Author: Tech Support

    • AMD’s debut third-gen Threadripper chips will be released on November 25th

    AMD’s Threadripper processors (pictured: Threadripper 2nd-gen) come with high core counts and are designed for workstations. | Image: AMD AMD has announced its first two third-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors: the $1,399 Threadripper 3960X and the $1,999 Threadripper 3970X. Both processors feature higher clock speeds and more PCIe lanes than their second-generation predecessors, and they also

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    • How to Mentor Yourself

    If you’re ever stuck for ideas or advice, and you feel like you can’t find a mentor, here’s how to become your own mentor: Look at everyone else who’s doing a similar thing. Some successful ones, and some failing ones. Find everything they could be doing better. And then don’t tell them. Tell yourself. Do

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    • Sources: Google has been holding internal meetings on changing its political ad policy, and plans to share more information with employees soon (Emily Glazer/Wall Street Journal)

    Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Google has been holding internal meetings on changing its political ad policy, and plans to share more information with employees soon  —  Discussions come after Twitter said it would bar most political ads amid spread of misinformation  —  Alphabet Inc. GOOG -.02% ‘s Google … Sources: Google has

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    • An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)

    Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: An investigation into I’m Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame  —  The chief executive of I’m Shmacked promises students Instagram fame, then silences them with threats. An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of

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    • In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Hastings says Netflix's spending on content will grow and defends cutting an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show in Saudi Arabia (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

    Dade Hayes / Deadline: In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Hastings says Netflix’s spending on content will grow and defends cutting an episode of Hasan Minhaj’s show in Saudi Arabia  —  Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tackled a wide array of issues surrounding the streaming giant during a packed 30-minute keynote session … In a

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    • Inside Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, where dozens of engineers and analysts track state-sponsored hacking groups, ~70 with names and many more without (Patrick Howell O'Neill/MIT Techn …)

    Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: Inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, where dozens of engineers and analysts track state-sponsored hacking groups, ~70 with names and many more without  —  From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth. Inside Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, where

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    Tiny SAO, Tough CTF Challenge!

    Over the year or two since the SAO connector specification was published, otherwise known as the Shitty Addon, we’ve seen a huge variety of these daughter boards for our favourite electronic badges. Many of them are works of art, but there’s another subset that’s far less about show and more about clever functionality. [Uri Shaked]’s

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