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The Department of HomelandSecurity(DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. According to the transcript of the speech by DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) director Benjamine Huffman, acquired by404 Media, NEO is equipped with an antenna array that is designed to overload home networks, thus disrupting devices that rely on Wi-Fi and other wireless communication protocols....

One of the most notable features of theNintendo Switch 2that has many in the gaming community intrigued is its Nvidia DLSS support. Nvidia’s AI-powered tech has long been the 800-pound gorilla of upscaling, and it seems especially useful on a console with limited graphics horsepower like the Switch 2. Despite the fact that DLSS is in the Switch 2 developer’s toolkit, however, it’s becoming apparent that the technology isn’t being universally adopted among devs....

Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Brightness and Contrast To read about our monitor tests in-depth, please check outDisplay Testing Explained: How We Test PC Monitors.We cover brightness and contrast testing onpage two. Uncalibrated – Maximum Backlight Level OLED peak white levels are affected by any variable brightness in use and the size of the measuring window pattern....

The developers of EmuDeck have canceled an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for a mini-PC hardware project because “nobody bought it.” We checked theWayback machineand discovered that just six people had pledged $600+ to get one of the finished mini-PCs before the campaign was shuttered. When the crowdfunding closed, it was only 25% funded, and EmuDeck felt there wasn’t time to rescue it. Thecampaign beganin late August. According to the EmuDeck Team’s social media, they are currently busy refunding the handful of enthusiasts (four from the US, two from Europe) who pledged their hard-earned cash to back the hardware project....

Late last month, developer Naman Sood posted a screenshot of Alpine Linux inside a Windows installer, and followed it with a semi-satirical YouTube video showing the install inside a VM— but as of April 30, he’s released afull tutorialand explanation. As for why you mightwantto do this, well, even Sood is not sure. As he says himself, “I’m not sure why you would want to do this. Presumably for the same reason as me?...

DeepSeek R1, a Chinese open-source LLM, is making waves in the tech landscape for its superior performance compared to OpenAI’s best while requiringsubstantially fewercomputing and training resources. Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger took toXand praised the model with compliments. In a chat withTechCrunch, he revealed that his startup will use DeepSeek over OpenAI. If you haven’t been keeping up with industry news, Pat Gelsingerstepped downas CEO of Intel last month and was replaced by two interim CEOs....

The error message “Your mic is muted by your system settings” usually occurs after joining an online meeting on Google Meet. It means that the Windows system is preventing browser from accessing your microphone. The microphone access is generally enabled to all applications by default — but if you’ve disabled microphone access to all apps for privacy concerns, this error can appear. How to Fix “Your Mic is Muted by Your System Settings” Error?...

Standing desks have been a popular choice for a lot of PC, gaming, and WFH (work from home) setups since the pandemic and continue to be a great choice for home office setups. The flexibility to switch from a seated to a standing posture and anything in between has been touted as a slight health benefit to combat CVD and DVT, but the official jury on that is still in session....

Prosecutors in South Korea havecharged a Chinese nationalwho worked in defect analysis atSK hynixwith stealing semiconductor technology. The accused allegedly took thousands of pages of information about front-end semiconductor technology for Chinese chipmaker Huawei. The unidentified womanwas arrested at a South Korean airportin April 2024, according to Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police officials. She’s charged with violating South Korea’s Act on Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology. The act imposes tough sentencing laws for anyone convicted of leaking or stealing technology information from South Korea....

Fujitsu is collaborating with Supermicro to build liquid-cooled servers by 2027, according to a report byThe Register. These liquid cooler servers will be based on Fujitsu’s upcoming ARM-based Monaka processor, which is slated to be released in the same timeframe. The combination of liquid cooling and Fujitsu’s energy-efficient Monaka chips is aimed at combating sky-high demand for data center capacity, which has become greater than what can be supplied thanks to various factors, including AI....

If you’re on Tom’s Hardware, you’ve got the heart of a tinkerer. You’re likely the kind of person who wants to find every ounce of potential in your machinery. You’re interested in pushing your gear to its limits and maybe even a little bit beyond them. The right motherboard lets you do a lot of that tinkering, but there are rare ones that let you go… beyond. To a mode reserved only for those who want to absolutely maximize their processor’s potential....

Gigabyte launched its AI TOP 100E series of SSDs, aiming to rival thebest SSDsaround town. With an unparalleled endurance rating of up to 219,000 TBW on the 2TB model, the AI TOP 100E drives target very intensive workloads, such as AI training.The AI TOP 100E SSD comes in a standard M.2 2280 form factor and utilizes the PCIe 4.0 interface. It’s not going to win any pure performance races, especially if you pitch it against the more modern PCIe 5....

Have you ever felt that your graphics card is not giving the performance it used to? Whether it’s massive FPS drops in games or delayed video renders, a slow computer could be an indication of an underperforming graphics card. One reason you might be facing this performance issue is from a high GPU temperature. Since your GPU handles all graphics-intensive tasks, you can expect a rise in its temperature. And when the PC fails to dissipate this heat, it lowers performance to prevent the GPU chip from any damage....