Intel releases first Arc GPUs following Nvidia 3090 Ti launch
Nvidia might have wowed the masses with the release of the RTX 3090 Ti yesterday, but Intel is trying to steal its thunder today. For …
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This PC will self-destruct if someone tries to hack it
With hackers stealing headlines the world over it’s hard not to be concerned with computer security these days, and if the thought of someone stealing …
Starbucks is giving out free coffee because an update wrecked its computer system
Some Starbucks locations across the US are temporarily giving out free coffee to customers, as an update has put the point of sale systems out …
Razer just made the perfect mouse for normal people
Razer made its name making keyboards and headsets for people who stay up all night shouting at their mortal CS:Go enemies. But since then, the company’s moved …
Elon Musk, very normal non-supervillain, starts company to implant electrodes in your brain
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and a man who wants to nuke Mars, has founded a new company. According to WSJ sources, Neuralink is a …
Ray Kurzweil predicts computers will be as smart as humans in 12 years
12 years. That’s how long Google’s Director of Engineering Ray Kurzweil thinks it will take for computers to reach human levels of intelligence. Singularity Is …
The MacBook Air might be dying, but this sale is too good to pass up
Apple seems to be slowly pushing the MacBook Air into the deep end, with no updates in sight and the slimmer Retina MacBook threatening to …
Delta flights across the world are grounded because of a computer outage
Computers are a vital part of sending thousands of people miles into the air in steel boxes. So when they stop working, the airplanes generally …
Tired of computer bugs? MIT may have the answer
Researchers at MIT have developed a system to automatically repair computer bugs. The program can comb through repairs to open-source computer programs and learn their …
Horrifying chart reveals how much time we spend staring at screens each day
It’s rare that a single chart can can be so simple and yet so horrifying. Such is the case with a chart put together by …
Study suggests reading this post could make you blind
The United States Department of Health & Human Services suggests people limit exposure to screens such as computer monitors and television sets to less than two …
Pre-launch Windows 8 usage doubles that of OS X Mountain Lion
Since Microsoft released its Windows 8 Consumer Preview in February, millions of users have downloaded the software giant’s latest operating system, which looks to carefully …
Final major pre-launch Windows 8 release due during first week of June
Microsoft’s Buildings Windows 8 Twitter account on Monday evening announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview will be available at some point during the first week …
Intel announces 13 new quad-core Ivy Bridge processors
Intel’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processors will be the first to feature a “3D Tri-Gate transistor,” The BBC reported on Sunday. The company plans to initially …
Samsung’s iCloud competitor may be unveiled at Galaxy event on May 3rd
Samsung’s iCloud competitor, dubbed S-Cloud, may be unveiled at next month’s Galaxy S III announcement in London on May 3rd, a South Korean newspaper reported …
Microsoft reveals three editions of its next-generation operating system
Microsoft on Monday announced that there will be three editions of its next-generation Windows 8 operating system: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. …
One in five U.S. adults still doesn’t use the Internet
The Pew Internet & American Life Project’s latest poll indicates that one in five adults in the United States still doesn’t use the Internet. “Senior …
Second Mac trojan discovered, also exploits Java vulnerability
The “Flashback” trojan virus affecting at least 600,000 Macs was discovered last week that is capable of intercepting passwords and other private data. The discovery prompted …
Intel may launch Ivy Bridge processors on April 23rd
Intel is expected to move up the announcement of its next-generation Ivy Bridge processors from the original date of April 29th to April 23rd, Digitimes …
Windows Vista enters extended support, XP support ends in 2014
Microsoft products fit into two different life cycle stages — mainstream support and extended support. With mainstream support, users receive free security updates, stability improvements, …
Apple will reportedly unveil new iMacs with Core i5, i7 CPUs in June or July
Apple is reportedly planning to refresh its iMac family of computers with Intel’s 22nm-based Core i5 and Core i7 Ivy Bridge processors in June or …
From pre-PC to post-PC: Happy birthday, Microsoft
On April 4th, 1975, two young programmers named Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” Gates was 22 years old at the …
Selling used Android phones poses huge identity theft risk, expert says
Android users who are looking to sell their old devices should be wary of the possible consequences. McAfee identity theft researcher Robert Siciliano warned that …
Best Buy posts mixed Q4 earnings, plans to close 50 U.S. stores
Best Buy on Thursday reported results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2012. The nationwide retail giant had missed Wall Street’s estimates in both the …
See-through 3D computer with gesture controls gives us a glimpse of the future [video]
Some believe a future full of massive, gesture-controlled computer displays like the ones seen in Twentieth Century Fox’s Minority Report are an inevitability, and a …
ARM support may be coming to Chrome OS
Users who are interested in a Google-powered Chromebook only have two options, Acer’s AC700 or Samsung’s Series 5 Chromebook. Both laptops are powered by an …
Apple to launch 15-inch MacBook Air in April, report claims
Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new 15-inch MacBook Air notebook PC in April. The report from Electricpig cites a “premium Mac accessory maker,” who claims a …
