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Intel’s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops

Intel is announcing a family of cheaper Panther Lake laptop processors called the Core Series 3 line. They're built on the same Intel 18A process as the higher-end Core Ultra Series 3 family of chips, but they have less of just about everything spec-wise. The Core Series 3 (non-Ultra) line encompasses six different chips, with […]

Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike

Meta is the next tech company to hike up hardware prices due to the global memory shortage. Beginning April 19th, Meta's 128GB Quest 3S VR headset will cost $349.99, the 256GB Quest 3S will cost $449.99, and the Quest 3 will cost $599.99. Those are increases of $50 for both Quest 3S models and $100 […]

Biologists Confirm Not Much Evolution Happened Today

STANFORD, CA—Calling it a “pretty slow one” as far as natural selection and genetic drift were concerned, biologists from Stanford University confirmed Tuesday that not much evolution happened today. “According to our observations over the past 24 hours, the vast majority of species on earth have pretty much just been holding steady and staying the course, […]

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The NIST narrows its National Vulnerability Database priorities to CVEs in CISA's known exploited catalog, to deal with a backlog after its 2024 funding lapse (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop)

Matt Kapko / CyberScoop:
The NIST narrows its National Vulnerability Database priorities to CVEs in CISA's known exploited catalog, to deal with a backlog after its 2024 funding lapse  —  The National Vulnerability Database will now only analyze vulnerabilities in critical software, systems used in the federal government and those under active exploitation.

Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is finally getting good

After a slow start, Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finally delivers a truly great episode.