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  1. https://games.slashdot.org/story/21/06/27/0246252/is-a-sony-ps3-leak-now-leading-to-banned-consoles "Every Sony PlayStation 3 ID out there was compromised, provoking bans of legit players on the network," Threatpost is reporting, calling it "just the latest in a shocking spike in attacks on unsuspecting gamers." tlhIngan (Slashdot user #30,335) shares Threatpost's report:Sony reportedly left a folder with every PS3 console ID online unsecured, and it was discovered and reported by a Spanish YouTuber with the handle "The WizWiki" in mid-April... Now, several weeks later, players on PlayStation Network message boards are complaining that they can't sign on and are receiving the error message 8071006. After enabling two-factor authentication (2FA), one player was able to sign back in without issue, according to posts on the PS3 subreddit, which includes a link to instructions on how to opt into 2FA on the PS3. It appears threat actors have started using the stolen PS3 console IDs for malicious purposes, causing the legitimate players to get banned... Sony has not responded to Threatpost's request for comment or confirmed a connection between the PS3 ID breach and player reports of being locked out of the platform... Sony is hardly the only gaming company leaking data like a sieve. A report from January found a half a million credentials stolen from the Top 25 gaming companies on caches of breached data for sale in criminal marketplaces. In June, the "Battle of the Galaxy" mobile game leaked 6 million gamer profiles, and attackers are working out how to use gaming platforms like Steam to host or deliver malware. Looks like sony is getting their way on killing the ps3 whether people like it or not.
  2. We always talk about the semiconductor shortage but let's be honest, we produce a lot of silicon, so the question is, where is it all ending up? How are we divvying up silicon production? What is taking the lions share to the point even computers needed for cars to function can't be produced fast enough to keep up with demand? Production hasn't changed much over the years, if anything it's only gone up, not down. I think it would be interesting to find out just what percent of silicon production ends up going into what products, this may be at the core of the issue, it may not be that we don't have enough, but simply that we are over producing for a area(s) that really shouldn't need it.
  3. I'm wondering how low coins like bitcoin and ethereum for example have to go before most miners would theoretically not be able to break even anymore. As this is the most likely point where we will see them start to jump ship and get out before they take losses.
  4. A friend brought these up the other day and I was surprised I hadn't heard of them. https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/boards-kits/compute-stick.html Not quite the same power but interesting none the less.
  5. Images from google because obvious reasons, so sorry for the size discrepancies. Tell me sorting by date/domain/alphabetically is not better than what we have with chrome.
  6. Take for example the RTX 3060. It's MSRP is 329. On newegg and various other retailers you can find it for between that and 560, provided you can find it in stock. The GTX 1060's (6GB) relative performance to the 3060 is about 50%. According to ebay the average going price for a used 1060 (6GB) is about 200. Keeping in mind the current market situation does inflate prices of both new and used, going off just performance metrics the 1060 wouldn't be worth any more than 165 new, or taking into account the fact it's used, knocking off 30% of the price you're looking at 115 used. Do you think that's a fair way to go about pricing of older/lower spec parts? Because retailers (including newegg, just for example) are also selling 1050 ti's (which I couldn't give a comparison since the 3050/ti's are not out yet so this is the best I could do) for what appears to range between 220 and 350. Almost double what a used 1060 is worth in terms of performance on the low end and as much as more than a 3060, which is more than double the performance to costs, on the high end. Take into note the 1050 ti also launched at a MSRP of 140, 80 less than what it is being sold for on the low end, almost 5 years later.
  7. Remember Pimp My Ride? Well how about Pimp My PC! A series where LTT takes some poor unfortunate souls PC and goes Pimp My Ride on it, and I don't mean just ROG Rig Reboot upgrading it/building a new one. Whole custom fabrication to upgrade the case (or the replacement of the case) to look like something utterly show stopping, just like they would with cars off Pimp My Ride. Of course with some component upgrades as well. This is a series that would primarily be handled by alex and the likes of those working in the shop, and not so much those who just build and benchmark. The whole focus (well main focus) would be around the looks of the PC, with the added benefit of the upgrade to the function of the PC.
  8. TLDR Shipping anything in canada is expensive, going in or out no matter the shipping provider. 7 dollars for a deskmat is actually pretty competitive compared to what we're usually exposed to. Canada post is usually your best bet for prices, but the speed can be, variable.
  9. Here's another in depth piece on it from him. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/05/the-bill-c-10-effect-why-canadian-consumers-face-a-future-of-cancon-surcharges-and-blocked-services/ The Bill C-10 Effect: Why Canadian Consumers Face a Future of Cancon Surcharges and Blocked Services TLDR it doesn't look good Here's a similar comment from another site on the matter.
  10. I'm going to sound old but omg I miss when shoes had RGB.
  11. Personally I'm of the opinion not until 2027, manufacturing can't be ramped up any more than it already is until new fabs are built, assuming we build enough fabs to counteract the high demand it will still take 5 years or so to build the fabs, you then need time to build the chips and fill the inevitable backlog of chips that will have already been on backorder for the countless products that require them.
  12. If I manage to catch the wan show live I'll send a superchat asking what their thoughts on it are, it would be a good place to discuss it especially with luke, who's in charge of floatplane, there to air his thoughts to. Problem being there's no consistent time when it goes live and being on the east coast one time they didn't go live till after I was asleep. Here's another one from Michael Geist with what was said that the bill would be intended for, so I think you might be onto something about them having to pay in, but it would seem it's not just their floatplane endeavors that would end up costing them. Large channels with lots of views and followers would also get included. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/05/guilbeaultc10regulationusers/
  13. Here's a deeper dive into it from a canadian law professor. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/05/not-just-big-techbillc10/ Not Just Big Tech: Government Memo Shows Bill C-10 Targets News Sites, Podcast and Workout Apps, Adult Websites, Audiobooks, and Sports Streamers for CRTC Regulation Here's the memo for those who just want to read it. https://www.scribd.com/document/508665790/A-2020-00498-Heritage-c10-Digital-Exclusion
  14. It really is a problem when old machines don't have enough ram to even do many things. Chrome alone has made that obvious. It also eats up a lot of vram if you're using hardware acceleration so a card with low vram will have trouble to.
  15. I swear if this doesn't turn out to be one of their secret give away things I'm actually going to be surprised, that's actually kind of amazing.
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