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Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign malware, but that no network breach has been detected (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

December 14, 2022

[ad_1] Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to…

Review of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT: the XTX beats the Nvidia RTX 4080 for $200 less, except in power efficiency and ray tracing, and the XT comes close (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

December 13, 2022

[ad_1] Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Review of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT: the XTX beats the…

Report: Amazon's hardware group may lose $10B in 2022, as many Echo devices are sold at cost and plans to monetize Alexa have failed (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica)

November 22, 2022

[ad_1] Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Report: Amazon’s hardware group may lose $10B in 2022, as many Echo devices are…

DeviantArt announces DreamUp, a text-to-image generator based on Stable Diffusion, drawing intense criticism from its artist community (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

November 14, 2022

[ad_1] Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: DeviantArt announces DreamUp, a text-to-image generator based on Stable Diffusion, drawing intense criticism from…

Meta AI researchers unveil Encodec, a neural network trained to compress audio at a ~10x rate compared with the MP3 format at 64Kbps, without a loss in quality (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

November 3, 2022

[ad_1] Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Meta AI researchers unveil Encodec, a neural network trained to compress audio at a…

macOS Ventura review: Stage Manager has some good ideas and runs much better on Mac than it does on the iPad, the new System Settings is inconsistent, and more (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

October 24, 2022

[ad_1] Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: macOS Ventura review: Stage Manager has some good ideas and runs much better on…

iFixit's Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can be replaced as can the display, but with more difficulty; the buttons and crown appear irreplaceable (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica)

October 20, 2022

[ad_1] Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: iFixit’s Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can be replaced as can the display,…

SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising speeds up to 350Mbps in airplanes, with a $150K one-time hardware cost and $12.5K to $25K monthly fees (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

October 19, 2022

[ad_1] Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising speeds up to 350Mbps in airplanes, with…

Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading and applying updates to the driver blocklist designed to thwart "bring your own vulnerable driver" attacks (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

October 16, 2022

[ad_1] Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading and applying updates to the driver blocklist…

Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses skepticism at pushing for avatar fidelity, questions the focus on Quest Pro to drive VR adoption, and more (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

October 13, 2022

[ad_1] Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses skepticism at pushing for avatar fidelity,…