As if the shortage of graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia in 2020 wasn’t already bad enough, gamers who were unable to purchase a GPU last year may find that their coveted PC component will cost more in 2021. A price increase isn’t to blame for the increased cost this year, however, which is the […]
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Report: US expected to give Huawei another 90-day export license
Enlarge Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Back in May, the US government placed an export ban on Huawei barring US companies (and companies using US-origin technology) from doing business with the Chinese tech giant. Because Huawei still has customers to support in the smartphone and cellular infrastructure business, the US Department of Commerce gave Huawei a 90-day […]
E3 boss interview — Stanley Pierre-Louis says show floor is sold out, 65,000 people expected
Just a short time ago, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was a video game trade show in crisis. Longtime CEO Mike Gallagher of the Entertainment Software Association, which runs the E3 video game show, resigned in October. Sony pulled out of E3 for the first time in 24 years, even as it started preparing for […]
Uber I.P.O. is Expected to be Priced at the Midpoint
Uber’s initial public offering was expected to be one of the hottest stock deals in years. But its imminent market debut has now become an exercise in dialing back expectations. The ride-hailing company plans to price its public offering at or below the midpoint of its expected price range, people briefed on the matter said […]
‘Mortal Kombat 11’ is even gorier and crazier than we expected
[embedded content] NetherRealm Studios fully unveiled Mortal Kombat 11 during a livestream event on Thursday, January 17, and the fighting game is shaping up to be the wackiest, goriest, and more intense game the series has seen in years — or maybe ever. Set immediately after the events of Mortal Kombat X, Mortal Kombat 11 […]
The robot invasion arrived at CES 2019 and it was cuter than we expected
It’s clear from our experience at CES 2019 that the future we all anticipated has finally arrived. Robots want to invade our homes. The good news is most of them just want to offer companionship to those who want an alternative to a living, breathing pet. One thing is for certain: The robot invasion is […]
Apple’s original computer expected to fetch more than $300K at auction
If buying a modern Mac doesn’t quite appeal to you, you could also try bidding on a piece of Apple history with the Apple-1. A fully functional Apple-1 will be up for auction in September by Boston-based RR Auction. Expected to fetch more than $ 300,000, the RR Auction Apple-1 is described to be a […]
New laptops may see more storage as SSD prices expected to fall through 2019
Buying a solid-state drive (SSD) today is far more cost effective than it used to be, even if you’re buying one that’s as large as a terabyte or more. A big part of that is competition in the market, but oversupply of the NAND Flash memory chips that are used in their manufacture has helped, […]