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PaMu’s Slide wireless earphones (mostly) live up to the hype

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by on August 16, 2019 at 1:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


I don’t know about you, but I’ve been bombarded by ads and social media posts about the PaMu Slide wireless earphones crowdfunding campaign over the past month. It’s raised 260x its funding target, and has a bunch of NBA players endorsing it – so it must be great, right? Those are the sort of things that make me even more wary about a crowdfunded gadget. But I’m happy to report that the Slide is actually a pretty solid effort, and has a few neat features that make it worth considering over other popular options. These earbuds come from a company…

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Critical KNOB exploit penetrates gaping Bluetooth vulnerability

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by on August 16, 2019 at 1:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Bluetooth’s authentication protocols which, if properly executed, could allow an attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack between two paired devices. This could see an adversary intercept and alter files while they’re in transit, as well as potentially listening in on conversations conducted via Bluetooth. Researchers from Oxford University, the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security discovered the attack, which has since been dubbed KNOB, which is short for “Key Negotiation of Bluetooth.” (You, in the back. Stop laughing. This is serious.) The thrust of the KNOB attack…

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CHEAP: No dongle, no problem. Samsung’s Gear IconX wireless earbuds are $70 (64% off)

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by on August 16, 2019 at 1:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! I’ve got a confession to make. I used to be one of those chumps hating on headphone jack-less phones, blaming manufacturers for forcing consumers into buying numerous useless dongles – or spewing extra cash for expensive wireless earbuds. That was a hill I was willing to die on. But not anymore. After spending several months with Huawei’s P30 Pro and Anker’s Soundcore Liberty Lites, I’m not ashamed to admit I was wrong. I’m a full-blown wireless earbuds convert now. And with 64 percent off Samsung’s…

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Nvidia’s GPU sales finally ‘normalize’ after its crypto-mining craze

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by on August 16, 2019 at 12:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Chipmaker Nvidia says its business has finally returned to normal after its cryptocurrency mining hangover has subsided. In its latest quarterly financial report, published yesterday, Nvidia posted 17 percent growth in revenue – from $2.22 billion to $2.58 billion – over the last fiscal quarter. Across the same period in the previous financial year, the GPU giant posted revenue of $3.12 billion – a figure largely influenced by increased demand from cryptocurrency miners. Speaking on a conference call, Nvidia’s chief financial officer Collette Kress told analysts: “Essentially our business is normalized.” “We’ve reached normalized levels through the last couple of…

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by on August 16, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


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