Ayaneo's Flip DS brings familiar AMD handheld PC specs and OCuLink to an old-school dual-screen clamshell form factor By Christopher Harper published 12 February 24 Ayaneo Flip DS is a handheld PC on par with Asus ROG Ally that boasts a dual-screen design akin to Nintendo (3)DS handhelds.
Some Canon printers have seven critical security vulnerabilities — i-Sensys printer vulns rank at 9.8 severity By Christopher Harper last updated 12 February 24 Critical security vulnerabilities identified in recent Canon printers have prompted the company to warn users to keep their printers off public networks until updated.
The N64 is still being pushed past its limits, 28 years later — homebrew devs won't give up on the Nintendo 64, compare 2024 Mario to his 1996 ancestor By Christopher Harper published 11 February 24 Kaze Emanaur, the Smash Remix team, and other stalwarts keep Nintendo's first 3D console alive.
Nvidia RTX 2000 entry level workstation cards leak - tipped for release in the coming week By Christopher Harper published 11 February 24 Having dropped the Quadro naming scheme for its workstation GPUs back in 2020, Nvidia is still set to release more RTX workstation GPUs— including the entry-level RTX 2000 Ada Generation.
Steam Deck 1200p screen replacement goes under scrutiny – better than the original but outshined by the latest OLED model By Christopher Harper published 11 February 24 You're on a handheld: please, think about your FPS!
New USB stick has a self-destruct feature that heats it to over 100 degrees Celsius — a secret three-insertion process needed to unlock data safely By Christopher Harper published 10 February 24 Ovrdrive does not encrypt its contents by default but has a uniquely physical security mechanism and can be rigged to self-destruct.
Acer's next Predator is a €1,299 electric scooter By Christopher Harper published 9 February 24 In a curious case of diversification, Acer's Predator brand has now been extended from primarily gaming products to an all-terrain eScooter, the Acer Predator Extreme PES017.
NASA's Voyager 1 probe is malfunctioning in deep space due to a critical memory error By Christopher Harper published 8 February 24 Due to an unexpected error in the Flight Data Subsystem of the Voyager 1, NASA's longest-operating probe is no longer able to provide telemetry data needed for basic control of the spacecraft.
Utility breaks the shackles of SafeDisc optical disc DRM for retro gamers — SafeDiscShim restores playability for classic PC titles By Christopher Harper published 7 February 24 Play your old favorites without needing unstable drivers or questionable cracks
Intel's Clear Linux distribution adds support for APX and AVX10, which aren't out yet By Christopher Harper published 7 February 24 Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and Advanced Vector Extensions 10 (AVX10), announced in July 2023 for future Intel CPUs, are now being implemented into Intel's own Linux distribution.
Support for Intel Core Ultra NPUs has been added to the latest Windows 11 DirectML developer preview By Christopher Harper published 7 February 24 Leveraging the NPUs present in Intel's newest Intel Core Ultra CPUs, the Windows 11 DirectML developer preview has added support for Intel's AI-tailored hardware.
Orange Pi enters handheld PC space with Orange Pi Neo, a Ryzen 7840U-powered handheld gaming device By Christopher Harper published 6 February 24 The Orange Pi Neo is Orange Pi's first foray into handheld PCs, breaking away from its typical Raspberry Pi alternatives.
Researchers design a processor from DNA — microfluidic chip completes math calculations and also stores data in DNA By Christopher Harper published 6 February 24 DNA learns to do math.
Google is axing cached webpages from search results, tells everyone to use Internet Archive instead By Christopher Harper published 2 February 24 An official statement from Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan laments the change, but directly shouts out Internet Archive as an alternative.
Super long-range Wi-Fi works at a range of 1.8 miles — HaLow standard aces a real-world test despite high interference By Christopher Harper published 31 January 24 HaLow, a previously-announced Long-Range Wi-Fi standard, is benchmarked with real hardware from Morse Micro, achieving an effective range of 1.8 miles in a video call.
Samsung to demo higher-bandwidth GDDR7 VRAM next month at ISSCC By Christopher Harper published 29 January 24 The International Solid-State Circuits Conference will be host to many major industry players, including Samsung and SK hynix showing off new versions of GDDR7.
Samsung opens next-gen 3D DRAM research lab in the United States By Christopher Harper published 29 January 24 Samsung opens a new, Silicon Valley-based research lab for developing the next generation of 3D DRAM.
Functional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly language By Christopher Harper published 28 January 24 YouTuber successfully built a functioning 16-bit CPU inside Microsoft Excel, featuring a custom Instruction Set Architecture, 128 KB RAM, and a 128x128 16-color display.
Gigabyte launches new white RTX 40 series GPUs — Eagle Ice series introduces the white theme for RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 families By Christopher Harper published 27 January 24 Gigabyte launches a new series of "Eagle Ice" GPUs for RTX 40 graphics cards, a successor to its previous series of "Eagle" GPUs. All the Eagle Ice cards are white with a triple-fan cooler design.
Entry-level GPU RAID card enables mind-bending storage speeds — 80 GB/s of throughput from eight SSDs with SupremeRAID SR-1001 By Christopher Harper published 27 January 24 Graid Technology highlights the entry-level version of its RAID GPU technology, targeted at home servers and gaming PCs instead of the usual enterprise and cloud users.
This bulky mouse is a full computer with a screen, creator boasts its the best gaming mouse available By Christopher Harper published 27 January 24 Talk about a whole other definition of "gaming mouse."
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets with TSMC in Taiwan, discusses AI chip shortage concerns over dinner By Christopher Harper published 26 January 24 Nvidia founder Jensen Huang travels to Taiwan to have dinner with TSMC and discuss ongoing AI chip manufacturing concerns, as well as a humorous sidenote on his dancing ability.
Hard drive density advances face diminishing returns — 30TB+ drives gain just 6.6% capacity with SMR: Report By Christopher Harper published 26 January 24 SMR provides about 6.6% higher capacity than CMR at 30+ TB, compared to roughly 16% higher at 24+ TB.
AMD is ending support for its Link game streaming application: Here are some alternatives By Christopher Harper published 25 January 24 AMD Link, the in-home and online game streaming option from your AMD GPU-powered PC, has been discontinued. AMD mentions but does not list alternatives, thus we opted to fill in the gap.
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees amid industry-wide cuts By Christopher Harper published 25 January 24 Mere months after acquiring Activision Blizzard in October 2023, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees