Imagine a map of the world, divided by national borders. How many colours do you need to fill each country, plus the sea, without any identical colours touching? The answer is four – indeed, no matter what your map looks like, four colours will always be enough. But proving this required a schism in mathematics….
AOOStar RX 7600XT eGPU runs hot but slower than its full desktop counterpart Not all laptops will handle USB4 reverse charging or PCIe 4.0 bandwidth gracefully At 61 decibels, the cooling solution trades thermal control for constant ambient noise As more compact computing solutions crowd the market, mini PC vendors are increasingly turning to external…
In case you missed it, Samsung just announced its latest raft of foldables in its latest Galaxy Unpacked presentation, but we actually already had the opportunity to go hands-on with the new phones ahead of the main event. That’s right, we’ve actually touched and used the impressively thin Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, as well…
Gaming handheld prototype spotted with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 inside Strix Halo offers triple the performance of current handheld APU solutions GPD could combine console-class graphics with workstation-level AI processing GPD has made a name for itself by building compact gaming consoles and ultra-portable laptops, often blurring the lines between console and PC. Its…
The language capabilities of today’s artificial intelligence systems are astonishing. We can now engage in natural conversations with systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and many others, with a fluency nearly comparable to that of a human being. Yet we still know very little about the internal processes in these networks that lead to such remarkable results….
The Anglo-USA team behind the study named them dark dwarfs. Not because they are dark bodies — on the contrary — but because of their special link with dark matter, one of the most central topics in current cosmology and astrophysics research. “We think that 25% of the universe is composed of a type of…
Security researchers found a PDF app for Android sporting a banking trojan The trojan was introduced with a patch, six weeks after release It had more than 50,000 downloads, so users should beware A dangerous Android banking trojan has found a way to the Google Play Store once again, potentially affecting tens of thousands of…
Koi Security researchers found almost two dozen browser add-ons spying on users The add-ons were tracking visited sites and communicating with remote C2 infrastructure Users were likely compromised along the way Many Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser add-ons, including several prominent products, were found to be spying on users and communicating with a third-party…
BulletVPN has announced that it’s shutting down for good The VPN provider had previously sold lifetime subscriptions Windscribe is offering six free months of Windscribe Pro to affected subscribers BulletVPN has announced its closure, citing “various factors, including shifts in market demand.” The Estonia-based Virtual Private Network provider had been in operation for over eight…
Linda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk’s social media site X, has announced she is stepping down. Ms Yaccarino has been in the role since June, 2023. In a post on the platform, she said was “immensely grateful” to Musk for “entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and…
