Ethereum Miners Can Keep Ruining PC Gamers' Days as 'The Merge' Gets Delayed By Nathaniel Mott 26 October 2021 Ethereum's transition from the proof-of-work model that relies on miners to a proof-of-stake model has been pushed back.
TSMC Announces N4P Process, a Refined N4 Chip Node By Francisco Pires 26 October 2021 Tangible Power/Performance/Area improvements over N4 and a focus on node transition costs.
AMD Bundles Xbox Game Pass With Radeon, Ryzen Purchases By Anton Shilov 26 October 2021 AMD launches equipped for battle bundle: Free Xbox Game Pass with Radeon RX 6000, Ryzen 3000/5000 CPUs.
New Nvidia Game Ready Driver Makes You a Guardian of the Galaxy By Francisco Pires 26 October 2021 Performance improvements abound for other upcoming games.
Newly Revealed SmashEx Attack Targets Intel SGX-Protected Secure Enclaves By Nathaniel Mott 26 October 2021 Researchers have disclosed a new attack, SmashEx, that can be used to collect and corrupt data stored in secure enclaves.
Intel Discontinues Multiple Ethernet Controllers to Fight Shortages By Anton Shilov 26 October 2021 Intel will discontinue multiple network controllers in order to combat supply shortages by focusing on newer products.
Gigabyte Z690 Motherboards Hit Newegg Priced From $199 By Brandon Hill 26 October 2021 Seven Gigabyte Z690 motherboards are currently listed on Newegg, priced from $199 to as much as $469.
Microsoft to Create a New Surface Laptop for Education Market By Aaron Klotz 26 October 2021 Microsoft is creating a new ultra-cheap Surface laptop for the education market. It will compete against Chromebooks and come with a new Windows 11 flavor designed for low-end hardware.
The Microsoft Modern Webcam is now Really Cheap — $28 off By Jason England 26 October 2021 Right now, the Microsoft Modern Webcam is just $41.99 after a steep $28 price cut.
Asus Z690 Q-Release Button Makes GPU Removal a Breeze By Brandon Hill 26 October 2021 The PCIe Slot Q-Release button is a new feature on select Asus Z690 Alder Lake motherboards.
50 Miners Control 50% of Bitcoin Mining Worldwide By Nathaniel Mott 26 October 2021 A recent study found that Bitcoin—and Bitcoin mining—is largely controlled by a few entities.
New Allwinner RISC-V Chip Uncovered on Tiny Board By Ian Evenden 26 October 2021 A new version of the Allwinner D1 RISC-V media board has come to light.
Intel Core i5-12600K Test Suggests 50% More Threaded Performance Than 11600K By Francisco Pires 26 October 2021 A new benchmark for Intel's upcoming Alder Lake 12000 series paint a big performance uplift, with the Core i5-12600K performing around 50% better than the previous-gen Core 15-11600K.
Satechi's USB-C Hub Has M.2 Slot: Adds Ports, Boosts Capacity By Anton Shilov 26 October 2021 Satechi's USB hub has two USB Type-A ports, an HDMI 2.0 output, and an M.2 slot.
Raspberry Pi Plays Flappy Bird With the Power of AI By Ash Hill 26 October 2021 Maker Dmytro Panin is at it again, this time with a Raspberry Pi AI project that plays Flappy Bird for you.
Earthquake Disrupts Micron's DRAM Production in Taiwan By Anton Shilov 26 October 2021 Micron is evaluating damage from earthquake on Sunday.
Asus and Micro Center Partner to Offer Build-Your-Own PC Kits By Aaron Klotz 26 October 2021 Asus and Micro Center have partnered up to create barebones build kits that guarantee the inclusion of a graphics card, but at a very high cost.
Pimax's Next-Generation Reality 12K QLED VR Headset Defies Belief By Kevin Carbotte 25 October 2021 The specifications of the next Pimax Reality 12K QLED VR headset may blow your mind.
AMD’s New EPYC Data Center CPUs Coming November 8th By Brandon Hill 25 October 2021 It's rumored that AMD will debut Milan-X Epyc 7003 processors and Instinct MI200 Series accelerators.
This Cooler Will Keep Your M.2 SSD as Cool as a Cucumber By Zhiye Liu 25 October 2021 RaidSonic launches the new Icy Box IB-M2HSF-705 cooler for M.2 2280 SSDs.
