WRUP: Prisoner of the heck fart brigade edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about words that just look...
Amazon Fire TV Stick Sale Offers Up To 55% Off Streaming Devices
You’d be hard pressed to find a TV these days that does not come with a baked-in smart platform for easy access streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and the sort. Older models tend to be slow, though, and really old models are sometimes deprecated, as we recently saw when Netflix left behind legacy TVs and the PlayStation 3. That’s all to
Chocolate 3D printer startup Cocoa Press levels up with former Prusa executive
David Randolph brings 10 years of manufacturing experience to the chocolate printer startup, Cocoa Press.
Microsoft Preps Windows 11 Support For 1000Hz Gaming Monitors
Monitor makers are in a specs arms race, part of which includes a pivot to dual-mode displays that can crank the refresh rate up when dropping below the native resolution. We’ve even seen some 1,000Hz claims emerge. In an effort to keep up with faster refresh rates, Microsoft is ramping up support in Windows to report refresh rates that leap
DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected routers and IOT devices spread across 163 countries that ran for 16 years — SocksEscort proxy network eliminated in joint operation with Europol
Long-running SocksEscort proxy network brought down by US-EU operation
Noctua teases upcoming PC case with brown color scheme and bundled fans — appears to be Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition with NF-A14x25 G2 fans
The case builds on the standard Flux Pro design with enhanced cooling hardware, mesh airflow panels, support for large radiators, and Noctua’s well-known brown color scheme.
The Daily Grind: Did you switch up your MMO main character this year?
Look at that: We’re into March already! And with two months under our collective belts, the odds are pretty good at at least some of...
Chip material prices double as Middle East conflict compounds China’s existing gallium export ban — wide range of materials for chipmaking skyrocket as supply constricts
Manufacturers have said that prices for key chipmaking metals have doubled, and gallium has climbed sharply, as disruptions from the ongoing Middle East conflict pile onto supply constraints.
Adobe To Pay $150 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Deceptive Subscription Fees
Adobe has agree to pay $150 million to settle a case brought against it and two of its employees by the U.S. Department of Justice over accusations of hidden early termination fees and deceptive subscription practices. The settlement includes $75 million in civil penalties and another $75 million in free services. Adobe also agreed to a series
Fiber internet provider says it can detect leaking water pipes using existing infrastructure, prevented loss of 2 million liters a day over three months — Lightsonic tech detects underground vibrations, machine learning isolates the source
U.K. fiber network provider Openreach used startup firm Lightsonic’s technology to detect leaks in Affinity Water’s service area, helping save over 2 million liters of drinking water daily.