Asus tells owners of its Intel motherboards to update the BIOS because they 'may allow unintended access to system memory'

For maximum security, Asus recommends that you "download and update the BIOS to the specified version from the official website and, in the BIOS Setup Utility, configure the IOMMU DMA Protection ...
Hackaday

Raspberry Pi Gets Desktop Form Factor

Before the Raspberry Pi came out, one cheap and easy way to get GPIO on a computer with a real operating system was to ...
PC World

Intel makes a tiny comeback in PC graphics cards at 1 percent

Little has changed in the PC graphics-card market, according to a new report Monday. Nvidia still controls the vast majority of the PC graphics card market, but Intel actually has a small share. Yes, ...
The Next Platform

LEARN HOW FPGA-BASED PCIE CARDS CAN ACCELERATE YOUR APPLICATIONS

In this webinar, you will learn how to leverage FPGA-based PCIe accelerator cards to achieve 10-100x increase in performance vs. CPU-only based systems for compute, network, storage and sensor ...
TweakTown

NVIDIA stops bundling VRAM chips with GPU dies: tells AIBs to source their own GDDR chips

TL;DR: NVIDIA will supply only GPU dies without GDDR memory chips, forcing add-in-board (AIB) partners to source their own VRAM amid rising GDDR prices and shortages driven by AI demand. This shift ...
PC Gamer

Five things I want you to think about before you buy your first gaming laptop

Gaming laptops can be excellent, but you need to shop wisely to avoid making a mistake. Here's my advice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
Wall Street Journal

How Iran Could Block the Strait of Hormuz

Iran has a number of options to disrupt ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz-the route for 40% of the world’s tanker traffic–and send oil prices soaring. Tanker owners and veteran captains who ...