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System costs will rise fairly sharply next year due to this shortage. Looks like a good time to have your older computer overhauled! Give us a shout if you want to stretch your computer’s service life!

Memory Crisis & RAM Shortages - Here's Everything You Need to Know About the New Trouble For Gamers, Courtesy of AI Memory shortage have taken the PC industry by storm, and here's everything you need to know about how the situation is evolving.

This just came into my messages. Please remember that the parasites come out around the holidays. Spot the scam with these helpful signs:

1. The sending address is not affiliated with USPS.

2. The domain in the link should end with USPS.com not anything else. In this case the domain is helpci.com.

3. Lastly they would message the sender or just return it if the address was incomplete.

Anyone who has Chrome installed should check for updates ASAP

Google Issues Emergency Chrome Update to Plug Security Hole Exploited by Hackers Google this week is rolling out new versions of Chrome solely to address a critical security flaw said to be exploited by hackers in the wild.

The lifespan of components keeps dropping.

HDDs typically failed in under 3 years in Backblaze study of 17,155 failed drives Seagate still stands out.

Long story short: scammers are using AI to make deepfakes of your voice and convincing your friends and family that you’re in jail, have been kidnapped, ect.

I would suggest having a code word established with your family and close friends, a word that doesn’t come up in normal conversation that would be required to verify identity.

As always don’t be afraid to hang up and call the person back. If they really have been arrested the call will be from the jail and you can call directly to the facility.

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This highlights what I’ve said about Android before. Their store operated on an implicit trust system. Apps are published and are available for download before they are heavily reviewed. This creates an opportunity for malware designers to infect thousands or millions of devices before the app is pulled.

60 Android apps with 100 million installs contain malware — delete them right now Third-party library infected legitimate apps with the new Goldoson Android malware

If you purchased one of the impacted models make sure to apply for the settlement. Replacing those butterfly keyboards was a real pain.

Eligible MacBook owners could get up to $395 from a nationwide class-action lawsuit. Here's how Do you own an Apple MacBook laptop? You might be eligible for a payout from a $50 million class-action settlement. Find out if you qualify.

If an item sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Actually Two Small SD Cards in a Trench Coat A cybersecurity researcher bought the same item from AliExpress and took it apart. Walmart removed the hard drive after Motherboard contacted the company.

LastPass has had a security breach. If you use this service please change your passwords as soon as possible.

Password manager LastPass confirms security breach LastPass has confirmed that they recently suffered from a security breach, but thankfully your passwords are still safe.