Massive Data Breach Leaks 2.7 Billion Records Including Social Security Numbers

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Massive Data Breach Leaks 2.7 Billion Records Including Social Security Numbers]( By Alan Velasco on Aug 13, 2024 01:47 pm [Massive Data Breach Leaks 2.7 Billion Records Including Social Security Numbers]( Yet another leak of stolen data has made its way to Breach Forums, a popular site for bad actors who traffic in this kind of data theft. The data originates from the breach of National Public Data, which is a service that gathers information from separate sources to form profiles on individuals located in several countries, including the United [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google's Entire Pixel 9 Family Unveiled With Pixel Watch 3 And Pixel Buds 2 Pro]( By Ryan Whitwam on Aug 13, 2024 01:00 pm [Google's Entire Pixel 9 Family Unveiled With Pixel Watch 3 And Pixel Buds 2 Pro]( Google has historically announced its new Android hardware in October, even if it didn't have much new to show. For instance, in 2020 it released the solitary Pixel 5, a basic mid-range phone—but 2024 is the polar opposite. Google has moved up its Pixel unveiling, and the company has a cornucopia of new hardware announcements. There are not [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [TikTok Slides Into Your DMs With New Features To Challenge Messaging Apps]( By Tim Sweezy on Aug 13, 2024 11:06 am [TikTok Slides Into Your DMs With New Features To Challenge Messaging Apps]( TikTok has been under fire from the US government for a while over the platform being owned by Chinese company ByteDance. While the US government aims to force the popular platform to sell to a US-owned company, or face being banned in the country, the platform itself continues to focus on its users and bringing new features that drive engagement. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Check Your Toyota: Recall Issued For 33,800 Vehicles Due To A Sticker Error]( By Aaron Leong on Aug 13, 2024 11:00 am [Check Your Toyota: Recall Issued For 33,800 Vehicles Due To A Sticker Error]( If you purchased or own a Toyota with added OEM accessories installed by North American Toyota dealer Gulf States Toyota, you might want to check whether your vehicle is part of a recent recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) explains that the recall is—believe it or not—due to a simple sticker that shows incorrect [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Mars And Jupiter Are Set To Dazzle Stargazers In Rare Event Tonight]( By Tim Sweezy on Aug 13, 2024 10:05 am [Mars And Jupiter Are Set To Dazzle Stargazers In Rare Event Tonight]( Mars and Jupiter are set to dazzle stargazers in a rare event tonight, as the two planets appear just a third of a degree from one another in the night sky. The close conjunction of the two planets has not occurred since 2015, and won’t happen again until 2033. All of the major planets in the solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Testing Intel’s Raptor Lake CPU Microcode Fix Yields Encouraging Results]( By Zak Killian on Aug 13, 2024 09:57 am [Testing Intel’s Raptor Lake CPU Microcode Fix Yields Encouraging Results]( As soon as the broader discussion about the Raptor Lake stability issues began, many people were already speculating that the potential "fix" would have a deleterious effect on performance. In essence, the thought process was that Intel had achieved its chart-topping performance by pushing the chips too far along the voltage/frequency curve, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Doom 2 Modded With Ray Tracing? Oh Hell Yeah!]( By Alan Velasco on Aug 13, 2024 09:44 am [Doom 2 Modded With Ray Tracing? Oh Hell Yeah!]( Last week Doom fans got a nice surprise when Doom and Doom II got upgraded with a re-release that brought several quality-of-life improvements to these classic titles. However, there was one modern update that was missing -- ray tracing. Well, that’s no longer the case after Shirokii released a mod that includes realtime path tracing for Doom [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [LG Wants Compensation After Apple Cancels MicroLED Plans For Apple Watch Ultra]( By Thiago Trevisan on Aug 13, 2024 09:27 am [LG Wants Compensation After Apple Cancels MicroLED Plans For Apple Watch Ultra]( The Apple Watch has been a successful product, adorning the wrists of those fashioned to the ecosystem. The advanced Apple Watch Ultra has garnered the praise of those wanting a more robust watch, but trouble is brewing behind the senes. LG, who provides Apple with many of its displays, wants compensation for the cancelled Watch Ultra [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Assassin's Creed Game Lead Explains Why You'll Wait Longer For Next Installment]( By Aaron Leong on Aug 13, 2024 09:24 am [Assassin's Creed Game Lead Explains Why You'll Wait Longer For Next Installment]( With one of the longest incubation periods of any Assassin's Creed titles, the next one called Assassin's Creed Shadows will only be released when the Ubisoft development team feels like they've struck the "right balance." At four years since its announcement, the November-bound title, if done right (and assuming Ubisoft's promises hold up), [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Parents Beware: Tablet Study Suggests Screen Time Fuels Toddler Tantrums]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 13, 2024 08:45 am [Parents Beware: Tablet Study Suggests Screen Time Fuels Toddler Tantrums]( If you're a parent of a young child who is suddenly prone to angry outbursts, you may want to limit their time in front of an iPad (even one of the new M2 iPads) or other tablet. No, we're not offering up parenting advice, but passing along the insinuation of a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics, which links expressions of anger and frustration [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Bid On Steve Jobs' Bomber Jacket, Rare iPad 1 Prototype And More Apple Collectibles]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 13, 2024 08:30 am [Bid On Steve Jobs' Bomber Jacket, Rare iPad 1 Prototype And More Apple Collectibles]( These days, Apple has a firm grip on the tablet market with its iPad lineup accounting for more than a third of all tablet in the wild (35.8%), according to the latest audit by market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Apple didn't invent the tablet, of course, but it did play a significant role in popularizing the category. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [GPD Unveils Pocket 4, A Zen 5 Handheld Rocking Strix Point And 144Hz Display]( By Zak Killian on Aug 12, 2024 05:00 pm [GPD Unveils Pocket 4, A Zen 5 Handheld Rocking Strix Point And 144Hz Display]( Have you ever wished you could use your smartphone as your primary PC? There are various ways to achieve that, but how about this instead: the GPD Pocket 4. This is a handheld PC with an 8.8" screen. That puts it on the high end of "phablet" size, yet still arguably pocketable. Despite the small size, it comes equipped with a twelve-core AMD [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Valve's Secret New Hero Shooter Deadlock Attracts 17K Players Before Launch]( [SteamOS Patch Notes Hint At Support For ASUS ROG Ally Gaming Handheld]( [Did OceanGate Really Think A Game Controller Was Fit To Pilot Its Submarine?]( [Will GTA 6 Launch On Xbox Game Pass? 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