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Winamp's new music platform is coming this summer
Perhaps Winamp isn't the premier music player it once was, but the brand still retains some vitality. Llama Group, formerly known as Radionomy and the current owner of the brand, recently revealed that the new Winamp music platform is slated for an official launch on July 1, 2024.Read Entire Article
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Satellite giants SES and Intelsat to merge in $3.1 billion deal
The deal isn't just about bolstering the companies' GEO fleets. This merger, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is a bold play to take on the new space kids on the block - the increasingly disruptive low-earth orbit (LEO) constellations led by SpaceX's monster Starlink network.Read Entire Article
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Nvidia RTX 4090 can crack complex 8-character passwords in minutes
According to Hive Systems, hackers are finding it increasingly difficult to crack passwords, thanks to the widespread use of stronger hashing algorithms like bcrypt, which is replacing MD5 as the hashing technology of choice for most websites and online services. But as hardware gets more powerful, cracking simple passwords isRead Entire Article
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Intel's 18A Panther Lake CPUs on track to launch in mid-2025, promising significant AI boost
This next-gen chip architecture looks to be the culmination of Intel's recent focus on AI computing performance. Gelsinger made some bold claims, stating that Panther Lake will deliver up to 2x better AI muscle over the prior Arrow Lake chips coming later this year. If Intel can deliver on thoseRead Entire Article
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Amazon S3 bucket with placeholder-like name leads to $1,300 in charges
Using a private AWS S3 bucket with a simple, easy-to-guess name could quickly become a financial disaster for even the simplest cloud project. A developer named Maciej Pocwierz discovered this hard truth while working on a document-indexing system for a client, and chose to share the experience to make everyoneRead Entire Article
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Microsoft Edge continues upward trend on PC, even as it remains 9th on mobile
Let's start with the reigning champion, Chrome. Google's browser saw its desktop market share rise marginally to 65.94% last month, up 0.17 percentage points. The company's not resting on its laurels either, recently ensuring Chrome will have a native ARM64 version for the next crop of Windows 11 AI PCs with ARM chips.Read Entire Article
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RTX 4090 owner says his 16-pin power connector melted at the GPU and PSU ends simultaneously
The melting 16-pin power connector (12VHPWR) issue has been haunting RTX 4090 owners since Nvidia's flagship launched back in October 2022. It's a big problem that hasn't gone away; in April, a repair shop revealed that it was receiving 200 melted RTX 4090s per month, an increase over the 100Read Entire Article
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Windows 10 returns to 70% market share as Windows 11 continues to sink
Windows 11 has entered its second month of market share decline on Statcounter's global chart. The OS sank to around 25 percent adoption among Windows users while Windows 10 climbed back up to 70 percent.Read Entire Article
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US seeks assurance from China and Russia that AI will never control their nuclear weapons
State Department arms control official Paul Dean told an online briefing that Washington has made a "clear and strong commitment" to keep humans in control of nuclear weapons, not AI. Dean added that both Britain and France have made the same commitment.Read Entire Article
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AMD's gaming revenue plunges 48% and might not recover until 2025
AMD opened its doors on May 1, 1969, and was led by co-founder Jerry Sanders. AMD jumped into the microprocessor industry in the mid-70s and competed directly with Intel and other chipmakers of the day. It wasn't until the early 2000s, however, that AMD started making significant headway in itsRead Entire Article
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April Steam survey sees another AMD card enter chart, Windows 11 gain more users
The best-performing GPUs in April's Steam survey were two laptop products, the RTX 4060 (up 0.50%) and RTX 3060 (up 0.39%). There was also a boost for a former number one, the GTX 1650, which was the month's fourth-best performer thanks to a 0.25% increase.Read Entire Article
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What Ever Happened to ICQ?
ICQ, short for "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for instant messaging clients upon its arrival in November 1996. ICQ influenced many popular chat programs of the era, including AOL, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger.Read Entire Article