Unofficial 7-zip.com website served up malware-laden downloads for over a week — infected PCs forced into a proxy botnet
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Category: Hardware & Gear
Enthusiast fries 14TB HDD due to SATA power slipup — bemoans lack of SATA power safety and modular PSU cable standardization
A PC DIYer fried their 14TB HDD after a modular power cable mix up.
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U.S. lawmakers demand sales ban on chipmaking tools to China — bipartisan group targets ASML’s Dutch exports of lithography machines used to create advanced chips
Bipartisan group of lawmakers want the U.S. government to impose export controls on all wafer fab equipment bound to China except those that can be ma…
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Applied Materials to pay $252 million penalty for selling chipmaking tools to banned Chinese firm — settles over alleged 56 tool exports to chipmaker SMIC following Entity List designation
Applied Materials must pay a $252 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it illegally exported semiconductor manufacturing equipment to SMIC…
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Nvidia DGX Spark update cuts idle power by 32% or more — hot-plug detection on ConnectX NIC makes for a more efficient AI workstation
The latest software update for Nvidia’s DGX Spark reduces idle power by 32% or more, thanks to better power management on its 200 Gbps ConnectX NIC.
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