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August 31
- Get Ready for the Next Windows 10 Update
- Razer Expands eSports Army With New Gaming Headset, Keyboard, Mouse
- John McAfee’s Crypto Wallet Keeps Getting Hacked
- Gigabyte Tends to Workstation Crowd With New Xeon W Motherboards
- Firefox to Block Online Tracking by Default
- Google Ad Practices Under Double-Whammy Scrutiny
August 30
- DICE Pushes Launch of Ray Tracing Title Battlefield V to November
- ThinkPad X1 Extreme Packs Core i9 Into Lightweight Package
- Lenovo Announces a Slew of New Yogas, Including One That Doesn’t Bend
- Lenovo’s New Yoga Book C930 Sports an E Ink Screen, Higher Price
- US Gaming Spend Is On Track for a Record Year
- Crucial Targets Entry-Level SSD Market With New BX500
- Apple Digs Deeper Into AR With Akonia Holographics Buy
- Nvidia: Turing RTX Cards Up to 40 Percent Faster Than Pascal in Some Titles
- New Asus ZenBooks Have Super Tiny Bezels, Whiskey Lake
- Intel's Whiskey Lake Brings In-Silicon Meltdown and Foreshadow Fixes
August 29
- Can Your Business Trust the Cloud?
- Pixvana VR Video Streaming Tech Is Now Open Source
- LG Reveals 34-Inch UltraGear Gaming Monitors at IFA 2018
- WhatsApp Data on Google Drive Won't Be Encrypted
- Xbox Reveals Limited Edition White Console Bundle and Elite Controller
- A PSU That Can Power Two Systems At Once: Meet Phanteks RevoltX
- Fortnite Players Are Scrambling to Learn About a Bizarre Cube
- New Gaming Laptop From Acer Has Wild Convertible Screen
- Acer’s New Gaming Monitor Lineup Includes a Do-Not-Disturb Hood
- Acer's Bonkers New Gaming Chair Has Room for 3 Screens
- Acer Goes Premium With New Windows MR Headset
- Dell Updates XPS 13 2-in-1 with Amber Lake
- Dell’s New $550 USB-C QHD Monitor Is Really Bright
August 28
- Intel Launches Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake CPUs for Laptops
- Windows 10 Zero-Day Vulnerability Exposed On Twitter
- Adata Expands SSD Arsenal With the XPG SX6000 Pro
- Microsoft Was Making an Xbox VR Headset, But Not Anymore
- Blue Debuts Its First Post-Logitech Mic, Yeti Nano
- AMD Exec Resigns, Company Moves 7nm Chip Production To TSMC (Update)
August 27
- This Trick Makes AMD FreeSync Work On a Nvidia GPU
- First Generation Ryzen Threadripper Prices Plummet
- Facebook, Google Want to Write the Federal Privacy Law
- Samsung Releases First Curved Monitor With Thunderbolt 3 Support
- Prices for Intel's 9th Generation CPUs Surface Online
- Microsoft Reportedly Working on 'Xbox All Access' Subscription (Updated)
- Google Discovers Security Hole in Fortnite Android Installer
- Original Apple Computer Goes to Auction Block
August 26
- AMD Announces Dual-Vega Radeon Pro V340 Card With 32GB of ECC HBM Memory
- LCD v. LED v. OLED: Understanding Different Display Panel Types
August 25
- The History of Nvidia GPUs: NV1 to Turing
August 24
- AWS Bucket Leaks Again: Spyware Firm the Ironic Victim
- AMD Wins Patent Dispute Against Vizio and Sigma Designs
- Intel Hyper-Threading Accused of Being a Security Threat
- Google Joins Facebook, Twitter In Deleting Iran-Linked Accounts
- Why You Shouldn’t Buy Nvidia’s RTX 20-Series Graphics Cards (Yet)
August 23
- Updated: Intel Answers Complaints About Microcode Benchmarking Ban
- NSA Taken to Court Over Warrant-Free Surveillance
- Cloud-Connected, AI-Powered Aibo Coming to US for $2,899
- Intel Core i9-9900K CPU Spotted In New Eurocom Laptops
- Do You Really Need 32 Cores?
- Make Your Own Rift with Fortnite 5.30 Update
- Inside The World's Largest GPU: Nvidia Details NVSwitch
August 22
- Nvidia Updates GeForce Experience with Ansel RTX
- Nvidia Shares RTX 2080 Test Results: 35 - 125% Faster Than GTX 1080
- AMD Teases New Raven Ridge 2018 APUs
- D-Wave Computer Can Accurately Simulate Quantum Systems, Research Finds
- Valve Steam Play Now Lets You Play Windows Games on Linux
- Facebook and FireEye Detect More Foreign Interference with US Midterms
- Intel Unveils Cascade Lake, In-Silicon Spectre And Meltdown Mitigations
August 21
- Why Are Nvidia's GeForce RTX GPUs So Expensive?
- Nvidia RTX 2080: What You Need to Know
- Xbox Design Lab Now Offers Camo, Shadow Patterns
- GOG Gets Vulgar in Fight for Gamers' Rights
- Google Can Still Read Gmail’s Confidential Messages
- Samsung Debuts Curvy QHD, 144Hz Gaming Monitors
- Nvidia: These 11 Titles First to Support RTX Ray Tracing
- Twitch Gets a New Rival in Valve's Steam.TV
- HTC Vive Adapter Brings Wireless VR for $300
- Hands On: NZXT’s Hue 2 RGB Kits And Accessories
- Microsoft Stops Russian Hackers Targeting GOP
August 20
- Apple May Release New Low-Cost Laptop and Mac Mini for Pros
- Nvidia Announces GeForce RTX GPUs, 2070 Starts at $499
- These Tracking Tricks Can Bypass Your Anti-Tracking Tools
- Here's Every Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, 2070 Card That We Know About
- Alienware Refreshing Aurora, Area 51 with New Nvidia and AMD Graphics
- Dell’s New Gaming Monitors Bring QHD, 155Hz and a Hint of Blue
- US Feds Want to Wiretap Facebook Messenger Voice Calls
- Watch Nvidia's GeForce Gaming Celebration Here, Official Turing Announcement Expected
- What Tom's Played This Weekend: World of Warcraft, Battle for Azeroth
August 18
- PNY Lists GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB For $1,000, RTX 2080 8GB, Specs
August 17
- MSI GeForce RTX 2080 & 2080 Ti GPUs Smile for the Camera
- Judge Shuts Down Grand Theft Auto Online Cheats
- Twitch Glitch Exposes Streamers' Messages
- Modders Discover Secret VR Mode in Nintendo Switch
- Memory Prices May Plunge 25 Percent In 2019
- Intel's Bean Canyon NUCs Hit the Shelves
August 16
- Google Opens Up About Location Data Collection
- EA and Activision Are Hopping on the Battle Royale Bandwagon
- Cortana Flaw Gave Hackers Web Access on Locked Windows 10 Devices
- Valve May Be Crafting a Way to Play Windows Steam Games on Linux
- Apple Robbed of 90GB of Files From Admiring Teen
- Sony Has Sold 3,000,000 PlayStation VR Consoles
- Strange Bedfellows: HTC’s VR Store Now Supports Oculus Rift
- Microsoft Moves Your Phone Back to Windows Insider Builds
- Arm Maps Out Attack on Intel Core i5
- Asus Reveals Zephyrus S, Slimmest Gaming Laptop Ever
- Intel Tweets First Video Of Its Discrete Gaming GPU
August 15
- Intel Chips' List of Security Flaws Grows (Updated)
- Bitcoin Investor Robbed of Cryptocurrency Blames AT&T
- Google Chrome Bug Let Hackers Grok Private Data
- Google One Sign-ups Open in the United States
- Fortnite's New Heavy Sniper Could Disrupt the Meta (Again) - Update
- OneDrive Can Now Sync Your Documents, Photos and Desktop Folders
- Instagram Investigating Increasing Hack Claims
- You Can Preview Cortana and Alexa's Budding Romance Now
August 14
- Ashes of the Singularity May Have Leaked Benchmarks for Nvidia's Next GPUs
- Seagate Nytro 1000 SSDs Arrive With Lossless Data Reduction
- Alexa's Listening: Hackers Turn Amazon Echo Into a Snitch
- US Feds Give Huawei and ZTE the Boot
- Hi-Rez Gives Controversial Realm Royale Devs Their Own Studio
- HyperX Hi-Speed MicroSD Cards Arrive for Gamers
- What is Ray Tracing and Why Do You Want it in Your GPU?
- Nvidia Launches Turing Architecture, Quadro RTX Ray-Tracing GPU
August 13
- Intel 9th Gen CPUs Rumored for October Launch
- Bethesda's Using The Elder Scrolls: Legends to Encourage Cross-Play Support
- Vicon Debuts Unbreakable Tracking for Multi-User VR
- Chromebooks May Soon Boot Windows 10 Alongside Chrome OS
- CaseLabs President: Tariffs Drove Us Out of Business
- Everything To Know About Blizzard's Battle for Azeroth Launch
- AMD X399 Redux: The New & Updated Motherboards for Second-Generation Threadripper CPUs
- Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Packs Xeon CPU, 64GB of RAM Into Super-Slim Package
August 12
- AMD Introduces Sub-$1000 Radeon Pro WX 8200 Card Ahead of Siggraph
August 11
- Tested: Asus and Cooler Master’s “TUF Gaming Alliance” Components
August 10
- Microsoft Targets Improvements, Bugs With New Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds
- Intel Preps for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth With New Graphics Driver
- I Turned My Six Year Old Into a Code-Wielding, Robot-Building STEM Fan. Here's How.
- Long-Running ROM Site Emuparadise Throws in the Towel
- Apple Promotes GiveBack Trade-In Program for Old Devices
- Hacker Finds Hidden 'God Mode' on Old x86 CPUs
August 9
- Amazon Web Services Leaks GoDaddy Secrets
- Fortnite for Android Launches Exclusively on Samsung Devices [Update: More Phones Soon]
- Comcast Website Flaws Exposed SSNs, Home Addresses
- Discord Enters the Game-Selling Business
- Gigabyte Takes It to the Xtreme With Threadripper 2000-Ready Mobo
- Ready, Set, Action Center: Chrome Notifications Leave the Browser
August 8
- Intel's New Roadmap Revealed: 10nm Ice Lake In 2020, 14nm Cooper Lake 2019
- Night Owls Rejoice: Windows 10 Goes Dark With Preview Build 17733
- Semiconductor Market Caught In Middle of US-China Trade War
- HP Leaks Whiskey Lake-U CPU Specs
- WorldViz Vizard 6 Gets Support for Windows MR, HTC Vive Trackers and More
- Breaking: Intel Data-Centric Innovation Summit
- NZXT's CRFT Line Goes Nuclear With Fallout Nuka-Cola Case
- 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' Stems the Bleeding With Fix PUBG Campaign
- Magic Leap One Creator Edition Available Now
- SK Hynix Introduces '4D NAND'
- AMD vs Nvidia: Whose Driver Updates Improve Performance More?
- Toshiba Takes On Optane With 3D XL-Flash: High Performance Meets Low Cost
- Hands-On with Vector, Anki’s Robot for the Home
August 7
- Fortnite Patch 5.20 Improves Switch Performance, Adds New Weapon and LTM
- Skype 7 Gets a Stay of Execution
- Bethesda Blows Off Steam With 'Fallout 76'
August 6
- Lenovo Reveals Ryzen 3 2300X and Ryzen 5 2500X Specs
- Samsung Starts Mass Production of 4TB QLC SSDs
- Facebook Wants Access to Your Banking Data
- Windows 10 Preview Build Brings Your Phone App and Much More
- Apple, Nvidia, Qualcomm Delays Possible After TSMC Virus Outbreak
- Threadripper 2000 Series Unboxing: What Comes With AMD's 32-Core Monster?
- First Look: AMD Threadripper 2000 Series (aka Threadripper 2) vs. Intel Core X
August 4
- 'Stardew Valley' Beginners Guide
August 3
- Microsoft Surface Go First Impressions: Great Screen, Short Battery Life
- Fortnite for Android Will Bypass Google’s Play Store
- AMD's Mysterious Fenghuang SoC Spotted in Chinese Gaming Console
August 2
- RGB Invasion Continues With New Asus External Hard Drive
- MSI Z370 Support for Intel 9000-Series Suggests Backwards Compatibility
- Bargain Alert: Intel 660p NVMe SSD Will Cost the Same as SATA SSD
- Nvidia's New GeForce Driver Takes on 'World of Warcraft,' 'Monster Hunter'
- Next-Gen Nvidia GPU Rumors: Leaked PCB, Gamescom Launch Confirmed?
- Everything to Know About Those Supposedly Leaked Intel Roadmaps
August 1
- Reddit Suffers Data Breach: What You Need to Do Next
- ASRock Fatal1ty Motherboard Giveaway
- Microsoft Finally Distributing Redstone 5 ISOs
- Dragonfly: Google’s Secret Project to Censor Search Results in China
- Avengers STEM Kit Turns Kids into High-Tech Heroes