Aside from their ability to operate fairly well in extreme temperatures, lead-acid batteries don’t have many benefits compared to more modern battery technology. They’re heavy, not particularly energy ...

Silent silicon defects may cause modern CPUs and GPUs to produce incorrect results without crashing, raising concerns about ...

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. Security researchers have discovered a ...

Boot speed is rarely a problem associated with modern Windows computers. They come with SSDs and powerful CPUs and can reach the desktop in a couple of seconds. But this has not stopped several people ...

In the heart of Manchester, UK, a groundbreaking event took place in 1948: the first modern computer, known as the Manchester Baby, ran its very first program. The Baby’s ability to execute stored ...

Security researchers will detail today a new variation of a cold boot attack that can meddle with a computer's firmware to disable security measures and allow an attacker to recover sensitive data ...

Of the hundreds of components that make up a modern computer, the microprocessor chip consumes the most energy. An essential part of any PC, laptop or mobile device, a microprocessor performs ...

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