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“DDoS is not a game. It’s a crime!” Europol targets the youth in latest bid to take down DDoS-for-hire infrastructure

By the very nature of modern DDoS attacks, which often deploy large botnets dispersed over a large geographical area, it’s difficult to pin the blame on any one mastermind. That said, last week a number of different countries collaborated in a Europol-supported effort designed to take criminal DDoS-for-hire infrastructure offline. 21 different countries in total…

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RetroAchievements Support Comes To MiSTer FPGA

Only in ‘softcore’ mode for now, though. If you’re anything like me, then RetroAchievements will be a big part of your gaming lifestyle these days. This amazing free service adds Xbox-style achievements to a host of classic titles, and is compatible with a wide range of emulators (RetroArch being my go-to option these days). Read…

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Doja Cat has spoken: ‘I think I like Overwatch more than Marvel Rivals’ after just one match

Ever since Overwatch’s massive refresh in February, which added five new heroes in one batch and set the pace going forward, Blizzard’s hero shooter has been in its renaissance era. Everyone’s playing it: lapsed Overwatch fans, Marvel Rivals (ex-)enjoyers, and even Doja Cat—yes, that Doja Cat. The musician took to Twitch yesterday to livestream her…

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Report claims the global CPU shortage is ‘more acute for processors than memory’ as industry waits for Intel’s 18A chips to plug the gap

A Digitimes report on the ongoing CPU shortage says that industry sources have described the situation as ‘more acute for processors than memory’. While memory is still available in limited quantities (and with massive price increases, thanks to the ongoing RAMpocalypse), several models of chips made by both AMD and Intel are said to be…

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