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Samsung SSD 870 EVO – Launch of the successor to the successful SSD 860 EVO series. 38% increase in reading speed and high reliability

Samsung introduced the SSD 870 EVO SATA which comes with hereby among the best-selling consumer drives in recent years. According to the manufacturer’s assurances, the medium is to combine good performance with high reliability, making it a universal solution for a wide range of PC users and IT professionals. The new drive is equipped with… Read more

New music synthesizer ICs from SSI

For some time now, analog synthesizers, especially in modular form, have experienced a real revival; as a result, even special synthesizer ICs were reissued, for example some components from the former manufacturer Curtis (CEM 33 xx series), the are now being manufactured by OnChip Systems in Latvia. The Californian manufacturer Sound Semicondutor Inc. takes a… Read more

Numbers, please: Jean-Philippe Baratier – the short life of a “child prodigy”

Exactly to the day before 50 years ago the Huguenot son Jean-Philippe Baratier was born in Schwabach. He was the first “child prodigy” of the Enlightenment. He was able to read at the age of three, and at the age of six he argued in German, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Chaldean, Syriac and Arabic… Read more

Studies on laptop versus pen in class: tie

Is it better to take notes by hand, or is it better to type in what you have heard, because the information is processed digitally anyway? The question, which at first glance seems harmless, has led to passionate scientific disputes, because opponents of digitization in schools like to use arguments from “Embodied Intelligence”. This school… Read more

VLC updated for Apple M1, now works natively on Apple Silicon

The famous media player has been updated on macOS introducing native support for Apple Silicon processors, and therefore also for Apple M1 of Nino Grasso published on 19 January 2021 , at 19: 41 in the Apple channel VLC Apple macOS The answer from part of the developers on the arrival of the first systems… Read more

Apple M1: VLC Media Player runs natively on ARM Macs

New Macs with Apple chips can now get a native version of VLC Media Player: The open source project is stored in a separate ARM 64 Version 3.0. 12. 1 available for download for macOS – parallel to the new version 3.0. 12 for Intel Macs. The video player is likely to appear as a… Read more

VLC now runs natively on M1 Macs

The latest update to ubiquitous open-source media player VLC is here, and it comes with native support for Apple silicon Mac computers — the new versions of the MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air, and the Mac mini with Apple’s own M1 processor. VLC 3.0.12 also includes some visual tweaks to bring it further in line… Read more

The developers of an acclaimed Skyrim mod just made it to the big leagues

In 2016, a team of modders released a game they developed a game in their spare time to nigh-universal acclaim — a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that they called Enderal, with its own 30+ hour quest with gobs of original dialogue and professional voice acting. “[It’s the most fun I’ve had in… Read more

Super Nintendo World without peace, COVID-19 blows the inauguration

Universal Studios Japan postpones the inauguration of Super Nintendo World, the amusement park modeled on the colorful world of Mario games. Osaka Prefecture will host the park, but only after the end of the state of emergency. by Pasquale Fusco published 15 January 2021 , at 13: 41 in the Videogames channel Super Mario Nintendo… Read more

Speech analysis model predicts critical virus mutations

Viruses like the flu and HIV viruses mutate so often that it is difficult to develop vaccines against them. The genetic changes often allow the germs to evade the antibodies of the immune defense through altered surface proteins without losing their infectivity. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now developed a new… Read more

Star Trek Discovery: Pointless in Space

The thirteen episodes of the third season of Star Trek Discovery have been completely available on Netflix since January. Even in its current season, the series can shine with outstanding actors, has breathtaking special effects and benefits from competent directors. Unfortunately, all of this is wasted effort without good scripts – and with good scripts… Read more

Samsung put the final nail in the box that used to contain a charger

There was a time I would have railed against a gadget maker for daring to ship a phone without a charger. That time was yesterday. Then, Apple was the poster boy for the idea — Apple with its goody-two-shoes rhetoric about saving the environment while continuing to produce an array of proprietary cables and wireless… Read more

BeagleV: Single-board computer with RISC-V-CPU, HDMI and AI accelerator

The Chinese manufacturer Seeedstudio has announced the BeagleV, a comparatively inexpensive RISC-V single-board computer. Unlike the Raspberry Pi 4, for example, the BeagleV uses a RISC-V processor with two U 64 CPU cores from architecture designer SiFive. The subsidiary StarFive designed the processor JH 7100 using SiFive technology. The pure CPU performance should be on… Read more

Graphic interface: Vulkan officially available for Apple platforms

The Khronos Group has released an update to the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Vulkan, which officially covers Apple’s platforms. It is based on Vulkan Portability and also covers Apple Silicon. This allows developers to write cross-platform applications on Vulkan instead of implementing them natively for Apple’s own Metal graphic architecture. Vulkan applications also run… Read more

Review: LG Tone Free HBS FN7 Earpieces with noise cancellation and Meridian know-how

RESUME In a crowded market, LG HBS-FN7 earphones stand out with a some positive things. Such as good wearing comfort and a balanced sound, if you choose the right EQ mode at least. The noise canceling is also effective, which makes these LG earphones useful in noisy environments. PLUS POINTS Excellent wearing comfort Five minutes… Read more