US Spearheads Alliance With 40 Countries To Never Pay Ransomware Gangs Again

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [US Spearheads Alliance With 40 Countries To Never Pay Ransomware Gangs Again]( By Nathan Ord on Nov 01, 2023 02:47 pm [US Spearheads Alliance With 40 Countries To Never Pay Ransomware Gangs Again]( Ransomware has become one of the most prevalent means by which threat actors generate revenue, creating a billion-dollar underground industry. Given this financial reality, ransomware gangs are working constantly to outsmart the authorities trying to stop them, though that has not seemed to work. Now, the Biden administration is moving to [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Adata's XPG Invader X Case Is Here To Turn Your Gaming PC Into A Showpiece]( By Zak Killian on Nov 01, 2023 02:30 pm [Adata's XPG Invader X Case Is Here To Turn Your Gaming PC Into A Showpiece]( If you read that headline and thought, "why would I want my gaming PC to be a showpiece?", well, you probably live in a house. You see, there's a very specific sequence of circumstances that has brought us to the creation of the XPG Invader X. Most DIY PCs these days are gaming PCs, and gaming PCs need powerful hardware. Because Moore's Law [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Beefs Up Galaxy Device Security With One UI 6 Auto Blocker Tool]( By Ryan Whitwam on Nov 01, 2023 12:56 pm [Samsung Beefs Up Galaxy Device Security With One UI 6 Auto Blocker Tool]( Customizing and modifying your smartphone can be fun, but it can also leave you open to security threats. Samsung hopes to ameliorate that risk, however, with a new suite of optional features in its One UI 6 Android skin. A feature, known as Auto Blocker, will lock down your phone to lessen the risk of malware and hacking with the flick of [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [A Guide To Building A Power-Efficient Gaming PC For Under $1500]( By Matthew Connatser on Nov 01, 2023 12:15 pm [A Guide To Building A Power-Efficient Gaming PC For Under $1500]( Performance is one of the most important considerations for many people buying or building a desktop PC. Faster CPUs and GPUs can hit higher framerates with better image quality settings, a speedy SSD can launch apps quicker, and more memory can keep a system humming along while multi-tasking with nary a hiccup. But high performance PC hardware [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [This Clever Trick Turns A $99 AMD Ryzen APU Into A 16GB AI Accelerator]( By Zak Killian on Nov 01, 2023 11:23 am [This Clever Trick Turns A $99 AMD Ryzen APU Into A 16GB AI Accelerator]( AI processing is a super heavy computing task that requires tens of thousands of dollars of graphics cards, right? Well, no, actually. AI tools come in all kinds of forms and sizes, and there are plenty that can run in real-time on a phone SoC. One of the most popular client applications of generative AI is local image generation, frequently [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitch Is Getting Ready To Kick The Nintendo Switch To The Curb]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 01, 2023 11:13 am [Twitch Is Getting Ready To Kick The Nintendo Switch To The Curb]( Anyone who wants to use a Nintendo Switch to watch their favorite streamer on Twitch will want to grab the app before it disappears from the Nintendo eShop. The streaming service has reported that it will be ending its support for the Twitch app on the Switch early next year. Twitch is still the number one platform for watching content [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Sticks A Fork In MacBook Pro's 'Revolutionary' Touch Bar]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 01, 2023 10:23 am [Apple Sticks A Fork In MacBook Pro's 'Revolutionary' Touch Bar]( Apple has given its ‘Revolutionary’ Touch Bar its walking papers. The iconic Touch Bar debuted to much hype on the 13-inch MacBook Pro during the company’s 25th anniversary of Apple’s first notebook. During Apple’s Scary Fast event on Monday, the company unveiled its new M3 lineup of chips. It then announced the release of 14 and 16-inch [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Crucial Unveils T500 SSD With Blistering Speeds And PS5 Gamers Can Come To Play]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 01, 2023 10:07 am [Crucial Unveils T500 SSD With Blistering Speeds And PS5 Gamers Can Come To Play]( Back in the old days, solid state drive (SSD) storage was mostly relegated to the PC platform. That changed with the introduction of the PlayStation 5 (and new PS5 Slim) and Xbox Series X, both of which shed spinning platters in favor of NAND flash memory, and gamers are better off for it. So it's no surprise that Crucial is pitching its new [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [OnePlus 12 Breaks Ground As First Phone To Use Sony's LYTIA Camera Sensor]( By Aaron Leong on Nov 01, 2023 09:36 am [OnePlus 12 Breaks Ground As First Phone To Use Sony's LYTIA Camera Sensor]( The OnePlus 12 will come with a newfangled Sony LYTIA image sensor that's expected to move the needle beyond the already fantastic camera on the OnePlus 11. Do the Pixel 8 Pro or Galaxy S23 Ultra have anything to worry about? Last year's OnePlus 11 brought the company back into the flagship game with plenty of power, efficiency, and class-leading [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Rides Skyrocketing Ryzen 7000 Sales And Record EPYC Orders To Beat Earnings Estimates]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 01, 2023 09:16 am [AMD Rides Skyrocketing Ryzen 7000 Sales And Record EPYC Orders To Beat Earnings Estimates]( We might be in the midst of a lingering PC sales slump but you wouldn't necessarily know it by looking at AMD's latest earnings report. AMD posted financial results for its third quarter of 2023, which reflected a 4% year-over-year and 8% quarterly gain in revenue to $5.8 billion. This pushed its profit to $299 million for the quarter, which [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Here's How To Make Google Scrub Your Personal Data From Search Results]( By Zak Killian on Oct 31, 2023 05:00 pm [Here's How To Make Google Scrub Your Personal Data From Search Results]( You ever Googled yourself? No, it's not an improper question—we're talking about the actual process of putting your own name into Google and seeing what comes up. You might be surprised. Shady websites charge fees to list huge databases of personal information, matching names with addresses and phone numbers that may no longer be accurate [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Google Confirms An Android 14 Bug Is Wreaking Havoc On Pixel Devices, Fix Incoming]( [Nintendo Patents A Detachable Dual-Screen Gaming Device; Maybe The Next Switch?]( [Intel Arrow Lake Doc Reveals Different Instruction Sets For Desktop And Laptop CPUs]( [ASUS ROG Ally Update Adds AMD HYPR-RX, 900p Support And More To The Gaming Handheld]( [Sony Reveals Premium Wireless Earbuds For Gamers, PlayStation Link Release Date]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2023 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. You're receiving this because you opted in to our list at HotHardware.com or are an industry partner. Want to change how you receive these emails? 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