Summary of the week of March 7, 2022

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Nvidia certificates are being used to sign malware

Some people are using stolen certificates from Nvidia to sign malware. These certificates have been revoked for some time, but Windows allows the installation of drivers with expired certificates.

A new material allows battery charging to last 5 years

A new material allows charging to be maintained in lithium-ion batteries for 5 years and preserves 95% of the capacity after 1700 charge and discharge cycles.

Two day-zero security flaws in Firefox

Two use-after-free security flaws have been found in Firefox. They are day-zero flaws and are related to XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) and WebGPU.

The price of graphics cards continues to fall

The price of the Radeon RX 6000 series and GeForce RTX 30 has reached its lowest level since January of last year. They are at 135% and 141% respectively of the recommended price.

Firefox 98 available

Firefox 98 comes with a completely renovated download manager. Now, when you click on a download, the file will be downloaded without asking by showing the manager. From it, you can open the download folder, make similar files always open automatically, and other options.

Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition

Someone has brought us a Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition. It is a processor with 6 Zen 2 cores, a TDP of only 15W, and performance similar to the Ryzen 5 4600H. Despite its low consumption, it achieves the 58th position in the overall ranking.

Intel will allow ECC memory in domestic Alder Lakes

Intel is going to stop disabling support for ECC memory on domestic Alder Lake platforms. Until now, the most economical way to mount this type of memory in Intel systems was with the E series of the Xeon.

Ryzen 7 5800X

JuezDred has brought us a Ryzen 7 5800X again. It comes with 8 Zen 3 cores, SMT, and 32 MB of L3 cache. We already had this model, but this time, it seems that there has been a change in the CPUID. Both specifications and performance of both 5800X are identical.