Nvidia’s RTX Voice feature that eliminates background noises that would otherwise come through your microphone is no longer limited to RTX graphics cards. The latest update to the software has enabled any GeForce GTX, Quadro, or Titan-branded Nvidia GPU from the past to use the feature (via Tom’s Hardware). Given that Nvidia’s newest RTX 30-series… Read more
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Google’s next Pixels will reportedly switch to a custom in-house GS101 processor
Google’s next Pixel flagship — the presumably named “Pixel 6” — will reportedly feature a Google-designed GS101 “Whitechapel” SoC (system on a chip), a first for the company, as reported by 9to5Google and XDA-Developers. 9to5Google’s report claims Google is working on two phones that will feature the Arm-based GS101 — presumed to be a flagship… Read more
read more...Amazon is reportedly working on custom networking chips
Amazon is reportedly working on custom silicon chips for its hardware network switches, according to The Information. The chips, which could help Amazon improve its internal infrastructure as well as AWS, are said to be the result of Amazon’s $350 million acquisition of Israeli chipmaking firm Annapurna Labs back in 2015. Amazon building the silicon… Read more
read more...Google expands cloud chip design efforts with veteran Intel hire
Google is expanding efforts to design its own chips with the hiring of Uri Frank, an Intel veteran with over two decades of experience in custom CPU design, the company has announced. Frank will head up a new Isreal-based team for Google, and will serve as the company’s VP of Engineering for server chip design…. Read more
read more...Alienware’s Latest Laptops Debut Cherry MX Ultra-Low Profile Mechanical Switches
Home News (Image credit: Cherry) Alienware and Cherry have partnered to bring new Cherry MX Ultra Low Profile switches to the Alienware m15 R4 and m17 R4, the companies announced today. If it works well, it could be a crucial step in making the experience of gaming on those notebooks more like gaming on a… Read more
read more...GPU Pricing Index: Tracking eBay Sadness
Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Our GPU pricing index tracks all the best graphics cards and pretty much everything else in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy. Yes, they’re still sold out at retail, which means the fastest way to buy one is to pay extreme pricing on eBay. Sadly, after a drop in Ethereum mining… Read more
read more...Final Fantasy’s creator is back with a classic RPG made of incredible handcrafted dioramas
Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about his upcoming Apple Arcade game Fantasian Fantasian has everything you’d expect from a new Hironobu Sakaguchi experience. The creator of the Final Fantasy series is once again making a roleplaying game that takes place in a lush fantasy world, features turn-based combat, and centers on a globe-spanning quest. There’s even a… Read more
read more...GeForce RTX 3090 Blower GPUs Vanish Into Thin Air
Home News GeForce RTX 3090 Aero 24G (Image credit: MSI) Following a report of Gigabyte canceling its GeForce RTX 3090 Turbo, other graphics card manufacturers have also delisted their GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards with blower designs. In an age with fancy shrouds and flashy RGB lighting, graphics cards with blower designs are hard to… Read more
read more...The world’s first 165-inch folding MicroLED TV, yours for $400,000
Home News (Image credit: C-Seed) High-end TV brand C-Seed has taken the wraps off what’s said to be “the world’s first” folding 165-inch MicroLED TV. Aimed at luxury homes (and presumably Elon Musk), the 7ft-high C-Seed M1 “rises silently” out of the floor and unfolds four panels to make up a monster 4K HDR display…. Read more
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
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
read more...Thanks to Miners and Scalpers, eBay Pricing for Ampere, RDNA2 GPUs Continues to Rise
Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Finding the best graphics card at anything approaching reasonable pricing has become increasingly difficult. Just about everything we’ve tested in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy is sold out unless you go to eBay, but current eBay prices will take your breath away. If you thought things were bad before, they’re… Read more
read more...Sonos wireless headphones: release date, rumours, and all of the news
Home Advice (Image credit: Sonos (via USPTO) ) It looks like Sonos is making a pair of headphones. This would be quite a departure for the brand, which has built a reputation as the king of multi-room audio. But if the Sonos track record is anything to go by, then we’re certainly interested to see… Read more
read more...Asus RTX 3070 TUF Gaming OC Review: Quietly Competent
Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’re looking at our first custom 3070 card, the Asus GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming OC. Like all the other recent GPUs, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3070 continues to be highly sought after — by gamers and miners alike. Originally revealed with a $500 base price, with performance relatively… Read more
read more...YouTube is testing clips on live streams and VODs
YouTube is introducing clipping — the ability to make short clips of live streams or videos — starting today with a small group of creators. Those clips can be anywhere between five and 60 seconds in length and will have a new URL associated with them. Creators and viewers will be able to create clips… Read more
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