A Florida man is calling on Rockstar Games to pay him $2 million for showing literally one second of a character who looks like him in the reveal trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. Lawrence Sullivan, AKA “Florida Joker,” accused the studio of stealing his likeness in his latest TikTok video. But a Red Dead Redemption 2 vo…
Source: Kotaku – ‘Florida Joker’ Demands Million Over GTA 6 Parody, Red Dead 2 Actor Fires Back
The 10th-generation iPad is considered Apple’s entry-level iPad and one of the best tablets your money can buy. Right now, you can get it for the best price it has been since its release, thanks to an Amazon $49.01 coupon. You can get the Apple iPad for $349.99 (originally $449), which matches the Black Friday sale and is the cheapest the iPad has been since its release, according to Camelcamelcamel’s price history. Here is what you get with the latest iPad.
When the 10th-generation iPad was released about a year ago, it was considered the “best tablet for most people,” according to PCMag’s “excellent” review. During that time, however, it was considered expensive and no longer in the “affordable” category, given its higher baseline price compared to previous models. With $100 off that original price, however, you can enjoy all of its great features without worrying too much about the price—you’re getting the best deal for it.
One of the best upgrades on the latest iPad was its design, looking more like its higher-end Apple tablet siblings. It has a cleaner, more uniform look, making it look and feel more modern and well-made. It measures 9.79 by 7.07 by 0.28 inches; it comes with the latest A14 Bionic chip for fast processing power, a 10.9-inch liquid retina display, 64GB of memory, a 12MP front and back camera, Touch ID, and a battery that Apple says lasts all day.
If you are considering getting this iPad for Christmas, make sure you might want to consider paying for faster shipping to guarantee it arrives on time. Some must-buy accessories are the Apple Magic Keyboard Folio and the Apple Pencil USB-C.
Intel’s upcoming RibbonFET technology is set to debut in the company’s 20A node next year, but already the chip maker is showcasing the next step: 3D stacked CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) transistors. Though Intel had filed a patent for such a technology nearly two years ago, it was only in May at ITF World that Intel announced
Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Demos Transistor Scaling Breakthroughs To Keep Moore’s Law Relevant
It didn’t take long for Apple to figure out a way to block a new Android app designed to circumvent its blue bubble of solitude, a move that promptly caught the ire of a US Senator. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts put the tech giant on blast via her X/Twitter account following the news of Apple blocking the app late last week.
The
Source: Hot Hardware – US Senator Blasts Apple For Hobbling Beeper Mini iMessage App For Android
The investments Microsoft is making into OpenAI are not going unnoticed by the United States Federal Trade Commission, with the regulatory body performing preliminary inquiries according to a source familiar with the matter. However, it’s important to note that a formal investigation has not been opened by the agency.
The United States
Source: Hot Hardware – Microsoft’s B OpenAI Deal Sparks Preliminary Probe By FTC And UK Regulators
Baldur’s Gate 3 shadow-dropped on Xbox after winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards, and Larian Studios is already pushing out updates and hotfixes as the dust settles. If you’re playing the fantasy epic on your Xbox, you may be at risk of losing your saves, and Larian is warning players to update their system to…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox Saves Are Disappearing, Here’s How To Avoid It
You didn’t really think that the barrage of tech deals would dry up after the Black Friday and Cyber Monday festivities, did you? That has not been the case in a long while, as retailers celebrate an entire season of savings. That includes Samsung, which is getting into the holiday spirit with a range of big discounts across its varied product
Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Puts On Its Santa Hat With Cheerful Savings Up To 41% Off Monitors, SSDs And More
Enlarge / In the past you needed to be brave to own an Italian motorcycle. Now you just need to be brave to ride one. (credit: Ducati)
BOLOGNA, ITALY—For decades, owning an Italian motorcycle required a tradeoff. On one hand, Italian bikemakers led the pack with gorgeous designs and the most exotic, highest-performing engines in the world. No other country could come close to matching the sounds and smells of a Ducati, Moto Guzzi, or Aprilia revving by. But build quality and reliability always presented a challenge for owners, not to mention parts availability and exorbitant maintenance costs.
Ducati arguably led the charge in every regard, setting a standard as the Ferrari of the motorcycle world with eye-catching Rosso Corsa red paint jobs to go along with real racing success in MotoGP and World Superbike thanks to famous—some might say infamous—desmodromic engines. However, In recent years under Volkswagen Group’s ownership, Ducati has made great strides in reliability and build quality, which explains to a large extent why 2022 was the firm’s most profitable year ever, with 62,000 bikes sold worldwide.
During a recent trip to Italy, I visited the Ducati factory in Bologna to learn how modernizing the production facility at Borgo Panigale helped improve the bikes built there over the decade since joining the Volkswagen group.
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Source: Ars Technica – Here’s how Ducati made its motorbikes reliable under VW Group
Hideo Kojima showed off a creepy trailer for his upcoming game, OD, at The Game Awards last week. Featuring three different actors speaking what sounds like creepy gibberish at the camera, it didn’t tell us a whole lot about what this game will even be. But since its reveal, fans have noticed a few Silent Hill…
Source: Kotaku – Surprise: Kojima Hid Silent Hill References In OD Trailer
WayVNC v0.8 is working its way toward release as a VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors like Sway. WayVNC continues to make it quite easy to have VNC support for Wayland desktops employing wlroots and this next release brings even more features…
Source: Phoronix – WayVNC 0.8 Preparing Transient Seats, Automatic Server-Side Resizing & Detached Mode
NASA’s Webb telescope captured the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A lighting up deep space like a Christmas tree ornament. The image is part of the 2023 Holidays at the White House and debuted by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in the first-ever White House Advent Calendar.
The image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) depicts Cassiopeia
Source: Hot Hardware – JWST’s High-Def Image Of An Exploding Star Lights Up Space Like A Cosmic Christmas Tree
There was a time when you’d only find Intel CPUs in enthusiast PCs, ranging from high-clocked gaming beasts to productivity powerhouses such as the Core-i7 6950X. Things have drastically changed during the last several years, with the nod typically going to AMD’s collection of Zen-based CPUs. While Intel is certainly still competitive across
Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Crushes Rival Intel In CPU Sales At Major Retailer Led By The Ryzen 7 7800X3D
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The world’s leading semiconductor companies are racing to make so-called “2 nanometer” processor chips that will power the next generation of smartphones, data centers and artificial intelligence.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company remains the analysts’ favorite to maintain its global supremacy in the sector, but Samsung Electronics and Intel have identified the industry’s next leap forward as a chance to close the gap.
For decades, chipmakers have sought to make ever more compact products. The smaller the transistors on a chip, the lower the energy consumption and the higher their speed. Today, terms such as “2 nanometer” and “3 nanometer” are widely used as shorthand for each new generation of chip, rather than a semiconductor’s actual physical dimensions.
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Source: Ars Technica – The race between Intel, Samsung, and TSMC to ship the first 2nm chip
In his latest newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple will be looking to simplify its iPad lineup in 2024, while upgrading the MacBook Air to its latest M3 chip. According to Gurman the iPad lineup is now too confusing for prospective buyers, with five options currently available with the intent of trying to appeal to as many
Source: Hot Hardware – Apple’s iPad Lineup Is A Confusing Mess But Not For Long, M3 MacBook Air Coming Soon
If you need to transfer money to friends and family, Cash App makes it pretty easy: Like other payment platforms, sending and receiving money with Cash App is quick and convenient, as it either goes straight to your bank account, or your Cash Card.
However, if you don’t use Cash App that often, plan on switching to another peer-to-peer payment app like Venmo or Zelle, or have concerns over the security of the platform, you might consider deleting your Cash App account. It’s easy to do, and you can delete it at any time, but just make sure you’re doing so for the right reasons.
To answer that question is two-fold: First, the company that makes the app, Block Inc., uses encryption and fraud detection on their platform. This means that even if you use the app on public wifi, your sensitive data will be protected. Plus, in the event your data is compromised, Cash App’s systems should catch it, and alert you to any fraud that occurs.
On the flip side, Block Inc. recently disclosed to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) last year that they suffered a security breach. Some of the info that was taken in the breach included full names, brokerage account numbers, brokerage portfolio values and holdings, and one day of stock trading activity. The breach affected 8.2 million current and former users of Cash App. Thankfully, info such as usernames, passwords, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and bank accounts weren’t compromised.
While that doesn’t rule out the possibility of another security breach for Cash App in the future, at this point, Cash App seems just about as safe to use as any other similar platform. If you don’t feel comfortable using the app anymore, you can cash out and delete your account at any time. That said, you shouldn’t necessarily switch over to something like Venmo solely for security reasons.
If you know you aren’t going to use Cash App going forward, perhaps because your friends all use another platform like Zelle or Venmo, by all means, delete your account. However, you don’t have to, even if you aren’t going to use it. It might actually be more inconvenient to delete your account if you have any contacts that use it: Maybe once in a while, you will need to pay someone back, or they’ll need to send you money, and they only use Cash App. Having your account on hand could prove useful.
In this case, you could always cash out your Cash App account to your bank, so there aren’t any funds sitting unused. It’s up to you, either way.
The first step to closing your Cash App account is making sure to transfer any money to your bank account. To do so, open Cash App, then tap on the Banking tab.
Here, you’ll see a button that says Cash Out. Any money currently in your Cash App account will be transferred to your linked bank account. If you have any stocks or Bitcoin, you’ll need to sell those before closing your account.
After you’ve cashed out your money, you can close your account. To do so, go to the Pay tab (the one that looks like a $) and tap the account icon in the top right. Here, tap on Support, then select Something Else. Next, scroll down to Account Settings, then choose the option that says Close my Cash App account.
You’ll see a warning saying that closing your Cash App account will also disable your $Cashtag. To continue, tap on Confirm. Your Cash App account should now be closed, and you can remove the app from your phone.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Close Your Cash App Account
Storage company Kioxia that was spun off from Toshiba several years ago has donated a software development kit (SDK) to the Linux Foundation for establishing the Software-Enabled Flash SDK. This is for opening new doors and innovative uses around flash memory…
Source: Phoronix – Kioxia Donates SDK To Linux Foundation For Software-Enabled Flash SDK
Apple iPhone users should check whether their phone harbors an unassuming keyboard app in Settings. There’s a new third-party keyboard that’s designed to collect everything they type and send that information to cybercriminals.
British cybersecurity company Certo Software just detailed how keyboard-based iPhone spyware are on the rise. iOS
Source: Hot Hardware – New iPhone Security Threat Let’s Hackers Record Every Word You Type
The 6.7-rc5 kernel prepatch is out for
testing.
Nothing looks particularly scary, which is good, because if it had
been, I wouldn’t have had the capacity to deal with it last week.Let’s hope it stays that way even as I am getting better. Because the
holidays are almost upon us, and I’m woefully underprepared.
Source: LWN.net – Kernel prepatch 6.7-rc5
We’d be shocked if the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month is not dominated by AI-infused announcements. As we wait to see what exactly is in store, Gigabyte has jumped the gun with its Aorus CO49DQ, a super ultra-wide gaming monitor with a curved QD-OLED panel and a special AI algorithm to mitigate the risk of burn-in.
How exactly
Source: Hot Hardware – Gigabyte’s Aorus CO49DQ 49-Inch OLED Gaming Monitor Uses An AI Trick To Tackle Burn-In
