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China-based network tried to influence midterms, but long lunches and 9-to-5 hours hampered efforts

Meta writes that it took down the "small" network, which originated in China, for violating its policy on inauthentic behavior. Covering Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, it's the first known propaganda campaign originating in China to target US audiences ahead of November's midterms. https://www.techspot.com/news/96145-china-based-network-tried-influence-midterms-but-long.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

iPhone 14 Pro owners discover more problems in the latest Apple flagship

Apple's $999 (starting price) handset arrived alongside the iPhone 14 Pro Max and standard iPhone 14 earlier this month. But not all buyers are happy with their purchase. Some Redditors have reported that the device is randomly restarting approximately every 10 minutes while charging. https://www.techspot.com/news/96129-iphone-14-pro-owners-finding-more-problems-apple.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

LG Display wants to change your commute with its transparent OLED windows

At the upcoming InnoTrans transportation tradeshow in Berlin, Germany, LG will demonstrate a transparent OLED display. The panels are intended to replace train car windows. Germany's premier railway company Deutsche Bahn will also have a new concept train on show installed with the OLED transparent windows. The display functions just... https://www.techspot.com/news/96120-lg-display-wants-change-commute-transparent-oled-windows.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

James Earl Jones gives his blessing to AI recreation of Darth Vader voice

Vanity Fair reports that 91-year-old Jones has given his blessing to artificial recreations of the Darth Vader voice, a role he has occupied for 45 years. The technique was utilized in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series in which workers at Ukrainian startup Respeecher recreated Jones' voice to make it sound like... https://www.techspot.com/news/96112-james-earl-jones-gives-blessing-ai-recreation-darth.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Why some PCIe 5.0 SSDs are limited to 10 GBps, while others can hit 12.4 GBps

As Tom's Hardware explains, it all comes down to 3D NAND selection. To saturate a PCIe 5.0 x4 drive (15.754 GBps in both directions), you need 3D NAND with a 2400 MTps interface. Micron was the first to announce this type of memory back in July. SK Hynix and YMTC... https://www.techspot.com/news/95924-why-pcie-50-ssds-limited-10-gbps-while.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 is 78% faster than RTX 3090 Ti, hits 3.0 GHz in leaked benchmarks

Screenshots of an unnamed card appeared on China's Chiphell forums, so take them with the usual pinch of salt. They were shared on Twitter by user HXL (via VideoCardz). The 3DMark Time Spy Extreme score is a massive 20,192, suggesting this is the RTX 4090, which scored 19,000 in another... https://www.techspot.com/news/95922-rtx-4090-78-faster-than-rtx-3090-ti.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Intel reveals full specs for upcoming Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards

We already know about Intel's entry-level A380—read Steve Walton's review of the underwhelming desktop graphics card here—so most of the interest will be on the higher-end A770 and A750. https://www.techspot.com/news/95920-intel-reveals-full-spec-list-four-arc-alchemist.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger