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Microsoft won’t fully reopen its offices until September 7th at the earliest

Microsoft is delaying the full reopening of its offices — the company’s “Stage 6” phase of its hybrid workplace plan — until September 7th at the earliest. This marks a delay from its originally planned July window. “Based on our continued consultation with health and data experts, we’ve shifted our earliest date for the full… Read more

Gigabyte Resurrects GeForce GT 1030: Pascal Returns, Again

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) How badly do people want a standalone graphics card even though modern integrated GPUs offer decent performance and media playback capabilities? Apparently a lot, as discrete GPU vendors are resurrecting their ancient entry-level products and returning them to store shelves. CFD (via Hermitage Akihabara), a store in Japan, has restarted selling Gigabyte’s… Read more

The Verge’s Kara Verlaney on copy editing and its tools

You may come across the occasional writer who will claim (wrongly) that they don’t need an editor, but you will seldom, if ever, meet a writer or editor who will say they don’t need a copy editor. The role of a copy editor is often misunderstood or underestimated by those not in the business. Kara… Read more

Microsoft Teams and Xbox Live are down for some users

Many Microsoft services, including Microsoft Teams and Xbox Live, are experiencing outages for some users as of Thursday evening. Microsoft’s Office 365 status page says there is a “DNS issue affecting multiple Microsoft 365 and Azure services.” The page also says that Microsoft has “rerouted traffic to our resilient DNS capabilities and are seeing improvement… Read more

YouTube stars the Stokes Twins avoid jail after pleading guilty over fake bank robbery pranks

Alan and Alex Stokes, twin brothers who rose to fame on YouTube filming prank videos, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment and reporting false emergencies in connection with a pair of now-removed videos they filmed in the fall of 2019 in which they pretended to have just robbed a bank. The 23-year-old brothers were charged… Read more

Asus Puts Rocket Lake into Small Form-Factor Desktop

Home News (Image credit: ASUS) Intel officially positions its Rocket Lake CPUs as the best CPUs for gaming today, yet like all desktop chips it will inevitably be used for a wide variety of applications. Nonetheless, Asus this week made a surprising move and introduced a small form-factor low-power desktop powered by Intel’s latest Rocket Lake CPU. … Read more

Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine joins satellite internet firm Viasat’s board

Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine is joining space-based broadband firm Viasat’s board of directors as his latest post-NASA gig, after joining a space-focused private equity firm in January. Wading into the world of satellite internet, he says he’s concerned about the digital divide and the future of humanity, and he wants to try something new…. Read more

Google plans to open its US offices to some employees in April

Google plans to open its US offices in a limited capacity in April for employees who want to work in person, the company tells The Verge. The announcement follows Microsoft, Facebook, and Uber’s plans to return to offices in the coming months. Offices will likely open in April, “based on specific criteria that include increases… Read more

A first look at Xbox running Discord and Google Stadia in its new Edge browser

Microsoft has started testing a new version of its Edge browser on Xbox consoles. The software giant provided access to the Chromium version of Edge to Xbox Insiders earlier this month, offering an early look at the improved browsing capabilities coming to the Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S. I’ve had a chance… Read more

Pixio PXC327 Review: Affordable 165Hz Curves

Our Verdict It’s hard to fault a 32-inch VA 1440p monitor with 165 Hz that sells for so little. There are a few flaws, but taken purely as a gaming display, the Pixio PXC327 delivers excellent performance where it counts. With excellent SDR picture quality and smooth video processing, it’s a great way to put… Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 review: a ThinkPad with a twist

The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 is a ThinkPad through and through. It’s got the keyboard nub, the discrete mouse buttons, and the all-black chassis with scattered dots of red. (If you’ve seen its predecessor, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2, you’ll know what you’re getting — the models are identical, with different chips.) But… Read more

Amazon faces lawsuit over missed lunch breaks

A lawsuit that claims one of Amazon’s fulfillment centers in California failed to provide required meal breaks for employees has moved to federal court, as attorneys seek class-action status. First filed in San Francisco County Superior Court in February, the case was removed to US District Court California, Northern District on Friday. Lovenia Scott, a… Read more

Facebook, Uber, and Microsoft plan to start bringing employees back to offices

Facebook is planning to start its return to in-person work in May, after over a year of working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bloomberg. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced remote work plans near the start of the pandemic that promised around half of his employees could work remotely in the next five… Read more

Klevv Bolt XR DDR4-3600 C18 2x16GB Review: The RGB-Less Commoner

Our Verdict The Bolt XR DDR4-3600 C18 is a memory kit that gels great any processor. If you can find it in your region, it’s worth your attention. For Decent performance Overclocking upside Low-profile, RGB-less design Against Currently unavailable at U.S. retailers Not every piece of computer memory needs to have fancy heatsinks or flashy… Read more

Fnatic React+ Gaming Headset Review: Bargain Surround Sound With Premium Quality

Our Verdict With clear audio, a great microphone and an understated but attractive design, the Fnatic React+ is aimed at eSports gamers, but it’s a great all-around headset for media and working from home too. The bundled USB sound card adds great-sounding 7.1 virtual surround sound to PC gaming, and a 3.5mm jack means you… Read more