AMD's brand is now more valuable than Intel, Samsung, and Xbox, but Apple still reigns as king
Nvidia saw the largest yearly gains
First-year Eton College students must trade their smartphones for school-provided "dumb" Nokias
The ban-and-replace is part of Eton's effort to refocus younger students on learning
MacBook Air M1 goes for the kill at $649 on Walmart
Walmart is selling the Apple MacBook Air M1 for $649, just in time for the back-to-school season. First and foremost, the Air M1 runs fast and cool, offering a solidly built design and long battery life. Specs are only decent, but in terms of usability it's a great machine that we recommend.
Microsoft Office is down to $39 with this deal, no subscription required
Over 80% off the regular price
New Asus beta BIOS adds support for Windows RGB controls
You can finally uninstall Armory Crate
Politicians turn to AirTags to track stolen lawn signs
Campaigns often become dirty and when they do, the lawn signs are the first to go
Photoshop alternative, Affinity Photo, now offers a 6-month trial
Affinity Photo, one of the best alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, now offers a six-month trial period you can download and use, along with the complete Affinity Suite. Recently acquired by Canva, Affinity Photo provides a comprehensive set of image editing tools suitable for both beginners and experts.
Breakthrough 2D quantum cooling system is colder than space
Novel device converts heat into electricity at ultra-low temperatures
Forward-looking: A research team at EPFL University in Switzerland has created a 2D quantum computing system that can get colder than outer space. This is a major breakthrough for quantum computing, as advancements have been hindered by conventional cooling methods. This new technology uses off-the-shelf parts and can be easily implemented into existing quantum computers.
This deal gets you Windows 11 for $22
Both Windows 11 Pro and Win 10 at a hefty discount
Nothing reveals $199 CMF Phone 1 with modular accessory ecosystem
Bottom line: Nothing's budget-minded sub-brand, CMF, has introduced its first mobile phone. The CMF Phone 1 is an entry-level handset that could finally take the concept of a modular smartphone mainstream. The price is right at $199, but will it make a splash in a cutthroat market where every previous modular attempt has come up short?
Firefox 128 simplifies clearing user browsing data
Firefox 128 has just debuted with a streamlined dialog for clearing user data and improved video playback, especially when browsing incognito on streaming websites like Netflix.
Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns
Criminals are exploiting the home routing loophole
Court to decide on $7.6 billion legal fee for lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay
About $370,000 for every hour worked
Ryzen 9 9950X Zen 5 CPU could hit a 5.85 GHz FMAX frequency
The first batch of Zen 5 CPUs are coming later this month
Ordinary rocks could power the next EV battery breakthrough
Another promising battery breakthrough
First NASA mission focused on simulated Mars habitat ends with crew alive and well
The space agency is seeking data on the astronauts' wellbeing in a hostile environment
This foldable keyboard is actually a Ryzen 7 8840U-powered mini PC
The world's first sleeper keyboard?
Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
Part of Microsoft's global security push
YouTube unveils AI-powered tool to cleanly remove copyrighted music
Less time fighting claims, more time creating fresh content
US universities miss the mark with outdated P2P file sharing warnings about Napster and Limewire
For today's students, those turn-of-the-century systems are ancient history
Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning
End of an era for data hoarders
What just happened? For home videographers and data hoarders who still rely on optical discs for archiving, some bad news just dropped: Sony is winding down production of recordable Blu-ray media. The last factory in the world churning out those massive 100GB triple-layer and 128GB quad-layer BDXL discs is preparing to shut its lines for good.
The Ultimate Upscaling Showdown: FSR 3.1 vs DLSS 3.7 vs XeSS 1.3
Upscaling technologies continue to improve every year, and today we'll be looking at five games updated to use AMD FSR 3.1 to compare against the latest in Nvidia DLSS 3.7 and Intel XeSS 1.3.
Microsoft starts rolling out Notepad's spellcheck and autocorrect features to all Windows 11 users
More than 40 years after the text editor launched
Upcoming Apple iPad models hinted in code leak, including a new iPad Mini and M5 Pro sporting model
The new models could be released this October or possibly in 2025
A record 10 billion passwords were just posted to a popular hacking forum
Hackers can do a lot of damage with this database
NASA snaps images of an asteroid large enough to have a moon of its own
A mile-wide asteroid with a baby
Big Tech needs to generate $600 billion in annual revenue to justify AI hardware expenditure
The big picture: The tech industry is riding a new high amid a frenzy fueled by AI. Big Tech companies have been plowing huge sums to build out the necessary infrastructure to meet what they perceive demand will be for these products in the coming years. One analyst warns however that the industry needs to stop and consider whether the actual revenue generated by AI will be enough to support these investments.
Intel Fast Throttle tech will allow per-core throttling on Arrow Lake
Granular cooling for the masses
Research team creates process to grow sub-nanometer transistors
This could lead to the development smaller, yet more powerful electronic devices
Incredibly detailed scam relabels RTX 3080 Ti cards as RTX 4090
Scammers have truly raised the bar with this one
AMD engineer tells the tale of when the PlayStation 4 saved the chipmaker from bankruptcy
Jaguar kept the lights on during the post-Athlon, pre-Zen days
Bizarre Japanese Apex Legends club promises female companions that cheer your gameplay
A range of eyebrow-raising services are on offer
Microsoft patents a system that encrypts documents so you can read them in public without being visually hacked
There are other ways to prevent visual hacking, but they all have limitations