Bitcoin Price Falls Below $30,000 as China Shuts Down Mining Operations By Nathaniel Mott published 22 June 21 Bitcoin’s price fell below $30,000 for the first time since January as China moved to shut down mining operations.
China Shuts Down Cryptomining Operators, Issues New Restrictions By Nathaniel Mott published 21 June 21 The value of Bitcoin and Ether has fallen as cryptocurrency miners in China suspend operations to comply with new rules.
Nvidia Could Miss its March 2022 Deadline to Acquire Arm: Reuters By Nathaniel Mott published 17 June 21 Delays caused by UK regulators could make Nvidia miss its March 2022 deadline to acquire Arm.
Windows 7 Users Might Get a Free Upgrade to Windows 11 By Nathaniel Mott published 17 June 21 A leaked build of Windows 11 suggests that Windows 7 users might be able to upgrade to the new operating system for free.
Banana Pi’s BPI-M2 Pro With HDMI 2.1 Now Available for $61 By Nathaniel Mott published 16 June 21 Banana Pi’s BPI-M2 Pro is now globally available for $61.
Microsoft Re-Releases Windows 10's 'Get Ready for More Updates' Update By Nathaniel Mott published 15 June 21 Microsoft has re-released the KB4023057 update to Windows 10 used to prepare the operating system for larger updates.
Pine64 Release Quartz64, Announces SOQuartz Module By Nathaniel Mott published 15 June 21 Pine64 has released its Quartz64 single-board computer and revealed a new system-on-module called the SOQuartz.
Bitcoin Miners Finally Approve Taproot Proposal By Nathaniel Mott published 13 June 21 A proposed improvement to Bitcoin called Taproot has finally received approval from 90% of miners.
China's Ban On Cryptocurrency Mining Expands to Additional Provinces By Nathaniel Mott published 12 June 21 China's ban on cryptocurrency mining has expanded to the Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces.
Folding@Home's Exascale Compute Power Helped Unravel Covid's Secrets By Nathaniel Mott published 12 June 21 An article in Nature Chemistry revealed the impact Folding@Home has had on mapping SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
Apple Brings Windows Precision Touchpad Support to Boot Camp By Nathaniel Mott published 11 June 21 Apple updated its Boot Camp utility to support Windows Precision Touchpad gestures on certain Macs.
Sky Dirt: Backblaze Introduces Cloud-Based Chia Farming By Nathaniel Mott published 10 June 21 Backblaze announced that Chia farmers can now upload their plots to the cloud, with prices starting at $5 per TB per month.
El Salvador Government to Mine Bitcoin with Volcanic Energy By Nathaniel Mott last updated 10 June 21 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced that the country is planning to use volcanic energy to mine Bitcoin.
Google Uses AI to Design Chips, Creating Machine Learning Ouroboros By Nathaniel Mott published 10 June 21 Google researchers successfully taught a neural network architecture to design the physical layout of upcoming TPUs.
Adata Attacked by Ragnar Locker Ransomware Group, Data Reportedly Stolen By Nathaniel Mott published 9 June 21 Adata's operations were said to have been temporarily disrupted in May because of a ransomware attack.
Cooler Master MM720 Review: Respawn By Nathaniel Mott published 9 June 21 Editor's Choice The Cooler Master MM720 is a followup to the Spawn gaming mouse with a honeycomb shell, new sensor and other improvements.
Nvidia Reportedly Seeks Chinese Approval of Arm Acquisition By Nathaniel Mott published 8 June 21 Nvidia has reportedly asked Chinese regulators to approve its $40 billion acquisition of Arm eight months after it was proposed.
Razer DeathAdder V2 Gaming Mouse Review: Deadlier Than Ever By Nathaniel Mott last updated 7 June 21 The addition of a Razer Focus+ optical sensor makes this a worthy option for gamers who don’t need a bunch of whiz-bang features to appreciate a well-performing mouse.
Biden Administration Upholds Trump-Era Bans on 59 Chinese Tech Companies By Nathaniel Mott published 4 June 21 The U.S. has upheld existing bans on specific Chinese tech companies introduced during the Trump administration.
China Says WuDao 2.0 AI Is an Even Better Conversationalist than OpenAI, Google By Nathaniel Mott last updated 3 June 21 Researchers at the AI institute in Beijing said their WuDao 2.0 natural language processing model bests OpenAI and Google's.
AMD Passes 30% CPU Market Share in Steam Hardware Survey, Loses in GPUs By Nathaniel Mott published 3 June 21 The latest Steam Hardware Survey revealed that more than 30% of systems using the platform rely on AMD processors.
Norton Added Ethereum Mining Capabilities to Its Antivirus Software By Nathaniel Mott published 3 June 21 Norton has invited members of its early adopter program to mine Ethereum with its upcoming Norton Crypto feature.
Nvidia and Valve Bringing DLSS to Linux via Steam Proton By Nathaniel Mott published 1 June 21 Nvidia announced that it's partnered with Valve to bring its DLSS graphics technology to Linux via Steam Proton.
Google Reveals 'Half-Double' Technique for Exploiting Rowhammer in DDR4 By Nathaniel Mott published 28 May 21 Google revealed a new hammering technique, Half-Double, that can exploit the Rowhammer bug in DRAM memory.
UK Police Surprised Electricity Thieves Were Mining Crypto, not Growing Weed By Nathaniel Mott published 28 May 21 British police reportedly found a cryptocurrency mining operation when they investigated suspected cannabis farmers.
