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Vaio Z Laptops Reinvented: Molded Carbon Fiber Chassis, Starts at $3,579

Home News (Image credit: Vaio) Formerly under the Sony umbrella, Vaio’s Z-series notebooks are known for combining high performance with a light weight and sleek look. From time to time, Vaio redesigns these machines to offer something that its rivals do not, and this week it introduced its all-new Vaio Z-series notebooks in the U.S…. Read more

Architecture of Chinese Exascale Supercomputer Proposed: 80,000 Hybrid CPUs with 512-Bit Vector Units

Home News (Image credit: South China Morning Post) In a bid to support development of its scientific, economic, and allegedly military-bound projects, China has been building leading-edge supercomputers for about two decades. Initially, China used hardware developed in the U.S., but as tensions between the country and its main economic rival intensified, China had to… Read more

GeForce RTX 3090 Goes Down Memory Lane With Blower Design

Home News Emtek GeForce RTX 3090 Blower Edition (Image credit: Naver Corp.) South Korean vendor Emtek (via harukaze5719) has taken a bit of old-school inspiration for its latest rendition of Nvidia’s flagship GeForce RTX 3090. The graphics card, titled GeForce RTX 3090 Blower Edition, respectfully pays homage to the blower design. The GeForce RTX 3090… Read more

Valve Loses $4 Million Lawsuit to Corsair Over Steam Controller

Home News (Image credit: Valve) Valve’s Steam Controller landed way back in 2013, but it was never a great success. Years later, Valve killed it off and sold old inventory for just $5 apiece, but it seems a failed product isn’t the only pain Valve is suffering over it. In a court case held in… Read more

Global Privacy Control wants to succeed where Do Not Track failed

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new web standard is playing off of California’s powerful privacy law On today’s internet, information is nearly impossible to control. It’s become commonplace for a single website visit to spill over into targeted ads (often for something you’ve already bought) or unexpectedly canny spam emails. It’s assumed… Read more

10 of the best 1960s albums to test your system

Home Features (Image credit: Aretha Franklin) When it comes to testing a new turntable, stereo amplifier, pair of speakers or a whole vinyl system, it is, of course, vital that you are familiar with the music and recording that you are listening to. Otherwise, how can you tell one piece of equipment from another and… Read more

Phytium Develops Eight-Core ARM CPU for Desktops

Home News (Image credit: Phytium) Tianjin Phytium Technology, a China-based processor developer, has introduced its new CPU for client PCs. The new D2000 processor packs eight general-purpose cores designed for both compact desktops, a’la Mac Mini, as well as sophisticated tower machines with expansion capabilities. The Phytium D2000: Eight Cores for Desktops The Phytium D2000… Read more