Google's Bug Bounty Program Paid Out $6.5 Million in 2019

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Google announced yesterday that its bug bounty program paid out $6.5 million in 2019, which is more than double the previous highest payout. It's rewarded more than $21 million through the program since it debuted a decade ago.

The ever-rising annual payouts can be partly attributed to Google offering rewards in exchange for information about vulnerabilities in more kinds of products. Google said it's expanded the program to Chrome, Android and other products, including


Matrox Unveils its Nvidia-Powered D-Series Graphics Cards

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Just last week we reported that Matrox would collaborate with Nvidia to build new graphics cards for powering video walls, but at the time we didn't know many details. As it turns out, the full announcement was only a week later, and now the company has announced its D-series graphics cards powered by Nvidia Quadro GPUs.

The main selling point of these graphics cards is that each unit can drive four 4K displays, and when you whip four of the D-Series

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Intel Core i5-L16G7 Lakefield CPU Specifications Listed on UserBenchmark

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Intel's Lakefield processors won't just be debuting with Intel's 3D Foveros packaging , they'll also introduce a new nomenclature, as per a UserBenchmark listing detailing alleged specifications for the Intel Core i5-L16G7.

The usage of the letter L is likely Intel's way of specifying that it's a Lakefield processor. Lakefield also borrows inspiration from Ice Lake's naming scheme . The G with the

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Today's Best PCIe SSD Deal: 1TB WD Black SN750 Is on Sale for Just £130 (45% Off)

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It was a long time coming, but with the launch of the WD Black SN700, Western Digital finally got in the super fast SSD game with a really competitive M.2 PCIe with NVMe support. At the time It was up there with the best even the likes of Samsung could come up with on the PCIe 3.0 platform.

This deal we've spotted however is actually the follow up drive the WD Black SN750 and it's even

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Samsung T7 Touch Portable SSD Review: Sleek, Secure Pocketable Storage

Our Verdict

Samsung’s T7 Touch is an innovative portable SSD that blends fast USB 3.2 Gen 2 performance with convenient AES 256-bit hardware security at your fingertip.

For

  • AES 256-bit hardware encryption
  • Built-in fingerprint scanner
  • Attractive aesthetics
  • Available in capacities up to 2TB
  • 18” USB-A and USB-C cables

Against

  • 3-year warranty
  • Small write cache
  • No IP rating
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15 Windows Tips to Help You Work Faster and Smarter

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Your computer is supposed to be a helpful tool that you use to communicate, organize and create. But, no matter what your job is, you spend a huge chunk of time just moving the mouse around, re-entering data you might have typed in before or fending off distractions.

Even if you have one of the best CPUs , it's not operating at capacity while it sits there waiting for you to dig through a set of menus to find the function you want.

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AMD to Introduce New Next-Gen RDNA GPUs in 2020, Not a Typical 'Refresh' of Navi

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AMD CEO Lisa Su dropped an interesting announcement during the company's earnings conference last night : AMD will soon release its next-gen RDNA architecture. However, due to a somewhat nebulous statement and different interpretations of Su's comments, multiple reports have emerged that AMD will release both a Navi refresh and a new lineup of graphics cards based on the next-gen RDNA architecture.

Here's the quote, as transcribed by Tom's Hardware from the recording of the earnings call


AMD Earnings: Second-Gen RDNA in 2020, Quarterly Revenue up 50 Percent

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AMD announced its fourth quarter 2019 and full-year earnings results today, with top-line numbers including record quarterly revenue of $2.13 billion, a 50% gain over the prior quarter. AMD also notched a record $6.73 billion in revenue in 2019, a 4% increase over the prior year.

AMD CEO Lisa Su announced during the earnings call that the company will introduce its next-gen RDNA architecture in 2

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Score Acer's Entry-Level Nitro 5 AMD Gaming Laptop for Only $460

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If you're in the market for a gaming laptop on a seriously tight budget, Acer's Nitro 5 in the entry-level AMD flavor is a good one to consider and seeing of the best tech deals . It comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U CPU, 8GB of DDR4 RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 560M graphics card. These aren't the specs of the best gaming laptops , but they're certainly not

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The Data Avast Sells About Its Customers Is Shockingly Personal

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Avast is well-known for its free-to-use antivirus software. Yesterday, reports from Motherboard and PCMag provided more details on something the vendor is less known for: selling browsing data of its antivirus' users via a subsidiary called Jumpshot.

The reports indicated that Jumpshot sold information about Avast users to a number of companies, including IBM, Intuit, L'Oréal and Home Depot; however, several of those companies, along with others named in documents