restrictions have made it difficult for U.S. companies like Intel to continue supplying chips to Huawei. But Huawei responded by looking to ditch U.S. semiconductor companies in favor of their Chinese counterparts. Huawei can
Finally, Nvidia's ray-tracing technology is dipping under $300. The EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 KO Gaming can be ordered today on Amazon for $299.99 . That's $50 cheaper than the 2060's original recommended price of $349, bringing ray-tracing down to an almost affordable budget.
Inevitably at this price, you're getting a stock clocked rather than overclocked board.