The Joker is such an elemental comic book villain that any new version is bound to be compared to previous iterations. It’s rare, then, that an actor would get to play two versions of the character in the span of a few years, but such is the blessed life of one Jared Leto. As part… Read more
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Chrome Will Soon No Longer Function on 15+ Year Old Processors
Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) If you’re still on a PC that predates 2005, you might be in some trouble. Google is preparing to change its Chrome browser’s minimum CPU requirements to include the SSE3 instruction set in the near future. That means processors older than the Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Athlon 64… Read more
read more...Lian Li Spinoff Ssupd’s Meshlicious Is a Versatile, Compact ITX Case
Home Features (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) In recent years, several representatives from PC case companies have told us that mini-ITX cases are a niche, without enough interest to be worth heavily investing in. Yet oddly, over that same period, more and more companies seem to be churning out these compact small form-factor (SFF) chassis. The… Read more
read more...Visible customers can now get 5G and use eSIMs
Visible, the Verizon-owned MVNO, is adding some new services that make using it just a bit more like subscribing to one of the big wireless carriers. Starting today, Visible now supports activating service via eSIM. It only works with recent, compatible iPhones, but Visible says it will add support for Android devices soon. The company… Read more
read more...HP Spectre x360 13-inch (2021) Review: Slim Machine, Squat Screen
Our Verdict The HP Spectre x360 has an attractive design and long battery life, though the 16:9 display feels dated. Its only performance downside is in bursty workloads, which we saw some issues with. For Sliim, attractive chassis Solid speakers for a laptop Long battery life Still squeezes in a USB Type-A port Against 16:9… Read more
read more...Qualcomm announces its next-gen X65 5G modem, promises up to 10Gbps speeds
Qualcomm has announced its latest 5G modem — the Snapdragon X65, a successor to last year’s Snapdragon X60 which just started to hit devices as part of the Snapdragon 888 chipset. Qualcomm promises that the new modem will be much, much faster, with support for up to 10Gbps speeds on both standalone and non-standalone 5G… Read more
read more...Upcoming Final Fantasy concert to reveal new FFVIIR content
Mustafa Mahmoud 19 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Later this week at the Tokyo International Forum Hall, fans will gather to experience a live orchestral performance of the music of Final Fantasy VII Remake. In a surprise announcement, it was revealed that the concert will include information on some new Final Fantasy… Read more
read more...Thermaltake’s W1 wireless mechanical keyboard boasts month-long battery life
Home / Peripheral / Keyboards / Thermaltake’s W1 wireless mechanical keyboard boasts month-long battery life Matthew Wilson 19 hours ago Keyboards Thermaltake is expanding its peripheral line-up this month with a new wireless keyboard. Today, the company officially announced the W1 Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, delivering Cherry MX switches free of wires. The W1’s main… Read more
read more...Silicon Motion is already developing a PCIe 5.0 SSD controller
João Silva 1 day ago Featured Tech News, SSD Drives As SSDs are getting closer to reaching the theoretical speed limit of PCIe 4.0 x4 interfaces, Silicon Motion has started to develop PCIe 5.0 SSD controllers for the next generation of NVMe M.2 SSDs. Currently, there are PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs capable of transferring data at… Read more
read more...This laptop has seven times the average number of screens
A company called Expanscape has created the most Inspector Gadget-like device that I’ve ever seen. It’s a laptop prototype called the Aurora 7 (a working title), and attached to its humongous black box of a chassis are six extra displays that extend out in every direction away from the main screen, each showing its own… Read more
read more...You can save up to $200 on new unlocked Samsung Galaxy S21 phones
Samsung’s new line of Galaxy S21 smartphones launched less than two weeks ago, but Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy have already marked down the phones to their lowest prices to date, with up to $200 in savings. If the Galaxy S21 is the phone you’re looking for, you can grab an unlocked model with… Read more
read more...Hyundai and Kia downplay Apple car rumors
After weeks of speculation, Hyundai and subsidiary Kia have again sought to downplay rumors and reporting that they are working with Apple on an autonomous electric car project. The companies say they are no longer in talks, according to Reuters and Bloomberg, though that doesn’t mean the discussions won’t reopen later. Hyundai’s comments as reported… Read more
read more...Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J’s data
A billion years ago last summer, people were getting antsy about vaccines. They wanted things to move faster, maybe skip a few steps in clinical trials to speed things up. This was, at the time, generally considered a bad idea that would result in less accurate data and cause people to lose trust in the… Read more
read more...Destruction AllStars no longer turns on voice chat by default, thanks to new hotfix
Sony released the car-smashing game Destruction AllStars exclusively for the PlayStation 5 on Tuesday, but it shipped with one very annoying feature: voice chat in multiplayer matches was turned on by default, meaning you could be subject to the unfiltered comments and background noise from your opponents. And worse, it wasn’t immediately obvious how to… Read more
read more...Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake delayed indefinitely
We already knew a remake for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was in the works, and it was supposed to come out next month. But if you are waiting to play this long-awaited remake, you will have to wait a little while longer as the game has been delayed indefinitely, Ubisoft announced on… Read more
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