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Texans with disabilities left vulnerable after deep freeze

Disaster response plans often fail to include people with disabilities, and the deadly deep freeze that swept across Texas and much of the mainland US last week was no exception. “A lot of people in our community, they’re like, ‘I’m so damn tired that I have to be resilient. This isn’t our fault,’” says Tomás… Read more

Security researcher recommends against LastPass after detailing 7 trackers

A security researcher is recommending against LastPass password manager after detailing seven trackers found in the Android app, The Register reports. Although there is no suggestion that the trackers, which were analyzed by researcher Mike Kuketz, are transferring a user’s actual passwords or usernames, Kuketz says their presence is bad practice for a security-critical app… Read more

Razer Kiyo Pro Webcam Review: A New Hardcore Standard

Our Verdict The Razer Kiyo Pro trades the original Kiyo’s ring light for HDR, a fancy light sensor and 1080p @ 60 fps recording, but you’ll pay a hefty premium for those features. For Light Sensor makes room lighting easier HDR 1080p @ 60 fps recording Three different FOVs Heavily customizable through software Clear audio… Read more

Gigabyte Rains On Partners’ Parade By Cancelling GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo

Home News Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo 24G (Image credit: Gigabyte) News outlet CRN reported that Gigabyte has retired the GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo 24G announced back in September of last year. The product page for the graphics card is no longer available, which confirms CRN’s report. Gigabyte’s sudden plans to cancel the GeForce RTX… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Runs Tetris on a Game Boy Color

Home News (Image credit: LyneByLyne) Makers in the Game Boy modding community know how handy it is to have micro SD cartridges around, but they aren’t always easy to find. Many popular options are no longer in production, leaving modders to turn to custom solutions. That includes Reddit user LyneByLyne who decided to design his… Read more

Samsung’s New HBM2 Memory Thinks for Itself: 1.2 TFLOPS of Embedded Processing Power

Home News (Image credit: Samsung) Today, Samsung announced that its new HBM2-based memory has an integrated AI processor that can push out (up to) 1.2 TFLOPS of embedded computing power, allowing the memory chip itself to perform operations that are usually reserved for CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, or FPGAs. The new HBM-PIM (processing-in-memory) chips inject an… Read more

Vaccine rollout won’t be equitable unless health care reckons with racism

The pandemic has been anything but “the great equalizer” that some people called it when it started more than a year ago. Here in the US, COVID-19 has sickened and killed a disproportionate number of Black, Native American, and Latinx people. Vaccine rollout is proving to be inequitable, too. Black and Latinx elders in Los… Read more

WD Black SN850 1 TB SSD Review – The Fastest SSD

Introduction Western Digital (or simply WD) is the world’s largest manufacturer of storage solutions, mostly known for their wide range of hard disk offerings. With their acquisition of SanDisk in 2016, WD became one of the largest manufacturers for flash storage, too. Today, we’re reviewing the WD Black SN850 SSD, which is a high-end M.2… Read more

Biden to Address Chip Shortages, Semiconductor Supply Chains

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Update: Clarified specifics pertaining to the industry letter. If you’re still disappointed at not being able to buy a Ryzen 5000 series chip yet, you’ve apparently got some friends in high places. President Biden is just as annoyed as you, according to a new statement from White House Press Secretary… Read more

Biden to Address Chip Shortage After Lobbying From Intel, AMD

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) If you’re still disappointed at not being able to buy a Ryzen 5000 series chip yet, you’ve apparently got some friends in high places. President Biden is just as annoyed as you, according to a new statement from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, and is working to bring the… Read more

Apple reportedly developing next-gen ultra-thin displays for AR devices with TSMC

Apple is working with TSMC to develop ultra-thin and energy-efficient micro OLED displays for its upcoming augmented reality devices, Nikkei Asia is reporting. The R&D project is said to be in a trial production stage, focusing on displays that are smaller than one inch in size and “several years” away from commercialization. Apple is also… Read more

Elon Musk pledges $100 million for new X Prize carbon removal competition

Elon Musk is putting up $100 million as part of a new X Prize Foundation competition focused on carbon removal technology. The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe. Fifteen teams will be selected for the competition within 18 months. They will each get $1… Read more

Silicon Motion: PCIe 5.0 SSD Controller to Debut Next Year

Home News (Image credit: Silicon Motion) Just when you thought PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD’s were fast with up to 8 GB/s of sequential read speed, PCIe 5.0 drives have emerged on the horizon that could come with up to 16 GB/s speeds. Silicon Motion said this week that it would start sampling its enterprise-grade SSD… Read more

Radeon RX 6700 Could Feature Less VRAM than Radeon RX 6600XT

Home News (Image credit: AMD) A potential leak from the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) shows that Asrock has filed information pertaining to the currently unannounced Radeon RX 6600XT and an RX 6700 (vanilla). The info suggests Asrock’s RX 6600XT’s might feature 12GB of VRAM, and 8GB of VRAM for the RX 6700 variant. Beware that… Read more

How to Buy the Right CPU Cooler: A Guide for 2021

Home How-to (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) One of the most important decisions when building your PC, especially if you plan on overclocking, is choosing the best CPU cooler. The cooler is often a limiting factor to your overclocking potential, especially under sustained loads. Your cooler choice can also make a substantial difference in noise output…. Read more