Ray tracing isn’t the easiest of technologies to explain if you don’t have a monster PC right in front of you, and even if you do, game support is currently limited and hugely taxing at high resolutions. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to manipulate a detailed environment in real time and see
Read MoreSee how the newest OnePlus phone stacks up spec-by-spec against Apple and Samsung’s “affordable” flagships. OnePlus 7 Pro vs. iPhone XR, Galaxy S10E: We compare every spec – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAMD’s third generation of Ryzen CPUs are here, including the company’s first mainstream CPU to feature 12 cores, the Ryzen 9 3900X. The company is announcing five new processors as part of the lineup, all with a release date of July 7th. Their prices range from $199 to $499, and all of them are based
Read MoreDo you use 3D Touch on your iPhone? If not, don’t worry. Apple is getting rid of it for a cheaper alternative. MacRumors, quoting a team of Barclays analysts, has confirmed that 3D Touch will be eliminated from all iPhone models coming out in 2019. The company intends to replace it with the cheaper Haptic
Read More[Eliot Curtis] found himself a little too close to 1960’s counterculture while restoring a vintage modular synthesizer — he began tripping out on acid. The instrument in question is a Buchla Model 100. The Buchla is a modular synth. Instead of a keyboard, it used capacitance-sensitive touch plates. This particular model 100 was purchased by
Read MoreComputex, a yearly trade show on computers and technology, is underway in Taiwan and we might see some mind-boggling PC products. Asus was one of the firsts to take to stage today, and they announced a dual-screen laptop called ZenBook Pro Duo with two 4K screens, and that immediately caught my eye. The device’s primary
Read MoreToday marks 10 years since Google stoked great excitement in the tech community by unveiling a new product called Wave. I remember it clearly, because that day I sat down on my sofa 5,000 miles away from Google’s developer conference and wrote my first ever post as a paid tech journalist, trying to make sense
Read MoreMore power on the inside, more style on the outside. Alienware m15, m17 thin gaming laptops get a big facelift – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom OLED and HDR displays to 10th-gen Intel chips and Wi-Fi 6, Dell’s newest premium laptops are loaded with the latest tech. Dell's 2019 XPS 15, XPS 13 2-in-1 offer extreme performance and design starting at ,000 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe noodles and barbecue arrive within 30 minutes. The containers they come in could be around for hundreds of years thereafter. Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEyeSafe’s blue-light defeating screen technology makes its laptop debut in the Dell laptops announced at Computex 2019. Dell and EyeSafe partner to tackle the blue light blues – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBack at CES, Dell updated the XPS 13 with an improved webcam that finally put it back on top where it belonged, and at Computex 2019, it announced that it would bringing that same improvement to its XPS 15 and XPS 13 2-in-1 models —along with a full redesign for the XPS 13 2-in-1. The
Read MoreEarlier this year at CES, Alienware announced the Area-51m, its latest flagship gaming laptop that featured a whole new design ethos for Dell’s premium gaming brand. And at Computex 2019, the company is bringing that same design to its m15 and m17 laptops — although unfortunately without the modular components of the Area-51m. The new
Read MoreRoughly eight years ago, Intel flexed its enormous power as one of the PC industry’s leading component manufacturers to improve the quality of the world’s laptops with one word: “Ultrabook.” Intel poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a marketing campaign for the industry’s latest laptops, but the publicity came with a condition: those laptops
Read MoreElon Musk’s new satellite megaconstellation will make it harder to study the sky with ground-based telescopes. SpaceX Starlink satellites dazzle but may cause headaches for astronomers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHighlights of the company’s announcements include wood-accented Envy laptops, a leather-wrapped Elite detachable and RTX 5000-boosted mobile workstations. HP goes wooden with Envy at Computex 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePortable PCs with better performance and battery life will arrive later this year. Faster Ice Lake laptop chip gives Intel some of its mojo back – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWood and leather are the themes. HP strives for novel style with its Envy and Elite laptops – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaybe you’ll reach for you PC instead of your phone. Intel's Project Athena aims for laptops with both power and battery life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tech company has long used contractors, but some employees worry that a growing reliance on them represents a shifting, less admirable work culture. Google’s Shadow Work Force: Temps Who Outnumber Full-Time Employees Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThree years to the day (in certain timezones) after unveiling its first VR backpack at Computex Taipei, where I declared them actually pretty cool, HP is still at it and has announced the latest version. It doesn’t reinvent the concept, but it sounds like a pretty good upgrade. The new VR backpack, which is now
Read MoreIntel has a lot to prove. 2018 marked the chipmaker’s 50th anniversary, but it was also a year that shook the company to its core. It was the year that Intel lost its CEO, struggled with Spectre and Meltdown, and reportedly lost Apple’s confidence as far as chips for future Macs are concerned. Above all,
Read MoreOver the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to use and review a lot of HP laptops. I’ve tracked how HP’s sharpened its design chops, improved performance and battery life, and invented all new form factors with unique materials. But through all of those laptops there has been one constant: terrible trackpads. It’s not
Read MoreAfter a successful experiment with leather, HP is taking its natural material vibe to the next level with the new Envy Wood series. No, they haven’t exactly been carved out of redwood trees by artisan lumberjacks, but they do come with a “one-of-a-kind authentic wood inlay” on the palm rest. HP is decking out the
Read MoreCDs were a great advancement in audio quality when they were first put on the market. There’s no vinyl-style degradation of the medium if it’s played over and over, and there’s no risk of turning them into a giant pile of ribbon while rewinding like a cassette tape. The one downside was that if you
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