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Are you a Windows developer who'd like to become more hardware-agnostic? Alternatively, are you an Arm hipster? Do you still mourn the death of Motorola-based Macs and the RISC dream? Do you loathe Intel, AMD, and the x86-64 hegemony—yet somehow still like Windows? Then Qualcomm has just the PC for you. Qualcomm has... Read more...
The search for another planet in our solar system has came up empty for astronomers searching the skies. Astrophysicists have explored the possibility for some time and many firmly believe one does exist. Now 38-year-old data may back up what they have suspected all along. The exploration of space has taken us far... Read more...
Pre-Black Friday discounts abound on all kinds of hardware, some of which we have already covered including bargains on TVs, earbuds, and more. PC parts are getting marked down early too. Head over to Newegg, for example, and you will find that every single Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPU based on Zen 3 is on sale (not... Read more...
Alder Lake and benchmark leaks have gone hand-in-hand, and that continues to be the case now that Intel has launched its initial batch of 12th Gen Core processors. The leaks keep coming because there are more Alder Lake CPUs on the horizon, both on the desktop and the first mobile/laptop parts. Regarding the latter, a... Read more...
Apple is aiming to produce self-driving cars by 2025 that could debut without a steering wheel or pedals. It seems the company has finally settled on creating an automobile that will not require any human intervention.  Apple has struggled over the last few years on which direction to take its venture into... Read more...
How we both create and view art is being changed right before our very eyes. Along with artificial intelligence (AI), LG OLED displays are being used to change the very landscape of the art world. When one thinks about an art exhibit, the images of exquisite paintings hanging on walls come to mind. Artist Refix... Read more...
As wireless connectivity continues to become more of a necessity than a luxury, engineers and companies are pushing the envelope and we're seeing innovations arrive at a faster clip than ever before. Namely the emergence of Wi-Fi 6E, which is grabbing the baton from Wi-Fi 6 far earlier than previous wireless upgrades... Read more...
For years the go-to chipset for flagship Android phones has been Qualcomm's Snapdragon silicon. Even Samsung turns to Qualcomm's chips for its high-end Galaxy devices, reserving its own Exynos hardware for only certain territories. Well, that could all change with the introduction of MediaTek's Dimensity 9000, the... Read more...
Iodine electric thruster firing in a vacuum chamber. (Image credit: ThrustMe) Extant satellites orbiting the Earth typically use electric ion drives for propulsion. There's a few different types of ion drives, but the most common type relies on ionized xenon gas that is driven out of the craft by natural forces... Read more...
There's a good chance your PC can run Crysis Remastered if you're rocking a relatively modern setup. Know what else can? NVIDIA's cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, which recently added an RTX 3080 tier. If you're willing to commit to a six-month membership, you can receive Crysis Remastered for free as a... Read more...
There's no denying that cybersecurity is a major concern for anyone on the internet. One wrong move can get your device infected with malware that can steal your personal data, corrupt or encrypt your precious, unreplacable files, and even worse, snatch your credentials. Even if you avoid malware, there's myriad other... Read more...
Ultraportable laptops with 13 or 14-inch displays and low-power processors are great for a certain kind of user. Those folks are usually found running from gate to gate in an airport or catching an Uber to a sales meeting. These machines have great single-threaded performance and good-enough graphics capabilities, but the thermal limits and... Read more...
Need a TV upgrade? How about a new set of earbuds? We've been tracking deals on both and there are a whole bunch of them out there ahead of Black Friday. Amazon and Best Buy appear to have the best bargains at the moment with deep discounts on a variety of hardware, including both OLED and LCD TVs at varying price... Read more...
Russian hackers are reaching out to Chinese threat actors in an attempt to share tips and collaborate on cyber attacks. This comes at a time where there has been an increase in activity of Mandarin and Chinese-speaking players on RAMP and other communities across the dark web. RAMP was created last summer by a... Read more...
Forget the metaverse, Warner Bros. is looking to make a splash with the MultiVersus, a cleverly titled brawler that wrangles a whole mess of iconic characters into a cooperative, free-to-play and cross-platform game that has the potential to be a mega hit. From what we have seen, it is in the style of Nintendo's... Read more...
As Earth's orbit continues to get more and more crowded with space debris, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak looks to answer some of the looming questions that go along with it. Privateer is a startup that looks to study and classify space debris in an attempt to head off the Kessler Syndrome. Earlier this week a... Read more...
Colorful is launching an iGame GeForce RTX Customization series with easily removable backplates, one of which is a blank canvas to imprint your own graphics, and I hope other GPU makers take note. While the execution here doesn't sound perfect (more on that in a moment) the general idea is a sound one—letting users... Read more...
Update: Program your coffee maker to brew a pot tonight because the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years is afoot! Those on the East Coast who are willing to stay up late tonight will get a chance to see it beginning at 2am ET Friday morning, with it peaking at 4am. Those on the West Coast will be able to... Read more...
NVIDIA posted yet another impressive earnings report, a statement that grossly undersells the lede. Not only did NVIDIA crush its earnings, it recorded the highest quarterly revenue since the company's inception nearly three decades ago. Continued growth in gaming and the data center both contributed heavily to its... Read more...
Quantum computing might be our path to real science-fiction computing power, and it's been making grand strides in the last couple of years. About two years ago, Google announced that it had achieved "quantum supremacy," which means that its quantum computers were able to perform specific tasks much faster than... Read more...
You don't have to wait around for Black Friday to cash in on savings, there are all kinds of deals out there ahead of time. That's how it goes these days—retailers and manufacturers are getting increasingly early starts on the annual sales bonanza. So whether you're looking to grab GoPro at a discount or stockpile SSD... Read more...
You can bet your bottom dollar that more Alder Lake CPUs are coming. We don't have confirmation on what the full stack (or a fleshed out stack) might look like yet but if past and present leaks are on the money, the Core i5-12400 will be one of them. One of the newest benchmark leaks hints it could give the Ryzen 5... Read more...
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