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What is a motherboard?

What is a motherboard, exactly? Although it's clear your motherboard is important, its purpose isn't as clear. Here's everything you need to know......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsMar 16th, 2021

Buy the Framework laptop’s $399 motherboard to make your own mini PC

Parts could also help you repurpose an old Framework board after upgrading. Enlarge (credit: Framework) We were fans of Framework's modular, upgradeable laptop when it was released last year, thanks to its nice design and user.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 22nd, 2022

Class-Action Lawsuit Targets Company That Harvests Location Data From 50 Million

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A new class-action lawsuit filed in California targets Otonomo, a data broker that harvests location data from tens of millions of vehicles around the world and then sells access to that informati.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 16th, 2022

T-Mobile Secretly Bought Its Customer Data From Hackers To Stop Leak. It Failed

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Last year, T-Mobile confirmed it was breached after hackers offered to sell the personal data of 30 million of its customers for 6 bitcoin worth around $270,000 at the time. According to court doc.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 13th, 2022

Avalue shipments scheduled till end of 2022

Embedded motherboard and industrial computer module maker Avalue Technology has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until the end of 2022, according to company president Philip Chang......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 12th, 2022

The new AMD socket may support up to 12TB of memory

A motherboard with the SP5 socket, intended for the next-gen AMD EPYC Genoa processors, was just leaked. It highlights the tremendous power offered by the CPU......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsApr 8th, 2022

Secret Government Info Confirms First Known Interstellar Object On Earth, Scientists Say

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: An object from another star system crashed into Earth in 2014, the United States Space Command (USSC) confirmed in a newly-released memo. The meteor ignited in a fireball in the skies near Papua N.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 8th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 7th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 7th, 2022

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......»»

Category: itSource:  digitimesRelated NewsApr 6th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 2nd, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 1st, 2022

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......»»

Category: itSource:  digitimesRelated NewsMar 28th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  techspotRelated NewsMar 26th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 25th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 24th, 2022

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......»»

Category: itSource:  digitimesRelated NewsMar 23rd, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 18th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  techspotRelated NewsMar 17th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 17th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  techspotRelated NewsMar 16th, 2022