ESA’s ExoMars mission set to land on Mars Wednesday

After a small snag, the ESA's first Mars landing is proceeding as planned. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti, 1050 outed, priced — and built by Samsung

The GTX 1050 Ti and 1050 are both coming in a bit more than a week from Nvidia -- with a few surprises under the hood. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

We still don’t have energy-positive fusion yet, but MIT just got close

Their defunded tokamak achieved a world record in plasma pressure, right before it got shut down for good. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

First Intel Optane hardware could be coming to consumer desktops

Intel could bring its 3D XPoint / Optane technology to the desktop as part of the Kaby Lake refresh, but it's not clear how the tech would benefit enthusiasts. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Meet Asgardia, the proposed space nation for folks who want to escape Earth

No startup ever faced such a literal threat of crashing and burning. Do you want BioShock? Because this is how you get BioShock. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft breaks its word to Surface Pro 3 buyers, won’t repair defective batteries at previously promised price

Microsoft promised two years ago it would repair Surface Pro 3 battery problems for $200. The company has reneged on that deal and refuses to honor what the head of the Surface team promised. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Samsung’s 10nm node, SoCs now in mass production

Samsung announced today that it is rolling out 10nm technology for mass manufacturing, with hardware expected in early 2017. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Samsung used internal lab to test Note 7 battery instead of third-party

Samsung's Note 7 battery woes may be due in part to its use of an internal testing lab. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Germany tells Tesla to rename its ‘Autopilot’ feature

With the increasing adoption of automated control systems in consumer cars, there is plenty of potential for confusion about what these systems can and cannot do, and how engaged the driver needs to stay. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Feds demand fingerprints from all home residents to unlock their phones

The Department of Justice is under fire for extremely broad warrant conditions and an unprecedented push on gathering citizen information when investigating smartphones that may have been used for criminal activity. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Google puts Intel on notice, ‘looks forward’ to using non-Intel chips within its cloud

Google is doubling down on its intent to use non-Intel chips in future servers, and it's backing industry consortiums to develop next-gen interconnect standards to drive them. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

There may be 10 times more galaxies in the universe than we thought

That's quite the margin of error. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New York City police now issued smartphones featuring… Windows Phone?

The NYPD has recently finished rolling out smartphones to all of its officers, but the OS of choice has raised some eyebrows. Can Windows Phone still compete with iOS and Android? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Samsung’s toxic work culture exposed on the heels of Galaxy Note 7 disaster

Samsung's troubles are far from over. A recent leak shows a highly toxic, and employee-hostile workplace culture in its manufacturing facilities, right when millions have to decide whether to get another Samsung device when they return their Note 7. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

2017 Honda CR-V improves comfort, adds volume knob, loses LaneWatch

Safer, roomier, more driver assists, nicer interior finishes. The 2017 CR-V could pass Accord as Honda's sales leader. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New Project Blue space telescope to image exoplanets in Alpha Centauri

Project Blue will only be able to look at one star system -- but this time that's a good thing. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

PSVR will support 360-degree videos with the PS4’s Media Player app

If you were worried about Sony's walled garden limiting your enjoyment of the PlayStation VR, you can breathe easy now. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Yahoo applies for patent on mass surveillance system the Soviets would envy

Yahoo has applied for a patent on a new mass-surveillance advertising method that would embed sensors and monitors into billboards, signs, and other advertisements. If you can see an ad, it can see you -- at least, in Yahoo's brave new world. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

ET deals: 55-inch Samsung UHD smart TV for $750 with bonus gift card

Looking for an affordable 4K television for your living room? Consider grabbing this slick 55-inch Samsung UHDTV from Dell. This 2016 model is still relatively new, but it's already getting a steep price cut. Even better, Dell is throwing in a $250 eGift card on top if you act fa … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

This week in space: gravity waves, NASA’s Mars shot, and a new ‘super Jupiter’

This week in space: Obama wants a Mars shot, you can help NASA search for gravity waves via the magic of distributed computing, and a Jupiter-class planet with rings so huge, they'd nearly reach the Sun from Earth. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Brain implant used to restore paralyzed man’s sense of touch

After 12 years being unable to feel any sensation from his hands, Nathan Copeland can suddenly feel with his robot hand. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Future Samsung TVs will include Steam Link streaming game support

Samsung has announced it will integrate Steam Link support in future televisions, improving support for PC gaming. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Samsung offers Galaxy Note 7 owners $100 off on new Samsung device

Samsung has announced a $100 rebate program for Note 7 owners if they buy a new Samsung device, but can any of the company's existing phones cleanly replace the Note 7? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for nanomachines

Nanomachines might be in their infancy as far as consumer goods, but they're real enough to have attracted the attention of the Nobel committee. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Researchers discover a virus that makes the toxin from black widow spider venom

Biotechnologists have discovered the one combination we wanted least: a virus that started making the toxin from black widow spider venom, all by itself. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

ET deals: 14-inch Dell Latitude 14 7000 touchscreen laptop for $799

Need a lightweight laptop for business trips? Today, Dell is offering up a substantial discount on the Latitude 14 7000 touchscreen laptop. With a small footprint, a Core i5 CPU, and an SSD, this laptop is a real bargain with today's coupon in play. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Harsh cosmic rays might give astronauts brain damage on a trip to Mars

Space can be a dangerous place -- especially for your brain. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New PC industry consortium to develop next-gen memory interconnect

A new memory standard consortium wants to revolutionize how we connect new storage devices to future computers, and it's promising near-term results. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Steam survey suggests VR adoption has skidded to a halt

Virtual reality is supposed to be the hot new trend in PC gaming, but you wouldn't know that from looking at Steam adoption figures. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Imagination’s I6500 CPU adds heterogeneous compute, multi-clustering, will power self-driving cars

Imagination Technologies announced a new MIPS core this week, and the chip has already stacked up a significant design win in the self-driving car market. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

BMW’s 100-year vision: a smart motorcycle that won’t tip or crash

BMW Motorrad's concept guides the rider through turns. A wraparound visor replaces the instruments. It's so safe, no helmet is necessary. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Gears of War 4 runs beautifully on Xbox One, even better on PC

Now that Microsoft owns the Gears of War series, and a Vancouver-based studio dubbed "The Coalition" has taken the reins, many die-hard fans have been biting their nails to see if the next game will live up to its pedigree. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Obama’s Mars shot: sending humans to the Red Planet by the 2030s

According to President Obama in his new op-ed for CNN, the next frontier is Mars, and we should make a concerted national effort to put men on Mars "by the 2030s." | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

DARPA may borrow blockchain tech from Bitcoin to secure military networks

Bitcoin hasn't changed the world, but the blockchain technology behind it might make the world safer. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Comcast rolls out 1TB cap, hit with $2.3 million FCC fine for unauthorized equipment charges

Comcast is enforcing its 1TB data cap in 38 markets beginning on November 1, even as the FCC fines it for piling charges and equipment on customers that they never ordered. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Oculus disables Gear VR on the Galaxy Note 7 as Samsung kills the phone permanently

Oculus has removed all support for the Note 7 from the Gear VR via software update, while Samsung encourages all Note 7 owners to turn the device off immediately and send it back. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Will Zuckerberg’s third-world internet come to North America?

You thought people were upset about Internet.org when it was confined to the far side of world? Just wait until the concept hits here in the West. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Star Citizen single-player delayed indefinitely

Cloud Imperium Games, makers of Star Citizen, have announced that Squadron 42 will not ship this year. The company has not yet announced a new ship date for the title. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

JD Power: driver assists satisfy more than navigation

Large and premium cars fare best in Power's latest study of technology features. 90-days-of-ownership study shows touchscreens and audible alerts win over control knobs and tactile feedback. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

MIT builds a mini-magnetar to look for dark matter particles

Researchers mean to crack the dark-matter case and the charge-parity problem by building a physics turducken that contains a mini magnetar. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

NASA develops model to predict global dust storms on Mars

Global storms on Mars are a threat to instruments, and one day, people on the surface. NASA might now have a way to predict them. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Germany votes to ban internal combustion engine cars by 2030

Germany's Senate voted in favor of no internal combustion engines. The EU decides for Europe, but often follows Germany's lead on automotive matters. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Intel launches Stratix 10: Altera FPGA combined with ARM CPU, 14nm manufacturing

Intel announced a major new Altera product today. The Stratix 10 FPGA family can offer up to 2x the performance of its predecessor, with dramatically reduced power consumption. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Incredibly detailed VR model of Auschwitz helped convict Nazi war criminal

VR can be used for more than just gaming. A new simulation shows how the technology can be used to painstakingly recreate a place -- and test accused war criminal's claims that they weren't aware of what was going on around them. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Samsung reportedly suspends Galaxy Note 7 production after multiple replacement phones catch fire

Reports suggest US carriers have already stopped selling the replacement Galaxy Note 7s, and that Samsung has halted production of the Galaxy Note 7, according to Korea's Yonhap News Agency. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Closest exoplanet Proxima b remains mysterious, in the absence of direct observation

Without a transit to observe Proxima b, its true nature remains unknown. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

US government formally blames Russia for political hacks of the DNC

The DHS and DNI have released a joint statement blaming Russia for the leak of thousands of emails and donor information earlier this year. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

All US carriers now offering smartphone swaps for replaced Galaxy Note 7s

All of the major carriers are now offering to exchange replaced Galaxy Note 7's after a high-profile fire on an aircraft earlier this week. Is it time for Samsung to kill the device? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago