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News Archive for January 2024

• An upgraded Sony PS5 DualSense controller with 12-hour battery life may be in the works
  By Daniel Sims, January 11, 2024
• Ayaneo Next Lite is the first Steam Deck competitor built on SteamOS
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 11, 2024
• Microsoft's AI found a new material to replace li-ion batteries
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 11, 2024
• Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles
  By Shawn Knight, January 11, 2024
• Sold out: Rabbit sells 10,000 pocket AI companions on launch day
  By Shawn Knight, January 11, 2024
• SSD prices could increase soon, in the meantime the Samsung 990 Pro 2TB is $149
  By Ivan Franco, January 11, 2024
• At the DICE Awards, Alan Wake 2 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 receive more nominations than Baldur's Gate 3
  By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2024
• Intel Arc drivers add optimizations for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  By Ivan Franco, January 11, 2024
• Amazon will cut hundreds of jobs at Prime Video, just weeks before it introduces ads to the service
  By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2024
• Intel confirms next-gen Arc Xe2 Battlemage GPUs will launch in 2024, Xe3 Celestial to follow
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 11, 2024
• "Rollable Laser TV": Hisense unveils 110" TV with 10,000 nits brightness and 40,000 backlighting zones
  By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2024
• AMD FSR support is coming soon to YouTube and VLC
  By Daniel Sims, January 11, 2024
• Dutch company reveals plans for 90-passenger electric aircraft able to travel 500 miles
  By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2024
• People are drinking a lot of nanoplastic particles with bottled water
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 10, 2024
• Capcom caught adding Enigma DRM to older titles, for no good reason
  By Daniel Sims, January 10, 2024
• Frore unveils thinner, lighter, and smarter version of its AirJet Mini fanless cooler
  By Shawn Knight, January 10, 2024
• OpenAI to regulators: Training AI models without copyrighted material is "impossible"
  By Cal Jeffrey, January 10, 2024
• Micron announces first LPCAMM2 memory modules to improve laptop serviceability and battery life
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 10, 2024
• MSI's new PCIe 5.0 SSD runs so hot, it ships with a self-contained liquid cooler
  By Shawn Knight, January 10, 2024
• Twitch lays off a third of its staff as part of company-wide rightsizing
  By Shawn Knight, January 10, 2024
• Buyer of $1,600 second-hand RTX 4090 finds it has no GPU, missing VRAM chips
  By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2024
• Google's Chrome browser is coming to Android-compatible cars
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 10, 2024
• Asus unveils dual-screen laptop with detachable keyboard and a foldable OLED monitor
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 10, 2024
• Notepad set to become the latest product to receive the Microsoft AI treatment
  By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2024
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise wants to acquire Juniper Networks for $14 billion
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 10, 2024
• New research suggests narcissistic, controlling bosses drive return-to-office mandates
  By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2024
• Sony's XR headset is coming later this year sporting latest Snapdragon SoC and dual 4K OLED displays
  By Daniel Sims, January 10, 2024
• Sony drives its first car onstage using a PS5 DualSense controller
  By Rob Thubron, January 10, 2024
• RTX Remix open beta will let modders add ray tracing to classic games later this month
  By Daniel Sims, January 09, 2024
• The Rabbit R1 is a standalone, AI-powered gadget that can mimic human app usage
  By Shawn Knight, January 09, 2024
• Apple guidelines suggest Vision Pro AR and VR apps are "spatial computing apps"
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 09, 2024
• Asus RTX 4090 BTF embraces a cable-free future, eliminates 16-pin power connector
  By Shawn Knight, January 09, 2024
• PowerToys 0.77 adds new PowerShell utility
  By Ivan Franco, January 09, 2024
• The Wi-Fi 7 standard has been finalized, certification program for compatible devices begins
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 09, 2024
• VW solid-state battery retains 95% capacity over 1,000 charge cycles in lab testing
  By Shawn Knight, January 09, 2024
• ICYMI: The Dell XPS 13 remains at its all-time low of $599
  By Ivan Franco, January 09, 2024
• Vivaldi for Android improves device sync and search
  By Erik Orejuela, January 09, 2024
• TCL unveils new 115-inch mini-LED TV with 5,000 nits brightness and 20,000 dimming zones
  By Rob Thubron, January 09, 2024
• Samsung shows off glasses-free 3D monitor concept that can instantly switch to 2D
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 09, 2024
• Duolingo lays off 10% of contract workers, partly due to AI
  By Rob Thubron, January 09, 2024
• GeForce Now cloud gaming gets G-Sync, Day Pass option - also: G-Sync Pulsar tech introduced
  By David Matthews, January 09, 2024
• AI features in this MSI monitor can give you an (unfair?) advantage in League of Legends
  By Rob Thubron, January 09, 2024
• Superb PC Gaming with Next-Gen 4K QD-OLED Monitors
  By Tim Schiesser, January 09, 2024
• MSI unveils the Claw, an Intel-powered handheld gaming PC
  By Rob Thubron, January 09, 2024
• LG shows off 77-inch transparent OLED TV at CES
  By Daniel Sims, January 08, 2024
• Apple Vision Pro launches February 2 with "new spatial games" and controller support
  By Cal Jeffrey, January 08, 2024
• Analysts expect DRAM prices to continue to rise in 2024
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 08, 2024
• Acer shows off new 57-inch 120Hz Predator Z57, and more gaming displays
  By Daniel Sims, January 08, 2024
• Warcraft II fan remake uses the Warcraft III engine, complains about the newer game's "sorry state"
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 08, 2024
• iPhone sales tumble in China: a 30% decrease adds to Apple's tough times
  By Rob Thubron, January 08, 2024
• AI-generated bug reports are becoming a big waste of time for developers
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 08, 2024
• HP unveils the 2024 Spectre x360 14, and the first reviews are in
  By Ivan Franco, January 08, 2024
• Nvidia launches the $1,000 RTX 4080 Super, $800 RTX 4070 Ti Super, and $600 RTX 4070 Super
  By Tim Schiesser, January 08, 2024
• Radio and podcast giant Audacy files for bankruptcy months after awarding $3.2 million to executives
  By Rob Thubron, January 08, 2024
• AMD's Ryzen 8700G APU features an 8-core Zen 4 CPU with integrated Radeon 780M graphics
  By Tim Schiesser, January 08, 2024
• AMD's latest Radeon is the RX 7600 XT: double the VRAM for $330
  By Tim Schiesser, January 08, 2024
• Samsung's 990 EVO SSD could support both PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 08, 2024
• Microchip Technology will get millions from the US Chips Act to strengthen its manufacturing yield
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 08, 2024
• Wizards of the Coast denies, then confirms, that Magic: The Gathering promo art features AI elements
  By Rob Thubron, January 08, 2024
• Opinion: Is anyone going to make money in AI inference?
  By Jonathan Goldberg, January 08, 2024
• Infographic shows how the PC has fared against other platforms over 50+ years of gaming
  By Rob Thubron, January 08, 2024
• Defying obsolescence, AMD's 22-year-old Radeon GPUs get new Linux drivers
  By Erika Morphy, January 07, 2024
• Cybertruck falls short in range test, achieves only 80% of promised mileage
  By Rob Thubron, January 07, 2024
• Russia and China successfully transmit two images over satellite using quantum communication
  By Erika Morphy, January 06, 2024
• A proposed Chipmaker's Visa could reform H-1B, but will Congress go for it?
  By Erika Morphy, January 06, 2024
• Google Maps is getting 3D building view feature in Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
  By Daniel Sims, January 06, 2024
• Grab the Apple MacBook Air M1 for just $750 brand new
  By Ivan Franco, January 06, 2024
• MSI's upcoming gaming handheld is Intel powered, pictures and benchmarks leak early
  By Daniel Sims, January 05, 2024
• Xbox backtracks after banning accounts that automatically uploaded NSFW BG3 videos
  By Cal Jeffrey, January 05, 2024
• Microsoft will revive its PC peripheral business through design company Incase
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 05, 2024
• 23andMe is now blaming users and their recycled passwords for data breach
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 05, 2024
• Clean up your digital footprint with Privacy Eraser for free
  By Ivan Franco, January 05, 2024
• Google Nest WiFi Pro 3-pack mesh router hits new record low
  By Ivan Franco, January 05, 2024
• Tesla introduces more realistic range estimates for Model Y, S, and X vehicles
  By Rob Thubron, January 05, 2024
• Honda and Mitsubishi will test a fuel cell-powered data center in Japan
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 05, 2024
• Razer teases new Blade laptops with "world's first" panels: 16-inch 240Hz OLED and 18-inch 4K@165Hz
  By Rob Thubron, January 05, 2024
• LG's new OLED gaming display can reach a 480Hz refresh rate at 1440p
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 05, 2024
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is available for free from the Epic Games Store
  By Rob Thubron, January 05, 2024
• Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 vs. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX: Is the GeForce Premium Worth It?
  By Steven Walton, January 05, 2024
• Starbucks accused of using dark patterns in its app to retain nearly $900 million
  By Rob Thubron, January 05, 2024
• Dell brings the sleek (and controversial) XPS 13 design to 14 and 16-inch models
  By Daniel Sims, January 04, 2024
• New certification for Adaptive-Sync monitors with dual-mode support arrives just in time for CES
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 04, 2024
• The Xbox Series S mid-life refresh is a toaster?
  By Cal Jeffrey, January 04, 2024
• Is this mysterious 700W Nvidia GPU a new H200 chip or an RTX 4090 Titan?
  By Daniel Sims, January 04, 2024
• SpaceX launches first satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities
  By Shawn Knight, January 04, 2024
• Microsoft is adding a dedicated Copilot key to Windows keyboards
  By Rob Thubron, January 04, 2024
• Google OAuth secrets exposed as account-hijacking MultiLogin vulnerability discovered
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 04, 2024
• U.S. delays re-imposing tariffs on Chinese goods, keeping graphics card prices stable for now
  By Rob Thubron, January 04, 2024
• Vizio will pay $3 million in class action for falsely advertising 60Hz TVs as 120Hz
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 04, 2024
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown PC specs revealed: 4K@60fps with a GTX 1060!
  By Rob Thubron, January 04, 2024
• Samsung is planning human-free, fully automated fabs within six years
  By Rob Thubron, January 04, 2024
• Top 10 Tech Pranks: Harmless and Fun IT Jokes
  By Julio Franco, January 04, 2024
• Samsung unveils new Odyssey G9 49-inch ultrawide and Odyssey G8 32-inch 4K 240Hz gaming monitors
  By Daniel Sims, January 03, 2024
• European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying
  By Daniel Sims, January 03, 2024
• Who is overemployment really harming? Often, it's your colleagues
  By Julio Franco, January 03, 2024
• NAND flash fabs in Japan halt production to check for earthquake damage
  By Shawn Knight, January 03, 2024
• Telegram improves calls with a colorful new design
  By Ivan Franco, January 03, 2024
• IDC predicts a 20% growth rate for the semiconductor market in 2024
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 03, 2024
• New export ban to China hits ASML's DUV lithography chip manufacturing tools
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 03, 2024
• Microsoft Edge achieves record high desktop browser market share
  By Shawn Knight, January 03, 2024
• iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max: Taller, wider, and heavier
  By Shawn Knight, January 03, 2024
• Windows 10 holds strong: nearly 7 out of 10 desktops still powered by the older OS
  By Rob Thubron, January 03, 2024
• The oldest release of MS-DOS precursor 86-DOS is now available for download
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 03, 2024
• The Steam Awards 2023 sees unexpected winners in Starfield and Red Dead Redemption 2
  By Rob Thubron, January 03, 2024
• Popular Tesla, Nissan and Ford EVs no longer qualify for the full $7,500 federal tax credit
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 03, 2024
• Pornhub parent company blocks access to its sites in Montana and North Carolina over age verification laws
  By Rob Thubron, January 03, 2024
• Top 10 Private and Secure Email Services
  By Heinrich Long, January 03, 2024
• Leaked benchmarks reveal mid-range AMD Ryzen 8600G iGPU outperforming the GTX 1060
  By Rob Thubron, January 03, 2024
• A 13-year-old is the first human to beat Tetris
  By Daniel Sims, January 02, 2024
• What are you playing in 2024: these 18 high-profile games are launching in January and February
  By Cal Jeffrey, January 02, 2024
• The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Unity port reaches 1.0 release
  By Daniel Sims, January 02, 2024
• Japanese camera makers will employ digital signatures to differentiate real photos from deepfakes
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 02, 2024
• Apple's iPhone remains the largest premium smartphone brand with over 70% of market share
  By Shawn Knight, January 02, 2024
• Bitcoin passes $45,000 for the first time in 21 months, predicted to reach record high this year
  By Rob Thubron, January 02, 2024
• Mozilla pivots towards AI future as Firefox market share declines
  By Alfonso Maruccia, January 02, 2024
• ScummVM lets you play classic games on systems they were never designed for
  By Ivan Franco, January 02, 2024
• LG DukeBox audio device fuses vacuum tubes with transparent OLED display technology
  By Shawn Knight, January 02, 2024
• Latest Steam survey shows a holiday boost for Nvidia's RTX 4000 GPUs
  By Rob Thubron, January 02, 2024
• LG's latest 4K smart projector doubles as a work of art
  By Kishalaya Kundu, January 02, 2024
• X / Twitter is now worth 70% less than what Elon Musk paid for it, says report
  By Rob Thubron, January 02, 2024
• Valve ends Steam support for Windows 7 and Windows 8
  By Rob Thubron, January 02, 2024