We’re getting treated to the 2020 Prime Day deals a bit late this year. Amazon’s big blowout, which normally takes place in mid-summer, is now falling in the first half of October, bringing with it tons of great bargains and huge price cuts on just about everything under the sun. Laptop PCs (and gaming laptops […]
Sales of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 have already begun (and sold out, of course). The company’s most powerful GPU, which bests the performance of the flagship RTX 3080, is proving to be a popular option for more than just enthusiast PC gamers. Creatives, data scientists, and those working in artificial intelligence are bound to find […]
Officially, Prime Day 2020 doesn’t land until October 13, but Amazon is famous for priming us for the big day by leaking out some awesome preview sales as it approaches. Some evidence dropped this morning, with the price of the iPad 10.2 on Amazon, at $ 30 off. That means you can get a new […]
If your broadband keeps going haywire, maybe someone nearby is using an ancient television set. News out of the U.K. this week revealed that such an issue knocked out the broadband connections for an entire village for more than a year. According to Openreach, which operates the nation’s digital network, the broadband connection for the […]
A hacker who was part of the notorious Dark Overlord group has been handed a five-year prison term for his crimes. British national Nathan Wyatt was jailed by a Missouri court this week after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit aggravated identity theft and computer fraud in 2016. The group targeted a number of medical-related […]
AMD’s next-generation Radeon RX graphics, which will use the company’s upcoming RDNA 2 microarchitecture, could be ready to take on Nvidia’s best Ampere-based GeForce GPUs. Recently, it was leaked that AMD’s flagship desktop graphics, code-named Navi 21, could ship with 16GB of video RAM, while a second high-end model, code-named Navi 22, could sport 12GB […]
Google is reportedly working on a new logo for Gmail, which likely means that a major overhaul for the email service is on its way. Google sent an image to 9to5Google that offers a glimpse at the new Gmail logo, which appears to still be under construction. 9to5Google The rounded corners follow Google’s latest design […]
The iPad versus Surface debate has raged on for years, but with Apple’s new 4th-generation iPad Air joining the discussion, the competition is even tighter. With Apple claiming during a recent event that the new iPad Air sports a 5nm processor and can be twice as fast as a top-selling Windows laptop, it will be interesting […]
On the morning of September 17, 2020, I woke up at 8:30 a.m., a full half-hour before pre-orders for Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 card were due to go up. The night before, I had managed by the grace of the gods to actually pre-order a PlayStation 5. Now my mind was focused on going two-for-two […]
The convertible 2-in-1 laptop, which has a display that can swivel from normal clamshell mode to tablet mode with tent and media modes in between, has come into its own. No longer are they too large to be used as tablets or too underpowered to be used as clamshells. The form factor is epitomized by […]
Apple didn’t publicly release MacOS’s next big release alongside the launch of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. But you won’t have to wait for that to experience one of the MacOS Big Sur’s best features: Safari 14. Apple is now rolling out Safari 14 as a standalone update for existing MacOS Catalina and Mojave users. […]
The Apple iMac is a beautiful machine, but it could never be described as ergonomic. You cannot rotate the display, turn it 90 degrees, or even raise and lower it to a more accommodating height. That may soon change, however, according to a recently granted patent. The patent shows that Apple is considering an iMac […]
As impressive as Intel’s high-end Core i7 and Core i9 CPUs are, the value of performance per dollar is much better on the lower end of things. Core i3 and Core i5 CPUs offer powerful cores for gaming and work at a much more modest price than their higher-end counterparts. But which is best for […]
Prime Day — the largest fall sales events on Amazon, and possibly anywhere — is approaching quickly. This year, the mega-retailer has scheduled it for October, a little later on, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start taking advantage now. Prime Day deals can be extraordinary, featuring some of the hottest gear out there — […]
Nvidia is reportedly finalizing the acquisition of chip designer ARM from SoftBank, in a deal said to be worth more than $ 40 billion. The deal, reported by the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter, will create a giant in the chip industry. Nvidia has previously collaborated with ARM, which […]