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The first AI-powered ransomware has been discovered — "PromptLock" uses local AI to foil heuristic detection and evade API tracking

Security firm ESET has discovered a new type of ransomware that uses a local AI model to generate malicious scripts and perform other illicit activities. Because of the variance of LLM output, this malware is harder to track than traditional attacks.

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Framework Laptop 16 gets a 2025 upgrade — modular notebook gets RTX 5070 graphics, Zen 5 CPU options, and 240W Type-C charger

Framework has updated its 16-inch laptop for 2025, featuring a new RTX 5070-powered graphics module, Zen 5 Ryzen AI HX CPU options, a G-Sync display, and a 240W Type-C charger.

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Core i9-14900KF overclocked to 9.13 GHz to become the highest clocked CPU of all time — 13 MHz faster than the previous record holder

Chinese overclocker wytiwx has pushed Intel's Core i9-14900KF to 9130.33 MHz, establishing a new world record.

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Passively cooled Ryzen AI Max+ 395 PC uses entire chassis as a 10-pound heatsink — talented builder turns Framework Desktop mainboard into a silent, powerful work of PC art

An SFF enthusiast has been documenting their progress in planting a Framework Desktop's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mobo into a passively cooled chassis.

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US Soldiers learn to 3D print and fly drones in new Army course — 3-week boot camp covers everything from printer maintenance to FPV operation

The U.S. Army has started training soldiers in how to 3D print drones and fly them using FPV goggles.

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Intel reveals 288-core Clearwater Forest Xeon at Hot Chips — 18A process' first outing promises big efficiency and performance gains

Built on Intel’s 18A node, the all-E-core Xeon packs 288 cores per socket and promises big efficiency gains.

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AI is eating entry-level coding and customer service roles, according to a new Stanford study — junior job listings drop 13% in three years in fields vulnerable to AI

A new Sanford study has found that there have been fewer entry-level employment opportunities in software development and admin assistance over the past three years, potentially as a result of the introduction of AI tools.

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Trump wants digital taxes on U.S. services axed worldwide — President threatens new tariffs and semiconductor export controls to countries that refuse to comply

President Donald Trump says that digital taxes are ‘discriminatory’ against American tech.

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Ransomware attack disrupts Maryland's public transit service for disabled travelers — MTA says it is investigating cybersecurity incident but core services operating normally

The service, Mobility, was unable to accept requests for rides or changes to already-booked rides following a ransomware attack.

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U.S. gov't seizes $7.4 billion semiconductor research fund created under Biden admin, calling it 'illegal' — Lutnick says fund 'served as a semiconductor slush fund that did nothing but line the pockets of Biden loyalists with American tax dollars'

The US Commerce Department of the Trump administration has pulled back billions of dollars in funding for a non-profit aimed at promoting US chip design and fabrication, suggesting that its appointment under the Biden administration somehow made it inappropriate for distributing taxpayer funds.

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Enthusiast accidentally spends nearly $300 modifying 2017 Logitech MX Ergo trackball to fix flaws — appears to have missed 2024 upgrade that solved nearly all of its foibles

Trackball enthusiast decides to build 'the mouse Logitech won’t make.'

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Intel warns shareholders that the US government's 10% stake could hurt company's international sales

Intel's SEC filing warns that the U.S. government's 10% ownership stake, gained through an $8.9 billion CHIPS Act–linked funding deal, could bring political and legal risks, and potential backlash in international markets where Intel earns most of its revenue.

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SK hynix announces mass production of its 2Tb 3D QLC NAND — cheaper high-capacity consumer drives and 244TB enterprise SSDs incoming

SK hynix kicks off mass production of its 321-layer 2Tb QLC NAND, offering higher speed and efficiency at lower cost and paving the way for cheap multi-terabyte client SSDs and ultra-high-capacity enterprise drives of up to 244TB.

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Linux is 34 years old today — Linus Torvalds meekly announced this free new OS in the comp.os.minix newsgroup on this day in 1991

On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science student from Finland humbly announced that a new free operating system project was 'starting to get ready.'

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ASRock's $40 16-pin power cable has overheating protection designed to prevent meltdowns — company claims a 90-degree design ensures worry-free installation

ASRock has launched a special 16-pin power cable with over-temperature protection for its Taichi and Phantom Gaming power supplies.

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AMD mobile CPU roadmap leak claims Zen 6 arrives in 2027

AMD’s leaked mobile roadmap suggests Zen 6-based Medusa and Gator Range CPUs will arrive in 2027, bringing Copilot+-ready NPUs to premium, mainstream, and gaming laptops, while Zen 5-powered Gorgon Point will hit in 2026, and older chips like Mendocino and Hawk Point will persist at the entry level for quite…

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Console repairer encounters Xbox 360 that Microsoft banned over 'bad debt' from unpaid bills — Microsoft MVP chimes in with an elegant official solution

A Microsoft Xbox 360 console that refuses to play due to ‘bad debt’ has raised more than a few eyebrows.

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Perplexity's AI-powered Comet browser leaves users vulnerable to phishing scams and malicious code injection — Brave and Guardio's security audits call out paid AI browser

Brave and Guardio have revealed serious vulnerabilities in the AI-powered Comet browser.

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Elon Musk doubles down on goal of 50 million H100-equivalent GPUs in the next 5 years — Envisions billions of GPUs in the future as Grok 2.5 goes open source

Elon Musk lays out his highly-ambitious plans to scale xAI's compute power to 50 million H100-equivalent GPUs in the next five years. He doubles down on the vision while open-sourcing Grok 2.5 and even claiming that eventually billions of AI GPUs' worth of power will be in the palm of…

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Prisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey system

A prisoner has complained about his legal appeals being stymied by ancient 'like 1985' computer resources.

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UltraRAM scaled for volume production — memory that promises DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for manufacturing

Efforts to commercialize UltraRAM have made a significant stride forward with the development of a scalable new industrial process.

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Intel's upcoming Panther Lake-H pops up in official listing — DFI posts ITX motherboard for industrial use featuring 25W Panther Lake chip

Industrial PC parts manufacturer DFI has launched a new ITX motherboard featuring Intel's upcoming Panther Lake-H. We don't know what SKU it is, but it has a 25W TDP. Being an industrial motherboard, it has no x16 PCIe slot but there are tons of additions like EXT-OOB, along with vPro…

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Sam Altman and UK government minister reportedly discussed giving ChatGPT Plus to all Brits for free

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, and the UK government's Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, have discussed a deal which would see the UK’s entire population given premium access to ChatGPT, according to reports.

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Nvidia outlines plans for using light for communication between AI GPUs by 2026 — silicon photonics and co-packaged optics may become mandatory for next-gen AI data centers

Nvidia details its upcoming Quantum-X InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet switches that will adopt co-packaged optics by 2026 to deliver up to 409.6 Tb/s bandwidth at lower power than traditional pluggable module.

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AMD's unreleased Ryzen 5 5500X3D is reportedly 12% faster in multi-core performance in Geekbench — budget Zen 3 chip spotted running in Linux

New benchmarks suggest that the 5500X3D offers respectable performance in productivity workloads.

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