If you didn’t already know it, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos isn’t just sitting at home all day counting his billions. He’s also keeping a close eye on Blue Origin, the private space company that he set up two decades ago. It’s already performed multiple tests of its New Shepard reusable rocket system that it plans […]
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Chrome 77 arrives with new performance metrics, form capabilities, and Origin Trials
Google today launched Chrome 77 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The release includes new performance metrics, form capabilities, and Origin Trials. You can update to the latest version now using Chrome’s built-in updater or download it directly from google.com/chrome. With over 1 billion users, Chrome is both a browser and a major platform […]
Origin Millennium Hard Line Vice Edition
Ah, the 1980s—whether in fashion or music, or a pining for what seems like a pre-Internet “simpler time,” nostalgia is in nowadays. No surprise, then: Origin PC takes that to the limit with its one-of-a-kind Millennium Hard Line prebuilt gaming PC. It’s a mega-desktop that, in its “Vice Edition” outer shell we received, oozes 1980s […]
Corsair Buys Origin PC to Tap Demand for High-End Gaming
PC component vendor Corsair has acquired custom gaming desktop maker Origin PC to help it expand across the US. Corsair made the deal to tap the growing high-end gaming desktop business at a time when more consumers are jumping from traditional consoles to PCs, the company said in today’s announcement. Although Corsair is a well-known […]
Origin Neuron (2019)
With the GeForce GTX and RTX video-card line refreshes from Nvidia earlier this year, we’re starting to see a wave of revised gaming desktops from mass-market and boutique makers alike. One of the longest-operating latter players, Origin PC, has released a refresh of its skinny-midtower build, the Neuron ($ 2,399 as tested). With an understated, […]
Blue Origin test fires the engine that could help it land on the moon
Interest in landing on the moon is at a fever pitch not seen since the 1960s or ‘70s. Having last month shown off its proposed Blue Moon lunar lander, this week Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin carried out a test firing of its BE-7 engine, the propulsion system which it hopes will make this […]
Digital Trends Live: Google I/O preview, Blue Origin rocket test, and more
On the latest episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler and DT Senior Editor Caleb Denison discuss the top tech news, including a preview of Google I/O, the Pixel 3a leak, Blue Origin’s space tourism rocket, new contact lenses with augmented reality capability, Bethesda’s Rage 2 release, and more. Later in the show, Nibler […]
Origin Chronos (2019) review
We love giant tower computers. They’re big, bold, absurd, and we frankly prefer our computers to look more like an alien monolith than a useful piece of modern technology. Yet our way of thinking is certainly on the out. Computers continue to shrink in size as they grow in power. Which brings us to the […]
Blue Origin reaches a big milestone, lands rocket booster and crew capsule
[embedded content] Blue Origin is inching ever closer to sending folks into space. With tickets slated to cost somewhere between $ 200,000 and $ 300,000, it’s safe to say that folks are getting antsy for their opportunity to blast off. Earlier this week, Jeff Bezos’ space endeavor completed its most important test yet in the […]