Google accused of updating search results and algorithm to favor "AI-generated crap"
Google's "helpful content system" is seemingly helping AI to climb web rankings
Microsoft exposed 38 terabytes of sensitive data while working on AI model
Basic cloud security practices were lacking
Facepalm: Training generative AI models requires coordination and cooperation among many developers, and additional security checks should be in place. Microsoft is clearly lacking in this regard, as the corporation has put vast amounts of data at risk for years.
Android 14 uses "nonsensical" logic to calculate space usage on smartphones
Google wrongly describes a bloated "System" directory
This AI startup that "generated" 3D models from 2D art was actually using human workers
Generative AI often depends on unacknowledged human labor
HP will face class-action for bricking all-in-one printers when ink is low
Company allegedly forces ink refills for tasks that don't require printing
Tesla accused of deliberately overestimating EV driving ranges
Tesla's support office reportedly diverted or canceled hundreds of range anxiety reports every week
Millions of US military emails have leaked to the domain of a Russian ally for nearly a decade
The leak is attributed to a common typo in the domain suffix
Some Gigabyte GeForce RTX 30 and 40 graphics card PCBs are cracking
It appears to be a design defect, but the company is rejecting RMA claims
LOTR: Gollum developer apologizes after game is universally panned
It's already one of 2023's worst reviewed titles
HP has found a new way to add ink cartridge DRM to your printer
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti Review: 8GB of VRAM at $400 is a No-Go
Frankly, we don't need to conduct an exhaustive test on the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB to inform you that it represents shockingly poor value. This new 8GB GPU, priced at $400, is woefully inadequate.
Asus apologizes after bad router update causes widespread issues
A corrupted definition file resulted in network connectivity breaks
Latest Windows 11 update is causing slow SSDs & WiFi connections, BSoD, and more
Would you really expect anything else?
Silicon Valley Bank collapses in biggest American bank failure since 2008 financial crisis
Update: The US government moves to guarantee all SVB's deposits
AMD admits to restraining chip supply to keep higher CPU and GPU prices
"We undershipped in Q3, we undershipped in Q4," Su told investors
In context: Gamers have been lamenting about the high prices of graphics cards for what seems like forever. We all got excited when crypto mining became obsolete, just knowing that we were finally going to see prices come down, but for the most part, they haven't. The latest GPUs are still out of reach for the average consumer, and even older cards are holding their value.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 8GB: Why You Should Avoid It
Although it's true that the 8GB and 12GB variants of the GeForce RTX 3060 are based on the same silicon, the changes go beyond memory capacity and the 8GB RTX 3060 is always going to be slower.
Poorly manufactured adapter responsible for melting Nvidia RTX 4090 cables, report claims
A very bad solder job
A hot potato: As Nvidia continues to investigate incidents of burning and melting power adapters that come bundled with its new RTX 4090 graphics card, the team over at Igor's Lab believes it has found the culprit. According to the publication, the issue isn't the 12VHPWR connection itself but rather, the quad 8-pin to 16-pin adapter distributed by Nvidia. Specifically, whoever manufactured the adapter performed a very poor soldering job.
Newegg refunds customer who received RTX 4090 box filled with weights
Gamers Nexus offered to buy it
WTF?! Paying one-and-a-half thousand dollars for a graphics card is a big decision, but those concerns often vanish when you're enjoying blistering framerates at high resolutions. What will give you buyer's remorse, however, is opening an RTX 4090 box and finding it filled only with weights. Luckily for the person involved, seller Newegg has given them a full refund.
Backblaze data shows SSDs have lower failure rates than HDDs
The big picture: A key selling point of solid state drives is that they are less failure-prone than HDDs. However, data from recent years began to cast doubt on that assumption, but at least one new long-term analysis shows this might prove correct as time marches on.
Some Dell XPS 13 Plus laptops have an adhesive problem, the screen might fall off
Dell ensures they will repair affected models
Equifax sent out incorrect credit scores, blames it on "coding issue"
Millions of US consumers were affected