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The number of people actively participating in the Folding@home distributed computing project has ballooned over the past month, and that has been a boon for research into COVID-19/coronavirus. When we last visited Folding@home, the...
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Epic Games announced it is delaying the release of Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 3 by a little over a month, though the reason is not entirely clear. The first thing that comes to mind is the Coronavirus pandemic, and perhaps it is just not...
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April showers might bring May flowers, but what do April lakes bring? Lots of early looks at upcoming processors, that's what. There have been plenty of leaks this month already, and adding to the growing pool is a 3DMark database entry...
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Google has announced that it is temporarily (and automatically) reducing the video recording quality for its family of Nest cameras. Google is taking this step to reduce the amount of bandwidth required in an attempt to lessen the strain...
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Fans of XCOM have a new standalone release coming for PC that puts a twist on the gameplay that fans of the franchise will remember, and it is called XCOM: Chimera Squad. It will launch on Windows computers on April 24, and the game...
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Back in mid-February made the wise [at the time] decision to announce that it would end support for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) on May 12th. While the October 2018 update was plagued with many showstopping bugs that...
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Microsoft Surface Go 2 Visits The FCC While Surface Book 3 And Surface Dock 2 Retail Listings Appear
Microsoft has been reportedly working on some new Surface hardware that will be arriving soon, including a new Surface Dock 2, Surface Book 3, and Surface Go 2. A couple of interesting reports have come to light with one indicating a...
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No, your PC's water cooling loop did not spring a leak (we hope not, anyway), it is just sweating in the face of a rumored Crysis remake potentially being in the works. While nothing is certain (yet), the official Twitter account for...
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It's been nine months since AMD unleashed its Zen 2 processors and, more importantly as it related to this article, the X570 chipset with its PCI Express 4 connectivity, into the world. In the time since then, there hasn't been a torrent of extra-fast flash released by all that many storage...
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The OnePlus Pro 8 has leaked numerous times over the past few months, and the company's CEO has even "teased" certain aspects of the device including first-ever (for the company) wireless charging support. Today, however, the OnePlus 8 Pro...
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There is some more bad news for Zoom and some of its users. Security researchers recently discovered that the dark web and hacker forums are host to over 500,000 compromised Zoom accounts being offered up for sale at dirt cheap prices...
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In a potential move that could shake things up in the mobile space, Google might be taking a page from Apple by designing its own system-on-chip (SoC) hardware for future Pixel smartphones and lower end Chromebook devices. If that turns...
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If you've never played Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2, or simply want to revisit the game after a lengthy hiatus, you'll soon have your chance to do so for free. Ubisoft will be offering that game as a free download starting on April 14th...
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What can you do when you suddenly have loads of time on your hands, and are encouraged to stay home as much as possible? Spring cleaning is one thing. So is binge watching shows on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. But for some...
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NVIDIA has been talking up Minecraft with RTX for nearly a year now, but we're getting very close to the first public beta for the game. As its name implies, this enhancement to Minecraft brings everything that you know and love about the...
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Nintendo says that it is continually improving the functionality of its game consoles and services to make them more enjoyable for the end-user. As part of those efforts, Nintendo has announced that a new software update for the Switch...
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AMD has been making some steady gains in desktop market share with its Ryzen 3000 processors, and has even showed some great promise with its newly released Ryzen 4000 mobile processors. But another segment that is incredibly crucial to...
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The ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) is the agency that rates video games so parents and other shoppers know what sort of content a video game will offer and if its appropriate for the gamer. Today the ESRB announced that it will...
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Microsoft has long offered the Your Phone app for Windows 10 PCs, which allows smartphone users to send and receive a text message from their computer and share files, among other features. However, some of the best features available for...
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Some of the best games ever made are ones that came out many years ago. Incidentally, a lot of people consider Resident Evil 4 to be the best Resident Evil game every made, and whether your missed out on it the first time around or want to...
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After a series of leaks, Motorola has confirmed the reveal date for its upcoming flagship smartphone: the Edge Plus. Given the uncertainty and chaos that is going on in the world right now due to COVID-19, this will be an online "virtual"...
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It appears as though even malware authors are going a little stir crazy during this time of recommended isolation. One of the newest PC infections making the rounds is a nasty piece of 'wiper' malware that effectively locks victims out of...
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