The organizers of the developer conference for free software FOSDEM announced in September 2020 that the FOSDEM 21 will only take place online as a virtual event. A new supporter also helps with the ongoing preparations: Immediately after the announcement, the Matrix.org Foundation, under whose aegis the development of the instant messaging platform Matrix is… Read more
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Dream Machines G1650Ti – The premiere test of a slim notebook with Intel Core i5-1135G7 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
It’s been a while since the debut of Intel Tiger Lake-U mobile processors. Over the past few weeks, we have had the opportunity to test several cheaper and more expensive ultrabooks, using new Intel chips. Based on Willow Cove architecture and lithography 10 nm SuperFin has a pretty good performance, but to the top AMD… Read more
read more...heise + | Electricity vs. fuel: who drives cheaper – VW ID.4 or Tiguan?
With the ID.4, VW is offering an electric car in the SUV segment for the first time – where it meets the bestseller Tiguan. We show which model is cheaper in the end. The Tiguan was recently the most successful VW globally. The ID.4 – here in the picture – now competes with it internally…. Read more
read more...Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro and IdeaPad 5i Pro – laptops with Intel Tiger Lake, AMD Cezanne, NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and RTX 3000
The CES fair will start in a few days 2021, which this year will exceptionally take a virtual form. This event in the industry is always very important due to the amount of new hardware presented there. Some companies, however, show some of their new products even before the official start of the fair. This… Read more
read more...Samsung patent reveals how the company plans to make under-display cameras
A recently filed patent at USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) by Samsung reveals how the company plans to make the under-display camera tech work. And unsurprisingly, it’s not all that different from the current implementation we’ve seen from Oppo and ZTE. We even had the chance to review the ZTE Axon 20 5G…. Read more
read more...New Neo QLED TVs for Samsung at CES 2021 with Mini LED backlight
Samsung makes its move too thank you to a new backlight source, called Quantum Mini LED. It is a matrix of LEDs in which the individual elements occupy 1 / 40 of a Conventional LED, with the possibility therefore of having a greater density of LEDs and to manage the backlight levels of its new… Read more
read more...This year Samsung will present a total of 10 new OLED screens for laptops from 13 to 16 inches
Currently, the laptop market is dominated by LCD screens, usually with Full HD resolution and high refresh rate. Increasingly, however, in notebooks we encounter screens of poor quality – with low sRGB color coverage, low luminance or high response time. We can count on really good quality matrices mainly in the case of top designs… Read more
read more...CES: Samsung shows TVs with mini and micro LEDs
The new brand name Neo QLED includes the expected televisions with mini LEDs in the locally dimmable backlight. First, the technology in the 8K TVs comes from the QN 900 A series and the 4K -TVs from the QN 90 A series are used. Experience has shown that it will gradually migrate to the cheaper… Read more
read more...Test of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 and AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards at resolutions 3440×1440, 3840×1200 and 3840×1600
Looking at the market of gaming monitors, one can get an unpleasant impression that there are only three resolutions – 1920 x 1080, 2560 x 1440 and 3840 x 2160. Manufacturers are reluctant to experiment with formats, because the scale of interest in new solutions is relatively small, while the monitor is a device that… Read more
read more...rC3: Mastodon, Matrix & Co. – Building blocks and hurdles for decentralized online systems
Internet users spend a lot of time in the central silos of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft. The US giants benefit from network effects that are driving more and more users to the platforms. A wide range of technical initiatives have set themselves the goal of combating the resulting monopoly structures in online services… Read more
read more...MSI Optix G242 – 24 '' Full HD esports monitor with IPS panel, 144 Hz refresh rate and VRR support
MSI has introduced another gaming monitor for esports players. I’m talking about MSI Optix G 242, in which the model name from “MAG “, Which proves a higher segment. The newly presented monitor is intended for less wealthy players, but the manufacturer tried to maintain an appropriate value for money. MSI Optix G 242 offers… Read more
read more...Pepper Jobs XtendTouch Pro Review: Pretty, Portable OLED
Our Verdict A stunning AMOLED panel helps the XtendTouch Pro stand out among the portable monitor competition. But a required power hub and a high retail price mean this screen will mostly appeal to professionals. For Astounding image quality and brightness More versatile than competition Touch controls work well Against Expensive, especially at retail price… Read more
read more...Cyberpunk 2077 – Performance test of graphics cards at 3440×1440 and 5120×1440 resolutions. How does ray tracing and DLSS work then?
If you do not feel overloaded with Cyberpunk yet 2077, while patiently waiting for the first performance test to be completed with non-standard resolutions, you will finally be able to satisfy your curiosity. Just finished measuring on monitors with aspect ratio 21: 9 and 32: 9 allowed to enrich the database of results with the… Read more
read more...Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review: A Huge Generational Leap in Performance
For Fastest Graphics Card (until 3090 arrives) Priced the same as RTX 2080 Super Delivers true 4K 60+ fps gaming Runs reasonably cool and quiet Major architectural updates for future games Against Highest TDP for a single GPU (until 3090) Potential for CPU bottlenecks Needs a 1440p or 4K display to shine We’re not sold… Read more
read more...Dying Light 2 still coming, new announcements promised in 2021
Matthew Wilson 15 mins ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Dying Light 2 was first announced back in 2018 with an impressive gameplay showcase full of mechanical improvements. Bringing these ambitious ideas to life was taking longer than anticipated though, leading to an indefinite delay back at the start of 2020. We’ve heard little… Read more
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