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Nvidia says its chips don’t have backdoors, wants to keep it that way

Nvidia is sitting on an absolutely mind-boggling amount of money… like, enough to make Solomon and Midas and Croesus go, “Wow, that’s a lot of money.” It’s become one of, if not the, richest companies on the planet by riding both the crypto and AI chip booms. But are all those pricey chips secure? Nvidia says they are—and should stay that way, much to the chagrin of some…
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How to get Microsoft Office 365 for dirt cheap as a student

Free alternatives may exist for Microsoft Office components, but sometimes they can’t stand in for the original. And as a student, the new cost of $100 per year for a Microsoft 365 Personal account is pretty expensive—but fortunately, you may not have to pay to use the…
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Roku’s new $3 ad-free streaming undercuts Netflix—with a catch

Want ad-free streaming without paying through the nose for Netflix or HBO Max? Roku’s new budget streamer serves up a tempting selection of movies and TV shows for a lot less, provided you can deal with some caveats. Slated to launch today, Howdy costs just $3 a month for unlimited ad-free streaming, a price that undercuts Netflix’s cheapest—and ad-supported—plan by $5 a month. That low…
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The world’s first bleeding-edge PCIe 6.0 SSD is here (but not for you)

Move over, PCI Express 5.0! Micron has shipped the first PCI Express 6.0 SSD, ramping up read and write speeds to unprecedented levels. The bad news? It’s not for PCs. This week, Micron shipped the Micron 9650 SSD, the world’s first PCIe 6.0 SSD, designed for AI training and inference workloads. Unfortunately, those tasks take place in AI data centers, not home PCs. Micron will ship the drive…
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Proton Launches Free 2FA App with Native Desktop Support

Proton Releases Privacy-Focused 2FA App With Desktop Support Swiss-based privacy tech company Proton has officially launched Proton Authenticator, a new open-source two-factor authentication (2FA) app available across all major platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. The launch positions Proton Authenticator as a serious alternative to widely-used 2FA apps like Google…
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