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    Net Neutrality expected to be reinstated after officials vote on 4/25/2024

    The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it will be voted to begin the process of bringing back the net neutrality rules that were removed in 2017. Now there will be an official vote to (re)impose net neutrality rules on April 25th, 2024...
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    intel 13th and 14th gen xx900 and xx700 may have defective cores causing crashes in gaming

    So, this all started with a guy in the steam forums that claims he has tracked down the cause of "Out of video memory trying to allocate a rendering resource" errors and crash to desktop while gaming to being defective cores that actually seem to have been fine out of the box but then seem be...
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    opinion needed on file conversion. alac to flac

    so i've just picked up an older odd ball album that that i thought was flac by the file size of the album, but it came in m4a. looking in the details it was created with apple lossless audio converter (alac) and the bitrate and file size match that conclusion. (but not sure why it wouldn't...
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    Ubisoft's The Crew is shutting down 31st March 2024 and will be unplayable after that because it is online only.

    and you think since you can play this single player, they'd keep it playable. you'd think ubisoft wouldn't want the bad press right now? but this looks like our digital future gentleman.
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    Frore AirJet Cooled Phison E26 Max14um ES 2TB

    so i made a post a while back about that new solid state cooling that was demoed at ces well it looks like they teamed up with Phison which used 2 airjet mini's to cool their new E26 and supposedly it's currently the fastest ssd on the planet at 14GB/s read / 12GB/s write. guess only time will...
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    Playstation Accounts Randomly BANNED By Sony & THEY DON'T CARE

    well, in case anyone was thinking about grabbing a console to get "early access" to GTA, you may want to take this in to consideration. People are complaining they're accounts are getting banned and they lost all their purchased games and sony is acting like they don't care and not giving...
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    ASUS ROG Gaming Cockpit / throne / battlestation?

    so i just seen someone post about this on reddit. can't find any info or a model number on their website. but i did find a couple of similar products that range anywhere from $3,000 - $16,000 knowing asus they'll be towards the high end. i'll post the other models i found at the bottom and...
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    Granzo G20 open air case that serves as water distribution plate

    so i just found out about this case today and figured i'd make a post being that i couldn't find one via search. I guess it came out ~ a year ago though so not really news. looks pretty sweet but the price is just stupid so i don't see myself ever picking one up. well, enjoy the ride! (links...
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    more proof google reads every email. 24hr otp deletion

    so apparently this is old news but i just got a prompt to enable 24hr OTP deletion on my android phone i had to look up what an OTP even was, One Time Password. how does google even know i have an OTP anyway? and i don't think i even do. (actually i don't i just checked) well if you needed...
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    Louis Rossman receives 3 strikes for promoting new open source app that threatens youtube's monopoly

    Well you heard it. could be the end of youtube for Louis but i doubt they're gonna kick someone with that many subscribers but they may make him go to strike school to keep his channel? So this app we're talking about is something that they've been working on where you can follow the creators...
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    Beat youtube ad block blocking with FreeTube

    so i just found out that youtube is attempting to block people from using youtube if you are using any kind of ad blocker. just started getting popups on certain videos telling me "ad blockers not allowed" but i could just close the box and keep rolling. now the popup window's on a cooldown so...
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    major security vulnerability in MSI Afterburner

    So i noticed the version of afterburner i had installed was no longer applying the voltage tweak to my card, so i installed the latest version which tripped my virus program (ESET nod32) so after a little digging found out there's a big security hole that's been used for ransomware attacks that...
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    Mullvad VPN raided by law enforcement

    Rougly a week ago Mullvad VPN was raided by National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police that showed up with 2 warrants and intended to seize computers with customer data. But ended up leaving with nothing after lawyers stepped in and pointed out that the company maintains a...
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    House Bill s.686 Restrict Act could fundementally change the way we use the internet

    aka: the ban tiktok act, house bill s.686 could fundementally change the way we use the internet. now while i'm sure we all know tiktok is a disease thats warping the minds of our youth and a spy tool by the ccp, that i could care less if it disapears, that's not the point. This bill leaves it...
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    UEFI Bootkit Successfully Hits Windows 11 BlackLotus

    "BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing secure boot defenses." (and therefore also tpm) guess it was only a matter of time? https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/blacklotus-becomes-first-uefi-bootkit.html BlackLotus malware ESET researchers discovered the first...
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    Solid State Cooling on Display at CES

    gordon mah ung at the frore airjet booth where they are showing off their solid state cooling (chips?)
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    need opinion on gpu vrm tim

    so i'm about to replace the tim on my 980ti which still has factory paste which is prob dried out because it's been running a little warm. i already have good paste (gelid gc-extreme) for the gpu but man i know by now the thermal tape is gonna pretty much squashed on the vrms and i know the...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Pictured, Installed On AM5 Motherboard specs/prices

    The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X features 8 cores and 16 threads with a base clock speed of 4.5 GHz and a boost clock speed of 5.4 GHz. The CPU is supposed to have a TDP of 105W and should cost around $480 read all about it here...
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    Riot Games to start recording Valorant voice chats starting July 13

    Riot Games will start recording and "temporarily" storing voice chats starting July 13. Supposedly for now it won't be used to assess behavior but to train language models. 🤔 But there are future plans on expansion of the tool for use in banning toxic players. For now completely disabling...
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    Latest Windows Update Breaks DX9 On Certain GPU's

    Windows 11 update KB5012643 and Windows 10 update KB5011831 both break DX9 on some gpu's. Microsoft isn't identifying which gpu's and has already issued a workaround for those affected in the form of a Known Issue Rollback (KIR) I will link an article about it and the MS page where you can...
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    AMD asks mobo makers to remove OC options for 5800X3D

    "TechPowerUp has verified a rumor posted over on VideoCardz that is quite puzzling, as AMD has asked motherboard makers to remove support for overclocking in the UEFI/BIOS for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. When we asked for a reason as to why this was the case, we were told that AMD was keeping that...
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    5800X3D official specs listed on AMD web site

    Official specs released. uses 7nm zen 3 architecture, so looks like they are saving 6nm for zen 4. expected to launch in April or May https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d
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    Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka, founder of Something Awful and onetime king of the internet goons, dead at 45

    i was surprised by this, and also that the news was initially posted to Something Awful by longtime forum administrator Fragmaster. (not sure if there's any relation?) who was a personal friend of Kyanka, and Motherboard managed to confirm with the Lee's Summit Missouri police department that...
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    Activision's new anti-cheat system for COD includes kernel level driver. driver already leaked.

    So people were already up in arms over a kernel level driver being required to play COD warzone and vanguard after an upcoming update. according to activision: “RICOCHET Anti-Cheat’s backend anti-cheat security features will launch alongside Call of Duty: Vanguard, and later this year with the...
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    Apple Developing Mental Health Monitor for iPhone

    according to them "the tool could help diagnose deppression and cognitive decline." so what happens when it's detected? authorities allerted? rights suspended? this is some 1984 stuff if you ask me...
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    8 states to allow iphone and apple watch to be used as drivers license/state i.d.

    I'm don't want to get to opinionated on this so just gonna say i don't think this is a good idea. Driver's Licenses Will Soon Be Coming To The iPhone And Apple Watch In These 8 States https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033675691/drivers-license-apple-iphone-apple-watch-tsa
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    Apple will remotely install software to scan all US phones for child sex abuse images

    well like the title says... wow, just hope you don't get falsely flagged. seems awful intrusive to me, but that's why i don't use apple products. https://www.theblaze.com/news/apple-software-scan-phones-child-sex-abuse-images
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    where to buy and what time for 6800xt (?)

    so i'm wondering what time they go on sale and where. i found a (supposed) list of retailers that will be carrying them (will link below), but there are still no listings and it is close to 7am est on 11/18. anyone got any info or links on like an actual "on sale" time or whats going on? I...
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    ASUS releases bios updates for x570 boards to AGESA V2 PI 1.1.0.0 Patch B

    Haven't checked all the version numbers but for the TUF models it's version 2802: 2020/10/23 19.86 MBytes TUF GAMING X570-PLUS BIOS 2802 "1. Updated AMD AM4 AGESA V2 PI 1.1.0.0 Patch B 2. Improve system performance and stability 3. Improved DRAM compatibility" will also support all upcoming...
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    WD's first pcie 4.0 ssd to ship by end of the month SN850

    Western Digital is launching their first PCIE 4.0 ssd the SN850 NVME and comes with or without heatsink and are available for pre order on wd's site. Read more over at the verge. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/8/21507807/western-digital-wd-first-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssds-sn850
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    Cherry MX Brown vs Red. Question.

    So i use to own a Corsair K70 Lux w/ reds. It had a couple beer baths and dishwasher showers but eventually bit the dust. So after a couple months w/ membrane i finally grabbed an HP Omen Encoder w/ cherry mx browns. My first impression is it feels like a heavier red. I was really expecting...
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    B550 vs X570 and chipset cooling question.

    So i've been wondering why the chipset for B550 doesn't need chipset cooling. It includes PCIE 4.0 and I thoughts that was the reason X570 was running so hot? So at this point why would someone want to go with X570 when you can get say msi's B550 tomahawk with the same vrm as the one they are...
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    Frag [H]arder RGB 24pin power cable! :)

    just came across this 24 pin cable from Lian-Li and thought it was kinda cool. Available at frozencpu.com
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    New government issued android freephones (obamaphone) comes w/ permanent backdoor installed.

    According to the article Malwarebytes has already sent notification to assurance wireless (the distributor and service provider of government freephones) and has gotten no response. Maybe because it is purposely put on there...
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    "upgrading" to win10 cut memory throuput in half! help!

    So like i said i just upgraded one of my computers from win7 32bit to win10 64bit doing a clean install. System is AMD 1090t on 785 chipset with 6GB DDR2 800 4-4-4-12-16 2t running in dual channel. I use command prompt as administrator and type in "winsat mem" on win7 i was getting ~16000 MB/s...
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    No sound on audigy 2zs after updating to win10 1903 or 1909 or later *FIXED!!!

    found this awsome fix and figured i would share it here in case anyone else here is still running this card. (like i am on my mom's pc) original page can be found here...
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    Another TUF X570 problem. and also what asus support told me.

    so after purchasing the tuf x570 and figuring out that they had removed a bunch of overclocking options in the bios such as BLCK adjustment (yeah), all the spread spectrum settings, also all the memory settings in the digi+ vrm section (which helped me oc my corsair dominator platinum on my...
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    are solid state batteries the next big thing?

    When these hit the market they are going to change the world.
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    PSA: electric scooter rental can get you a DUI...

    Thought this may have been one of the main reasons to rent one of these... you know, so you're not driving your car? not sure if this is tech news? more of a public service anouncement. but the only way to rent one is through their app, so kinda tech related....
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    77 more intel vulnerabilities found and being patched this month.

    NOVEMBER 2019 INTEL PLATFORM UPDATE https://blogs.intel.com/technology/2019/11/ipas-november-2019-intel-platform-update-ipu/#gs.gi8isb guess it's another round of perfomance hits for team blue?
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