A DDoS scrubbing service has become an ironic target in a massive DDoS attack from more than 11,000 distributed networks around the world, with a peak traffic of 1.5 billion packets per second. The unnamed DDoS scrubbing provider was protected by another DDoS defensive firm, FastNetMon , which was ultimately able to mitigate the attack, though warned that further support at the ISP level was needed as these sorts of attacks grow in size and scope.
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Ever since Apple started to develop its own smartphone processors, it has consistently offered the fastest system-on-chips for handsets, and more recently, these SoCs have even challenged CPUs for PCs when it comes to benchmark scores. The new six-core Apple A19 Pro does just that: it beats its predecessor, it leaves no chances for its arch-rival Snapdragon 8 Elite, and even conquers desktop-grade CPUs in the single-thread Geekbench 6 benchmark. In addition
Hyte's Thicc Q80 Trio , introduced in January of this year, is among the more visually appealing AIO 360mm liquid coolers available on the market. Unfortunately, Hyte has identified a manufacturing defect that causes the coolant to leak; therefore, Hyte has recommended that all owners cease using the cooler and contact the company or their reseller for assistance.
Following the launch of the liquid cooler, Hyte says it received numerous reports from buyers indicating that certain units were leaking and
Chinese companies Huawei and Cambrincon have begun to ramp up their production of AI accelerators at China-based fabs, according to J.P. Morgan (via @rwang07 ) and SemiAnalysis . If everything goes as planned, China will get over a million domestically developed and produced AI accelerators in 2026 from these two companies alone. This will hardly be enough to dethrone Nvidia's AI GPUs in the People's Republic, but it will certainly be a major step
The United States has placed an $11 million bounty on Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, a Ukrainian man wanted for his involvement with a string of ransomware cybercrimes. Tymoshchuk faces severe federal charges for his part in reportedly masterminding the theft of a combined $18 billion over a three year period.
Tymoshchuk is accused of being the kingpin behind the MegaCortex, LockerGoga, and Nefilim attacks, a string of attacks that were active from Dec. 2018 to Oct. 2021.
Monitors Unboxed is continuing its lengthy OLED monitor stress testing video series with a burn-in update at the 18-month mark. The YouTube channel's host, Tim Schiesser, published a new video detailing all of the burn-in effects his MSI's MPG 321URX is now displaying after a whopping 4,500 hours of use. Long story short: some of the display's burn-in artifacts are now showing up during day-to
Remember those Frakenstein GeForce RTX 4090 48GB graphics cards emerging from China? Russian PC technician and builder VIK-on has provided detailed insights into how Chinese factories are transforming the GeForce RTX 4090 , once regarded as one of the best graphics cards , to effectively double its memory capacity specifically for AI workloads.
As a mainstream product, the GeForce RTX 4090 does not support memory chips in a clamshell configuration, unlike Nvidia'
The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB pushes the limit with the first large capacity, high-end Gen 5 drive. It delivers, but at a high price.
8TB capacity
High-end PCIe 5.0 performance
Samsung name and support
Very high MSRP
Not the fastest drive
In what has to be the luckiest case of a mislabeled auction item ever, a user in the PCMasterRace subreddit has posted a string of jealousy-inducing images of a full system they won for just $23. Although the original auction listing was for just a case, there was actually a full system inside containing some seriously powerful hardware, including a 24-core Threadripper 3960X, 256GB of memory, and an RTX 3
If you’re looking for a solid, reliable upgrade or a serious entry into resin printing, the Halot X-1 makes a compelling case.
Consistently solid print quality
Twist-to-Release build plate
Quick-Release resin vat
Lack of manual slice option in Halot box
Bulky footprint
