August 2024

Western Digital Previews M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Client SSDs: 15GBps at Under 7 Watts

Western Digital’s FMS 2024 demonstrations included a preview of their upcoming PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs for mobile workstations and consumer desktops. The Gen 5 client SSD market has been dominated by solutions based on Phison’s E26 controller. The first generation products launched with slower NAND flash, while the more recent ones have…

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Apple will make Patreon pay 30% App Store fee for new memberships

Today, Patreon announced important changes coming to its iPhone app. To comply with Apple’s App Store rule, the company will have to switch to the iOS in-app purchase system starting this November to avoid being removed from the App Store, which is what led to Fortnite being removed from the App Store a few years…

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Look out, Intel: AMD Ryzen 9000 leak suggests CPUs that’ll be a good deal cheaper than Ryzen 7000 prices at launch

AMD’s pricing for its next-gen Ryzen 9000 processors appears to have been aired early by some major US retailers, and it looks like good news for those hoping to buy a Zen 5 CPU without paying over the odds.Indeed, the prices that VideoCardz spotted, from Best Buy and Newegg, are cheaper than the launch price…

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Microchip Demonstrates Flashtec 5016 Enterprise SSD Controller

Microchip recently announced the availability of their second PCIe Gen 5 enterprise SSD controller – the Flashtec 5016. Like the 4016, this is also a 16-channel controller, but there are some key updates: PCIe 5.0 lane organization: Operation in x4 or dual independent x2 / x2 mode in the 5016, compared to the x8, or…

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IR35 public sector reforms: Chancellor urged to review departmental costs generated by blanket bans

The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves is being urged to review the anecdotal jump in public sector spending caused by the roll-out of the April 2017 IR35 reforms, as she sets about closing the £22bn gap in the public’s finances left by the previous government. Reeves revealed details of the “projected overspend” the previous government’s…

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Intel Postpones Innovation 2024 Event, Cites Poor Finances

As Intel looks to streamline its business operations and get back to profitability in the face of weak revenues and other business struggles, nothing is off the table as the company looks to cut costs into 2025 – not even Intel’s trade shows. In an unexpected announcement this afternoon, Intel has begun informing attendees of…

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Court document reveals Google’s strategy to dodge Department of Justice

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled against Google in the anti-trust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a number of US states. The court concluded that Google had violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by maintaining its monopoly in general search services and general text advertising…

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TikTok is one step closer to replacing your favorite messaging app

As if we all didn’t waste enough time on TikTok already, the social media app is giving us another reason to keep it open on our phones. On Monday, TikTok announced two big updates for direct messages on the platform: Group chats and stickers.It was already possible to send direct messages to other users on…

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Intel extends warranty for its unstable CPUs – here’s what buyers of 13th-gen and 14th-gen chips need to know

Intel has made a further move in damage control over the issues with 13th-gen and 14th-gen processors suffering from instability and crashing, announcing that the warranties of CPUs from these generations have been extended by two years.As per a statement from Intel’s Communications Manager, Thomas Hannaford, all Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs now…

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