Stimulus check: You might get a prepaid debit card instead. Find your payment schedule - CNET

See if you're eligible for a stimulus payment of up to $1,200, and when (and how) you can expect to receive your check or prepaid EIP card.

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Direct deposit is over. Here's what happens with your stimulus check now - CNET

The IRS stopped accepting direct deposit requests May 13, but you could still get a stimulus check in the mail or via a prepaid debit card.

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Nintendo eShop sale: 7 discounted Switch games to buy now - CNET

There are no less than four sales to take advantage of right now.

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When will the IRS send my stimulus check? How to track it with the Get My Payment tool - CNET

The IRS is sending stimulus payments on a schedule. We'll explain how to use the agency's online tracker tool to see when your check or prepaid card is coming.

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SpaceX's first astronaut flight: All you need to know about the Demo-2 mission - CNET

A Falcon 9 rocket is set to carry two NASA astronauts from US soil to the ISS on May 27. The last time the US launched astronauts from within its borders was 2011.

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NASA's human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro has resigned, according to an internal memo seen by agency employees on Tuesday, just a week before the agency is scheduled to launch two astronauts into space from US soil for the first time since 2011.

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Following the global unveiling of a new monitor range with an enormous 1000R curvature back in January, Samsung Australia has announced the launch of the massively curved CT55 monitor in Australia – it's first 1000R monitor to go on sale Down Under. 

Sporting an especially deep curve that's said to be more immersive, Samsung's CT55 monitor is available to purchase now in 27-inch and 32-inch models.

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In terms of specs, each VA panel sports a resolution of 1920 x 1080, along with a contrast ratio of 3,000:1 and a max brightness of 250cd/m2. 

According to Samsung, the CT55 carries "the industry’s first high-performance curved display (1000R) and eye comfort certificate" from TÜV Rheinland, a leading international certification organisation from Germany.

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Additionally, each monitor offers a 4ms (GTG) response time and is AMD FreeSync compatible with a 75Hz refresh rate. Other features include Game Mode, Eco Saving Plus, Eye Saver Mode and flicker-free support.

In terms of interface ports, Samsung's CT55 monitors offer 1 x HDMI 1.4 port, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x D-Sub (VGA) port and 1 x headphone port. On top of this, both models offer 2 x built-in 5W stereo speakers. 

Priced at AU$399 for the 27-inch model and AU$449 for the 32-inch model, Samsung's CT55 model with 1000R curvature is available to buy now from the company's usual retail partners. 

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Your Android phone has iMessage skills. How to use Google Chat's texting features - CNET

If you're not using Google Chat's enhanced messaging features, now's the time to learn them all.

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Best dog food delivery services for 2020: Pet Plate, BarkBox, Chewy, PupJoy and more compared - CNET

These convenient dog food delivery services will save you a trip to the store.

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The best meat delivery services in 2020: Omaha Steaks, Snake River Farms, Porter Road and more - CNET

Explore your options for high-quality beef, pork, chicken and seafood all delivered to your door.

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Last week, Nvidia made an announcement that shook the industry as for the first time ever, it swept aside its decades-old rivalry with AMD, selecting the EPYC server processor for its DGX A100 deep learning system and casting aside Intel’s Xeon.

In a statement to CRN, Charlie Boyle, Vice President and General Manager of DGX Systems at Nvidia, explained the rationale behind the switch.

"To keep the GPUs in our system supplied with data, we needed a fast CPU with as many cores and PCI lanes as possible. The AMD CPUs we use have 64 cores each, lots of PCI lanes, and support PCIe Gen4," he said.

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Intel is expected to add PCIe 4.0 to its feature list when it launches the 10nm Ice Lake server chip later this year but, for now, can only sit and watch as AMD nibbles away at its market share. EPYC also supports eight-channel memory, two more than Intel’s Xeon Scalable processors.

The EPYC 7742 delivers more cores (64 vs 56 with the Intel Xeon Platinum 9282) with significantly more cache onboard (256MB vs 77MB), a lower TDP (225W vs 400w) and a far lower price tag ($6,950 vs circa $25,000).

These marked improvements are all thanks to AMD’s much finer 7nm manufacturing process, which allows far more transistors to be packed together, optimising power consumption and clock speeds.

Time will tell whether the move marks a permanent thawing of the relationship between Nvidia and AMD, or just a temporary truce.

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VPN providers are currently working to add support for the WireGuard protocol to their services and hide.me is the latest one to do so.

WireGuard has taken the VPN industry by storm as it offers a number of advantages, including improved speeds and increased privacy, over existing VPN protocols such as OpenVPN and IPSec.

After much internal testing, hide.me has decided that its users will also benefit from the addition of this new protocol, according to the company's CEO and founder, Sebastian Schuab who explained why, saying:

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“WireGuard has certainly made the VPN industry stand up and take notice in recent times. After much discussion and testing we have decided WireGuard support would be something our users would benefit hugely from. As a VPN service that often leads the way in terms of new features and functionality for our users, we believe that WireGuard is a part of the future of internet security, especially in the VPN space. Now is the time to bring this to our users.” 

Implementing WireGuard

As WireGuard is more of a basic cryptosystem, a lot of the implementation is left up to the VPN provider. Since the protocol does not have any key exchange method, hide.me's engineers managed to implement the key exchange into its HTTPS service. This means that the key exchange process for WireGuard is completely automated which makes using it seamless.

Every time a user connects to a hide.me server, a new WireGuard public key is generated on their device. During the key exchange with the server, the private key never leaves their device and only the public part of it does. To ensure that VPN connections are doubly encrypted, the company's servers generate an ephemeral session shared key.

Hide.me does not store or log users' public keys or shared keys and this is all possible as a result of the dynamic nature of its WireGuard implementation. However, the service's WireGuard implementation is still in the beta phase so users may run into bugs and other anomalies which will be improved over time as the company evolves its support of the new protocol.

In the coming weeks, hide.me also plans to publish and open source its Linux CLI WireGuard client which will allow its customers using Linux to take advantage of its implementation.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social network has 'high bar' for removing content - CNET

Facebook will remove coronavirus misinformation if can lead to physical harm, Zuckerberg says.

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When Disneyland and Disney World might reopen following COVID-19 closures - CNET

Pictures and video have emerged from Shanghai Disneyland's reopening, while Disney World begins taking reservations for visits starting July 1.

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Game of Thrones one year later: Still one of TV's greatest achievements - CNET

Commentary: Thrones' finale aired May 19, 2019. The lackluster final season stains the show's legacy, but doesn't shatter it.

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