PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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15 Times Companies Had to Pay Up for Alleged Privacy Blunders
August 2022 was an expensive month for tech companies. While the industry as a whole continues to reel from a major tech downturn, Meta, Snap, and TikTok all agreed to pay out settlements to put to rest lingering privacy lawsuits. Combined, those payouts total well over $US100 ($AU139) million dollars.
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FYI, the FBI Warns Your Investment in DeFi Might Go Awry
Think your crypto is more safe on a decentralized platform compared to the more centralised exchanges? Well, the FBI is here to tell you that, no, the vulnerabilities on DeFi platforms are real, and they’ve been party to the vast majority of $US1.3 ($2) billion in stolen crypto in just the first three months of…
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AMD’s Zen 4/Ryzen 7000 Chips Are ‘World’s Fastest,’ Coming in September
AMD’s new Zen 4 desktop CPU lineup is its first since supply chains have started cleared up, but now it’s releasing in the middle of massive inflation. That hasn’t stopped Lisa Su from coming forward with what, on paper, is looking to be the world’s new fastest set of gaming chips, though. At least until…
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Failed Businesses and Tech Bros Keep Trying For Crypto Comebacks
Those of us who’ve been paying attention to new blockchain projects over this past year have noticed a strange trend. Failed or failing individuals or businesses are trying to reform their images, and it has everything to do with the still-nebulous idea of Web3.