Intel refreshed Raptor Lake expected out in October
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Chinese leaker believes 

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming Intel is about to release a refreshed Raptor Lake in October.

Banned Chinese decryption chips used by US military
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They are even on a list 

While the US government is increasingly paranoid about Chinese hardware containing spyware, the US military does not appear to have gotten the memo. 

Kiwi and Aussie security experts hack older BIOS-locked laptops
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All your need is a screwdriver

 A team of Aussie and Kiwi cyber security experts at CyberCX can hack their way into any older laptop with just a screwdriver and a six-pack of DB.

Simply NUC launches Moonstone Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 7000 mobile APU
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With up to AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Simply NUC has released a new Simply NUC designed and branded mini PC product called the Moonstone, which is based on the latest AMD Ryzen 7000 processors in a compact 4x4 design. Starting at $699, and packing up to AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, up to 64GB of DDR5-4800 memory, and up to 16TB of storage, this compact mini PC will certainly pack a punch.

Noctua rolls out new offset mounting for AMD AM5 processors
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Lowers temperatures by 1-3°C

Noctua has now officially launched the new offset mounting system for installing Noctua CPU coolers on AMD AM5 processors. These were quite popular at the Computex 2023 show where Noctua had officially showcased that mounting system, as it came as a surprise that offsetting the base of the cooler by 7mm to the south side can lower the temperature by 1-3°C.