Network and Beyond NaB

Windows Central reports that Xbox consoles have been showing an error message (0x82d60002) when connecting some third-party controllers. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100664-microsoft-stops-unauthorized-third-party-controllers-accessories-used.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The European Union Intellectual Property Office's most recent biannual report on copyright infringement in the UK and Europe makes for some interesting reading. Based on data from MUSO, a UK tracking firm, the years-long decline in piracy traffic has reversed since the start of 2021. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100659-tides-have-turned-there-post-pandemic-piracy-revival.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Game Rant posted images of Nintendo's recently filed patent, which at first glance bears a striking resemblance to the 3DS, the 12th best-selling games console of all time with just under 76 million units sold during its lifetime. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100656-nintendo-patent-shows-gaming-device-dual-screen-folding.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple has found itself in the current situation as a result of action by Masimo. The medical device company made a complaint to the USITC in 2021 claiming Apple infringed on one of its light-based pulse oximetry patents. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100655-apple-watch-faces-us-import-ban-time-runs.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Intel has posted a brief demonstration of one of its upcoming Meteor Lake processors running Dying Light 2 without a dedicated GPU. In the showcase, Intel demonstrated the benefits of its XeSS (Xe Super Sampling) upscaling technology. The short clip doesn't reveal the actual framerate or graphics settings, but it... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100652-meteor-lake-cpus-now-shipping-manufacturers-can-run.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Google will begin offering 20 Gig internet to some Google Fiber customers in select areas before the end of the year. The company didn't specify which locations will receive the trial, but those interested can apply and check availability on the website for GFiber Labs, Google's innovation incubator. More details... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100640-google-fiber-begins-trialing-20-gig-residential-internet.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nintendo's Game Content Guidelines for Online Video & Image Sharing Platforms, which have been updated for the first time since 2018, now include a section that states it will target: " features unauthorized game consoles and/or software not licensed by Nintendo or features video, images, sound sources, etc., that cannot... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100633-nintendo-updated-social-media-guidelines-target-modified-games.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The California DMV said General Motors-owned Cruise vehicles were "not safe for the public's operation" and that it was revoking its permits to test and deploy vehicles on public streets. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100615-california-dmv-suspends-cruise-permit-operate-driverless-taxis.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As part of a documentary for the UK's Channel 4, journalist, filmmaker, and prankster Oobah Butler got a job at an Amazon distribution center in Coventry. Using a hidden camera, he recorded employees complaining about working conditions, physical ailments caused by the demands, and the almost constant surveillance. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100602-amazon-slams-documentary-listing-energy-drink-made-delivery.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The new Super allegation comes from Chinese tech site IT Home. As with all rumors, a healthy dose of salt is recommended with this one. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100601-nvidia-might-discontinue-rtx-4080-favor-20gb-rtx.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro Max, with its cutting-edge A17 Pro SoC and 5x optical zoom, has an estimated bill of materials (BOM) of $558, or about 12 percent higher than that of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100587-iphone-15-pro-max-cost-apple-12-more.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement that from December 1, three grades of graphite deemed highly sensitive will be subject to "dual-use item" export controls, a term that refers to applications including the military. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100580-china-introduces-export-restrictions-graphite-essential-material-ev.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

We recently attended an analyst briefing with SiFive. We wrote about SiFive last year, and were fairly cautious about the challenges they face. With the benefit of time and a deeper dive into their plans, we came away from this latest meeting much more interested in the company than we... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100578-what-going-sifive-risc-v.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Remedy has unveiled an exhaustive system requirements sheet for "Alan Wake II," which will surely intimidate many. The sheet completely omits GPUs predating Turing and RDNA 2, signaling the end of the Pascal and RDNA 1 era. Notably, upscaling technologies like DLSS and FSR are listed as requirements. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100574-alan-wake-ii-assumes-everyone-use-upscaling-even.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Welcome to our monthly GPU pricing update. There's bits of news to go through, a few odd GPU launches, and some unfortunate price hikes. There's also some positive GPU price adjustments to discuss. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/article/2754-gpu-pricing-update/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The rumored changes to US sanctions on tech exports proved accurate this week when the Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) updated its list of export controls on semiconductor manufacturing items and advanced chips to China and other countries. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100566-rtx-4090-china-export-ban-impacting-us-prices.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The report comes from the generally reliable Apple insider and TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who states that shipment forecasts for MacBooks have been revised downward by "about 20 percent or more" this year. Due to this downturn, total sales are expected to decrease to around 17 million units in 2023. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100549-macbook-shipments-down-30-2023-but-apple-betting.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a support article confirming the recall, Tesla said that it has already issued a free over-the-air (OTA) software update (version 2023.32.7) to fix the issue. The updated software "corrects the vehicle controller's set threshold range at low brake fluid levels" and ensures compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100533-tesla-recalls-more-than-54000-model-x-vehicles.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Following its launch in 2003, there was a time when pretty much everyone online had a MySpace account. Top 8 friends, Tom, terrible usernames and profile photos, music, and forcing people to learn coding, the platform remains fondly remembered as the precursor to Facebook. It also helped launch the careers... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100518-tom-back-upcoming-documentary-revisit-myspace-glory-days.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Some of Ferrari's customers are young investors that have built substantial fortunes around crypto, Galliera said, adding that others are more traditional investors looking to diversify their portfolios. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100504-ferrari-now-accepts-crypto-form-payment-us.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Adobe Max conference in Los Angeles is an annual gathering of engineers, developers, and creative professionals intended to showcase the latest in the company's suite of applications and emerging technologies. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100494-adobe-latest-wearable-tech-promises-dynamic-clothing-can.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Analysts and manufacturers have begun reporting rising revenue due to increasing DRAM and NAND shipments in the third quarter of 2023, signaling market stabilization and recovery going into Q4. The trend likely indicates an end to the falling memory and storage sales consumers have seen throughout the year. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100491-dram-nand-prices-projected-edge-back-upward-q4.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In the next few years, Taiwanese foundry TSMC will introduce some of the most advanced chip manufacturing technologies on the planet. The 2 nanometer-based N2, N2P, and N2X process tech will include multiple innovations, and the entire ecosystem orbiting around the company's silicon business is destined to change accordingly. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100481-tsmc-2nm-manufacturing-process-coming-along-but-take.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Professional social network Blind carried out the survey to determine the approval rating of 103 CEOs, based on employees' feedback in August 2023. The network asked workers: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way your CEO is handling their job?" Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100465-nvidia-jensen-huang-tops-most-popular-ceos-survey.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CCS Insight's roundup of predictions for the technology industry in 2024 and beyond, which includes a warning of generative AI's "cold shower" moment next year, also covers the prospect of displays in consumer devices that can self-heal to fix minor damage such as scratches and dents. The analyst firm believes... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100456-self-healing-phone-screens-predicted-here-2028.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Both the HP Spectre Fold foldable notebook PC and the HP Envy Move "portable" all-in-one desktop PC bring a fresh perspective to PC design. The Spectre Fold isn't the first notebook to leverage a foldable screen, but its clever implementation makes it the most impressive version that I've seen of... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100441-there-room-innovate-pc-design-hp-think.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

At the turn of the millennium, Yahoo! was the most visited site on the web. In Web 1.0 terms, Yahoo! was like Google and Facebook combined. So what happened? Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/article/2744-yahoo-what-went-wrong/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A new report from Reuters outlined OpenAI's plans to begin providing its own AI chips and secure its share of the lucrative AI chip market. While there are no reports that the company has formally started executing its own AI chip plans, sources close to the company indicate it has... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100419-microsoft-openai-making-moves-enter-ai-chip-market.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

While attempting to cite examples of false information from hallucinating AI chatbots, a researcher inadvertently caused another chatbot to hallucinate by influencing ranked search results. The incident reveals the need for further safeguards as AI-enhanced search engines proliferate. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100417-generative-ai-hallucinations-can-influence-search-results-other.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Popular source-code editor, VS Code now incorporates AI tool GitHub Copilot to enhance your skills. The latest version also includes accessibility and UI improvements. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7142-visual-studio-code.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A report cites an unnamed source claiming that the new card will feature the GA107-325-Kx GPU and be based on the PG173 SKU 16 PCB board. This is in contrast with the existing RTX 3050 8GB model that features the GA106-150-KA-A1 GPU with 2,560 cores. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100395-nvidia-could-prepping-new-entry-level-rtx-3050.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Offering the classic Assassin's Creed experience with a modern twist, Mirage's campaign is short but retains the excellent RPG elements that have cemented it as a modern classic. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/products/pc-games/assassins-creed-mirage.259957/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The publication was not able to ascertain exactly when Netflix will make the change or by how much prices will go up, but it is believed that US and Canada will be among the first markets to see the hike. Unsurprisingly, Netflix declined to comment when reached by the Journal. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100365-netflix-planning-first-price-hike-since-early-2022.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Musk killed off Twitter's famous blue bird logo and changed the service's name to X a couple of months ago, a move that has won him few fans. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100362-florida-company-called-x-suing-elon-musk-x.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The first couple of benchmarks (1, 2) (via Benchleaks 1, 2) show a single-core score of 2,819 points and a multi-core score of 16,707 points in Geekbench 6 while running at a stock 3.5GHz. Both benchmarks were run using a testbed based on the ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-PLUS WIFI Motherboard... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100343-intel-core-i5-14600k-leaked-benchmarks-show-57ghz.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

September was yet another month in which the RTX 3060 proved to be the top-performing (up 1.4%) GPU among Steam survey participants. The expensive prices of the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti and their comparatively weak performance combined with the RTX 3060's high availability on the second-hand market have pushed... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100340-valve-steam-survey-has-new-top-graphics-card.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

To no one's surprise, Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 15 and 15 Pro release resulted in long lines, depleted retail stock, and pre-orders exceeding the iPhone 14's initial demand by up to 12 percent. Not long after its release, users began reporting uncomfortably high phone temperatures across review sites and social... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100338-apple-iphone-15-overheating-issues-addressed-upcoming-ios.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The heavy computing requirements of AI push evolving manufacturing processes that shrink overall chip sizes while allowing a higher concentration of compute elements on each chip. As a result, companies like Intel, TSMC, and Samsung are constantly investing in facilities, equipment, and resources to stay one step ahead of the... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/100337-intel-latest-high-volume-euv-chip-production-could.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger