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Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770M 2TB Review (Page 1 of 10)

I was helping out with youth camp for my church a few months ago. At the camp, different groups were assigned to different duties on different days. My group of boys were assigned to cleaning all the tables and washing everyone's lunches after dinner on the Saturday, which, for that particular meal, was quite an operation -- I estimate we had to process over four hundred items for the five of them. There were three sinks and two faucets in the...

Antec C5 ARGB Review (Page 1 of 4)

Would you agree that "less is more", or is more actually more? From the bygone era of the 1960s, minimalist design has surprisingly gained quite a bit of traction in computer case design. Although computer chassis have stayed mostly in the shape of a box, there have been quite a few examples in recent memory that take after the box even more. Maximalism, on the other hand, is opposed to minimalism. It embraces showy, abundant excess. In our...

AT&T breach leaked call and text records from ‘nearly all’ wireless customers

From The Verge: AT&T revealed Friday morning that a cybersecurity attack had exposed call records and texts from “nearly all” of the carrier’s cellular customers (including people on mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs, that use AT&T’s network, like Cricket, Boost Mobile, and Consumer...

X Is Testing a 'Dislike' Button Again

From PC Mag: X is once again exploring the idea of adding a "dislike" button for Twitter replies.

As TechCrunch reports, the button is intended to help X rank replies, so it may only appear on responses to tweets, not the original post. As for how it would be displayed, code in the X iOS app...

Fresh N Lean Ceases Meal Delivery Operation, Leaving Cryptic Message on Website

From CNET: Fresh N Lean, the popular premade meal delivery service based out of California, appears to have shuttered suddenly.

The healthy meal subscription, which is CNET's current pick for best prepared meal delivery for 2024, posted a message on its website on Thursday. "After 14 years of...

AMD Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs edge closer — samples pictured, motherboards get new stickers

From Tom's Hardware: AMD is set to formally introduce its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture on July 31, and reviews are expected to emerge around that date. Therefore, AMD is probably sending out samples of these CPUs to reviewers as we speak. In fact, photos of the...

AMD Buys Private AI Lab for $665M to Compete in the AI Race

From PC Mag: AMD plans to acquire Finnish AI startup Silo AI for approximately $665 million, the US tech giant announced this week. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by the end of this year.

Silo AI is a private AI lab with four offices in Europe and over 300 employees, including 125 AI...

Google Pixel 9 and 9 Pro Rumors: Coming Aug. 13, New Design, Pixel XL

From CNET: The Pixel 9 series looks set to arrive much sooner than anticipated, with Google inviting the press to a Pixel hardware event on Aug. 13. The company's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro launched in October last year, but it looks like Google wants to get its phones out before Apple announces its iPhone...

Microsoft, Apple Give Up Observer Roles on OpenAI's Board

From PC Mag: Microsoft will give up its board observer role on the OpenAI board, while Apple will no longer pursue a similar position, The Financial Times reports.

In a letter to OpenAI, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel Keith Dolliver says it has "witnessed significant progress by the newly...

HP bails on always-online printers and subscription laser ink

From PC World: People hate printers. They have tons of breakable moving parts and they require expensive ink refills. But it was even worse when HP started making printers that required 24/7 online connectivity and blocked third-party ink cartridges via DRM.

It was so bad that consumers started...