Tech Culture Once-Iconic Tech Products That Are Now a Fading Memory |
Did you know that a floppy disk is more than just a save icon? Can you understand how a pencil and a cassette tape are related? Does the term 'VHS tracking' fill you with dread? What seemed like magic tech at the time, is now a distant memory that those under 20 can't believe was actually real.
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Did you know that a floppy disk is more than just a save icon? Can you understand how a pencil and a cassette tape are related? Does the term 'VHS tracking' fill you with dread? What seemed like magic tech at the time, is now a distant memory that those under 20 can't believe was actually real.
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Low Profile Radeon AMD Radeon RX 6400 Review: Tiny Low-Power Package |
The Radeon RX 6400 is a brand new RDNA2 GPU that uses TSMC's cutting-edge 6nm process. Sounds exciting, right? Well, maybe not so much once you get to see the results.
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The Radeon RX 6400 is a brand new RDNA2 GPU that uses TSMC's cutting-edge 6nm process. Sounds exciting, right? Well, maybe not so much once you get to see the results.
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Software The Best Portable Apps for Your Software Toolbox |
Portable apps usually offer the same functionality as the regular versions of your favorite software, but without any installers involved. That means you can run them directly from a USB drive or a cloud folder synced across PCs.
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Portable apps usually offer the same functionality as the regular versions of your favorite software, but without any installers involved. That means you can run them directly from a USB drive or a cloud folder synced across PCs.
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Hardware Next-gen GPUs could offer significant leap in performance |
| The rumor mill is replete with hints that the next generation of GPUs from AMD and Nvidia are going to be power-hungry and offer a huge leap... |
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| The rumor mill is replete with hints that the next generation of GPUs from AMD and Nvidia are going to be power-hungry and offer a huge leap... |
In Conflict Russian troops steal $5 million worth of John Deere farm vehicles from Ukraine, find they've been remotely disabled |
| CNN reports that in addition to looting residences, Russian troops have increasingly been stealing farm equipment, hundreds of thousands of tons of grain, and building materials in... |
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| CNN reports that in addition to looting residences, Russian troops have increasingly been stealing farm equipment, hundreds of thousands of tons of grain, and building materials in... |
Science Suitcase-sized device turns seawater into drinking water at the push of a button |
| Rather than relying on a series of filters to decontaminate water, the machine leans on a technique called ion concentration polarization (ICP) that uses electricity to filter... |
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| Rather than relying on a series of filters to decontaminate water, the machine leans on a technique called ion concentration polarization (ICP) that uses electricity to filter... |
Electronics Physicists discover "impossible" one-way superconductor that could lead to dramatically faster computers |
| This week, researchers at the Delft University of Technology published a paper on how they achieved one-directional superconductivity. This could let computers replace semiconductors with superconductors, which... |
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| This week, researchers at the Delft University of Technology published a paper on how they achieved one-directional superconductivity. This could let computers replace semiconductors with superconductors, which... |
WTF?! India tells VPN, cloud, and crypto companies to collect user data or face imprisonment |
| As reported by Entracker, the new national directive from India's Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-in, is an attempt "to coordinate response activities as well as... |
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| As reported by Entracker, the new national directive from India's Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-in, is an attempt "to coordinate response activities as well as... |
Tech Culture Warren Buffett wouldn't pay $25 for all the Bitcoin in the world, but he does like Activision Blizzard |
| Berkshire Hathaway CEO/Chairman Buffett has made his feelings toward crypto clear in the past; he once called Bitcoin "rat poison squared." At his company's annual shareholder meeting... |
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| Berkshire Hathaway CEO/Chairman Buffett has made his feelings toward crypto clear in the past; he once called Bitcoin "rat poison squared." At his company's annual shareholder meeting... |
Security Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever |
| In addition to the attack's size, the use of HTTPS rather than typical HTTP requests further complicated the issue—the secure protocol results in more resource overhead due... |
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| In addition to the attack's size, the use of HTTPS rather than typical HTTP requests further complicated the issue—the secure protocol results in more resource overhead due... |
Browser Edge is getting a free built-in VPN, powered by Cloudflare |
| Microsoft Edge has become a capable browser since becoming Chromium-based in 2019. It even recently overtook Safari as the second most popular desktop browser, albeit Microsoft's decision... |
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| Microsoft Edge has become a capable browser since becoming Chromium-based in 2019. It even recently overtook Safari as the second most popular desktop browser, albeit Microsoft's decision... |
Laptop Qualcomm's Apple M1 competitor is on track for late 2023 |
| During a quarterly earnings call this week, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the development of its upcoming Arm-based notebook CPU, which Nuvia is designing, is on track.... |
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| During a quarterly earnings call this week, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the development of its upcoming Arm-based notebook CPU, which Nuvia is designing, is on track.... |
| This pocket-sized diamond wafer could store up to 25 exabytes |
|  Japanese researchers, alongside a company specializing in industrial jewel components, have developed a new method of mass-producing 2-inch diamond wafers. Dubbed Kenzan Diamonds, these could be used... |
| Google urges Chrome 100 users to update to 101 because of 29 security flaws |
|  Chrome 101.0.4951.41 for Windows, Mac, and Linux contains several fixes for severe security flaws. Google paid out a total of $29,000 for four of the top six... |
| Three AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards enter Steam Survey |
|  Diving into the survey's GPU category, there isn't too much change amongst the top ten cards. But it's starting to look as if the GTX 1060's four-plus... |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting DLSS and FSR 1.0 support in July, FSR 2.0 coming later |
|  Asobo, the developer of Microsoft Flight Simulator, announced during a Q&A session last week that both Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) Technology and AMD's FidelityFX Super... |
| Dota 2 player dropped from team after appearing to support Russian invasion of Ukraine during match |
|  Dot Esports reports that the incident occurred during the Eastern Europe Dota Pro Circuit Regional Finals over the weekend. During Virtus.pro's (competing under the name Outsiders) semi-final... |
| Intel CEO thinks chip shortage could extend into 2024 |
|  Last Friday, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told CNBC he thinks the chip shortage will last into 2024. His reason is that, as with chips, the tools for... |
| NASA's Webb telescope is fully focused and ready for instrument commissioning |
|  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment and is ready to move to the science instrument commissioning phase. |
| Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard threatened by FTC as shareholders approve deal |
|  Bloomberg reports that shareholders approved Microsoft's offer of $95 per share. The stock price had hit $82 following news of the acquisition, meaning anyone who bought then... |
| Rocket Lab captured a booster in mid-air with a helicopter but had to drop it in the ocean |
|  On Monday, aerospace company Rocket Lab was partially successful in its mission to capture its Electron orbital launch vehicle mid-air using a helicopter. |
| VESA looks to standardize variable refresh rate displays with new certification program |
|  The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), has just announced a new certification program to make it easier for consumers to choose a suitable variable refresh rate (VRR)... |
| Monster Hunter Rise, Darksiders III and more discounted in Steam's Going Rogue sale |
|  Valve's brief guide on the subject notes that roguelike games trace their roots to Rogue, the 1980 dungeon crawler from Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman. The title... |
| Apple sues stealth startup over allegations it poached engineers to steal trade secrets |
|  Last year brought reports of some senior Apple engineers leaving the company to join a mysterious startup called Rivos, which was reportedly working on a high-performance RISC-V... |
| Dell's striking XPS 13 Plus is now available, starting at $1,299 |
|  Dell has just announced that their impressive-looking XPS 13 Plus is now available. The laptop is a futuristic redesign of the popular XPS 13, one of the... |
| Razer co-founder Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff has died at 81 |
|  Razer at the time was a brand of Kärna, and wouldn't formally become a standalone company until 2005 after Krakoff and current CEO Min-Liang Tan bought the... |
| Meta AI and university researchers discover stronger, more carbon-friendly concrete formulas |
|  The Meta team worked with Professors Lav Varshney and Nishant Garg from the University of Illinois to conduct the initial model's training using the Concrete Compressive Strength... |
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