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WD Black SN850 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Top-Tier Storage for Gamers and Pros (Updated)

Our Verdict With a robust design and major improvements to nCache 4.0, WD’s Black SN850 is among the most responsive drives we’ve seen. If you’re after the absolute best performance, we pick the 2TB WD Black SN850 over the 2TB Samsung 980 Pro. For + Competitive performance + Large, fast-recovering dynamic SLC cache + Attractive… Read more

SK Hynix Begins Manufacture of 18GB LPDDR5 Memory Packages

Home News (Image credit: SK Hynix) SK Hynix has started volume production of the industry’s highest-capacity LPDDR5 memory package. The new device features a 18GB capacity and is designed primarily for high-end smartphones as well as laptops that are powered by system-on-chips which support LPDDR5. SK Hynix’s 18GB LPDDR5 module integrates multiple memory devices and… Read more

T-Mobile goes all in on Enterprise solutions, announces 5G Home Office Internet and cloud-based collaboration

T-Mobile announces a new platform for enterprise customers. It is launching three new products that leverage T-Mobile’s 5G network and a partnership with Dialpad. Among the products announced, T-Mobile will begin offering “Home Office 5G Internet” plans that compete with cable providers. It will also be getting into the cloud-based collaboration business that can replace… Read more

T-Mobile saw Verizon telling people to turn off 5G and thought ‘why stop there’

T-Mobile has been busy hawking its 5G network, recently spending many additional billions to expand it, which makes it kinda awkward that it’s also been caught telling users to turn off 5G to save battery life (via Sascha Segan). Didn’t Verizon just make this same gaff mere days ago? It sure did. But instead of… Read more

Google is expanding its Password Checkup tool to older devices

Google is expanding its Password Checker feature to older devices, the company announced today. Now, phones and tablets running Android 9 or newer will have access to the feature, which is part of Google’s autofilling password manager and which checks password strength or if any logins have been compromised in a data breach. It’s part… Read more

Gigabyte Rains On Partners’ Parade By Cancelling GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo

Home News Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo 24G (Image credit: Gigabyte) News outlet CRN reported that Gigabyte has retired the GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo 24G announced back in September of last year. The product page for the graphics card is no longer available, which confirms CRN’s report. Gigabyte’s sudden plans to cancel the GeForce RTX… Read more

Six free alternatives to the LastPass password manager

Free is always nice, and when a free app is no longer free (or when the free version becomes so limited it is virtually useless), then you have to decide whether to pay up or move on. This happened with the Evernote note manager almost five years ago, and now it is time for users… Read more

How to Build a Raspberry Pi Object Identification Machine

In this tutorial, we will train our Raspberry Pi to identify other Raspberry Pis (or other objects of your choice) with Machine Learning (ML). Why is this important? An example of an industrial application for this type of ML is identifying defects in circuit boards. As circuit boards exit the assembly line, a machine can… Read more

High-resolution audio: everything you need to know

Home Advice (Image credit: Astell & Kern) After years of niche positioning in the music world, “high-resolution audio” (or “hi-res audio”) finally hit the mainstream, thanks to a huge raft of support in streaming services (such as Tidal and Amazon Music HD) and products (from smartphones to most digital hi-fi components). So why should you… Read more

Amazfit GTS 2 review: Amazing or overpriced?

(Pocket-lint) – Huami has been turning out various smartwatches that sit under its Amazfit brand, with the square-shape GTS 2 sitting at the top of its fashion watch category. That GTS family also includes the cheaper GTS 2e and the GTS 2 Mini. If you want the best in terms of features and a stylish… Read more

Comcast is delaying its rollout of 1.2TB data caps that would have hit 12 states in March

If you live in one of the twelve states where Comcast is planning to roll out 1.2TB data caps, we have some moderately good news: you won’t have to start monitoring your bill for extra charges until July. The ISP had planned to start charging customers $10-and-up fees for using more than 1.2TB of data… Read more

Volunteers built a one-stop website to find open NYC vaccine appointments

The first two months of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign have been chaotic: local health departments and hospitals are struggling put the limited shots they have available in arms, and people eligible for those shots are often frustrated by buggy sign-up websites. Older adults, in particular, are having trouble with online tools. In New York City,… Read more

Microsoft made a giant climate pledge one year ago — here’s where it’s at now

One year after pledging to remove all of its historic and future planet-heating emissions within a few decades, Microsoft says it has already slashed its carbon footprint by 6 percent. It’s an incremental change that’s in line with what’s needed globally to address the climate crisis, but there is a whole lot of work left… Read more

How Brexit will affect data protection

It was a kind of Christmas miracle, the agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which took place on 24. December 2020 and thus a few days before the deadline on 31. December was closed. The trade agreement made it possible to avoid the hard Brexit at the last minute. The contract concerns… Read more

Nursing apps & Co .: Federal government is driving digital healthcare forward

More “digital helpers” are to be used in care in the future. The federal cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday “for the digital modernization of care and nursing”. Human attention is the basis for good care, explained Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU). However, useful apps could help those in need of care to cope… Read more