PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has released the much-awaited final (1.0) specification for PCI Express 6.0. From a report: The next generation of the ubiquitous bus is once again doubling the data rate of a PCIe lane, bringing it to 8GB/second in…
Wordle Copycats Have Vanished From Apple’s App Store
The many Wordle copycats that were flooding Apple’s App Store seem to have disappeared. The apps appear to have been removed by Apple shortly after their existence caused a stir on social media. From a report: Wordle itself doesn’t have an official iOS…
Wikipedia Faces Pressure To Stop Accepting Crypto Donations on Environmental Grounds
Wikimedia, the non-profit foundation that runs Wikipedia, is facing internal opposition to its policy of accepting cryptocurrency as a form of donation, primarily for environmental reasons. From a report: A proposal to the foundation from contributor M…
Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sued for Alleged Crypto Scam
Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Jr. were sued for allegedly scamming investors in a cryptocurrency called EthereumMax. From a report: The reality television star and ex-boxing champion were paid to hype the blockchain-based digital tokens to their …
Samsung No-showed On Its Major Exynos 2200 Launch
ArsTechnica: So here’s a crazy story. Samsung was supposed to have a big SoC launch on Tuesday, but that launch did not happen. Samsung didn’t cancel or delay the event. The January 11 date was announced, but when the time for the event came, nothing h…
Dutch Athletes Warned To Keep Phones and Laptops Out of China
schwit1 shares a report: Dutch athletes competing in next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics will need to leave their phones and laptops at home in an unprecedented move to avoid Chinese espionage, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported on Tuesday. The ur…
Coinbase Will Shut Down For Four Weeklong Breaks This Year
Coinbase has embraced many of the workplace changes prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The company became remote-first, and it’s even closing its San Francisco headquarters to hammer in its focus on working from anywhere. From a report: Now, nearly …
Hackers Can Cut the Lights With Rogue Code, Researchers Show
Safety device used for electrical distribution worldwide could be hacked to turn off power, according to cybersecurity experts. From a report: As Ang Cui added more juice to the power grid, overhead electric lines began to glow bright orange. Then, wit…
Xbox Players Are Fed Up With Forced Crossplay Against PC Gamers
Xbox players are growing increasingly frustrated at being forced to play against PC gamers. While crossplay was initially a popular request from Xbox and PC players that Microsoft has backed strongly for years, those playing first-person shooters on Xb…
Jerome Powell Says the Fed is Prepared To Raise Rates To Tame Inflation
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, told lawmakers on Tuesday that a rapidly healing economy no longer needed as much help from the central bank and that keeping inflation in check — including by raising interest rates — would be critical fo…