Researchers Develop Permanent Magnetic Cooling System for Quantum Computers By Lucian Armasu published 6 June 19 Researchers from the German Technical University of Munich developed a permanent magnetic cooling system for quantum computers, making them more practical.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7cx to Power $300-$800 Arm-Based Laptops By Lucian Armasu published 3 June 19 Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 7cx SoC, a lower-performance version of Snapdragon 8cx targeted at $300-$800 Windows 10 laptops.
Report: Global NAND Flash Revenues See Sharp Decline By Lucian Armasu published 31 May 19 Global NAND flash revenues have dropped by 20-25% across the industry, as the average sales price of NAND products saw a similar decline.
Report: 1 Million Systems Affected by Remote Desktop Vulnerability (Update) By Lucian Armasu published 31 May 19 Security expert warned that almost a million Windows computers are still vulnerable to the wormable Remote Desktop Protocol vulnerability that Microsoft revealed two weeks ago.
NordVPN Launches Encryption Tool for Cloud-Stored Files By Lucian Armasu published 30 May 19 NordVPN announced NordLocker, an easy-to-use encryption tool for files that users upload to the cloud.
Tech Companies Reject GCHQ’s Proposal to Undermine Encryption By Lucian Armasu published 30 May 19 A coalition of technology companies and civil rights groups that includes 47 signatories published an open letter arguing against GCHQ's "ghost" proposal.
MediaTek Reveals New 5G SoC With Arm's Latest CPU and GPU By Lucian Armasu published 29 May 19 MediaTek revelead a new system-on-chip that comes with Arm's latest CPU and GPU IP, as well as a brand-new machine learning processor and the company's own multi-mode 5G modem.
Report: US Tariffs Will Impact Only a Quarter of Taiwan Monitor Shipments By Lucian Armasu published 28 May 19
Intel Follows AMD's Lead on Full Memory Encryption By Lucian Armasu published 27 May 19 Intel announced that it's pushing a patchset to the upcoming Linux kernel version that includes support for its new memory encryption feature called Multi-Key Total Memory Encryption (MKTME).
Arm Launches New CPU, GPU and Machine Learning IP By Lucian Armasu published 27 May 19 Arm announced a next-generation CPU, GPU, as well as a new machine learning processor, all promising significant performance and energy efficiency over the previous generations.
What We Know About PCIe 4.0 So Far By Lucian Armasu published 24 May 19 AMD's support for PCIe 4.0 in its CPUs and chipsets will usher in a new wave of high-performance devices, with SSDs leading the way.
IBM Plans to Commercialize Quantum Computers in 3-5 Years By Lucian Armasu published 23 May 19 IBM's Director of Research in Tokyo, Norishige Morimoto, announced that the company plans to launch a quantum computer in 3-5 years that will outperform classical supercomputers.
TSMC Says It’s Not Impacted By U.S. Ban Against Huawei By Lucian Armasu published 23 May 19 TSMC announced that the U.S. ban against Huawei will not impact its shipments to the Chinese company.
Acer Brings Zen+ Processors to Its Nitro 5, Swift 3 Notebooks By Lucian Armasu published 23 May 19 Acer launched the Nitro 5 and Swift 3 laptops that will feature AMD's second-generation Ryzen Mobile processors based on the Zen+ microarchitecture.
New Windows Zero-Day Flaws Revealed By Controversial Researcher By Lucian Armasu published 22 May 19 SandboxEscaper revealed new Windows zero-days exploits along with a demo video on GitHub.
Judge: Qualcomm ‘Strangled Competition' With Patent Licensing Practices By Lucian Armasu published 22 May 19 Judge Koh ruled that Qualcomm has violated antitrust law through its abusive and anti-competitive patent-licensing practices.
Tor Browser v8.5 Brings UX Improvements, Stable Android Version By Lucian Armasu published 22 May 19 The Tor Project announced version 8.5 of its browser, bringing a new UI and, for the first time ever, a stable Android version.
Intel, AMD, Other US Suppliers Expecting Losses From Huawei Ban By Lucian Armasu published 21 May 19 Goldman Sachs report shows how Huawei's ban will impact American suppliers' revenues.
Strike Three: Asus Suffers Third Security Incident This Year By Lucian Armasu published 17 May 19 Researchers revealed the third security issue affecting Asus and its customers this year.
HPE to Acquire Supercomputer Maker Cray, Take on IBM By Lucian Armasu published 17 May 19 Hewlett Packard Enterpris will acquire the supercomputer maker Cray for $35 per share in cash, or about $1.3 billion in total.
Google Extinguishes 'Campfire' Dual-Booting Windows 10 on Chromebooks By Lucian Armasu published 15 May 19 Code changes in Chromium show that Google has deprecated Project Campfire, an initiative that would have brought the ability to dual-boot Windows 10 on Chromebooks.
D-Wave Unveils Higher-Performance 2000Q Quantum Processor By Lucian Armasu published 15 May 19 D-Wave announced a new version of its 2000Q quantum annealing computer with lower noise and much higher performance.
Arm Mali-D77 Display Chip Promises High-Res VR Without the Nausea By Lucian Armasu published 15 May 19 Arm announced the new Mali-D77 display processor for VR headsets. It claims it can support up to 3K resolution at