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Big Oil and Gas had a no good, very bad day

Fossil fuel companies are having a big reckoning with climate change this week. Shareholders for Exxon and Chevron voted for measures that could force them to take more responsibility for their emissions, while a Dutch court is forcing Shell to slash its pollution. Taken altogether, the actions reflect a growing push for the energy sector… Read more

Epic Optimizes Unreal Engine 5 Compilation For AMD’s Threadripper CPUs

Home News (Image credit: AMD) In a recent blog post by AMD, the company announced that Epic Game’s Unreal Engine 5, which is now in early access mode and will power a new generation of games, is now fully optimized for compilation work with Ryzen Threadripper CPUs. Epic Games VP Nick Penwarden notes that using… Read more

Chia: Stop Farming with Consumer SSDs or Stop Complaining About Endurance

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) It’s no secret that farming Chia might drastically reduce an SSD’s lifespan. The company behind the cryptocurrency published a blog post on Monday that effectively gave wannabe Chia farmers two options: Either stop farming on consumer SSDs or stop complaining about the endurance of those drives. ”The Chia team and… Read more

A courtroom artist’s view of the Epic v. Apple trial

Drawn by Vicki Behringer Eight of the artist’s favorite sketches from the three-week court proceeding On Monday, lawyers gave final statements in the Epic v. Apple case, finishing up just over three weeks of in-court proceedings that gave an unprecedented look at how Apple manages the iOS App Store. Both images and audio from the… Read more

Pansonic teases a GH6 and focuses on streaming with the GH5 Mark II

Panasonic has announced not one but two follow-up cameras to the Lumix GH5, a camera that’s been popular with videographers since it launched in 2017. There’s the GH6, which Panasonic says features a brand-new sensor and will launch by the end of the year for $2,500, and the GH5 Mark II, which is going up… Read more

Best retro record players 2021: Rekindle nostalgic sounds

(Pocket-lint) – Speak to any diehard music lover and you’ll always get the same answer: there’s nothing like vinyl. Forget about the new trends of getting the purest form of music, this is it. These record players age are modern in approach but have a retro style. You’ll find a lot of retro-styled options out… Read more

Terrible news, everyone: AI is learning how to post cringe

People like to argue that technology is value neutral; that it’s neither inherently good nor inherently bad, but can simply be put to different uses. As a rebuttal, I’d like to direct the court’s attention to exhibit a), a video of “digital humans” rapping using AI-synthesized voices, that is intrinsically awful. Indeed, I’d argue that… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Beats Intel’s Best 6-Core Tiger Lake Chip in Benchmark

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Noted hardware detective @Apisak has dug up another benchmark in a public database, and this time Intel’s latest Core i5-11400H mobile Tiger Lake processor makes an appearance. Intel has officially launched the Core i5-11400H but these chips have yet to land in our labs, so this test result gives us… Read more

Lenovo’s Tab P11 Pro is great for watching movies, not doing work

Lenovo’s Tab P11 Pro is the company’s top-tier Android tablet. With an 11-inch OLED screen, quad speakers, and snap-on keyboard, it’s meant to go head to head with Samsung’s Tab S7 and Apple’s iPad Air. But while the Tab P11 Pro is excellent for watching movies — that OLED screen and the Dolby Atmos speakers… Read more

TCL C81 4K QLED TV review: Too good to be true?

(Pocket-lint) – Despite being TCL’s current flagship 4K TV, the C81 costs under a grand in its 65-inch format. A price which becomes all the more eye-catching when a scan of its features uncovers such high-end attractions as QLED Quantum Dot colour technology, support for both of the premium Dolby Vision and HDR10+ high dynamic… Read more

Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW review: extreme durability for an extreme price

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G is a rugged phone that doesn’t require you to give up too many modern conveniences to gain the benefits of extreme durability. It’s common for rugged phones to feature older processors and… Read more

Apple TV Siri Remote review: pushing all the right buttons

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It’s so, so, so much better. But the moment Apple showed off the second-generation Siri Remote, it was obvious that this would be a huge improvement over its detested predecessor. It’s easy to tell which way is… Read more

Rocket Lake Rumble: Three Mini-ITX Z590 Motherboards Battle for Compact Supremacy

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Page 1 of 4: ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX-TB4 For those looking for the best motherboard for a compact Rocket Lake build, we’ll be diving deep here to examine and test three Mini-ITX motherboards based on Intel’s latest mainstream chipset, Z590. We’ll take a close look at the ASRock Z590… Read more

Spotify expands into audiobooks with Storytel partnership

Home News (Image credit: Spotify) After launching its paid podcast platform last month, Spotify has announced it has teamed up with audiobook service Storytel to let subscribers listen to books in-app. This partnership will allow users of both services to link their accounts and access a library of 500,000 titles from within Spotify’s platform. However, listeners… Read more

Cambridge Audio Melomania 1 Plus

Our Verdict Cambridge’s Award-winning recipe has been refined to include app support and extra sonic clarity and detail For Extra ounce of dynamic expression Great clarity for the level Slick app support Against No noise-cancelling When Cambridge Audio announced a new model in its inaugural and two-time What Hi-Fi? Award-winning Melomania line-up, we heaved a… Read more