Business

Crypto money gains traction in adult industry amid OnlyFans drama

Porn stars, sex workers and others in adult entertainment were taking a closer look at cryptocurrency payments in the wake of a series of troubles with the mainstream financial system, potentially propelling digital currencies ...

Business

Bitcoin rises after eagerly awaited 'halving'

Bitcoin rose Wednesday after undergoing an eagerly awaited adjustment that occurs every few years to limit the amount of the virtual currency on the market, building on a recent coronavirus-driven rally.

Energy & Green Tech

Super VOOC in fast lane, fills battery in 15 minutes

This week, battery-charging technology carrying a pitch of being especially fast and safe was talked up at the Mobile World Congress. A Chinese smartphone company announced its quick-charge technology, which can deliver low-temperature ...

Security

New Spectre cyberthreat evades patches

"Spectre" was a prescient name for the processor vulnerability that takes advantage of speculative execution. Since its initial discovery in January, 2018, at least three variants of the attack have been found.

Computer Sciences

Keeping GPUs young

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are used for many computationally intensive tasks. Their aging process can be slowed by clever management, as TU Wien (Vienna) and University of California (Irvine) have now shown.

Business

Riding high on AI, Nvidia is no bubble, says Wall Street

The emergence of AI bots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard has fueled a massive rise in share prices of chip-making juggernaut Nvidia, with its skyrocketing stock now making it the world's fourth biggest company by ...

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