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.....»»
New drivers add performance-boosting memory-access feature to older AMD GPUs
You'll still need a supported motherboard, BIOS update, and processor. Enlarge / The Radeon RX 5700 XT. (credit: AMD) GPU driver releases normally aren't very newsworthy; they usually fix bugs, boost performance in some games, and add support.....»»
AMD"s upcoming AM5 socket for Raphael processors appears to lack PCIe 5.0 support
TechPowerUp's sources familiar with the ransomware attack on Gigabyte provided them with a block diagram of the AM5 socket, showing its connections to other components. AM5 is the socket used for AMD's upcoming Zen4 Ryzen 6000 CPUs, reportedly codena.....»»
AMD’s new AM5 socket may be more backward compatible than we thought
The next generation of AMD processors, dubbed Zen 4, is going to use the new AM5 socket. A leak shows that it might be more backward compatible than expected......»»
Scientists Calculate Pi To 62.8 Trillion Digits
OneHundredAndTen writes: Pi is now known to 62.8 trillion decimal digits. Motherboard adds: Researchers in Switzerland broke the world record for the most accurate value of pi over the weekend, the team announced on Monday. They calculated the first.....»»
Mobo and graphics card makers remain upbeat
Despite a rapid slowdown in cryptomining demand, Taiwan-based motherboard and graphics card makers remain upbeat about their sales outlook for the second half of this year and 2022, though growth will decelerate, according to industry sources......»»
T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked
T-Mobile confirmed hackers gained access to the telecom giant's systems in an announcement published Monday. Joseph Cox, reporting at Motherboard: The move comes after Motherboard reported that T-Mobile was investigating a post on an underground foru.....»»
Ennoconn to introduce strategic investment from MediaTek, VIA Technologies
Industrial motherboard, POS (point of sale/service) device and kiosk maker Ennoconn will introduce MediaTek and VIA Technologies as long-term strategic partners via private placement, a bid to combine Ennoconn's manufacturing capability in hardware u.....»»
T-Mobile is Investigating an Alleged Data Breach That Would Affect 100 Million Users
Slashdot reader lightbox32 shared this report from Motherboard: T-Mobile says it is investigating a forum post claiming to be selling a mountain of personal data. The forum post itself doesn't mention T-Mobile, but the seller told Motherboard they h.....»»
Zillow, Other Tech Firms Are In an "Arms Race" To Buy Up American Homes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Zillow is doing a $450 million bond deal to get the money it needs. Opendoor went public via a Chamath Palihapitiya-backed SPAC deal to scale as quickly as it can. Even Rocket Homes is getting int.....»»
Google Bans Location Data Firm Funded by Former Saudi Intelligence Head
Google has banned SafeGraph, a location data firm whose investors include a former head of Saudi intelligence, Motherboard reported Tuesday. From a report: The ban means that any apps working with SafeGraph had to remove the offending location gather.....»»
Amazon To Monitor Customer Service Workers" Keyboard and Mouse Strokes
Amazon plans to monitor the keyboard strokes and mouse movements of customer service employees in an attempt to stop rogue workers, imposters, or hackers accessing customers' data, according to a confidential Amazon document obtained by Motherboard......»»
Researchers Create "Master Faces" To Bypass Facial Recognition
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Researchers have demonstrated a method to create "master faces," computer generated faces that act like master keys for facial recognition systems, and can impersonate several identities with what.....»»
Motherboard makers are releasing updates to help with Windows 11 compatibility
TechSpot put up a lengthy explanation last month of what TPM is and why Microsoft is requiring it in Windows 11. The security feature is something that most laptops or pre-built desktops should already have enabled by default. Some users with custom.....»»
Ennoconn enters third-stage development, says chairman
Industrial motherboard, POS (point of sale/service) device and kiosk maker Ennoconn has started its third-stage development since the beginning of 2021, according to company chairman and CEO Steve Chu......»»
The Future of Cryptocurrency Is Being Decided in Biden"s Infrastructure Bill
Two competing amendments to the Senate's infrastructure bill may shape the future of cryptocurrency in the United States as senators fight over who must be subject to new tax reporting requirements. Motherboard reports: One proposal wants to exempt m.....»»
Motherboard Vendor GIGABYTE Hit By RansomExx Ransomware Gang
Taiwanese computer hardware vendor GIGABYTE has suffered a ransomware attack, and hackers are currently threatening to release more than 112 GB of business data on the dark web unless the company agrees to their ransom demands. An anonymous reader sh.....»»
Starlight Could Really Be a Vast Alien Quantum Internet, Physicist Proposes
Terry Rudolph, a professor of quantum physics at Imperial College London, suggests that interstellar light could actually be harnessed by space faring aliens to form an encrypted quantum internet. Motherboard reports: This may sound like the stuff of.....»»
Google fired dozens of employees for data misuse, accessing private user information
The news comes from an internal Google document obtained by Motherboard that reveals how Google terminated 36 employees in 2020 for security-related issues. Most of the allegations (86%) were for mishandling confidential information, such as transfer.....»»
Miami Launches "MiamiCoin" Cryptocurrency
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: [Miami has] launched its own cryptocurrency, MiamiCoin, which claims to allow city citizens to earn Bitcoin "in their sleep." On Tuesday, Okcoin was the first crypto exchange to list MiamiCoin. Th.....»»
Amazon Unlawfully Confiscated Union Literature, NLRB Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Amazon illegally prohibited an employee from giving workers pro-union literature, confiscated that literature, and gave workers the impression that their organizing activity was being surveilled a.....»»