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Cadence Design Systems, one of the leading electronic design automation (EDA) firms in the U.S., has pleaded guilty to charges, saying that it sold its chip design software to the National University of Defense Technology, located in Hunan Province in South-Central China. According toReuters, this institution is believed to be working on nuclear explosion simulations, linking it to China’s nuclear weapons research and development efforts. The university has been on the U....

The Voltage Regulatory Module (VRM) section in the motherboardsteps downthe raw12 Vpower supply to1.2to1.45 Vrequired by the processor, RAM, and other components. While this isn’t the first thing that pops up in our mind when choosing a motherboard, it’s still essential, especially for overclockers. If you’re seeking higher clock speeds, know that it requiresclean and stable voltage, which is only possible withhigh-quality VRMs. If your motherboard consists of a low number or poor-quality VRMs, it can significantly impactits lifespan....

Do you own an external hard drive from Western Digital? Are you worried about how to manage it? The manufacturer of WD hard drives, Western Digital Technologies Inc., provides a drive management tool for every hard drive it produces. The WD Discovery application provides great functionalities for your WD devices. But despite the usefulness of this application, people are still trying to figure out whether to use it or not....

Copy-paste is one of the most useful functions while editing documents or writing emails and such. However, sometimes we find ourselves unable to do it for various reasons. Some factors like issues with the keyboard or a full clipboard can cause the copy and paste function to not work. So, let’s discover more causes why the copy and paste function not working and fixes to address it accordingly. Why Can’t I Copy Paste?...

If your mouse is moving on its own, you should address the problem right away. Some of the issues causing the motion can get even worse with time if left unattended. How Mouse Movement Works Most modern mice use a light or laser that touches the surface below. The light bounces back up, and a sensor interprets its movement. If your mouse is moving on its own, that light might be triggered by something, like damage or a mouse that’s too dirty to perform appropriately....

A recent update seesWindows 11nowdisplays adsvia the Start menu for all users. The recent KB5036980 optional update enabled this function and features ‘recommendations’ that advertise apps listed in the Microsoft store. Though this update is optional for now, one may speculate that Microsoft could eventually make this a mandatory update. Windows 11 Start menu ads are starting to rollout to everyone this week. Thankfully there’s a setting to easily disable these new ads, though....

The predecessor of Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Mail, came with many errors. Microsoft has stopped support for this feature from July 01, 2025, and recommended users move to Outlook. So, naturally, you may have experienced some errors but couldn’t turn to Microsoft support. Fear not, as you’ll find various possible fixes for the issue in this article. Generally, running the program in Windows 7 compatibility or repairing Windows Essential Suite should resolve this issue....

Back in June 2023,Microsoftofficially announced it had deprecated support for its New Technology LAN Manager authentication protocol, which debuted in 1993 with Windows NT 3.1. It advised users to upgrade to Windows Negotiate but unfortunately, modern TLM vulnerabilities are still targeted at machines from Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 toWindows 11Version 24H2 and Server 2022, and0Patch recently discovereda new NTLM vulnerability that allows credential hijacking from merely viewing an infected folder, not even requiring the file to be directly opened....

The Settings app is a newer alternative to the classic Control Panel. While both control panel and Settings are available, Microsoft adds new configurations to this app instead of the Control Panel on all later versions. So if you need to make any changes, it’s best to do so from the Settings app. There are many ways with which you’re able to open the Setting app. The fastest methods require clicking an icon or pressing some keys....

Depending on the ambient lighting condition, you will need to adjust the brightness on your laptop. If you’re using your laptop in natural sunlight, you won’t be able to see much on your display if you have low brightness. On the other hand, using your laptop in a low-lit room will put too much strain on your eyes. So, you will need to constantly adjust its brightness when using it in your everyday life....

AMD’slatest commitsto theLLVM GitHubrepository include mentions of a new “GFX950” GPU—likely the firm’s recently announced Instinct MI355X or the now-launched MI325X accelerators, perPhoronix. These patches push early enablement for the accelerators in LLVM - to better optimize the compiler back-end and improve software compatibility. LLVM is a collection of modular tools and libraries that optimize code for specific hardware and architectures. It acts as a language-agnostic intermediary between high-level languages and machine code....

AMD enjoyed another great quarter in Q2 2024 as it gained share in data center and laptop CPU markets, according to a new report from CPU market trackerMercury Research. Still, Intel gained share in desktops and continues to lead in terms of units in general. Intel continued to dominate the client PC market in the second quarter of 2024, securing a 78.9% market share, while AMD held 21.1%. This outcome is expected, considering the strength and variety of Intel’s client product lineup....

A new entry atBlender Open Datasees AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D flex its muscles - beating the last generation and even its Ryzen 9000 non-X3D counterpart by a fair margin, perHXLon X. Evidently, the Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs will cater tomore than gamersthis time, as AMD’s second-generation V-Cache technology promises higher clock speeds and better thermals owing toredesigned CPU packaging. Blender Open Data aggregates the performance of different CPUs in the Blender V4....