Apple users will argue the answer to that question is macOS, but I digress. A new patent (spotted by Inverse) reaffirms rumors that Apple has been working on a MacBook with two screens; a standard retina display and a massive… | Continue reading
Nvidia has been hit hard by the cryptocurrency crash, possibly worse than any other company. In November their stock dropped 19%, in December it plummeted 50%, all because of excess inventory of the Pascal cards they produced to satisfy miners. | Continue reading
News of the app has caused quite a bit of controversy after it was originally reported by the state-run China Daily. It is an extension to China's existing "social credit" system which scores people based on how they act in… | Continue reading
One of the benefits of electric vehicles was supposed to be that driving around would cost less per mile. When factoring in the price of current electric vehicles versus the cost of less expensive cars with internal combustion engines, this… | Continue reading
Amazon has been working to improve safety conditions in its facilities over the last several years. Just this last year the company has implemented a new device which will help robots recognize human workers in order to avoid collisions. | Continue reading
According to James Sebree with Tenable Research, version 3.1.190 of PremiSys by IDenticard contains a backdoor that can allow an attacker access to administrative functions including adding, editing, and deletion of users in the badging system; assigning of permissions; and&helli … | Continue reading
Smartphones, tablets, and TVs all have OLED display options available with plenty of vibrance and accurate color reproduction. Desktop monitors with OLED panels have been an idea for several years now, but none have been truly successful products. Going into… | Continue reading
IonQ was founded on a gamble that 'trapped ion quantum' computing could outperform the silicon-based quantum computers that Google and others are building. As of right now, it does. IonQ has constructed a quantum computer that can perform calculations on… | Continue reading
Police spotted the gray Model S belonging to Alexander Samek, the chair of the Los Altos Planning Commission, doing 70 mph on Highway 101 early Friday. As this was above the speed limit, officers pulled up alongside the car and… | Continue reading
Since 2014 updates to Diablo III have been light and sporadic, and four years later, Blizzard's announcement of Diablo Immortal at a time when fans are hungry for any news of a Diablo IV has led to big questions about the future of the franchise. What's really going on with Diabl … | Continue reading
The story began last week when UK retailer Iceland had its Christmas TV ad banned for breaching rules related to political advertising. The animated short, originally developed by Greenpeace, raised awareness of the damage caused by demand for palm oil. | Continue reading
This pass is the closest approach that any terrestrial craft has ever attempted. The Helios 2 probe set the previous record by passing the gaseous globe at a distance of 26.55 million miles in 1976. | Continue reading
Even though many gamers will look at the specs and brush them off as not significantly better than an i7-8700k, the Xeon E-2100 is aimed at productivity and security. One of the key differentiating factors is support for Intel’s Software… | Continue reading
Built by the University of Manchester’s School of Computer Science, it took 12 years and $19.5 million to complete the project, which had its one-millionth processor core fitted last week. SpiNNaker is capable of performing 200 million million actions per… | Continue reading
Most of the jobs that get displaced by computers or robots are menial labor that requires little or no education. However, now that machine learning algorithms are becoming more sophisticated, even highly educated positions could be replaced by automation. | Continue reading
The researchers, who analyzed 959,000 apps from the US and UK Google Play stores, said data harvesting and sharing by mobile apps was now “out of control.” | Continue reading
Along with the highly hyped Core i9-9900K, Intel announced this week a new line of high-end desktop chips in the form of Skylake-X Refresh and the 28-core Xeon W-3175X. Remember the 28-core processor? Yeah, the one Intel announced at Computex… | Continue reading
Apple unveiled three phones at its Gather Round media event earlier this month: The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, which start at $999 and $1099, respectively; and the more 'affordable' $749 iPhone XR. Ottawa, Ontario-based firm TechInsights, which boasts… | Continue reading
Chrome 69, released earlier this month, is a major overhaul of Google’s web browser. It offers a sleek new look and a host of new features including a revamped password manager and a “smart answer” tool. | Continue reading
Having a virtual machine on-hand can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as testing software or tweaks in a sandboxed environment that is separate from your primary operating system. A virtual machine can also help you to run older software that doesn't work with your new o … | Continue reading
Evernote’s yearly Premium subscription price is normally $70 but, for the second time this year, it’s being reduced to $42 as part of a limited-time offer. Compared to the free option, Premium offers more space, features, and access to notes… | Continue reading
In a win for privacy advocates and pirates, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an IP address alone is not enough to go after someone for alleged copyright infringement. They ruled that being the registered subscriber of an… | Continue reading
Taiwan's Digitimes has said that Intel is coming up short on the chip supply front, but this time on 14nm, and that the recent release of Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake CPUs has not helped. | Continue reading
The FCC hasn't exactly been popular among consumers lately. The regulatory agency's controversial decision to roll back Title II net neutrality protections back in December was met with no small amount of criticism. | Continue reading
Riding on the coat tails of the successful Kaby Lake-G development, Intel has been pressing home the message that future chip designs will be heterogeneous instead of monolithic, in what it's calling "mix and match innovation." | Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) writes that a 26-year-old man from Sao Paulo, Brazil, presented a French passport to the CBP officer conducting primary inspections. Thanks to the new facial comparison biometric system, it was discovered that his face… | Continue reading
Preliminary performance figures for the 32-core/64-thread Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processor, which will cost $1800, were 'accidentally' listed on AMD France’s website ahead of time. The company compares it to Intel’s Core i9 7980XE—a rival HEDT chip that is around $200… | Continue reading
This past week, Microsoft has pushed out a message to its partner network explaining new pricing on Office and server products. Standalone licensing for Microsoft Office, Windows Server 2019, Exchange, SharePoint Server, and Project Server will all be subject to… | Continue reading
While the database entry lists the processor as “not being recognized,” the specs suggest this is the Core i9-9900K: 8 cores, 16 threads, and a Turbo clock of 5GHz. It’s also expected to come with 16 MB of L3 cache,… | Continue reading
Gargac went by the name “JustSmurf” on his channel. Like other Uber and Lyft drivers who stream their passengers’ journeys on Twitch’s In Real Life section, he initially informed customers about the livestreams. But because this caused them to remain… | Continue reading
While the Dunant cable, which is named after the founder of the Red Cross and first recipient of the Nobel Prize, Henri Dunant, will land in France, it connects Google’s North Virginia region directly to its Belgium region. | Continue reading
A new proposal in the UK aims to require electrical vehicle charging capabilities at all new homes. In addition to homes, light poles near street parking locations will also be equipped with chargers. Investment into supporting infrastructure takes steps towards… | Continue reading
I’m not sure why, but people just love to watch slow-motion videos. In fact, it is so popular that Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy have a YouTube channel wholly devoted to the subject called The Slow Mo Guys that has… | Continue reading
Reuters reports that the Windows maker is developing a system similar to Amazon's that tracks what shoppers add to their carts as they walk around a store. The company has reportedly shown the technology to retailers around the world and… | Continue reading
After a busy week at Computex 2018, looking back we can say there weren’t many big announcements at the show but perhaps one of the most exciting reveals was the upcoming 32-core, 64-thread Threadripper 2nd-gen CPU that is scheduled for… | Continue reading
The US will soon lay claim to ownership of the world’s fastest supercomputer, a title it was stripped of by China in 2013. | Continue reading
Project Titan, the internal codename for Apple’s autonomous vehicle project, was one of the most intriguing topics in technology for a spell. Apple set to work in 2014 with a grand vision of upending the automotive industry, much like it… | Continue reading
It is interesting to see how concerned tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google have become about user privacy. Of course, we know that the impetus for this drive for confidentiality comes primarily from the fallout surrounding the Cambridge Analytica… | Continue reading
We know that Intel is working on a new discreet GPU, but what we don’t know is when it will arrive. According to Anthony Garreffa at TweakTown, however, the company’s big unveiling could take place at CES 2019. | Continue reading
Cyber attacks can cause headaches for businesses and loss of revenue. For one petrochemical operation in Saudi Arabia, a simple breach would have been preferred compared to what has been discovered. Malware found in the facility back in August was… | Continue reading
It's no secret that cord cutting is more popular than ever -- the success of services like Sling TV are a testament to that. Indeed, entertainment fans today have far more online content streaming options than ever before. | Continue reading
It's no secret that cord cutting is more popular than ever -- the success of services like Sling TV are a testament to that. Indeed, entertainment fans today have far more online content streaming options than ever before. | Continue reading