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3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 Comes Back To Life Better Than Ever

Home News 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 (Image credit: Mod Labs) As spotted by HotHardware, Anthony, a hardware enthusiast from the Mod Labs forums, has recreated 3dfx Interactive’s renowned Voodoo 5 6000. The company never released the Voodoo 5 6000 to the public, but the skillful enthusiast managed to revive the fallen graphics card through some… Read more

NASA’s 360-degree Mars landing broadcast is now live from the best seat in the house

NASA is landing a rover on Mars today, February 18th, but if you’re looking for a different perspective than the traditional live stream, the space agency is currently streaming the scene from inside mission control — in an immersive 360 degrees. You can look around to watch people as they go about their work, but… Read more

Russia’s Elbrus Development: A Homebrew SSD Controller

Home News (Image credit: Kraftway) Russia’s MCST Elbrus microprocessors made a splash last year, but it takes a lot mot than a microprocessor to develop a completely self-sufficient computing platform. Among other things such nationally-oriented platforms need is a proprietary SSD controller, and apparently server maker Kraftway has developed one and demonstrated it at a… Read more

NASA is set for its most daring attempt to land on Mars in a search for ancient life

On February 18th, NASA will make a daring attempt to land a car-sized rover on Mars in its most complex mission yet to hunt for ancient extraterrestrial life. If it survives the plunge through the Red Planet’s atmosphere, the Perseverance rover will kick off the first leg of a grand relay race to capture humanity’s… Read more

BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240 Hz Monitor Review: Brilliant Blur Reduction

Our Verdict The BenQ Zowie XL2546K leaves out HDR and extended color but has DyAc+, which is the best blur reduction feature we’ve ever seen. The monitor delivers smooth and responsive gameplay. With a few tweaks, it delivers excellent color too. It’s definitely worth a look if a 240 Hz monitor is on your radar…. Read more

Bravely Default is a classic RPG series designed for lapsed fans

When Masashi Takahashi, a producer at Square Enix, started working on Bravely Default, he had a very specific audience in mind. Takahashi had grown up playing classic turn-based roleplaying games — he distinctly remembers watching his older brother play Final Fantasy III while he was still in kindergarten — and felt that many modern RPGs… Read more

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (2021) review: Still the flexible master?

(Pocket-lint) – The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 has been around long enough to be considered an evergreen laptop series. It’s an XPS 13 with a full fold-out hinge. You can prop it up in a “tent” position, set it up as an in-bed mini TV, or use it like a laptop. Big real-world upgrades for… Read more

HP Spectre x360 14 Review: The New Best 2-in-1 Laptop

Our Verdict The HP Spectre x360 14 is a beautifully constructed 2-in-1 laptop with a vibrant 3:2 OLED touch screen to showcase your work. It has an excellent keyboard and a variety of ports for all of your accessories. Those who prioritize battery life may want to consider a non-OLED configuration, however. For Sleek, attractive… Read more

Maps show ZIP codes hit hardest by COVID-19 have low vaccination rates

From the start of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, experts warned that it would take careful attention to make sure it was distributed equitably. Making sure non-white and poorer communities had access to life-saving vaccines would be an issue of justice and a public health necessity. Throughout 2020, these groups had higher rates of death and… Read more

LG to make one million 48-inch OLED TV screens this year

Home News (Image credit: LG / The Boys, Amazon Prime) 48-inch OLED TVs must be flying off the shelves, as LG is upping production of the screens they use by nearly fivefold. According to Chosun (via OLED-info), LG Display will increase production to one million 48-inch OLED TV screens this year, up from 220,000 in… 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

Trello is redesigning its project management platform for a remote work future

Productivity app Trello, a virtual whiteboard-style platform for organizing and managing projects, is announcing a major redesign today in addition to new features for helping businesses manage third-party integrations. The platform is getting a visual overhaul, both to its logo and the illustrations it deploys across its website and apps. It’s also getting multiple new… Read more

Pine64 Announces ‘Next Generation’ Quartz64 Single Board Computer

Home News (Image credit: Pine64) Diversity is the key to Pine64’s business model. From RISC-V powered soldering irons to Arm powered laptops, Pine64 seems to have its fingers in many pies — including the single board computer market dominated by the Raspberry Pi. In their February update, Pine64 has announced the Quartz64 model-A AM SBC,… Read more

Best Thunderbolt 3 docks 2021: Top docks for maximum performance

(Pocket-lint) – Thunderbolt is a super-speed technology first invented by Intel. While it initially used Mini DisplayPort connectors, it now uses USB-C and is, essentially, a super-speed version of it. Thunderbolt 3 is part of the upcoming USB 4 standard, but many of us don’t have the new USB-4 ports on the recent MacBooks. What… 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