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TSMC to Start Risk Production Using 4nm Node in Q3

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is on track to start risk production of chips using its N4 (4 nm) fabrication technology in the third quarter, according to TSMC and DigiTimes’ sources in the semiconductor supply chain. The new node will enable chipmakers to slightly shrink the N5 design and further optimize power consumption… Read more

Luxman launches limited edition L-595A SE integrated amplifier

Home News (Image credit: Luxman) 95 years is a long time in the hi-fi industry, but that’s the milestone Luxman has reached in 2021. To celebrate, the company has gone back in time for inspiration for a brand new special edition integrated amplifier. From the outside, the L-595A SE looks similar to the L-570E Class… Read more

Amazon brings its cashierless tech to a full-size grocery store for the first time

Amazon’s cashierless Just Walk Out technology is coming to a full-size grocery store for the first time, the company has announced. The new 25,000 square foot Amazon Fresh store is significantly bigger than the 10,400 square foot Amazon Go Grocery store it opened last year, or its standard 1,200 and 2,300 square feet Go stores,… Read more

Micron Demos DDR5 RDIMM, Expands DDR5 Technology Enablement Program

Home News (Image credit: Micron) Micron has showcased its DDR5 registered memory modules for servers and revealed that its DDR5 technology enablement program (TEP) has reached a milestone of 250 members from over 100 companies. Micron are on track to ship DDR5 DRAM ICs and memory modules later this year when the appropriate platforms become… Read more

THX Onyx

Our Verdict THX’s debut product is nicely made and well-featured, but it lets itself down in the sound department For Neat, versatile design MQA support Adds power, clarity and cleanliness Against Sonically basic Outclassed by cheaper rivals Next time you’re in a cinema, take a moment to appreciate THX. After all, the US firm will… Read more

Intel Demos Alder Lake Mobile Laptop, Chips Sampling to Customers

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel briefly demoed an Alder Lake laptop at Computex 2021 and confirmed that the company already has mobile versions of its new hybrid chips shipping to its customers and partners. Ultimately the demo was little more than Intel showing the laptop playing back a video, but it is an important… Read more

The future of COVID-19 immunity looks good

Our COVID-19 vaccines have passed their first tests with flying colors. They work unbelievably well, and they’re helping to slow the spread of disease in countries where they’re widely available. Now, scientists are turning to the next key question: how long will they work that well? In people who were sick with COVID-19 and then… Read more

Intel has taped in the 7nm Meteor Lake compute tile

Gregory Bryant has recently announced that Intel has taped in its 7nm Meteor Lake CPU architecture, which means that the designing phase has been completed. From now on, Intel will start working on the production phases, leading to the release of Intel’s first 7nm processor. The executive VP and GM of the client computing group… Read more

Sonic Collection leaks via retailer

2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. Despite being one of gaming’s most recognisable characters, SEGA have been rather quiet with regards to celebrating this milestone anniversary. Things seem to be ramping up behind the scenes however, as a Sonic Collection has now leaked online thanks to a retailer listing. Recently we reported… Read more

The first full trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Eternals promises an epoch-spanning epic from Marvel

After a brief teaser earlier in May, Marvel has finally revealed a full-length trailer for Eternals, set to hit theaters on November 5th. In addition to being the latest entry in the MCU, Eternals is the first film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao since winning Best Picture and Best Director wins for Nomadland earlier this… Read more

Android surpasses 3 billion active devices milestone

Android has been around for over a decade at this point and has grown tremendously during that time. Google’s mobile operating system has now set a new record, with Android being used on over 3 billion active devices. Since Android is open source, smartphone makers have been free to adopt it and even make changes… Read more

HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay turns the stuffy late-night talk show into a party

There’s a quality that some long-running chat podcasts have that can feel like a brick wall for new listeners. Existing relationships, in-jokes, and context that friends and co-hosts have are additional barriers to feeling like you’re a part of the conversation. The casual hangout and chat format is tantalizing for its naturalism, but it also… Read more

Ford F-150 Lightning: all the news about the electric pickup truck

The electric version of the bestselling pickup truck is here Here’s everything you need to know about Ford’s new electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning. The automaker claims that this will be the most powerful F-150 ever made. But when it goes into production next year, it will find itself in a suddenly very crowded… Read more

Here’s how Deathloop’s death loops work

An early look at the next game from Dishonored developer Arkane Studios Deathloop is a game about, well, death loops. The next release from Dishonored developer Arkane Studios, Deathloop puts you in the role of a man named Colt who wakes up in a strange-yet-stylish 1960s-inspired place called Blackreef. Like the studio’s past work, the… Read more

Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

Google is aiming to build a “useful, error-corrected quantum computer” by the end of the decade, the company explained in a blog post. The search giant hopes the technology will help solve a range of big problems like feeding the world and climate change to developing better medicines. To develop the technology, Google has unveiled… Read more