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AMD 2nd

Double the cores, double the fun! AMD’s highest-end processor jumps from 16 to 32 cores in the new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, based on AMD Zen+ architecture, slated to ship on Aug. 10. At the end of August, the current 16-core flagship, the 1950X, gets its 2nd-generation upgrade to the 2950X but a demotion to middle-of-the-line of AMD’s high-end processors. For …

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Ajit Pai blames Obama administration for FCC DDoS attack that didn’t happen

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said Monday that a high-profile outage of the agency’s website last year wasn’t caused by DDoS attacks as previously suggested, though he didn’t offer an alternative explanation for the crash. On May 7, 2017, the FCC’s comment system crashed after Last Week Tonight host John Oliver encouraged his audience to post comments to the agency in support of net neutrality.  FCC officials initially …

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