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Microsoft kills the password
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Millions will now need a mobile phone

Microsoft has confirmed plans to delete passwords for a billion users meaning that if you have finally convinced your grannie to get Outlook, she will also need to learn Android.

TSMC reveals a bit more about its 2nm Node
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Significant power, performance, and density improvements

TSMC has revealed further details about its N2 (2nm-class) fabrication process at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM).

Surge in Internet traffic in 2024
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Cloudflare sees 17.2 per cent growth

Cloudflare’s 2024 Internet Traffic Report reveals a notable 17.2 per cent global surge in internet traffic, underscoring the continued expansion of the digital world.

The curious case of the non-existent RTX 4010
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Youtuber purchases unbranded Chinese GPU

YouTuber known as Budget-Builds Official has managed to acquire and test a graphics card that seemingly doesn’t exist: the Nvidia RTX 4010.

SiFive hires big core engineer
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Andre Seznec, a star of branch prediction

After decades of dominance of X86 in the big core area, Arm cores from Arm, Apple, and now Qualcomm are making a big entrance to the market. As an alternative, it looks like SiFive, a leader in high-performance RISC-V cores is building a big core. It ought to be the highest performance Risc V core and a star engineer Andre Seznec has been hired as a Fellow to help out. Andre Seznec, a prominent figure with a branch prediction, has joined the company to help build the new core.