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.....»»
"A Hacker Got All My Texts For $16"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard, written by Joseph Cox: I didn't expect it to be that quick. While I was on a Google Hangouts call with a colleague, the hacker sent me screenshots of my Bumble and Postmates accounts, which he had.....»»
Open-Source App Lets Anyone Create a Virtual Army of Hackintoshes
samleecole writes from a report via Motherboard: MacOS is generally intended as a desktop operating system, and while it's a very functional operating system, Apple expects it to run on a single piece of hardware. As any developer or infrastructure a.....»»
Modders improve Sony"s PS5 design by adding a water block and LED lighting
Modding Cafe started its project by completely disassembling the PS5. Pretty much everything not soldered to the motherboard went in the trash bin. Then the team designed a custom Mini-ITX chassis and water block......»»
The most common motherboard problems, and how to fix them
Afraid of upgrading your troublesome motherboard? Don't be! Here are five common culprits that can keep a new motherboard from working, and how to fix them......»»
A New Motherboard For Amiga, The Platform That Refuses To Die
Hackaday writes: In the early years of personal computing there were a slew of serious contenders. A PC, a Mac, an Atari ST, an Amiga, and several more that all demanded serious consideration on the general purpose desktop computer market. Of all th.....»»
Nvidia begins rolling out Resizable BAR support for RTX 3000 GPUs
Resizable BAR is a feature of the PCIe standard that enables a system’s CPU to see the entirety of the GPU’s memory subsystem, instead of just a small 256 MB portion. Implementing the feature requires low-level support in the CPU, motherboard, an.....»»
The best NVMe enclosures
NVMe stands for Non-Volatile Memory Express and is the latest technology in solid state drives and has a more direct access to your computer’s motherboard. By skipping the SATA controller, it can achieve super-high data transfer speeds using a PCIe.....»»
The Framework Laptop is fully modular — and it looks incredible
Framework's Laptop is a modular take on the thin-and-light notebook where every component -- including the screen and motherboard -- can be upgraded......»»
Mobo and graphics card makers to embrace strong 1H21
Taiwan-based motherboard and graphics card makers are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first half of 2021, as demand propelled by coronavirus-induced stay-at-home activities remains strong. Recovery in demand for cryptocurrency mining applicatio.....»»
Upgrade your storage with a Sabrent Rocket 4.0 for $145
Sabrent's Rocket 4.0 is one of our favorite performance SSDs. Today's deal drops the 1TB model to $145 (normally $170-$200), even if you don't pair it with a PCIe 4.0 capable motherboard, the value offered by this drive is stunning......»»
Machines Are Inventing New Math We"ve Never Seen
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: [A] group of researchers from the Technion in Israel and Google in Tel Aviv presented an automated conjecturing system that they call the Ramanujan Machine, named after the mathematician Srinivasa.....»»
Cops Are Playing Music While Citizens Are Filming To Trigger Copyright Filters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Last Friday, a man entered the Beverly Hills police department, only to be treated to a mini DJ set that could potentially get his Instagram account banned. Sennett Devermont was at the department.....»»
Amy Klobuchar"s Big Antitrust Bill Wants To End the Age of Megamergers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On Thursday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the incoming Democrat head of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, introduced an omnibus bill signaling a pitched battle over the future of antitrust law. The law ta.....»»
Robinhood Screwed Its Users But Is More Popular Than Ever
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Robinhood is seemingly still very popular. According to The New York Times, Thursday -- the day of Robinhood's strictest trading restrictions -- was also its best ever: it saw over 177,000 downloa.....»»
"We Spoke To a Guy Who Got His Dick Locked In a Cage By a Hacker"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Sam Summers was sitting at home with his penis wrapped in an internet-connected chastity cage when he got a weird message on the app that connects to the device. Someone told him they had taken co.....»»
Over 500 million Facebook users" phone numbers are for sale through a Telegram bot
Alon Gal, co-founder and CTO of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, discovered the activity and alerted Motherboard. "It is very worrying to see a database of that size being sold in cybercrime communities, it harms our privacy severely and will certainl.....»»
Ajit Pai is Officially Out of the FCC
Ajit Pai, the man who killed net neutrality, enacted a series of industry-friendly deregulatory moves for big telecom, and drank from a gigantic mug, is no longer around to terrorize the internet. The FCC confirmed to Motherboard that Pai is official.....»»
The English Language Wikipedia Just Had Its Billionth Edit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Just after 1 A.M. on January 12, a prolific Wikiepdian edited the entry for the album Death Breathing. The small edit was the addition of a hyperlink and it was the billionth edit done to the Engl.....»»
Thousands of Users Unknowingly Joined Signal Because of a 12-Year-Old"s App
"At least 10,000 Signal users can be attributed to a 12-year-old kid in India who created a somewhat popular clone of the encrypted chat app," reports Motherboard: Dev Sharma, a Signal user from Melbourne, Australia, found the Signal clone when he e.....»»
ASRock, ASMedia post profit surges in 2020
Motherboard and graphics card maker ASRock and ASMedia Technology, a fabless chipmaker specializing in high-speed transmission chips, both enjoyed revenue surges in 2020 with promising sales prospects this year......»»