News in the Hardware category

Microsoft publishes the Windows 11 system requirements

Microsoft has announced the hardware requirements for Windows 11 needed to properly install the operating system and get access to early preview builds.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 24, 2021
- 12:38 PM
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NVIDIA is dropping support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 drivers

NVIDIA is dropping support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 drivers starting in October. 2021, as they focus on supporting Windows 10 and later versions of Windows.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 13, 2021
- 12:33 PM
- 4
Hetzner cloud server provider bans cryptocurrency mining

Popular German cloud hosting and dedicated server provider Hetzner has banned cryptomining on its servers after users have been using their large storage devices to mine Chia.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 19, 2021
- 05:31 PM
- 0
NVIDIA cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 3070 cards

NVIDIA announced today that it's halving the hash rate for Etehereum cryptocurrency mining on the new GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti graphics cards to make them less desirable for miners.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 18, 2021
- 12:49 PM
- 5
Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices

A massive ransomware campaign targeting QNAP devices worldwide is underway, and users are finding their files now stored in password-protected 7zip archives.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 21, 2021
- 01:44 PM
- 484
Upcoming NVIDIA RTX 3060 purposely cripples mining performance

NVIDIA is purposely crippling the Ethereum mining power of their upcoming GeForce RTX 3060 GPU by 50% to increase inventory for gamers.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 18, 2021
- 10:57 AM
- 3
Intel adds hardware-based ransomware detection to 11th gen CPUs

Intel announced today at CES 2021 that they have added hardware-based ransomware detection to their newly announced 11th generation Core vPro business-class processors.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 11, 2021
- 09:43 PM
- 4
Windows 10 ARM runs faster on M1 Macs than on a Surface Pro X

Since Apple unveiled its M1 chip, users have been in awe of its performance power efficiency. It turns out that the M1 chip not only performs fantastic for macOS BigSur but it may also be a better choice for Windows 10 than Microsoft's own devices.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 30, 2020
- 06:06 PM
- 5
Intel’s Ice Lake Xeon processors get new security features

Intel today revealed data security and privacy upgrades that will be introduced to the upcoming 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors code-named Ice Lake and built to power data center platforms.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 14, 2020
- 09:00 AM
- 1
New Windows 10 update helps prevent battery swelling in HP laptops

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 update that forcibly enables the Battery Health Manager UEFI option in HP business laptops to prevent battery swelling.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 08, 2020
- 10:05 AM
- 2
QNAP warns customers of recent wave of ransomware attacks

QNAP has issued an advisory about a recent wave of ransomware attacks targeting its NAS storage devices and encrypting files.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 30, 2020
- 11:10 AM
- 0
Surface Duo: All the Specs, Features, Software, Price and Release Date

Microsoft describes Surface Duo as the "next wave of mobile productivity" that will inspire "people to rethink what is possible with the device in their pocket".
- Mayank Parmar
- August 13, 2020
- 02:10 PM
- 1
Windows 10 to give power users more control over their GPUs

Microsoft will soon offer Windows 10 power users with multiple GPUs greater control over how they can use their graphics cards when running applications in Windows 10.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 12, 2020
- 04:12 PM
- 4
Samsung is reportedly building an Exynos CPU for Windows 10 PCs

If the latest from the rumor mill turns out to be correct, Samsung could launch a new Exynos processor to power Windows 10 on ARM.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 26, 2020
- 11:28 AM
- 0
5 severe D-Link router vulnerabilities disclosed, patch now

5 severe D-Link vulnerabilities have been disclosed that could allow an attacker to take complete control over a router without needing to login.
- Ax Sharma
- July 24, 2020
- 08:15 AM
- 1
D-Link blunder: Firmware encryption key exposed in unencrypted image

The router manufacturer leaks encryption keys in some firmware versions letting reverse engineers decrypt the latest firmware images.
- Ax Sharma
- July 22, 2020
- 12:01 PM
- 4
New AMD drivers enhance Windows 10 on 5600M MacBook Pros

On June 29, AMD published new Boot Camp drivers for the MacBook Pro with Radeon 5600M. These new drivers released by AMD can be used in Boot Camp when booting into Windows 10 on the new MacBook Pro.
- Mayank Parmar
- June 30, 2020
- 02:33 PM
- 1
AMD adds beta support for Windows 10 GPU Scheduling feature

AMD recently released 20.5.1 Adrenalin 2020 Edition suite of drivers to beta testers and this update is solely focused on providing proper support for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, also known as version 2004 and 19041.
- Mayank Parmar
- June 28, 2020
- 05:55 PM
- 0
Samsung is reportedly working on a more affordable Galaxy Fold

Samsung is reportedly working on Galaxy Fold Lite for as cheap as $900. The Galaxy Fold Lite will reportedly launch in 2021, but remember that this is just a rumor out of South Korea and it has to be taken with a grain of salt.
- Mayank Parmar
- June 28, 2020
- 04:11 PM
- 0
Nvidia adds Windows 10 2004 GPU scheduling to GeForce drivers

Nvidia has released the GeForce Game Ready driver version 451.48 and with it comes highly anticipated support for DirectX 12 support, and the Windows 10 2004 GPU Scheduling feature.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 24, 2020
- 04:39 PM
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