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Linux Address Space Isolation "ASI" Revived After Lowering 70% Performance Hit To 13%

Several years ago Google engineers began exploring address space isolation for the Linux kernel and ultimately proposing Linux ASI for better dealing with CPU speculative execution attacks. While the hope was it would better cope with the ever growing ...

2025-08-12 16:53

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UK government inexplicably tells citizens to delete old emails and pictures to save water during national drought — 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'

The UK government says that a nationally significant drought is so bad that citizens should delete old emails and images to reduce water usage in data centers.

2025-08-12 16:50

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The Ultimate Battle: Enterprise Browsers vs. Secure Browser Extensions

Most security tools can’t see what happens inside the browser, but that’s where the majority of work, and risk, now lives. Security leaders deciding how to close that gap often face a choice: deploy a dedicated Enterprise Browser or add an enterpri...

2025-08-12 16:30

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Modder builds gaming handheld powered by an RTX 4090 laptop GPU and Intel i9-14900HX — system sports 12.5-inch 4K display, 175W mobile GPU

A China-based computing enthusiast and modder has created a gaming handheld that pushes the envelope for the form factor.

2025-08-12 16:18

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Hunting Living Secrets: Secret Validity Checks Arrive in GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

If you’ve ever waded through a swamp of secret scanning alerts wondering, “Which of these are actually dangerous right now?” — this enhancement is for you. Secret validity checks in GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (and the standalone ...

2025-08-12 16:08

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Backup all your schoolwork with this 2TB back-to-school deal on the SK hynix Tube 31 flash drive — its lowest-ever price

With a massive 2TB of capacity, the SK hynix Tube T31 is the perfect companion for backing up your precious schoolwork.

2025-08-12 15:58

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Our favorite 2TB SSD stick hits an all-time low — keep all your schoolwork backed up and in your backpack with this back-to-school deal

With a massive 2TB of capacity, the SK hynix Tube T31 is the perfect companion for backing up your precious schoolwork.

2025-08-12 15:58

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I created a Time Machine volume for Macs with a TP-Link router to simplify my backup tasks, and it was surprisingly easy — one central backup point can back up all the Apple devices on your network

Wireless Time Machine access is an easy way to keep your MacBook data backed up.

2025-08-12 15:51

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AMD's new RX 9060 ripped out of OEM PC and benchmarked — beats the RTX 5050 by 20 percent, basically ties the RTX 5060 in gaming and productivity

AMD’s new RX 9060 8GB non-XT delivers a 19.8% performance lead over Nvidia’s RTX 5050 and comes within 2% of the RTX 5060 in 1080p gaming. In 3DMark, it scores 38% and 25% higher than the RTX 5050 in Time Spy and Fire Strike.

2025-08-12 15:50

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M5 MacBook Pro won’t launch this year, says analyst

Apple’s recent pattern with new MacBook Pro models has been to launch them in the fall. But recently Bloomberg indicated that may not happen this year, and now a second source has chimed in to support a later launch date. more…

2025-08-12 15:46

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Deals: 32GB M4 MacBook Air $200 off, Black/Natural Apple Watch Ultra 2 $150 off, AirPods 4 $99, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now ready to roll starting with the M4 MacBook Air. Alongside entry-level models from $799, we are also still tracking rare $200 price drops on a 24GB model with 1TB of storage an heavily upgraded variant with 3...

2025-08-12 15:45

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Sony's Helldivers and Microsoft's Spartans could soon be fighting together

Sony and Microsoft may be about to have Helldivers and Spartans fighting together soon if the latest Xbox port teaser is anything to go by. Read more...

2025-08-12 15:28

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AI's soaring energy consumption is causing skyrocketing power bills for households across the US — States reporting spikes in energy costs of up to 36%

Americans are footing the bill for the sheer amount of electricity required to operate the data centers responsible for providing access to AI tools and services.

2025-08-12 15:20

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Next year’s iPhones could get bigger than usual upgrades with A20 chip

We’re just weeks away from Apple unveiling its iPhone 17 lineup, but a new report corroborates prior indications that next year’s iPhone 18 models are due for an especially strong performance boost thanks to innovations with the A20 chip. more…

2025-08-12 15:20

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The top 3 smartphone gimbals on the market right now

Smartphone gimbals have become a dime a dozen at this point, but who are the leaders right now? Here are our top three gimbals that you should be looking at if you are in the market for one. more…

2025-08-12 15:01

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KWin gets Liquid Glass effects “Only Apple” can make

Apple, back in June of this year: This is our broadest software design update ever. Meticulously crafted by rethinking the fundamental elements that make up our software, the new design features an entirely new material called Liquid Glass. It combines...

2025-08-12 15:00

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Download Generative AI with LangChain: Second Edition (worth $42.99) for free

This second edition tackles the biggest challenge facing companies in AI today: moving from prototypes to production. Read more...

2025-08-12 14:56

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Devops, SRE and platform engineering: What’s the difference?

Many modern development teams incorporate devops, site reliability engineering (SRE), and platform engineering — or at least they claim to. But figuring out what each of these buzzwords actually means can be a slippery proposition, and at first glan...

2025-08-12 14:47

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Firefox’ new “AI” features cause CPU spikes and battery drain

Almost three weeks ago, Mozilla released Firefox 141 that, among other features like memory optimizations for Linux and a built-in unit converter, brought controversial AI-enhanced tab groups. Powered by a local AI model, these groups identify related ...

2025-08-12 14:41

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Real-Time Security with Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) comes to Azure DevOps

We’re thrilled to announce that Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) is now supported on Azure DevOps, bringing a new level of near real-time security enforcement to your development workflows. 🔐 What Is CAE? Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) is a ...

2025-08-12 14:39

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