Meta's AI training effort is capturing employee emails and browsing history, not just mouse clicks
Internal documents show Meta's AI training logs browsing history, clipboard actions, and employee communications across 200+ apps
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US government hires BlackSky to build next-gen AI surveillance satellites for Earth and beyond
The "world's most advanced space-based intelligence system" is going to become even better now
HWiNFO delivers deep hardware insights and sensor monitoring
HWiNFO is designed to report detailed hardware information alongside real-time monitoring of system sensors. It reports granular data for CPUs, GPUs, memory, storage, and motherboards, including temperatures, clock speeds, voltages, power draw, and throttling behavior.
Core Temp brings precise CPU monitoring with zero bloat
Core Temp is a small, free utility that monitors CPU temperatures by reading data directly from each processor core. It delivers accurate, real-time readings, supports a wide range of CPUs, and runs with minimal overhead. If you want precise temperature monitoring, Core Temp delivers.
OCCT 15 launches with storage benchmark, smarter GPU tests, and coil-whine detection
OCCT 15 delivers a major update with a new storage test modeled after CrystalDiskMark, plus enhanced GPU diagnostics through an improved 3D adaptive test that detects errors more precisely and adds a coil-whine detection feature.
AIDA64 update adds CPU, GPU, and display support enhancements
The latest AIDA64 update enhances accessibility with improved text scaling and SensorPanel upgrades, including new gauges and display options. It also adds early support for AMD Zen 6 and Intel Wildcat Lake CPUs, PCIe 7.0, and updated details for new AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs.
Space Sniffer v2 improves graphics, stability and performance
Space Sniffer is one of our favorite Windows disk space analyzers. It's recently received an overhaul for improved graphics, code stability, x64 support, and more improvements.
Breakthrough hairlike electrode promises discreet, high-quality brain monitoring
A wireless version for greater mobility is in the works
WorkComposer employee monitoring app leak exposes 21 million screenshots online
A misconfigured Amazon S3 storage bucket was the culprit
CPU-Z 2.15 adds support for the latest CPUs and GPUs
CPU-Z version 2.15 adds support for Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen AI series and Radeon RX 9070 GPUs. It also includes support for Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti and 5070, new GPU compute unit details in the Graphics tab and a new Validation Statistics page.
ZenTimings lets you optimize your Ryzen system with detailed memory insights
ZenTimings is a free tool that provides detailed insights into memory timings, voltages, Infinity Fabric, and memory controller clocks, regardless of the motherboard maker.
Intel PresentMon 2.3 adds support for XeFG, XeLL, and AMD Fluid Motion Frames
PresentMon, Intel's benchmark tool for GPU and CPU statistics, now supports Intel XeFG, XeLL, and AMD Fluid Motion Frames, with the FrameType metric identifying the frame generation technology used. It also adds an Instrumented Latency metric and other features.
Real-time monitoring and detailed info on your GPU's performance with GPU-Z
GPU-Z is a powerful tool for monitoring your GPU's performance and sensor data in real time. Standout features include its ability to track GPU temperature, fan speed, clock speeds, and power consumption. The latest version adds support for Intel Arc B570 and B580 GPUs.
WinDirStat helps you monitor disk space, gets major update after 19 years
WinDirStat helps you visually monitor disk space usage for files and folders. After 19 years, version 2.0.1 has been released, bringing major improvements and new features.
GPU-Z adds support for the latest Snapdragon X, Arm GPUs, more
GPU-Z 2.60 also includes support for AMD Zen 5 CPU temperature monitoring and several bug fixes.
Spyware maker gets hacked, data reveals thousands of remotely controlled devices
The CEO didn't know anything about the breach
FurMark adds Raspberry Pi support, GPU fan monitoring
FurMark's latest release supports Raspberry Pi hardware as well as new GPU fan monitoring capabilities. In addition to bug fixes, it also incorporates the latest versions of GPU Shark2, GPU-Z and GeeXLab.
Intel's frame capture tool PresentMon hits 2.0 milestone
A much improved version of Intel PresentMon is now available, enhancing its frame rate monitoring capabilities and showing key metrics using histogram plots, alongside various fixes and optimizations.
HWiNFO 8.00 adds a new FPS and system statistics overlay
HWiNFO 8.00 introduces a new OSD feature, enabling users to monitor FPS along with system statistics including CPU and GPU temperatures, RAM usage, and more.
AIDA64 Extreme diagnostics tool improves GPU monitoring
AIDA64 Extreme 7.20 features a revamped UI with a configurable toolbar, three new dark modes, and enhanced sensor monitoring for RTX 3000 and RTX 4000 GPUs, among other improvements.
Monitor your CPU's temperature in real time with Core Temp
Core Temp is a free program that reads information directly from the digital thermal sensor in each CPU core, allowing accurate readings in real time.
HWiNFO 7.63 beta integrates with Intel's PresentMon monitoring
Intel's PresentMon is now fully integrated into HWiNFO, letting you monitor your FPS, frame time, GPU usage, and more. If you're looking to make the most of PresentMon, be sure to check out our article.
How to Use Intel PresentMon for Benchmarking and Testing
Intel's long-running game performance analyzer has been updated with a fresh look and new features. Is it worth using? Let's dive in and see how we can use PresentMon to analyze our gaming PCs.
How Hot is Too Hot for PC Hardware?
With power limits of CPUs and graphics cards climbing ever higher, and news reports of chips hitting sky-high temperatures appearing almost weekly, it seems that now is as good a time as any to ask a simple question – just how hot is too hot for today's PC components?
