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Researchers at the Graz University of Technology in Austria have found anew cross-cache attack(PDF) that can bypass modern kernel defenses and provide arbitrary read and write access. The exploits involved affect Linux kernel versions 5.19 and 6.2. The team has dubbed the attack technique SLUBStick. This attack vector takes advantage of memory reuse of the kernel allocator in a novel way, making it more reliable than most other cross-cache attacks. Whereas most cross-cache attacks have a success rate of just 40%, the researchers pushed SLUBStick to a 99% success rate for frequently used generic caches....

Available today to Windows Insiders in the Dev or Canary channel, Build 26090 makes a couple of small but seemingly radical changes that highlight the company’s commitments both to its Copilot AI tool and its Insider program. Users who have logged in with local accounts can now use Copilot — though, with some limits on its functionality. Also, the ugly (but otherwise harmless) version number watermark that sits in the lower right corner of the screen is now gone....

Nvidia is on a steady roll to replace the Nvidia Control Panel and GeForce Applications with its new Nvidia App. Thelatest updatefor Nvidia’s new application (no pun intended) incorporates many new features, including multi-monitorRTX HDRsupport, driver rollback, and more. Nvidia also announced that the end of GeForce Experience is imminent, noting that all remaining users will be migrated to the Nvidia App before the end of the year. G-Synccontrols are now available in the Nvidia App....

The designs of the RTX 5080/D and RTX 5090/D are expected to be completed in September,reports BenchLife.info, which cites sources within the factories working on these upcoming GPUs. These GPUs are scheduled to officially launch this month (according toGoogle’s translation of the article), which apparently moves their launch forward from the initially leakedCES2025 launch. However, a Tweet by@Zed__Wangasserts that this is a (Google Translate) machine mistranslation. Instead, what BenchLife.info meant is that the designs will be finalized by this month....

Oculus VR founder and flip-flop evangelist,Palmer Luckeyis part of a collective of tech billionaires who are founding a new crypto-focused U.S. bank called Erebor.This bank will focus on providing capital for technology start-ups, AI-ventures, defence and manufacturing industries, and cryptocurrency endeavours, as well as for individuals looking to invest in these spaces. The Columbus, Ohio-based Erebor has applied for a national bank charter, and is pushing a digital-only model. It will be headed by co-CEOs Owen Rapaport and Jacob Hirshman, the latter of whom was a former adviser to stablecoin company Circle, as perReuters....

For all its advanced features, running AI is considerably expensive, necessitating extensive capital for the underlying hardware and power consumption. It turns out that engaging in casual conversation and polite exchanges leads to “tens of millions of dollars” in expenses for companies like OpenAI. Still, that company’s CEO, Sam Altman, considers this investment worthwhile because even though these responses might seem insignificant, they make using AI a touch more humane....

Mimir IP, a South Korean patent hoarder, has filed a lawsuit against Micron accusing the U.S. memory maker of infringing its patents, reportsThe Korea Economic Daily. The case, filed on June 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), also targets Tesla,Dell, HP, and Lenovo for using Micron products.Mimir IP acquired around 1,500 chip-related patents from SK hynix in May and is focusing on six patents related to circuits, voltage measurement devices, and non-volatile memory devices (i....

Cramming theRaspberry Pi 5into a very convincing Nintendo Game Boy case is some feat of cooling technology, but it seems that Experimental Pi has managed it in the form of the$149 PiBoy DMGx. The case is very much a homage to the original Nintendo Gameboy. The form factor screams Game Boy, but this case also has space for the Raspberry Pi 5 (or Pi 3 / 4 via an optional adapter) and a 4500 mAh LiPo battery....

DIY-APE has reached an important milestone in developing theback-plugecosystem for PC DIYers. BTF3.0 (viaUniko’s Hardware) is designed so that no cabling is needed between your PSU, motherboard, or graphics card, reducing cable management for supremely clean builds. The DIY-APE team shared some information and video footage of the various new components working together and separately onChinese social media. As a gentle reminder, DIY-APE’s BTF designs have previously been adopted by important PC component makers like Asus and MSI....

When building a new PC or putting together a new space for your work or PC gaming, few prioritize a wrist rest. That’s because many people either don’t have wrist rests or settle for the included rock-hard slabs of plastic that come attached to many gaming keyboards. Check most companies' health and safety policies for desk assesments and you’ll see a wrist rest included, but a surprising amount of people don’t use one at all, and if you spend a significant amount of time on a keyboard, you’re risking the chance of developing musculoskeletal disorders and other health issues without support....

Comments made by TSMC founder Morris Chang about high fab building costs in Arizona and higher operating costs in the U.S. created the impression that producing chips in America is way too expensive to be financially viable. However, analysts fromTechInsightsbelieve that this is not the case. According to the firm’s recent study, the costs of wafers at TSMC’s Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona, are only about 10% higher than those of similar wafers processed in Taiwan....

It’s one of those times when you may get a good deal on a graphics card, specifically the Sapphire PulseRadeonRX 7900 XT. The graphics card usually sells for $689.99, but it’s on sale for$624.99at Newegg, an all-time low for theRadeon RX 7900 XT. The Radeon RX 7900 XT is one of thebest graphics cards. With beefy specifications, such as the 5,376 RDNA 3 Stream Processors and 20GB GDDR6, it is an excellent gaming upgrade....

ARaspberry Pi 5hooked up to an AMDRadeon-powered eGPU has been demonstrated using the graphics hardware to accelerate running a Large Language Model (LLM). Of course, it’s Pi wizard Jeff Geerling again, and in the video embedded below, he talks us through his experience of leveraging theVulkanAPI support to enjoy GPU-accelerated local AI on the Raspberry Pi 5. In our last Raspberry Pi 5 connected to an eGPU progress report, we highlighted the modern AAA4K gaming possibilitiesof this unlikely pairing....