This motherboard has the CPU socket on the back
I’ve had this idea in my head for years that it would be neat if a motherboard manufacturer built a board with all of the connectors on the backside of the board. It sounds foolish at first, but imagine how much more you could do in terms of cable.....»»
Google Had Secret Project To "Convince" Employees "That Unions Suck"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A National Labor Relations Board ruling sheds light on a highly secret anti-union campaign at Google, that a top executive explicitly described as an initiative to "convince [employees] that union.....»»
Cryptocurrency Investors Try To Turn Private Islands Into Blockchain Utopias
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: For as long as cryptocurrencies have existed, libertarians have dreamed of using them to create communities, seasteads, and cities free from the prying eyes of the state and its tax collectors. We.....»»
Tech Startup Wants To Gamify Suing People Using Crypto Tokens
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard, written by Maxwell Strachan: A new tech startup plans to become "the stock market of litigation financing" by allowing everyday Americans to bet on civil lawsuits through the purchase (and trade).....»»
"All My Apes Gone": NFT Theft Victims Beg For Centralized Saviors
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On the eve of the new year, tragedy struck in Manhattan: Chelsea art gallery owner Todd Kramer had 615 ETH (about $2.3 million) worth of NFTs, primarily Bored Apes and Mutant Apes, stolen by scamm.....»»
You Can Now Play Video Games Developed Behind the Iron Curtain
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The Cold War couldn't stop gaming from thriving in the Eastern Bloc. From the late 1980s through the early 1990s, a generation of young people living behind the Iron Curtain designed and released.....»»
AMD announces one last Ryzen 5000 CPU while teasing all-new Ryzen 7000 series
Ryzen 5800X3D will probably be the last stop for the venerable AM4 CPU socket. Enlarge / AMD's Lisa Su holds up an early sample of a Zen 4 CPU. (credit: AMD) AMD didn't offer much news on its desktop processors at its CES pres.....»»
Backwards capacitor causes fiery failure for some high-end Asus motherboards
Asus has issued a statement and recall about affected Z690 boards. Enlarge / Burned out MOSFETs on an Asus Z690 motherboard. (credit: Reddit user Duhjahno) Intel's high-end 12th-generation Core processors use a lot of power an.....»»
Massive Intel Alder Lake CPU found inside next-gen NUC mini PC
A new leak suggests that Intel may be fitting a massive LGA1700 socket-based Alder Lake processor inside its compact computer, the Intel NUC......»»
YouTuber Figured Out Asus Z690 Hero Motherboards Melted Down Due To Backward Capacitor
A YouTuber who goes by the name of Buildzoid on the Actually Hardcore Overlocking channel has figured out that a backward capacitor on the Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboard is causing it to melt down, according to a report by Tom's Hardware. Fro.....»»
Manufacturing fault with some ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboards prompts a recall from Asus
If you’ve recently spent some sweet dough on Asus’ premium ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboard, it’s highly recommended that you check it for a faulty capacitor before deciding to post or boot up. Multiple owners began reporting issues with their.....»»
Amazon"s Alexa Tells 10-year-old Girl To Put Penny in Plug Socket
Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it "challenged" a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug. From a report: The suggestion came after the girl asked Alexa for a "challenge to do". "Plug in a phone charg.....»»
WinWay eyes business opportunity from new smartphone APs in 2022
WinWay Technology, a Taiwan-based high-end test socket service provider, is expected to enjoy robust orders from the top-2 smartphone AP suppliers in 2022 thanks to upgrades in their new offerings......»»
AMD might be about to give dual-socket functionality to their Threadripper CPUs
Instead, they were two of the seventeen-month-old flagship of the 3000-series: the 3995WX. In theory, because the CPU shares its hardware with the dual-socket-capable Epyc 77x2-series, the 3995WX has only ever been prevented from engaging in a dual-s.....»»
Mobo and graphics card makers to embrace strong 1Q22
Taiwan-based motherboard and graphics card makers are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2022, as shortages of processors start easing and demand remains strong for crypto mining and gaming applications, according to industry sour.....»»
MSI takes the wraps off its beastly MEG Z690 GODLIKE motherboard that comes with a detachable touchscreen
MSI’s new MEG Z690 GODLIKE is a limited-edition motherboard for hardcore gamers who’ve either previously purchased an older GODLIKE motherboard or bought and registered an MSI RTX 3080 or 3090 GPU. This new board will also require a full tower ca.....»»
Stanford Professor Garry Nolan Is Analyzing Anomalous Materials From UFO Crashes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Dr. Garry Nolan is a Professor of Pathology at Stanford University. His research ranges from cancer to systems immunology. Dr. Nolan has also spent the last ten years working with a number of indi.....»»
Intel Z690 Motherboard VRM, Entry-Level Roundup
We test VRM thermal performance of nine Intel Z690 motherboards priced between $220 and $300. If you're aiming for best value, these are budget motherboards to pair with new Alder Lake 12th-gen Core CPUs......»»
Wikipedia Editors Very Mad About Jimmy Wales" NFT of a Wikipedia Edit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales' auction of an NFT and the iMac he used to build the website has stirred up drama in the notoriously rigid Wikipedia community. The trouble began when Wales posted.....»»
The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: There's a long-running conspiracy theory among a small number of cryptocurrency enthusiasts that Bitcoin's anonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, was actually the CIA or another three-lettered agen.....»»
AMD preparing 4800S Desktop Kit based on recycled console APUs
Earlier this year, AMD started repurposing Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 chips that have a defective GPU into desktop kits. These are integrated solutions that feature a small mini-ITX motherboard, soldered GDDR6 chips as system memory, a single PC.....»»