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Bungie accidentally turns on Destiny 2 crossplay months early

Some Destiny 2 players have been able to play with people on other platforms after developer Bungie inadvertently switched the feature on. Bungie previously said that crossplay would be coming in fall 2021 for every platform that the game is available on, including PC, PS4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Google Stadia. The Verge’s… Read more

Chia Crypto Plotting Can Destroy an SSD in Weeks

Home News (Image credit: Micron) Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum mining, Chia cryptocurrency farming does not require expensive accelerators or graphics cards. Yet, it still may be quite an expensive way of getting cryptocurrency as it requires fast SSDs to create plots and high-capacity HDDs to store those plots. Furthermore, since consumer-grade SSDs are not designed for write-intensive… Read more

Varmilo MA108 Forest Fairy Review – Tranquil Clicks

Introduction Varmilo made a giant cultural debut on TechPowerUp with the MA87M (now just MA87) Beijing Opera keyboard dedicated to celebrating China’s Hanfu cultural themes. It is also one of the keyboards that used the debuting Varmilo electrostatic capacitive version 2 (EC V2) switches. Back then, the company was only satisfied enough with the linear… Read more

Nearly Every Big Tech Company Joined the New Semiconductors in America Coalition

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Apple, Microsoft, and many other big tech companies today announced the formation of the Semiconductors in America Coalition (SIAC) lobbying group, whose first order of business was lending its support to the CHIPS for America Act. The companies said in a press release that SIAC’s “mission is to advance federal… Read more

Intel Launches Eight Core Tiger Lake-H Processors: More Power, Lower Clocks

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel introduced its long-awaited eight-core Tiger Lake-H H35 chips for laptops today, vying for a spot on our best gaming laptop list and marking Intel’s first shipping eight-core 10nm chips for the consumer market. These new 11th-generation chips, which Intel touts as the ‘World’s best gaming laptop processors,’ come as… Read more

NASA’s asteroid-punching spacecraft begins its trek back home

The NASA spacecraft that snatched a sample of rocks from the distant Bennu asteroid last year fired up a suite of thrusters on Monday and committed to its two-year journey back home. The maneuver kicks the minivan-sized spacecraft, dubbed Osiris-REx, onto a winding cosmic path around the Sun and toward Earth’s orbit. When it returns… Read more

The cybersecurity ‘pandemic’ that led to the Colonial Pipeline disaster

The cyberattack that forced the Colonial Pipeline offline is just one failure to address existing weaknesses and an escalating “ransomware pandemic,” experts tell The Verge. That leaves the nation’s energy infrastructure especially vulnerable, even though there are basic steps that could have been taken to prevent the crisis that’s unfolding now. “Honestly, I think for… Read more

PlayStation 5 consoles will be hard to find in stores even in 2022, Sony warns

Sony has already sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles and aims to sell a further 14.8 million over the next 12 months. However, Bloomberg reports that the tech giant has warned analysts that the console will remain in short supply through 2022. There is strong demand for the PS5, however the global semiconductor shortage has… Read more

Ex-Retro Studios dev is ‘skeptical’ of Metroid Prime Trilogy on Switch

Mustafa Mahmoud 4 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming While Retro Studios continues to work on Metroid Prime 4, rumours have persisted for years claiming that the studio has a nearly complete and working version of the original Metroid Prime Trilogy adapted for the Switch. One ex-Retro dev has weighed in on… Read more

Apple iPhone 11 Pro vs iPhone XS: What’s the difference?

(Pocket-lint) – We’ve compared the three iPhone 11 devices against each other elsewhere, as well as the iPhone 11 and the iPhone XR in separate features, but here we are looking at how the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max compare to the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max to help you work out what… Read more

Ayaneo Reveals AMD’s Wi-Fi 6E Module

Home News (Image credit: Ayaneo) Ayaneo announced Sunday that 2,000 units of its handheld gaming device would soon reach Indiegogo backers with a surprise inside: The new AMD RZ608 Wi-Fi 6E module that, before yesterday’s announcement, hadn’t even been revealed to the public. “The RZ608 announced today has never been revealed on the Internet,” Ayaneo… Read more

Leak of Sony’s upcoming 1000XM4 earbuds reveals all-new design

Sony is nearing the release of its next set of noise-canceling true wireless earbuds, according to a post at The Walkman Blog. There are images of the WF-1000XM4 from pretty much every angle, and they line up with an initial leak back in February. The new design differs quite substantially from the aging 1000XM3s. Sony… Read more

Microsoft has reportedly shelved Windows 10X

Matthew Wilson 3 days ago Featured Tech News, General Tech, Operating Systems We’ve been hearing about Windows 10X for a few years now. The lighter version of Windows was supposed to be Microsoft’s answer to ChromeOS and boost sales of entry-level and student laptops. Unfortunately, development has reportedly been shelved. According to a report from… Read more

Sharkoon launches Light² 180 gaming mouse weighing just 63g

Home / Peripheral / Mouse / Sharkoon launches Light² 180 gaming mouse weighing just 63g Matthew Wilson 4 days ago Mouse Last year, we reviewed the Sharkoon Light² 200, which won our ‘Worth Buying’ award. Today, a new mouse joins the Light² family – the Sharkoon Light² 180. The latest mouse from Sharkoon weighs in at just… Read more

Simple bank shutdown goes awry leaving customers without account access

The online bank Simple shut down on Saturday and was supposed to seamlessly transition customers’ accounts over to its parent company, BBVA. But instead, many users found themselves unable to access their bank account at all, as BBVA’s website returned an assortment of error messages, from “system error” to warnings that their account information was… Read more