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Turns out coffee also makes semiconductors work faster too

An ingredient that naturally occurs in coffee may be able to make semiconductors run faster according to research (opens in new tab) from the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) institute in Japan. The researchers formed a thin layer of caffeic acid on a gold electrode within an organic semiconductor, via a process known as […]

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Medibank systems back online after weekend shutdown for security update

Medibank’s systems are back online after they were shut down over the weekend for a security upgrade. The move was part of efforts to bolster its resilience following the October data breach that impacted 9.7 million customers.  The Australian insurance group said its IT systems were taken offline for planned “maintenance” works that involved IT […]

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Power play: How AWS is helping build the future of the NFL

In a sport where fine margins often mean the difference between victory and defeat, having the extra 1% advantage can mean everything in the NFL. The sport already enjoys its fair share of statistics and data analysis, but compared to the likes of MLB and NBA, it could be right to say that American Football […]

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Intel Arc GPUs just got faster – and next-gen graphics cards are on track

Intel’s Arc GPUs are still very much on track when it comes to the next-gen offerings, Battlemage and Celestial, plus Alchemist GPUs just got a big update that ensures they perform much faster with some of the best PC games. Raja Koduri provided updates on a number of topics in an interview conducted by Gadgets […]

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Flagship performance at sensible pricing

The AMD Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards based on the new RDNA 3 architecture brings in several major improvements including the shift to using chiplets for the silicon, a new ray-tracing engine, new AI accelerators, encode capabilities for AVI and high bandwidth interconnects. The flagship GPU in the 7000 series is the AMD Radeon […]

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There’s some really good news if you want to buy a Raspberry Pi

Anyone shopping for a Raspberry Pi this Christmas could be in luck after the company revealed a major influx of devices. Announcing the news in a blog post entitled “Supply chain update – it’s good news!” (opens in new tab), Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said 100,000 units had been secured for single-unit sales (one […]

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The future of finance belongs to open source

Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images At the Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) in New York City, the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) Dec. 8 announced the results of its 2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey. The results were — to no one’s surprise — that financial companies are now largely embracing open-source software. While […]

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How to add RAM to a laptop

Here’s what laptop RAM modules look like. stock.adobe.com Your Windows laptop is starting to feel sluggish, maybe after updating the operating system, or you’ve installed some new programs or games. Chances are you’re either running really low on storage space or RAM. Also: How much RAM does your Windows 11 PC need? RAM — short […]

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Antivirus software can be hijacked to wipe data

Many popular pieces of antivirus software such as Microsoft, SentinelOne, TrendMicro, Avast, and AVG can be exploited for their data deletion capabilities, a top cybersecurity researcher has claimed. In a Proof-of-Concept document (opens in new tab) dubbed “Aikido”, Or Yair, who works for cybersecurity firm SafeBreach, explained how the exploit works via what is known […]

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