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Mad Catz BAT 6+ gaming mouse: spaceship, supercar and Batmobile in one

When designing his new gaming mouse, Mad Catz claims to have used very different sources of inspiration. The BAT 6+ gaming mouse is intended to show elements of spaceships, super sports cars and Batmobile. For readers who do not recognize the design references directly, Mad Catz also provides a more detailed explanation. According to the… Read more

Netflix will soon allow random playback based on your own wishes

Just recently, Netflix announced its fourth quarter results 2020 and announced a new subscriber -Record. Now follows the announcement of a new feature, which will soon be available to customers around the globe. This is what is known as “Shuffle Play”, which was already available for test purposes from some users last autumn. The idea… Read more

RTX-30-Mobile: There are no longer any dedicated Max-Q variants

NVIDIA confirmed that they will only offer three notebook graphics chips in the future, namely the GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, the GeForce RTX 3070 laptop -GPU and the GeForce RTX 3060 laptop GPU . In contrast to previous generations, NVIDIA deliberately dispensed with a Max-Q and Max-P variant. Although this gives notebook manufacturers greater… Read more

NVIDIA Shield TV also supports PS5 and Xbox Series X / S controllers

NVIDIA has given its popular Android streaming box NVIDIA Shield TV an update, which brings some interesting features, especially for users of the next-gen consoles. In the new version 8.2.2, the controllers for the Xbox Series X / S and Playstation 5 are now also available. Users of the streaming box can now use both… Read more

Glenn Hinton: Nehalem Architect Returns to Intel

After Bob Swan had to resign as CEO of Intel and has now taken over Pat Gelsinger as a longtime, former engineer and later CTO, further new hires are on the horizon. Glenn Hinton, the head behind the development of the Nehalem architecture, is also returning to Intel after three years of retirement. Hinton announced… Read more

PS5: Job advertisements suggest new secret projects

In the past, job advertisements from various companies indicated planned projects. So also in the current case of the games company Naughty Dog and the Santa Monica Studio. As can be seen from a corresponding publication on Twitter, the Santa Monica development studio is currently looking for a director for an unannounced game. This could… Read more

RP2040 microcontroller board: Raspberry Pi Pico costs from 4 euros

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has presented the Raspberry Pi Pico, the first microcontroller miniboard developed in-house. While the classic Raspberry Pi is getting faster and bigger in performance and storage capacity, the Raspberry Pi Pico should be used where another Pi board would be too big, too consumption-intensive and simply oversized. A RP 2017 microcontroller… Read more

A notebook water cooler from the 3D printer (2nd update)

Roman Hartung alias der8auer has already tried several times to further optimize the cooling of a notebook – but so far without success. The application of liquid metal and the tuning of the fan control have a positive effect, of course, but the project should only show a few percentage points of performance gain. The… Read more

User numbers: Netflix reports a new record

With the ongoing corona pandemic and the tightening of exit restrictions, 2021 most people only live in their own four walls. The internet provides the necessary variety. Whether online shopping or streaming films and videos, many online providers are among the winners of the pandemic. Netflix has also enjoyed great popularity since the global outbreak… Read more

Intel FPGA Technology Day 2021: New Direct RF FPGA Series

In terms of reporting and external perception, a lot in the IT environment is concentrated on processors, GPU accelerators and, if necessary, a few special solutions in the AI area. We often speak of centralized solutions (not in the form of large data centers or supercomputers) in which enormous amounts of data are processed. Another… Read more

Ethereum has also reached a new all-time high

In the shadow of Bitcoin, the crypto currency Ethereum is also climbing to an all-time high. With a current exchange rate of just under 1. 200 Euro per coin, one is still far from the current value of a Bitcoin, but the Ethereum rate is also picking up speed. Currently, this is likely to be… Read more

New streaming service: Paramount + is scheduled to start in March 2021

There is currently a real gold rush feeling among the streaming providers. Both Netflix and Disney + are seeing record growth in user numbers due to the ongoing corona pandemic. So it is not surprising if other film studios also want something from the streaming cake. With HBO Max, the film and television company Warner… Read more

Thermaltake Floe RC Ultra 240 and 360: AiO cooling with two displays cools the CPU and RAM

Floe RC 360 and RC are already in the regular variants very exotic AiO cooling that cools both the processor and the RAM. Floe RC Ultra 240 and 360 are now even more unusual. Because Thermaltake also integrates two displays on the pump cover and on the RAM. The A-RGB lighting of the standard versions… Read more

PS5 pre-orders: Saturn is warned by consumer advocates

It should be widely known that you are currently looking for Sony’s PlayStation 5 in vain in retail. However, a large number of pre-orders are currently waiting for their consoles. Officially, the PS5 is already on 18. November 2020 has been published. The long waiting times have now called the consumer center Saxony on the… Read more

Big Island GPU in 7 nm: China is catching up in chip development

We have already reported on the current rapidly advancing development in China’s semiconductor industry. Even though it will take a few more years in production to catch up with the competition, the development of the designs seems to be going much faster. As the colleagues from Golem (via Toms Hardware) now report that the Chinese… Read more