
Writer complains his HP printer is shaking him down for cash
It is worse than a loan shark
Atlantic writer Charlie Warzel has complained that their HP OfficeJet Pro is shaking him down like a loan shark.

Samsung stuffs new phone with bloatware
Galaxy S23 uses up 60 GB
Android is supposed to be a lightweight OS, but some users are complaining that the Samsung Galaxy takes 60GB of storage.

US top cyber diplomat Twitter account hacked
If only the company could afford to keep its clients' accounts safe
Nate Fick, the inaugural US ambassador for Cyberspace and Digital Policy announced the hack of his personal account over the weekend.

Intel about to reveal Xeon workstation processor family
Intel Xeon W
Chipzilla is to reveal its Intel Xeon W processors on February 15.

Twitter's financial troubles deepen
If only it could find a competent financial expert who was not a business genius
Social notworkingatall site Twitter is finding it harder to pay the bills since business genius and supreme twit Elon [look at me] Musk took over.

Italy bans US AI chatbot friend from stealing data
Risks to minors and emotionally fragile people
Italy's Data Protection Agency has blocked artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika from using the personal data of Italian users, citing risks to minors and emotionally fragile people.

Google promises its AI will be released to trusted users soon
Bard should be ready for public release in a few weeks
Google's parent firm Alphabet announced the release of its Bard conversational AI service, which it said will be rolled out to "trusted users" before its public release in the coming weeks.

Nvidia fixes Discord throttling
Done over the air, you will not feel a thing
The GPU maker named after a Roman vengence daemon Nvidia has fixed a problem with Discord software which throttled memory clocks.

Puget dumps Samsung's 990 Pro solid-state drives
Reliability questionable
Puget Systems has stopped offering Samsung's 990 Pro solid-state drives in new builds following numerous reports of health degradation issues.

POCO X5 Pro 5G fixes OLED problem
It does not wreck your eyes
POCO’s Pro 5G fixes a problem with OLED which no-one in the industry seems to want to talk about – it screws up your eyesight.