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Even though Bluetooth technology first appeared in 1999, it’s still unreliable. Different Bluetooth hardware has varying behaviors with various degrees of success. That creates several common problems: random disconnections, interruptions, dead batteries, and interferences from other devices. Moreover, changing from one device to another is often a hassle. Let’s discuss why Bluetooth comes with so many shortcomings. Similarly, we’ll see how you can make your Bluetooth hardware work. These devices include smartphones, PCs, headsets,mice, mics, keyboards, car audio, fit bands, smartwatches, and more....

Any Windows component that you use, from your user profile to Windows Update, works because of various processes and services running in the background. Some of these processes can be found under the label Service Host orsvchost.exe, in the Task Manager. To quote Microsoft, “Service Host (svchost.exe) is a shared-service process that serves as a shell for loading services from DLL files.” As you may now see, thesvchost.exehigh CPU usage issue is actually an issue with a specific service (ex....

If your Zoom video is not working, it can be due to the app or the computer setting configurations or outdated device drivers. Fortunately, it is easy to fix minor issues in Zoom. You can try leaving the meeting and joining back in to fix minor bugs. But if that’s not helping, there are additional solutions to it. In this article, we will learn more about the causes of why it occurs along with simple troubleshooting methods and fixes....

ManyWindows 11users will soon get Windows 11 24H2 automatically, according to aMicrosoft bulletinpublished Friday. Microsoft specifically says “Devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11, versions 23H2, 22H2, and 21H2 that are not managed by IT departments will receive the update to version 24H2 automatically.“Windows Latestspotted this bulletin and points out that, for many folks, Windows 11 24H2 is going to be downloaded whether you intend to install it or not....

Windows provides you with a GUI-based experience, and many actions involved using a right-click context menu. However, many users are not aware that you can also use shortcut keys to accomplish the same action faster. If you are the one who likes everything quicker, you certainly make wide use of the Windows shortcuts. If the shortcuts stop working, it can give you a headache. But fixing this problem is not a tedious job to do....

Rapid7’s Chrstiaan Beek has written proof-of-concept code for ransomware that can attack your CPU, and warns of future threats that could lock your drive until a ransom is paid. This attack would circumvent most traditional forms of ransomware detection. In an interview withThe Register, Beek, who is Rapid7’s senior director of threat analytics, revealed that anAMD Zen chipbug gave him the idea that a highly skilled attacker could in theory “allow those intruders to load unapproved microcode into the processors, breaking encryption at the hardware level and modifying CPU behavior at will....

Nvidia introduced theRTX Pro 6000(Blackwell) graphics card targeted at professionals and data centers a few months ago. Perhaps as a result, partners are beginning to sell off stockpiles of olderRTX 5000 AdaGPUs, especially mobile versions. Zotac, via孤城Hardware,seems to have leftover MXM RTX 5000 Ada silicon that it is now offloading in the Chinese market. The MXM (Mobile PCI Express Module) form factor is predominantly utilized in laptops and mobile workstations. Consequently, the graphics cards are generally the mobile variants of their desktop counterparts, which results in diminished performance levels....

Amazonhas flaggedMicrosoft’s Surface Laptop 7 as a “frequently returned item,” cautioning potential buyers to check customer reviews before purchasing,Windows Centralreports. The label suggests that the device has a higher return rate than similar products, though Amazon does not specify the reasons behind it. One likely factor is the laptop’s use of the QualcommSnapdragon Xplatform, which relies on Arm-based architecture instead of the traditional x86 processors from Intel and AMD. While Arm chips offer better power efficiency and battery life, they can introduce software compatibility issues....

A jailbroken version of GPT-4o hit the ChatGPT website this week, lasting only a few precious hours before being destroyed by OpenAI. Twitter user “Pliny the Prompter,” who calls themselves a white hat hacker and “AI red teamer,” shared their “GODMODE GPT” on Wednesday. Using OpenAI’s custom GPT editor, Pliny was able to prompt the newGPT-4omodel to bypass all of its restrictions, allowing the AI chatbot to swear, jailbreak cars, and make napalm, among other dangerous instructions....

We all know we should never turn off a system during a BIOS update. However, have you ever wondered what happens if the system suffers from a power outage or any interrupts during an update? Well, You will be prompted with a message during the POST test saying BIOS corruption has been detected. Since you need the BIOS to load the data from the storage device to the primary memory, a corrupted BIOS will lead to the system failing to load the OS....

Alphawave Semi, an IP and contract chip designer, hasdevelopedthe industry’s first 3nm UCIe chiplet that enables die-to-die connectivity for system-in-packages made on TSMC’s chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology. The chiplet targets high-demand sectors such as hyperscalers, HPC, and AI, and allows users to build a wide range of system-in-packages (SiPs). “Achieving successful silicon bring-up of 3nm 24 Gbps UCIe subsystem with TSMC’s advanced packaging is a significant milestone for Alphawave Semi and underscores the company’s expertise in utilizing the TSMC 3DFabric ecosystem to deliver top-tier connectivity solutions,” said Mohit Gupta, Alphawave Semi’s SVP and GM of Custom Silicon and IP....

AMD announced its latestRDNA 4 GPUslast week, with the cards on sale just a few days ago. The AMDRadeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070graphics cards deliver excellent value, and given that Team Red had weeks, if not months, to prepare for it, we expected these GPUs to have ample supply. Some retailers claimed they have thousands of RX 9070 XT GPUs of a single model in stock and are ready to sell come March 5....

AMD has officially launched a new wave of EPYC processors aimed at embedded systems. TheEPYC Embedded 8004 seriesfeatures AMD’s density-optimized Zen 4c cores, with core counts ranging from 12 to 64 cores.The 8004 series is available in 1P configurations, with support for up to 1.152TB of DDR5 memory via six memory channels, and TDP’s ranging from 70W to 225W. According to AMD, the EPYC Embedded 8004 series is designed to deliver “exceptional” performance for high-demand workloads in compact and power-constrained environments....