Corsair A500 Review: Premium Price, Curious Flaws
Corsair conjures up a new cooler without liquid, a pump, or even RGB.
US Moves to Cut Huawei Off From Global Chip Suppliers as China Eyes Retaliation
The Trump administration on Friday moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies, spurring fears of Chinese retaliation and hammering shares of US producers of chipmaking equipment.
Everything You Can and Can’t Do with Facebook’s New Avatars
I hate rollouts. I really do. Whenever a company announces some new, awesome feature, but drops the phrase “rolling out” into the description, I can’t tell you how annoyed I get. Invariably, it means I have to wait a week or more to try something out while seeing everyone I know get their special access before me.Read more...
Trump: Look Out World, America’s Developing ‘Super-Duper’ Missiles
On Friday, President Donald Trump unveiled the official flag of the United States Space Force and, in his latest display of unparalleled oratorical excellence, touted a new “super duper missile” from the Department of Defense that’s sure to make the likes of China and Russia pee their pants.Read more...
Facebook Buys Giphy to Integrate GIF Website With Instagram
Facebook is acquiring Giphy, a popular website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, and will integrate it with its rapidly growing Instagram photo-sharing app, Facebook said in a blog post on Friday.
NVIDIA GTC 2020 Bits
NVIDIA had its annual GTC summit, NVIDIA GTC 2020, this week and chose to go virtual as the Covid-19 pandemic is causing more and more shows to cancel or try to get their message out through different avenues. NVIDIA and Partners made a handful of announcements. These announcements include Iguazio partnering with NVIDIA, Lenovo DCG and NVIDIA collaborate on liquid cooled GPUs, DDN announces A3I support for NVIDIA DGX A100, NVIDIA contributes GPU support for Apache Spark 3.0 with the help of Cisco, and NetApp ONTAP AI integrates the DGX A100 and NVIDIA Mellanox networking. (more…)
The Best True Wireless Earbuds That Won’t Break the Bank
When Apple killed the headphone jack and introduced AirPods, they changed the earbud game forever. Today, “true wireless” earbuds have trickled down to the budget realm, and the market is flooded with affordable alternatives.Read more...
Discord Becomes an Even Better Zoom Alternative For Gamers with the Addition of 1-Button Video Chat
Discord has already taken a few steps to help people stay connected during The Quarantine, but with its latest update, Discord may have just given gamers a true replacement for competing video chat apps like Zoom, Hangouts, and others. Read more...
U.S. Feud With China Brings Dramatic Expansion of Sanctions on Huawei
In yet another escalation of the ongoing U.S.-China feud over Chinese tech giant Huawei, Donald Trump’s administration took steps to greatly expand punitive trade sanctions against the company on Friday, Reuters reported.Read more...
Silicon Power PC60 Portable SSD Review
The Silicon Power PC60 is an entry-level portable SSD drive that features 3D NAND Flash technology and up to 1.92TB in storage. Specification-wise, the PC60 doesn't offer much to set it apart from an already crowded portable-SSD market (which has a range of great consumer choices); however, its 80mm x 80mm frame and 11mm width certainly make the PC60 one of the smaller SSDs we’ve seen. It can effortlessly fit in pockets and you’ll be able to easily maneuver this thing in the palm of your palm. The Silicon Power PC60 uses a USB 3.2 Gen2 interface and is specced to deliver up to 10Gbps while quoting speeds up to 540MB/s read and 500MB/s write. (more…)