AMD Clears Up Confusion Over Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPU TDP And Power Limits

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [AMD Clears Up Confusion Over Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPU TDP And Power Limits]( By Zak Killian on May 27, 2022 02:25 pm [AMD Clears Up Confusion Over Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPU TDP And Power Limits]( AMD's Socket AM4 has had a pretty good run. First released in 2017 alongside the company's then-new Ryzen processors, it's had nearly five years to host some of the fastest desktop chips on the market, giving Intel some much-needed competition and offering users surprisingly-valid upgrade paths. The successor to AM4, appropriately titled [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Phishing Campaign Targets Intuit QuickBooks Users With Bogus Account Hold Notices]( By Paul Lilly on May 27, 2022 02:08 pm [Phishing Campaign Targets Intuit QuickBooks Users With Bogus Account Hold Notices]( The only real certainties in life are death, taxes, and scammers trying to swindle you out of your money. In the digital age, that means phishing scams run rampant, as it's a relatively low effort and potentially high reward ruse. Some efforts are more convincing than others, perhaps such as the one that is targeting Intuit QuickBooks users [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA Points Space Telescope At A Smoldering Super Earth With Lava Rain And Molten Oceans]( By Tim Sweezy on May 27, 2022 01:36 pm [NASA Points Space Telescope At A Smoldering Super Earth With Lava Rain And Molten Oceans]( As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) nears readiness, the space agency is already preparing a list of exhilarating targets. One of those targets is a super-hot super-Earth where lava rain falls into molten oceans. JWST is just weeks away from full operation, according to a post on NASA's website. The space telescope's mirror segments [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Windows 11 Update Leaves Trend Micro Users Sitting Ducks To Ransomware]( By Paul Lilly on May 27, 2022 01:27 pm [Windows 11 Update Leaves Trend Micro Users Sitting Ducks To Ransomware]( Windows updates are typically supposed to patch security holes, add new features, improve performance, increase stability, or offer some combination of all those things. They're not supposed to leave your PC in worse shape then before they were installed, though that sometimes happens. That's the case right now for some Trend Micro users who [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Macintosh Fans Are Going Nuts Over This Adorable Retro USB-C Charger]( By Lane Babuder on May 27, 2022 01:23 pm [Apple Macintosh Fans Are Going Nuts Over This Adorable Retro USB-C Charger]( When you plug your phone, laptop, or other rechargeable devices into the wall what do you concern yourself with? Many of us just care that the charger works, some people care about the wattage, and others just want their devices to charge fast. What if we told you that all of these are possible, and it can be adorable looking too? Well, it's [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Xbox Series X In Stock At MSRP, PlayStation 5 Restock Date Confirmed]( By Paul Lilly on May 27, 2022 12:52 pm [Xbox Series X In Stock At MSRP, PlayStation 5 Restock Date Confirmed]( It's hard to believe that it's been a year and a half since the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 came out, and even harder to fathom that they're still difficult to find in stock. That is, unless you're willing to pay an obscene markup by a marketplace seller. Forget that nonsense because if it's the Xbox Series X you're after, you can buy [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Confirms Low Cost Xbox Cloud Game Streaming Dongle Is Real So Where Is It?]( By Tim Sweezy on May 27, 2022 12:18 pm [Microsoft Confirms Low Cost Xbox Cloud Game Streaming Dongle Is Real So Where Is It?]( A long rumored streaming stick offering Xbox Cloud Gaming, code named "Keystone", has finally been confirmed as being real. However, Microsoft is not quite ready to take the dongle to market, as the company wants to explore additional iterations first. First hinted as Project Hobart, and later referred to internally as Keystone, the affordable [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AYN Loki Low Cost Handheld PC Gaming Console Is Coming To Challenge Valve's Steam Deck]( By Paul Lilly on May 27, 2022 11:47 am [AYN Loki Low Cost Handheld PC Gaming Console Is Coming To Challenge Valve's Steam Deck]( The Steam Deck is the handheld PC gaming console everyone wants, and a big reason why is because Valve came out of the gate with aggressive pricing. Combine that with easy access to Steam games and optional Windows support, and it's easy to see why it's in such high demand. Well, it might getting some competition very soon. AYN has unveiled [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter Stakeholder Lawsuit Accuses Elon Musk Of Shady Stock Price Manipulation]( By Tim Sweezy on May 27, 2022 11:21 am [Twitter Stakeholder Lawsuit Accuses Elon Musk Of Shady Stock Price Manipulation]( Elon Musk and Twitter have both been named in a lawsuit that alleges the Tesla CEO attempted to create doubt about his plans to purchase the social media platform in order to get a lower price. Shareholder William Heresniak from Virginia states in the lawsuit that he is doing so on behalf of all Twitter stockholders. In a lawsuit filed [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Bets Big On Vietnam To Alleviate The Chip Shortage]( By Paul Lilly on May 27, 2022 10:35 am [Intel Bets Big On Vietnam To Alleviate The Chip Shortage]( There is no definitive timeline on when precisely the chip shortage will end, only that it won't last forever. Huge investments (billions of dollars) are being made into factory upgrades and expansions, to hopefully avoid another situation like this one from playing out in the future. In the meantime, the situation is certainly improving, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [This Specification Change Could Prevent You From Upgrading To A PCIe 5 SSD]( By Zak Killian on May 26, 2022 04:36 pm [This Specification Change Could Prevent You From Upgrading To A PCIe 5 SSD]( If you're familiar with M.2 SSDs, then you know that the standard sizes are named "M.2-2280", "M.2-2230", and so on. The last half of the number refers to the length of a drive's PCB, so an "M.2-2280" SSD is 80 millimeters long. M.2 SSDs officially can be up to 110mm in length, or as short as 30mm. The first half of the number is the width, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [DuckDuckGo CEO Responds To Backlash Over Controversial Microsoft Tracking Agreement]( By Nathan Wasson on May 26, 2022 04:25 pm [DuckDuckGo CEO Responds To Backlash Over Controversial Microsoft Tracking Agreement]( The pursuit of internet privacy is something akin to an ever-evolving game of Whac-A-Mole, as new tracking techniques are revealed by researchers and addressed by privacy-preserving tools. Fortunately, there are a great many privacy tools available and under active development. DuckDuckGo offers a number of such tools, including a private [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Apple WWDC 2022: How To Watch And What To Expect]( [Meta Quest 2 Judder In Windows 11 Making You Sick? 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