Yahoo has announced that every single Yahoo email account was breached back in 2013--all three billion of them.The post Yahoo Admits 3 Billion Accounts Were Breached in Earlier Attack appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Many new electrified crossovers and SUVs are likely. GM didn't speak to when it will pull the plug on gas/diesel powerplants. But maybe no one knows yet.The post 20 in ’23: GM Joins the Parade to an All-Electric Future appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Western Digital has started shipping its newest and largest hard drive, the HGST Ultrastar Hs14. As the name suggests, this drive has a whopping 14TB of space. The post Western Digital Launches World’s First 14TB Hard Drive appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Sony is releasing a new VR headset revision, with HDR support and better cabling. PSVR has been a big seller to date, but the technology's future is still uncertain. The post Sony Launches Updated PlayStation VR With HDR, Improved Cables appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
HTC and Oculus both slashed prices this past summer, but the benefits don't seem to have helped them equally. All of this is playing out at a time when VR is being scrutinized to see how much momentum it's actually built and whether it'll impact the future of PC gaming in a meani … | Continue reading
If you're not getting all you need from cloud-based photo and video editing tools, and don't want to spend a huge amount of time and money on a full professional suite, Adobe continues to innovate with Elements 18.The post Hands On With Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 18 ap … | Continue reading
Samsung is making bank on the iPhone X if new estimates are accurate. It may recognize more revenue per-phone on the Galaxy S8, but Apple's iPhone X is expected to vastly out-ship the competition. The post Samsung Will Make $4B More Off the iPhone X Than Its Own Galaxy S8 appeare … | Continue reading
Tesla's Model 3 is expected to be the vehicle that drives mass adoption of EVs (or of Tesla EVs, at any rate), but vehicle production is off to a very slow start.The post Tesla’s Having Trouble With Model 3 Production appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
The Nobel Committee has awarded this year's prize in physics to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish.The post Discovery of Gravitational Waves Wins 3 US Scientists Nobel Prize appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
AMD has made good on its promise to add NVMe RAID support to X399 chipsets and Threadripper CPUs.The post NVMe RAID Support Now Available on AMD Threadripper appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Hewlett Packard has acknowledged sharing cybersecurity source code with the Russians as part of a product evaluation. While not unusual, it raises serious questions about how best to secure systems the US depends on. The post HP Enterprise Shared Pentagon’s Cyberdefense Source Co … | Continue reading
PC gaming has a plethora of benefits: customizability, high frame rates, an enormous variety, and most notably, low prices. Thankfully, if you're not looking for brand new releases, it won't cost you much to stock up on excellent games from every genre under the sun.The post The … | Continue reading
In the latest update of market share, Windows 10 appears to be closing the gap with Windows 7. However, Microsoft says it caught up earlier this year. So, what's going on?The post Has Windows 10 Overtaken Windows 7 Yet? Depends Who You Ask appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Forza Motorsport 7 is a gorgeous title--and it's apparently extremely well-suited to AMD's new Vega architecture. The post AMD’s Vega Battles Nvidia for the Pole Position in Forza Motorsport 7 appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
A new analysis of past NASA data points to water ice near the Martian equator where scientists thought it could not exist.The post There Might Be More Water Ice on Mars Than We Thought appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Game sizes predictably blew up when the Xbox One and PS4 launched in 2013, but they're still growing with no end in sight. Forza Motorsport 7 weighs in at 100GB. The post Why Are Game Installation Sizes Still Increasing? appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
If you'd asked me yesterday, I'd have told you 100 percent of claims about how cable construction could improve audio or visual quality were garbage meant to bilk people out of their money. Today, I'd have to cut that figure.The post Marseille’s HDMI Cable Does the Impossible: It … | Continue reading
Honda sticks the landing with the 2018 Honda Accord. The midsize car category is down bigly in 2017. Cars like the Accord (and almost-as-new Camry) will keep the segment off life support. Display Audio is finally fit to use, and about time. The post 2018 Honda Accord Review: Way … | Continue reading
Several of Apple's new iPhone 8 Pluses have arrived popped open, or have opened immediately after plugged in for charging. It could be a minor problem, but people are likely jittery after last year's Note 7 debacle.The post Apple Confirms Reports of iPhone 8s Splitting Open While … | Continue reading
Want to learn to program? Curious about learning the intricacies of C? Today's deal from StackSocial is a bundle you absolutely must check out. From absolute newbies to long-time programmers looking to learn the ins and outs of this specific language, there's something for everyo … | Continue reading
My obsession with custom mechanical keyboards is well-established at this point. I don't technically need more keyboards. So, if I'm going to add to my collection, I want to make sure it's something distinctive and cool.The post Building a NASA-Themed Mechanical Keyboard appeared … | Continue reading
Apple is quietly building a semiconductor empire for itself that could, in the long-term, challenge Qualcomm and Intel on modems, and even Intel on CPUs. That last bit won't happen anytime soon, but it's not impossible.The post Apple Is Quietly Designing and Building Its Own Sili … | Continue reading
The world is a big place, but SpaceX is looking to make it feel a bit smaller with a new mode of transportation.The post Elon Musk Says Mars Rocket Could Fly Passengers Anywhere on Earth in an Hour appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Disagraced one-time Google engineer Anthony Levandowski wants to found a religion based on the veneration of artificial intelligence. If he'd paused to consider the concept, he might have realized he's decades late to the party. The post An Ex-Google Engineer Is Founding a Religi … | Continue reading
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has called on Apple to include and enable FM radios in its iPhone hardware. Apple disagrees.The post FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Wants Apple to Unlock the iPhone’s FM Radio appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
CEO Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr says Equifax screwed up and to make up for it, the company is working on a free credit locking service.The post Equifax Plans Free Credit Locking Service After Massive Data Breach appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
To quote Dr. Ian Malcolm, "Life, uh, finds a way."The post The Oldest Rocks on Earth Could Contain Signs of Life appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced over 100 titles that will natively support the Xbox One X, but after spending 500 bucks for a new console, paying $60 a pop for brand new games is tough. Thankfully, plenty of existing games are getting patched for high-res goodness.The post The Best Cheap … | Continue reading
Intel's newest Core i9-7980XE has been pushed above 6GHz in a record overclock.The post Liquid Nitrogen Drives 18-Core Core i9-7980XE Above 6GHz appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Despite minor gotchas--not glitches--Super Cruise is a powerful tool that is the pinnacle of Level 2 autonomy. You'll want it on your car.The post Hands Off With Cadillac Super Cruise, the Masterful One-Trick Pony of Self-Driving appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Malware? Nope, Showtime apparently intended to do this by integrating the Coinhive mining API.The post Showtime Caught Mining Cryptocurrency With Viewers’ PCs appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
There are several reasons to believe Donald Trump is inadvertently hastening the rise of our machine overlords--or at least our effective replacements.The post Is Donald Trump Accelerating Our Robot-Driven Future? appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Intel's new Coffee Lake CPUs are on their way, but you won't be able to use them with current Kaby Lake or Skylake CPUs.The post Intel’s Upcoming Coffee Lake Z370 Motherboards Aren’t Backwards Compatible appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, believes the traditional version of Moore's Law is dead, replaced by a GPU trend he calls Hyper-Moore's Law. He's got a point.The post Nvidia’s CEO Declares Moore’s Law Dead appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Reviews on the new SNES Classic have dropped, and they're quite positive--if you can find one to buy. Keeping the hardware in stock is critical to Nintendo's overall success here. The post SNES Classic Review Roundup: A Great Value, Provided You Can Find One appeared first on Ext … | Continue reading
Intel is muscling into Nvidia's turf when it comes to vehicle partnerships. For now, Intel is only providing infotainment systems, but that's not the end of Intel's ambitions. The post Intel, Not Nvidia, Will Power Tesla’s Infotainment Systems appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
This report comes from BayStreet Research, which tracks smartphone shipments across the US. The post Report: Andy Rubin’s Essential Has Only Shipped 5,000 Phones appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Seeing what your drone sees while you're flying it moves you one step closer to the feeling of being up in the air yourself, but comes with a high price tag.The post Field Test: Flying a Mavic Pro With Epson’s Moverio BT-300FPV AR Glasses appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Looking to build a new social app? Want to make something really big and impressive on the web? In the year 2017, that almost certainly means cloud computing will be involved somewhere in your project. So if you want to learn exactly what Amazon Web Services is capable of, this t … | Continue reading
Intel has unveiled a new, specialized compute core designed for AI, deep learning, and neural networks. Meet Loihi. The post Intel Unveils Neuromorphic, Self-Learning Chip Codenamed Loihi appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, it promised the devices would be more durable and less likely to break on impact, despite using glass for both the front and back. Test results don't support that argument.The post The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus Have Serious Shattering Proble … | Continue reading
There's a critical zero-day bug in macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan. It allows attackers to export data from Apple's Keychain in plaintext, with the user none the wiser.The post Critical Zero-Day Flaw in macOS Reveals Passwords in Plaintext appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Researchers have long studied the properties of influenza that make it change rapidly, and a new study at MIT may offer a way to slow it down and make anti-viral drugs more effective by targeting your own cellular machinery.The post Scientists Learn How Your Cells Help Influenza … | Continue reading
Atari has announced its upcoming Ataribox will cost $250 to $300 and play both classic Atari titles and newer games. Does anyone seriously think this is going to compete against the Xbox One or PS4?The post The Ataribox Will Be AMD-Powered, Cost at Least $250 appeared first on Ex … | Continue reading
Microsoft looks to the future with the upcoming release of its own quantum computing programming language.The post Microsoft Set to Release Quantum Computer Programming Language appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
The new Star Trek show is reportedly pretty good, but CBS won't let you watch it unless you pay them $7-$10 a month for a streaming service with a fraction of the titles you'd find on Netflix or Amazon.The post Star Trek Discovery Looks Like a Good Show. Too Bad So Few Can Watch … | Continue reading
Looking for a small and sturdy laptop that's well-suited to getting real work done while you're on the go? Today's deal on eBay will net you a 13.3-inch Latitude 13 e7370 from Dell at a $100 discount.The post ET Deals: Save Big on a 13.3-Inch Dell Latitude 13 e7370 Laptop appeare … | Continue reading
Microsoft, Facebook, and Telxius have completed the fastest undersea cable in the world years ahead of schedule. It's fast, it's long, and Microsoft says it's as heavy as a bunch of whales. Also, we evidently measure things in whales now.The post Microsoft, Facebook Run Fastest-E … | Continue reading