the whole world is shutting down but the tech news persists onward yes yes go
tech news i'll follow you no we've gotten used to the idea of
security flaws affecting many generations of processors since spectre
and meltdown were discovered but there's another one to watch out for if you're an amd user a couple of weaknesses
called takeaway affect amd cpus going all the way back to 2011 so both modern
ryzen based systems and old athlon 64 x2
chips are affected the attacks use a cache predictor to steal data from
memory and while it can't leak as much data as spectre did it could still allow
an attacker to access something critical like an encryption key reports indicate
that amd is known about the flaw for a few months and while the vulnerabilities
can be fixed with a firmware update it's unclear whether amd's previous patches
actually eliminated the problem so be careful out there maybe strap a big
paper mask to your cpu cooler if you need to i don't think that's gonna do it
this does it for everybody else that's how technology works if you've had a new
google pixel smartphone on your wishlist but don't think you have the money for
one you might be in luck as it looks like the lower cost pixel 4a might
become a reality in the near future there's no dual rear camera or face
unlock and it's probably going to have a more middle of the road soc however
you'll still get a reasonably sized 5.7 inch screen a punch hole front selfie
camera and get this probably a headphone
jack what yes that's a rare luxury these days tell me
about it we still don't know exactly how much it'll cost or when it'll come out but it
might even be less than the 399 dollars we saw with the pixel 3a is the a
supposed to stand for affordable action although it appeared that fiber would be
the trendy new thing in home internet not too long ago it's actually
old-fashioned cable providers that are expanding their piece of the market a
new report indicates that at the end of last year cable-based isps control
two-thirds of the home internet market as non-cable telecommunications
providers actually lost internet subscribers partly due to the fact that
they haven't built enough fiber to the home connections to lure in new
customers hey
hello there's somebody on the roof the apocalypse is here they're coming in
it's unclear whether wireless 5g to the home will change the balance of power
anytime soon but if you really want fiber in the meantime you can always
just try eating more kale we already did that we did that
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the tech news nvidia's troubles with geforce now
continue as 2k games has pulled most of its titles from the streaming service
including bioshock borderlands civilization nba and other franchises
meanwhile ceo of epic team swahini says they're wholeheartedly supporting
geforce now with fortnite and epic game store titles that choose to participate
hey swaney but the question is will you choose to participate no
you probably know about the amazon go retail stores where you can just leave
with your purchases without going through a checkout lane but several
other companies have come to terms with amazon to incorporate the technology
into their own stores amazon didn't say which companies they actually were but
i'm glad that there are more places i can avoid awkward exchanges with cashiers when i buy a litany of
embarrassing products let's not talk about it i don't want you
to ask me about it and that's why i want to go to the amazon go store a power
plant upstate new york has also gotten into the business of mining bitcoin
green ridge generation is using excess natural gas energy that would otherwise
be wasted to make extra revenue from crypto to the tune of the equivalent of
about 45 what 45 000 us dollars per day
it's pretty cool but i wonder if anyone will actually get a break on their power bill no it doesn't sound like it nope
just going to airplane will yikes give me some of them savings some of that
crypto although leaks have been out for quite a while now the new call of duty
battle royale game has officially been revealed it's called war zone it's free
to play and won't require you to have any
previous call of duty titles and it comes out tomorrow did i tell you that
guess i'll have to jump in for one match before i go back to my current addiction
drugs why is that written in here i don't have any addictions drugs is this an
intervention yeah what's your addiction life no drugs i hate this and if you're
a fortnight player you might be happy to know that epic games is taking out a
feature that allowed players to spam the left trigger to track opponents even
behind obstacles what the feature was an old aim assist system and has commonly
been exploited leading some players using keyboards and mice to cry foul in
matches against players with controllers no word yet though if epic is planning
to license the opponent tracking technology to darpa then we'd all be
dead that's our show come back uh come back on wednesday for
more tech news i won't be here but other people will be
riley going to be here we'll miss you see you later
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