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So where do we go now? The researchers said that both the RTX 3060 and RTX 6000 cards are vulnerable. Changing BIOS defaults to enable IOMMU closes the vulnerability, they said. Short for input-output memory management unit, IOMMU maps device-visible virtual addresses to physical addresses on the host memory. It can be used to make certain parts of memory off-limits. “In the context of our attack, an IOMMU can simply restrict the GPU from accessing sensitive memory locations on the host,” Kwong explained. “IOMMU is, however, disabled by default in the BIOS to maximize compatibility and because enabling the IOMMU…

In a surprise release, OpenAI has made ChatGPT’s Voice mode available through Apple CarPlay. If you’re running the latest version of both iOS and the ChatGPT app, and own a CarPlay-compatible vehicle, you can check out the experience. To get started, download all the necessary software, connect your iPhone to CarPlay and select “New voice chat” from ChatGPT. When the in-app text indicates ChatGPT is “listening,” you can start a conversation.There are some notable limitations to using ChatGPT Voice with CarPlay. For one, OpenAI’s chatbot can’t control car functions. If you want to adjust the cabin temperature or skip tracks,…

YouTube TV and Hulu Plus Live TV are popular among cord-cutters looking for a cable-like viewing experience. Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNETAre you aiming to replace cable TV? Two popular streaming platforms happen to be among of our favorite picks for cord-cutters and cord-cutter wannabes: Google’s YouTube TV and Disney-owned Hulu Plus Live TV. Both streamers offer a swath of live channels, such as CNN, ESPN and TNT, along with local stations ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, among others  — all without a cable box.Yet, pricing for each service has steadily increased over the past few years. Currently, the least-expensive plan for YTTV is $83 a month,…

Apple has officially kicked off celebrations for its 50th birthday, and we’ve been following along the festivities through our live coverage.We’ve covered some of the best Apple products the company has released in the last half century (and some of the misses, too) and we’ve even taken a deep dive into the products that didn’t quite make it also.If you’ve also been following along and you’re also in a bit of a celebratory mood, then you can also join in on the fun by checking out these deals for a few of our favourite current-generation Apple products.I’ve highlighted savings on…

Resident Evil legend Shinji Mikami’s new studio, Unbound Inc., has been acquired by Shift Up, the company behind Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke. Unbound’s unannounced games will be fully supported and distributed by South Korean publisher Shift Up, which is led by CEO Hyung-Tae Kim.Mikami is an icon of Japanese horror as the director of Resident Evil, its 2002 remake and Resident Evil 4, as well as a founder of PlatinumGames and Tango Gameworks. Tango was responsible for The Evil Within series, Ghostwire Tokyo and Hi-Fi Rush. Shift Up recently developed the hit action game Stellar Blade, with…

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft and the launch gantry at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 31, 2026. NASA/Keegan BarberFifty-four years after the last Apollo mission to the moon, NASA’s Artemis II mission is set to return. The Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft is scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday afternoon. The four-person crew, made up of American and Canadian astronauts, will be 250,000 miles from Earth at its farthest point in the journey to orbit the moon. This is everything you…

Evercade has revealed a new gaming handheld, the NexusIt offers dual thumbsticks and a 5.89 inch screenIt comes bundled with two Banjo-Kazooie games adapted specifically for the deviceRetro handheld maker Evercade has announced a brand new product, and it looks like the PlayStation Portable successor I’ve been waiting for.Dubbed the Evercade Nexus, this handheld console has been carefully designed with the feedback from the company’s previous releases in mind. It’s a little device with dual thumbsticks that makes it look a lot like the PlayStation Vita at first glance.A dive into the spec sheet reveals that it’s got a slightly…

The move, recently proposed by influential researcher Scott Aaronson, is a complete turnaround from the strict 90-day disclosure policies Google’s Project Zero pioneered two decades ago and an accepted norm that has driven security research for even longer. Other researchers are already criticizing the lack of details. “I think it’s alarmist to claim an immediate security risk from an algorithm that requires a computer that doesn’t exist,” Matt Green, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who studies cryptography, said. “Given that the stakes here are so low (for the same reason) I’d classify it as less harmful, and more on…

Two pieces of good gaming news today. First: Dinosaur Polo Club has shadow dropped a brand new game today. Second, it’s available for free on both PC and Mac from Itch.io. The project is called Read the F*cking Manual, or RTFM, and it is a co-op game based on working in tech support.Dinosaur Polo Club is known for previous games Mini Metro and Mini Motorways. Both are stellar examples of simple, elegant game design, and a small group within the company took this game jam concept from passion project to a fully fledged release.Per the description, “Players must work together…

Gardens, poetry and kinship await you this spring. CNETAs a self-defined plant nerd, I read and write about plants whenever I can. I’m embarking on a new plant book project and recently picked up three books for “research.” Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer, an Indigenous writer, scientist and naturalist, wowed me with her book Braiding Sweetgrass, so I dove into her previous works, including this one. As luck would have it, it’s also on sale: down to $12 from the usual $19 retail price. I’m also sinking my teeth into Jared Farmer’s Elderflora: A…