Ryzen 7 9800X3D bricking fixed
BIOS update sorts it
AMD claims to have fixed a bricking problem with its Ryzen 7 9800X3D with a BIOS update.
Chipzilla lurches into 18A risk production
Panther Lake to be first guinea pig
Troubled Chipzilla has just pushed its long-delayed 18A node into "risk production"—the transitional stage before actual mass manufacturing—signalling that real chips might finally roll off the line by year’s end.
Europol detonates KidFlix cesspit in dark web purge
Global sweep bags 79 twisted punters
Inspector Knacker of the Europol yard took a blowtorch to one of the foulest corners of the dark web—KidFlix, a global kiddie fiddling network where scumbags scored child abuse clips by flinging crypto or uploading filth of their own.
Bill Gates drops OG Microsoft code to mark 50 years
Software King of the World goes full retro, slings Altair BASIC source for the nostalgia crowd
The Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III, is marking Microsoft’s 50th birthday by releasing the digital equivalent of a baby photo onto the internet—a 150-page slab of Intel 8080 assembly code from Altair BASIC. This code launched the empire.
Google wants to zap power through your phone’s face
Worked out a new way to charge your phone
A newly published US patent from Google details a novel yet clever plan to embed a wireless charging coil beneath the smartphone’s display, enabling devices to function as both receivers and power donors.