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The Mustang Mach-E is helping Ford find new customers

Ford has sold more than 7,000 Mustang Mach-E SUVs so far, and it says 70 percent of those buyers have never owned one of the company’s cars. For comparison, Ford told The Verge that 39 percent of people who bought the more affordable 2020 Escape were new to the brand. So what does that 70… Read more

Peacock signs up 9 million after adding WWE and The Office

Comcast said that The Office and WWE were to thank for its new-ish streaming service, Peacock, adding 9 million signups during the first three months of 2021. Peacock now has 42 million members total in the United States. That looks strong compared to HBO’s 44.2 million US customers, but it comes with a huge caveat:… Read more

Lime is bringing its electric mopeds to New York City

Lime’s bright green electric mopeds are coming to New York City. The company that’s better known for its electric kick scooters will initially roll out 100 mopeds in Queens, Brooklyn, and Lower Manhattan. It’s the second US market for Lime’s mopeds, after first launching them in Washington, DC. (The company is also operating a fleet… Read more

Returnal review: A incredible PS5 blast from almost nowhere

(Pocket-lint) – As the world continues to be gripped by a pandemic not seen in generations, it comes as no shock that gaming has been affected like just about everything else. Games release schedules have been adversely hit in particular, with fewer releases, especially of a triple-A standard. Thank the heavens for Returnal, then. Not… Read more

Corsair RM750x (2021) Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The new Corsair RM750x (2021) achieves top performance, isn’t noisy, and is equipped with a top-notch ML fan. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + Silent at low and mid loads + Fully compliant with ATX v2.52 + Highly efficient at light loads + Long hold-up time… Read more

If you’re more into hi-fi than music, that’s a problem

Home Features (Image credit: Future / Leben / Fyne Audio / Columbia / Antonio Guillem / Shutterstock) Always give your opinion piece an incendiary or inflammatory headline, and then follow that up with a provocative statement and a hardline stance you’ll spend the rest of the article attempting to climb down from: There is no… Read more

Robert Koda Takumi K-15 EX preamp joins Absolute Sounds’ lavish Ten hi-fi series

Home News (Image credit: Robert Koda (Absolute Sounds) ) How do you get your aspirational audio fix when High End Munich is cancelled (again)? Absolute Sounds has the answer. Having brought some of the world’s finest audio equipment to the UK for over 40 years, the firm launched a new distribution concept called Ten at… Read more

Returnal is dark, challenging, and the perfect PS5 showcase

We’re nearly six months into the life of the current generation of game consoles, but there are still vanishingly few high-profile exclusives that show off what the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X can do. After getting through the initial wave of launch titles, I’ve spent most of 2021 using my PS5 to play Fortnite…. Read more

EU adopts controversial law forcing one-hour takedowns of terrorist content

The European Parliament has formally adopted a law requiring internet companies to “remove or disable access to flagged terrorist content” within one hour after being notified by national authorities. Once issued, such takedown notices will apply across the EU, with countries able to levy financial penalties against firms that refuse to comply. The legislation will… Read more

Samsung loses over $270M from Texas plant shutdown as quarterly profits boom

Shutting down its semiconductor plant in Austin, Texas lost Samsung over 300 billion won (around $270 million), Yonhap News reports. Speaking during a conference call, a senior vice president at Samsung’s foundry business Han Seung-hoon said that the shutdown affected around 71,000 wafers, corresponding to “around 300 to 400 billion won in damage.” The statement… Read more

AMD Vows to Resolve GPU Shortage: We Are Ramping Production

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Last year, AMD finally released a family of graphics processors that can compete against Nvidia’s high-end offerings in terms of performance. Unfortunately, AMD could not meet demand for new GPUs. But apparently there is light at the end of the tunnel as AMD is ramping up production. “We introduced our… Read more

AMD vs Nvidia: Which GPUs Are Best for Ray Tracing?

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The best graphics cards should let you play your favorite games with stunning visual effects, including life-like reflections and shadows. Sure, ray tracing may not radically improve the look of some games, but you should be the one to decide whether or not to enable it. Getting locked out… Read more

Facebook expects ad tracking problems from regulators and Apple

Facebook’s ad revenue was up more than 45 percent during the first three months of 2020, soaring to $25.4 billion — or about seven times what Twitter makes in an entire year. But the company sees some potential problems on the horizon that could limit continued growth: regulators are closing in on ad tracking practices,… Read more

Apple’s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic

Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup maintained enormously strong demand from consumers from January through March, according to the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings posted today. Apple reported record March quarter revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 percent year over year. The iPhone took in just under $48 billion, jumping up by 66 percent from a year ago…. Read more

General Motors has a solution for our crappy EV charging infrastructure

General Motors announced a “holistic charging approach” to electric vehicle charging that it’s calling the Ultium Charge 360. Much like Ford does with its FordPass network, the Ultium Charge 360 will integrate GM’s own vehicle apps and software with a variety of third-party charging services, such as Blink, ChargePoint, EVgo, Flo, Greenlots, and SemaConnect. The… Read more