Internet access is, according to New York’s Eastern District Judge Dennis R. Hurley, a “modern necessity.” Unfortunately, Judge Hurley wrote those words in an injunction, filed today, to stall a piece of progressive legislation which would have mandated affordable internet availability to all living in New York State — and which would have come into… Read more
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Larry Page’s air taxi startup is buying former DJI rival 3D Robotics
Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is buying what’s left of one-time DJI competitor 3D Robotics. As part of the acquisition, 3D Robotics co-founder Chris Anderson will become Kitty Hawk’s chief operating officer. The acquisition was first reported by Forbes, which published a detailed look at the current state… Read more
read more...Colorful, Nvidia Open GPU Museum to Showcase Exotic Hardware
Home News GPU Museum (Image credit: Colorful) In a partnership with Nvidia, Colorful has opened the world’s first graphics card museum. The museum, which is located in Shenzhen, China, is expecting to open its doors to visitors soon. Colorful recently relocated its headquarters to Shenzhen’s New Generation Industrial Park. The brand might not as well-known… Read more
read more...Dell: Latest CUDA Core Error Was Just a Typo
Home News (Image credit: Dell) A typo on Dell’s page helping shoppers choose specs for its G15 gaming laptop caused a controversy yesterday, marking the second issue in the company’s CUDA core counts in a week. The typo has been fixed. “We can verify that all CUDA cores in Dell G Series systems have been… Read more
read more...Apple Brings Windows Precision Touchpad Support to Boot Camp
Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Apple has extended an olive branch to Windows-using Mac owners. The company recently updated its Boot Camp utility to support the Windows Precision Touchpad feature on certain devices, as spotted this morning by Reddit user “ar25nan.” Windows Precision touchpad drivers offer a variety of gestures you can use to switch… Read more
read more...Fractal Design Ion Gold 850W Power Supply Review
Our Verdict The Fractal Design Ion Gold 850W is on the cheaper end, uses a modern platform and has functional protection features, but its overall performance is not as high as in competing offerings. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + Good price given its specs + Quiet enough operation + Good ripple… Read more
read more...House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to unwind tech monopolies
On Friday, House Democrats introduced five new bills meant to chip away at the power of big tech companies, targeting a variety of practices that antitrust advocates say are stifling competition. These measures are the House Judiciary Committee’s historic, 16-month long investigation into the business tactics of companies like Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google. With… Read more
read more...Razer’s $100 Opus X headphones bring noise cancellation and a low-latency gaming mode
Razer announced the Opus X, a new set of over-ear wireless headphones that offer active noise cancellation for just $100. Based on the small amount of differences and seemingly no major compromises compared to the pricier Opus headphones it launched last year, these could be a solid option if you have a little less money… Read more
read more...Apple admits why its own Files app was ranked first when users searched for competitor Dropbox
In 2019, facing down extensive investigations by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times that showed Apple’s App Store clearly and consistently ranking its own apps ahead of competitors, Apple claimed it had done nothing wrong — a secret algorithm containing 42 different variables was working as intended, top executives told the Times,… Read more
read more...Vergecast WWDC: iOS 15, spatial audio, macOS Monterey, and more
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read more...iOS 15 gives you better tools to fight the firehose of notifications — with a catch
Apple’s iOS 15 preview earlier this week gave us a look at an important new feature coming to your iPhone’s notifications: help. A few new tools may act as a life preserver for those of us up to our eyeballs in a sea of notifications every day, regulating which apps and people are allowed to… Read more
read more...The red PS5 controller is a different red to the red Xbox Series X controller
While the PS5’s divisive two-tone design has led some to swap out large pieces of plastic for a more unified look, this month did at least see Sony release some official new color options for the excellent DualSense controller. There are now “cosmic red” and “midnight black” models that might appeal to you more than… Read more
read more...Cyberpunk 2077 developer says its hacked data is circulating online
Hacked data stolen from CD Projekt is circulating online, the company says. The studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 says it can not confirm the exact contents of the data being circulated, but believes it relates to its games, contractors, and both current and former employees. It also warned that the data may… Read more
read more...Microsoft Surface with 4 under-display camera sensors
Microsoft develops under-screen camera with 4 color filters for Surface devices. When the camera is turned off, an adjustable logo or avatar will be displayed. Many technology companies are currently working on under-display camera technology for smartphones and other portable electronic devices, including Microsoft. However, the US software manufacturer seems to take a slightly different… Read more
read more...Tesla delivers the first 25 Model S Plaid sedans
A lucky 25 customers received Tesla’s redesigned Model S “Plaid” at an event hosted by CEO Elon Musk in Fremont, California on Thursday night. The Silicon Valley automaker has billed this new $130,000 version of the Model S — first announced in January and originally slated to ship in March — as the “quickest production… Read more
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