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We like to joke about percussive maintenance when we talk about tools and technology. A good swift hit with a hammer can fix a lot of issues, right? Well, one researcher out of New Zealand found it was possible to use a screwdriver to reset the BIOS password for a Lenovo laptop. If you’ve ever run into an issue... Read more...
Google is on the verge of releasing its first foldable, but it won't have long in the limelight before Samsung comes roaring back. The company has already announced its next Unpacked event for July 26, but we don't have to wait to get a glimpse of the Galaxy Z Fold 5. A new leak purports to show an official render of... Read more...
Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz is taking in-car voice control to an all-new level with ChatGPT. The new AI feature will come to customers via Microsoft Azure OpenAI services. It will offer an optional beta program beginning on June 16, 2023 in the United States for over 900,000 vehicles equipped with the MBUX... Read more...
ViewSonic is laying claim to the world's first projector that's officially certified for use with Xbox Series X|S game consoles. According to ViewSonic, it conducted several dozen tests with Microsoft's Xbox developers to ensure that its X2-4K LED projector is fully compatible with the latest-generation Xbox systems... Read more...
Stargazers will be able to view a rare alignment of five planets in the night sky Saturday morning. Mercury, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn will all be visible just before sunrise. While planets aligning in the starry night sky are not unusual, having five of them perfectly align at the same time is a rarer... Read more...
You're not still using your TV's built-in speakers, are you? In all fairness, some of them do actually sound pretty good these days. However, better audio is out there and TCL is aiming tickle your eardrums with superior sound at price points that won't weigh heavy on your mind with buyer's remorse. Out of the five... Read more...
"Right to Repair" is a contentious topic. Not among your average citizen, mind you; pretty much everyone agrees that someone who buys a product or device should be allowed to repair it if they have the skills, and that manufacturers shouldn't take steps to prevent users from doing that. It's mostly lobbyists for said... Read more...
Google is rightly proud of some of the things that Google Lens can do to make a user’s life easier. In a recent blog post, the tech giant has highlighted a mix of eight great things its visual search tool can help you with. As indicated by the headline, our favorite new feature goes a long way to preventing the need... Read more...
Smartphone users can soon take advantage of AI-assisted writing for emails via the "Help me write" function available in Gmail for Android and iOS. For now, the feature is only available for those who have enrolled as testers of the company's Workspace Labs. Many can attest to how difficult it can be to contrive... Read more...
In 2003, what would become the premiere game storefront online, Steam was launched to the public from a little company called Valve. In the time since then, there have been a plethora of seasonal sales, game releases, and memes about Half-Life 3. In the latest updates from the platform, several new UI features bring... Read more...
Researchers have discovered that Enceladus's ocean should contain phosphorus, one of the basic elements for terrestrial life. The scientists used geochemical modeling to predict just how much phosphorous could be present in the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Observations by the Cassini spacecraft have already... Read more...
It didn't take long at all for PC makers to start injecting AMD's freshly-baked Ryzen 7040HS 'Phoenix' processors into updated product lines. Enter Simply NUC and its Moonstone mini PC family. These miniature systems pack some impressive hardware, including up to a Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU based on AMD's latest-generation... Read more...
It's no secret that the Android and iPhone rivalry wages hotter than the Sun oftentimes, but now we have the numbers to prove that (at least in the US) Apple has more loyalists and more converted Android users than ever before. Year-to-year number of iOS users vs platform of previous phone Based on the latest... Read more...
OnePlus Nord N30 5G - Starting at $299 The OnePlus Nord N30 5G is a decent 5G budget phone that boasts a 108MP camera with lossless 3x zoom. Affordable 5G Capable 108MP shooter Excellent speakers and headphone jack microSD expansion Impressive battery life and fast 50W charging Clean and refined software Sharp, bright... Read more...
Somehow the news of Apple's Game Porting Toolkit flew under this author's radar when macOS Sonoma was announced at WWDC earlier this month. It wasn't until the developer sessions on using the kit and bringing games to the macOS platform that it really became apparent what Apple was doing. Running DirectX 12 games on... Read more...
NVIDIA is gearing up to release its most affordable Ada Lovelace GPU to date a little earlier than expected. Right now that distinction belongs to the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, which technically starts at $399 (there's at least one SKU on sale for $379). However, it will soon pass the baton for the least expensive GeForce... Read more...
If you read that and thought, "PCIe 7.0? What happened to 6.0?", don't worry—PCIe 6.0 is already finalized and still on track for product launches that are likely coming next year or the year after. It's just that PCI-SIG refuses to stand still (as usual) and has now published the first draft specification for PCIe... Read more...
Seagate has issued a new firmware update for its FireCuda 530 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs that enhances the DirectStorage capabilities of the drive. This will enable drive owners to utilize the full strength’s Microsoft’s DirectStorage API with applicable GPUs and games that support the feature, dramatically improving load... Read more...
ASUS ROG Ally: Starting At $599.99 The ASUS ROG Ally gaming PC handheld brings premium features to a market awash in me-too gadgets and compromises. It offers high performance in a small form factor at a competitive price. Incredible Handheld Performance Excellent Display And Great Sound Virtually Silent... Read more...
Google's Pixel phones come with excellent Android software, free from the bloatware of other phones, while also offering useful extras. Google is also living up to its promise to update Pixels with new features in regular Feature Drops. The last few have been a bit underwhelming, but the June 2023 Feature Drop for... Read more...
Researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev published a paper this week outlining a new side-channel attack against cryptographic computations. The researchers were able to successfully recover cryptographic keys by simply recording power LEDs through commercial video cameras of varying types. The... Read more...
Nothing has announced when it will release its second-generation smartphone, with the company telling potential customers to "Come to the bright side." The highly anticipated Nothing Phone 2 is set to launch on July 11th at 11:00am EDT. Nothing is a London-based tech company that says it's on a mission to remove... Read more...
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