Gadgets
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Intel Says It Made The ‘World’s Densest’ SSD By Cramming 32TB Into The Shape Of A Ruler
You probably haven’t touched a 30cm ruler since your primary school days, but think back to how that makeshift sword felt in your hand; that’s roughly the same size as a new solid state drive from Intel that stacks 64 memory cells atop each other to create a dense 3D grid packing 32TB of storage.
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HP Releases Firmware Update To Stop Hackers Hijacking Your Printer
Printers are not simply “dumb” devices designed to squirt ink or deposit toner — most run rudimentary operating systems and some are capable of printing and scanning without a PC attached. While this is great for productivity, it also offers hackers with a new attack vector — one HP had to recently deal with.
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Now Every Alexa Device Should Know Which One You’re Yelling At
Keeping multiple voice assistants in your home can lead to the occasional misfire, causing a far-flung device in the bedroom to react while you’re attempting to extract the weather forecast from the one in your living room. Amazon addressed this quirk with its own Echo devices in 2016 and now it’s bringing that improved listening…
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Watch A Guy Build A Brand New, Completely Obsolete Gaming PC With 20-Year-Old Parts
Video: On 25 June 1998, Microsoft released Windows 98. It didn’t come out with quite as much fanfare as Windows 95 did, so to commemorate the OS’ 20th anniversary, YouTuber Shelby Jueden built a gaming PC using brand new, in the box, 20-year-old components, as well as an unused copy of Windows 98.