PSA: Don"t Buy This Asrock Motherboard
In testing new Intel B660 motherboards for an upcoming VRM roundup, we felt compelled to stop and look at the Asrock B660M-HDV, only because Asrock is at it again, misleading consumers with a garbage product......»»
Police Records Show Women Are Stalked With Apple AirTags Across the Country
samleecole shares a report from Motherboard: Police records reviewed by Motherboard show that, as security experts immediately predicted when the product launched, this technology has been used as a tool to stalk and harass women. Motherboard request.....»»
OpenSea "Sitting On Ticking Bomb" As Lawsuits Pile Up Over Stolen Apes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The NFT marketplace OpenSea is now facing at least three lawsuits over stolen cartoon apes after lawyers for a New York man filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court claiming that his Bored.....»»
Aaeon sees order visibility till 3Q22
Embedded motherboard and industrial computing device maker Aaeon Technology has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until third-quarter 2022, mainly thanks to fast growing AIoT applications, according to company president and CEO Howard Lin......»»
CIA Document Claims Soviet Union Was Developing Cybernetic Telepathy
Three newly released CIA reports from 1963 and 1964 investigate the Soviet Union's apparent use of extrasensory perception (ESP) and attempted development of "cybernetic telepathy." Motherboard: The documents detail conversations an agent had with So.....»»
Father-Son Team Helps People Brute-Force Their Lost Bitcoin Wallets
Hundreds of people have lost access to their cryptocurrency, and recovering those lost Bitcoins has become a lucrative business. "Motherboard talks to some of the people trying to get back their crypto, and the people who are making that happen in th.....»»
Ennoconn expects component shortage to persist until 1Q23
Industrial motherboard, POS device and kiosk maker Ennoconn has seen components and materials supplies fall 20-22% short of its demand, and expects the shortage to continue until first-quarter 2023, according to the company......»»
US excludes some Chinese imports from tariffs, potentially dropping motherboard and GPU prices
The USTR office has reinstated 352 expired product exclusions from US "Section 301" tariffs on Chinese imports, writes Reuters, which is fewer than the 549 eligible exemptions it had been considering. The products cover a range of the $370 billion wo.....»»
Meet the Secretive US Company Building an "Unbreakable" Internet Inside Russia
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: As Russia makes preparations to possibly disconnect from the global internet in a bid to control the narrative around the invasion of Ukraine, one secretive U.S. company is rushing to lay the fina.....»»
Activist Publishes Redacted Version of Classified Military UFO Report
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Last June, the Department of Defense released a long-awaited and much-hyped document called "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," detailing the government's knowledge of UFOs an.....»»
MSI expects record revenue in 2022
Motherboard and graphics card maker Micro-Star International (MSI) expects to see its revenue hit bottom for 2022 in the second quarter, with revenue for the year set to hit another record high......»»
Inside a Bitcoin Mine At a Natural Gas Well In Texas
"Motherboard's new CRYPTOLAND documentary series went to West Texas to get into the weeds about cryptocurrency mining and its impact on the environment," writes an anonymous Slashdot reader. From the report: Motherboard visited Giga Energy Solutions.....»»
AMD"s Robert Hallock confirms Ryzen 7 5800X3D overclocking limitations
Earlier this month, we heard that AMD's much-awaited Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU would not support manual overclocking as the company asked motherboard manufacturers to disable the functionality in their BIOS/UEFI......»»
Superbug-Infected Chicken Is Being Sold All Over the US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard in collaboration with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, an independent not-for-profit news organization based in London: Campylobacter is America's biggest cause of foodborne illness, just ah.....»»
Intel B660 Motherboard VRM, Mid-Range Roundup
In this roundup we have 8 new Intel B660 motherboards that go for from $150 to $250. Spoiler alert: We're looking at a hefty 70% performance difference between the fastest and slowest B660 boards using fast CPU......»»
Asus, Gigabyte, EVGA, and Asrock offer gamers a glimmer of hope for better GPU prices
Between the chip shortage, scalpers, and cryptocurrency miners with an appetite for industrial GPU mining, it's been two long years since we've seen mid-range and high-end graphics cards anywhere close to their manufacturer suggested retail price. Th.....»»
Unearthing Found Footage From One of the First Bitcoin Conferences
em1ly writes: Motherboard found old footage from one of the first major Bitcoin conferences: Bitcoin 2013 in San Jose. They filmed at the conference -- where Bitcoin cost $118 at the time -- and in the basement of the organizer and founder of BitInst.....»»
A Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe Shapes Dark Matter In Galaxies, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Our universe is connected by a cosmic web made of giant threads of dark matter and gas that stretch across millions of light years and intersect at "nodes" populated by dense clusters of galaxies......»»
AMD reverses course, will support Ryzen 5000 in old B350 and X370 motherboards
New AGESA update will add official support for A320, B350, and X370 boards. Enlarge / A Ryzen 1800X CPU in an X370 motherboard. This could now be replaced by a top-end Zen 3 model, if your motherboard maker releases a BIOS update. (cre.....»»
DFI upbeat about demand from infrastructure construction
Industrial motherboard and computing solution provider DFI is optimistic about demand arising from infrastructure construction along with fast growing demand for digital transformation including smart manufacturing, according to company vice chairman.....»»
The Best Compact Graphics Cards
Today's top-of-the-line graphics cards tend to get pretty beefy. Your motherboard may not have room for the latest and greatest cards, especially if you're putting together a slim media center or a portable fragbox for LAN parties. We scoured.....»»