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Looks like the Australian Federal government finally waking up to cyber security. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a cabinet and ministerial shake-up on Sunday afternoon, after a week of speculation that changes were afoot. Albanese said that it was the first major change to government personnel in two years. The federal government has named Tony Burke as its new minister for cyber security as well as Home Affairs.
Google is planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, after years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code meant to track users on the internet. The major reversal follows concerns from advertisers - the company's biggest source of income - saying the loss of cookies in the world's most popular browser will limit their ability to collect information for personalising ads, making them dependent on Google's user databases.
Olympics officials are trying to catch “Motor Doping” athletes. A French cycling official confronts a rider suspected of doping and ends up jumping onto the hood of a van making a high-speed getaway. This isn’t a tragicomedy starring Gérard Depardieu, sending up the sport’s well-earned reputation for cheating. This scenario played out in May at the Routes de l’Oise cycling competition near Paris, and the van was believed to contain evidence of a distinctly 21st-century cheat: a hidden electric motor.
Edith Clarke is considered by many to be the architect of modern power distribution. During her first years at GE she invented what came to be known as the Clarke calculator. The slide rule let engineers solve equations involving electric current, voltage, and impedance 10 times faster than by hand. Her calculator and the power distribution methods she developed paved the way for modern grids. She also worked on hydroelectric power plant designs, according to a 2022 profile in Hydro Review. In 1919 she became the first woman to earn a master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT.
While I struggle with a single screen, Huawei wants us to have a Z shaped phone. Just what I need. The device can be unfolded to create a ten-inch display. Apple's 9th-gen iPad, which is still on sale, has a 10.2-inch display. One of Huawei's three screens includes a rear facing camera, while the others apparently include bumps and recesses – presumably a locking mechanism for the screen. The three screens are said to each have different thickness, and to use lightweight glass to reduce weight and bulk. The foldable phone is reported to run HarmonyOS on a Kirin 9100 processor.
Sunday Morning Reviews
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Sunday, 28-July-2024 08:52:06 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Audio Visual:
Quick Look: Final Audio VR500 wired in-ear earphones on TechPowerUp.
Elgato Wave Mic Arm LP and Master Mount L on FunkyKit.
INNOCN 32M2V Review - Aggresive Pricing, Excellent HDR monitor on TechPowerUp.
Asus ROG Strix XG27AQDMG - the affordable OLED monitor? on Guru3D.
Philips Screeneo UL5 Smart Ultra Short Throw Projector on OCInside.
Audeze MM-500 Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones on TechPowerUp.
Creative Pebble X Plus Speaker on HWAsylum.
Vantrue Nexus 5 dashcam on LanOC.
Xiaomi Gaming Monitor G27i (FastIPS gaming monitor) on Guru3D.
Cooling:
Corsair iCUE LINK LX120 RGB PWM Cooling Fans (3 Pack) on FunkyKit.
Phanteks Glacier One 360 T30 Gen2 - 360 mm AIO cooler on Guru3D.
Noctua NH-D15 G2 CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Power Supply:
NZXT C1500 80 PLUS Platinum ATX 3.1 PSU on Tweaktown.
ENERMAX Revolution D.F. 12 850W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit on NikKTech.
Corsair SF1000 Platinum ATX 3.1 Power Supply on FunkyKit.
Storage:
Lexar PLAY 1TB Solid State Drive on APHNetworks.
Crucial P310 2230 M.2 SSD on ThePCEnthusiast.
KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS 1TB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD on NikKTech.
ADATA SD810 SSD Review: Petite, Potent Rugged USB Storage on HotHardware.
Crucial P310 2TB Handheld Gaming SSD Review - When QLC beats TLC on Tweaktown.
ASUSTOR Flashstor 12 Pro FS6712X All-Flash NAS on Tweaktown.
Memory:
TEAMGROUP T-Force Xtreem 48GB DDR5-8200 Memory Kit on NeoSeeker.
Cases:
Antec C8 chassis on TechPowerUp.
NZXT H7 Flow (2024 Edition) Mid-Tower Chassis on Tweaktown.
Networking:
Zyxel BE11000 NWA130BE Wi-Fi 7 NebulaFlex Access Point on Tweakown.
Engenius Cloud Managed ECW536 Wi-Fi 7 Access Point on Tweaktown.
Input Etc:
Zaopin Z2 mouse on TechPowerUp.
Razer Viper V3 Pro Gaming Mouse on MadShrimps.
Asetek Sim Sports La Prima Direct Drive Wheelbase & Button Box on NikKTech.
NZXT Lift 2 Symm mouse on TechPowerUp.
KiiBOOM Phantom 81 V2 Mechanical Keyboard on ThinkComputers.
GamaKay TK75HE Hall Effect Wireless Mechanical Keyboard on TechPowerUp.
Epomaker Shadow-X Wireless Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
Wombat Willow Pro Wireless Low Profile Mechanical Keyboard on Tweaktown.
MOUNTAIN EVEREST 60 Compact RGB Gaming Keyboard With Numpad & Displaypad on NikKTech.
MCHOSE AX5 Pro Max mouse on TechPowerUp.
Video Cards:
ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7800 XT OC Edition Graphics Card on ThinkComputers.
The First Descendant Performance Benchmark Review - 30 GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
Friday again!
     
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 26-July-2024 13:36:32 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
ASRock Z790I Lightning WiFi Motherboard on OCInside.
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G CPU on TechPowerUp.
Cooling:
Noctua NH-L12Sx77 Low-Profile CPU Cooler on FunkyKit.
Alphacool Core 1 LT CPU Water Block on TechPowerUp.
Portable & Prebuilt:
Geekom AE7 Mini PC with Ryzen 9 7940HS on Guru3D.
Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge Review: Snapdragon X Elite Screams on HotHardware.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Laptop Review (2024 | GA403) on SMBTech.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 on StorageReview.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 9 on StorageReview.
Lenovo Legion 7i Laptop Review (Gen 9 | 2024) on SMBTech.
ASUS ROG Ally X Gaming Handheld on Tweaktown.
Shuttle XPC slim DL30N Barebone on MadShrimps.
Motorola Razr And Razr+ (2024) Review: Phenomenal Flip Phones on HotHardware.
Storage:
Acer MA200 1TB NVMe M.2 2230 PCIe 4.0 SSD on FunkyKit.
Crucial P310 SSD on StorageReview.
Netac NV7000-Q 1TB Solid State Drive on APHNetworks.
Silicon Power MS60 USB 3.2 Gen 2 1TB Stick-Type SSD on MadShrimps.
TeamGroup T-Force G70 Pro 4TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD on FunkyKit.
Currently overseas for work, so here's Retro Misc Pics from September 2011:
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Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 19-July-2024 14:05:22 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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MUTMAN kindly left this in the news box:
Audio Visual:
Gigabyte GS34WQC @ TweakTown
1MORE Fit Open Earbuds S50 Bluetooth Earphones @ aphNetworks
Maono WM620 Wireless Lavalier Microphone @ aphNetworks
ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27QFT2A Monitor @ TweakTown
AOC U32G3X Monitor @ OCinside
Keyboard, Mouse, Etc:
CHERRY STREAM DESKTOP RECHARGE Kit @ Madshrimps
Endgame Gear OP1 8K @ TechPowerUp
Logitech PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
MelGeek CYBER01 Magnetic Switch Gaming Keyboard @ NikKTech
Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023 Edition Gaming Headset @ Madshrimps
Cases and Cooling:
Lian Li HydroShift LCD 360S AIO @ TechPowerUp
Lian Li HydroShift LCD 360S Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers
Cooler Master MasterBox 600 Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
XPG Invader X @ TechPowerUp
Bykski CPU-FIRE-ON-I CPU Water Block @ TechPowerUp
Noctua NH-L12Sx77 CPU Cooler @ aphNetworks
Storage:
PNY XLR8 CS3150 Gen5 Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers
Kingston IronKey D500S AES-256 XTS Encrypted USB Drive @ NikKTech
OWC Express 4M2 M.2 NVMe Case @ OCinside
TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G70 PRO 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD @ NikKTech
Corsair MP600 Mini 2 TB @ TechPowerUp
Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB HDD @ ThePCEnthusiast
TeamGroup T-Force G70 Pro (4TB) - PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD @ guru3D
Motherboard, Memory, CPU:
Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 RGB MPOWER DDR5-8000 48GB @ TweakTown
Patriot Viper Elite 5 RGB TUF Gaming Alliance DDR5-6600 48GB @ TweakTown
Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-7600 32 GB CL36 @ TechPowerUp
PSU:
Enermax PlatiGemini 1200w 80 PLUS Platinum ATX 3.1 and 12VO PSU @ TweakTown
Enermax D.F.12 Revolution White 850w 80 PLUS Gold ATX 3.1 PSU @ TweakTown
Misc:
BLUETTI AC240 Portable Power Station @ TechPowerUp
NETGEAR Switch 16x 10G XS516TM-100EUS Insight Managed @ Guru3D
XFX Radeon RX 7900 GRE Graphics Card @ ThinkComputers
AMD FidelityFX FSR 3.1 @ TechPowerUp
Tuesday Afternoon Reviews
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Tuesday, 16-July-2024 13:42:16 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Input Etc
Sharkoon SKILLER SGM50W Wireless Gaming Mouse on FunkyKit.
CHERRY MX 3.0S Wireless Gaming Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Quick Look: Jelly Key Dragons of Eden Ethereal Runes Artisan Keycaps on TechPowerUp.
Portable & Prebuilt:
Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 9 Gaming Laptop on Tweaktown.
AOOSTAR GEM 10 Professional Mini PC on NikKTech.
ASRock DeskMini X600 SFF PC on Tweaktown.
Dell PowerEdge R360 Server on StorageReview.
AceMagic Starship M2A Review: Speedy, Sci-Fi Inspired Mini PC on HotHardware.
Cooling:
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 ION Liquid CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
NZXT F360 RGB Core and NZXT RGB Fan Controller on OCInside.
Enermax LIQMAXFLO 360 ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler on Tweaktown.
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 420 A-RGB AIO CPU Cooler on NikKTech.
Noctua NH-L12Sx77 CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
Cases:
Antec C5 ARGB Computer Case on APHNetworks.
Thermaltake The Tower 300 Case on ThinkComputers.
Thermaltake The Tower 300 mATX Computer Case on APHNetworks.
Fractal Design Mood mITX Chassis on Tweaktown.
Storage:
MSI Spatium M580 FROZR Review: Super-Fast SSD Tower Of Power on HotHardware.
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770M 2TB Solid State Drive on APHNetworks.
Crucial T705 White Limited Edition 2TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 SSD on FunkyKit.
Audio Visual:
HIFIMAN Susvara Unveiled Planar Magnetic Headphones on TechPowerUp.
Logitech PRO X 2 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset on Tweaktown.
Xiaomi G27i Gaming Monitor Review - 1080p, HDR10, FreeSync, 165Hz 1ms gaming on Tweaktown.
FiiO FA19 In-Ear Monitors on TechPowerUp.
Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 Review - A World's First Gaming Monitor on Tweaktown.
Misc:
Netgear Nighthawk M6 Pro Wi-Fi Router (WiFi 6E) on Guru3D.
Early this week as I've got a plane to catch. Thanks Andrew!
     
     
     
     
Thursday Night Reviews
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Thursday, 11-July-2024 22:41:55 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Cooling:
Hyte THICC Q60 - a thick 240 mm AIO cooler on Guru3D.
ID-Cooling FROZN A620 PRO SE Review - Better Value Than Thermalright on TechPowerUp.
Corsair RS120 MAX 120 mm Fan on TechPowerUp.
Storage:
Seagate EXOS X24 24TB Enterprise HDD on ThePCEnthusiast.
HighPoint Rocket 1608A 8-Slot M.2 Gen 5 Review - 56 GB/s Transfer Rates on TechPowerUp.
Lexar ARMOR 700 Portable Solid State Drive on ThinkComputers.
Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 4TB SSD on Tweaktown.
Input Etc:
Yeyian Shift Wireless RGB Gaming Mouse on FunkyKit.
Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Pro Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
Next Level Racing HF8 Haptic Feedback Gaming Pad on NikKTech.
Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL on LanOC.
ENDORFY Thock 75% Wireless Red Onyx White Pudding Gaming Keyboard on MadShrimps.
NZXT Lift 2 Ergo on TechPowerUp.
Portable & Prebuilt:
Alienware x16 R2 (2024) Gaming Laptop on Tweaktown.
Dell PowerEdge C6615 Server on StorageReview.
Dell PowerEdge T360 tower server on StorageReview.
ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus Meteor Lake Mini-PC on Guru3D.
Misc:
Gigabyte Z790M AORUS Elite AX ICE Motherboard on FunkyKit.
MONTECH KING 95 PRO Middle Tower Case on NikKTech.
Kingston FURY Renegade RGB Limited Edition 48GB DDR5 8000MHz CL36 Dual-Channel Kit on NikKTech.
This month's "Retro Let's Play" for July is Mechwarrior 2 from 1995.
The game is set in 3057, and is played as a tactical simulation that incorporates aspects of real-time first-person combat and the physical simulation of the player's mech. It is a game recreation of the "Refusal War." The player can join one of the clans, Clan Jade Falcon or Clan Wolf while engaging in up to 32 missions.
click for the thread!
Meanwhile this month's "Retro Racing" game is WaveRunner from 1996.
WaveRunner is more of a straight-racer in the vein of say Sega Rally Championship where you compete against other riders and the clock. Choose one of three courses Novice, Intermediate and Expert. The player also has to jump off of ramps and do tricks. To turn sharply, the player has to roll the WaveRunner hydraulics over to the side.
click for the thread!
Travelling interstate today, so here's Retro Misc Pics from August 2011:
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Also, for more retro pics, check out my photo dumps here and here from the recent Historic Computer Exhibition in Canberra.
Audio Visual:
Gigabyte GS34WQC @ TweakTown
1MORE Fit Open Earbuds S50 Bluetooth Earphones @ aphNetworks
Maono WM620 Wireless Lavalier Microphone @ aphNetworks
ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27QFT2A Monitor @ TweakTown
AOC U32G3X Monitor @ OCinside
Keyboard and Mouse:
CHERRY STREAM DESKTOP RECHARGE Kit @ Madshrimps
Endgame Gear OP1 8K @ TechPowerUp
Logitech PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
MelGeek CYBER01 Magnetic Switch Gaming Keyboard @ NikKTech
Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023 Edition Gaming Headset @ Madshrimps
Cases and Cooling:
Lian Li HydroShift LCD 360S AIO @ TechPowerUp
Lian Li HydroShift LCD 360S Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers
Cooler Master MasterBox 600 Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
XPG Invader X @ TechPowerUp
Bykski CPU-FIRE-ON-I CPU Water Block @ TechPowerUp
Noctua NH-L12Sx77 CPU Cooler @ aphNetworks
Storage:
PNY XLR8 CS3150 Gen5 Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers
Kingston IronKey D500S AES-256 XTS Encrypted USB Drive @ NikKTech
OWC Express 4M2 M.2 NVMe Case @ OCinside
TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G70 PRO 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD @ NikKTech
Corsair MP600 Mini 2 TB @ TechPowerUp
Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB HDD @ ThePCEnthusiast
TeamGroup T-Force G70 Pro (4TB) - PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD @ guru3D
Memory:
Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 RGB MPOWER DDR5-8000 48GB @ TweakTown
Patriot Viper Elite 5 RGB TUF Gaming Alliance DDR5-6600 48GB @ TweakTown
Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-7600 32 GB CL36 @ TechPowerUp
PSU:
Enermax PlatiGemini 1200w 80 PLUS Platinum ATX 3.1 and 12VO PSU @ TweakTown
Enermax D.F.12 Revolution White 850w 80 PLUS Gold ATX 3.1 PSU @ TweakTown
Misc:
BLUETTI AC240 Portable Power Station @ TechPowerUp
NETGEAR Switch 16x 10G XS516TM-100EUS Insight Managed @ guru3D
XFX Radeon RX 7900 GRE Graphics Card @ ThinkComputers
AMD FidelityFX FSR 3.1 @ TechPowerUp
FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out. "We are reaching out to known LockBit victims and encouraging anyone who suspects they were a victim to visit our Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov." This call to action comes after law enforcement took down LockBit's infrastructure in February 2024 in an international operation dubbed "Operation Cronos."
The Best Bionic Leg Yet. For the first time, a small group of patients with amputations below the knee were able to control the movements of their prosthetic legs through neural signals—rather than relying on programmed cycles for all or part of a motion—and resume walking with a natural gait.
Telstra and Optus unwind Google search agreements. Previously, Android devices sold by the telcos had Google’s search services pre-installed and set as the default search function. However, the duo has agreed not to renew or enter any such arrangements with Google following their existing deals’ expiry at the end of last month. The watchdog said the deals “limited the ability for rival search engines to be pre-installed and promoted on Android devices, in return for a share of Google’s advertising revenue”.
TweakTown's Best Tech of Computex 2024 - Hardware, Gaming Gear, and AI. AI was the big thing at this year's Computex, from new chip announcements to a range of new Copilot+ PCs to NVIDIA's RTX AI PCs showcasing some truly impressive demos. However, there was still plenty of traditional hardware and gear to find, from new CAMM2 memory modules to motherboards for the new Ryzen 9000 Series of desktop processors. Plus, GPUs, cases, cooling, and all manner of storage solutions.
How We’ll Reach a 1 Trillion Transistor GPU. HBMs are an example of the other key semiconductor technology that is increasingly important for AI: the ability to integrate systems by stacking chips atop one another, what we at TSMC call system-on-integrated-chips (SoIC). An HBM consists of a stack of vertically interconnected chips of DRAM atop a control logic IC.
Hacker releases jailbroken version of ChatGPT called 'Godmode GPT'. The hacker announced the creation of a jailbroken version of GPT-4o, the latest large language model released by OpenAI, the creators of the intensely popular ChatGPT. According to the hacker who calls themselves Pliny the Prompter, the now-released Godmode GPT doesn't have any guardrails as this version of the AI arrives with an in-built jailbreak prompt. Prompter writes this unhinged AI provides users with an "out-of-the-box liberated ChatGPT" that enables everyone to "experience AI the way it was always meant to be: free".
China plans state ownership for all of its rare earth metal resources. China's action could be a response to U.S. export rules restricting Chinese access to advanced wafer fab equipment required to make chips at sub 14nm/16nm process technologies. While by tightening control over rare-earth elements, China says it aims to safeguard its industrial interests against international pressures, industry observers from outside of China believe that the country can use export controls as a lever in negotiations with the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
US authorities arrest administrator behind 'likely world's largest botnet ever'. The infection of this botnet was truly global, with US officials writing the 911 S5 Botnet had infected PCs in nearly 200 countries and "facilitated a whole host of computer-enabled crimes, including financial frauds, identity theft, and child exploitation." Moreover, the US Treasury wrote in its announcement Wang didn't act alone in the venture, and named two more alleged perpetrators, Jingping Liu and Yanni Zheng. In total, the US authorities believe the botnet netted Wang and others involved $99 million.
Which Motherboard M.2 Slot To Install An SSD And If It Matters. When building a new PC, it's very likely that your fancy motherboard will feature multiple M.2 sockets. It's almost guaranteed that some portion of these SSD slots will be connected directly to the CPU socket, while others will connect to the CPU via the motherboard chipset. This undoubtedly adds latency, hurting performance, but how much? Does it really matter?
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