Intel updated its patching guidance for Spectre this week, continuing the months-long process of fixing the critical security flaw. Although the company had previously said it planned to patch all affected chips, today it clarified that some product lines won’t receive updates. Most are older and, presumably, not as widely used. They include: the Bloomfield line, Clarksfield, […]
Microsoft’s newest Windows 10 “Redstone 5” test build adds new functionality to the “Sets” windows-management feature. Build 17639, which is available on April 4 to “Fast Ring” Insider testers, adds several new Sets features. Sets is a windows-management tool that allows users to group together web pages, documents, files, and apps and work with them […]
Last month, it was announced that Google was offering its resources to the US Department of Defense for Project Maven, a research initiative to develop computer vision algorithms that can analyze drone footage. In response, more than 3,100 Google employees have signed a letter urging Google CEO Sundar Pichai to reevaluate the company’s involvement, as […]
As it continues to climb out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and overcome another round of privacy concerns, Facebook today proposed clearer versions of both its terms of service and data policy. “It’s important to show people in black and white how our products work,” the company said by way of a blog post co-authored […]
The search for extraterrestrial life is about to get serious, as the U.S. space agency announced in a statement this week. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has completed all certifications and is currently undergoing final preparations for an April 16 launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Initially slated for […]
On the whole, space is mostly empty, but the space around the Earth is anything but. Earth’s orbit is full of thousands of satellites, pieces of debris, and junk from the thousands of rocket launches over the past few decades. This presents a serious problem for future satellites: Any one of them could be randomly […]
With the consumer-level virtual reality “revolution” now two years old, it’s about time to start thinking about what the second generation of high-end headsets can improve upon. But HTC’s first true shot at the “next generation” has us thinking less about the improvements and more about the cost. HTC’s Vive Pro, launching this week, comes […]
For years, PC gamers have needed to pick a poison: Buy a desktop with the most powerful components available, or sacrifice some performance for a laptop they could take on the road. Intel’s new 6-core mobile Core i9 chip, its fastest notebook CPU ever, paves the way for 5GHz gaming laptops, making that decision a […]
It’s what’s inside that counts, right? Well, this cheesy expression doesn’t just apply to one’s character. When researchers analyze a planet’s subsurface, knowing what’s on the inside helps them study the planet’s current composition and also glimpse into its past. By studying an object’s internal makeup and activity, we can start to decode both how […]
URL shorteners can be both useful and fun. Google’s take on the tech launched in 2009, and added a third-party API, the ability to create QR codes and the power to link right to iOS and Android apps. Even Keanu Reeves has a URL shortener named in his honor. Unfortunately, Google is replacing its own […]
macOS 10.13.4, released to the public yesterday afternoon, introduces official support for eGPUs (external graphics processors) on Thunderbolt 3 Macs. Alongside the release, Apple has published a detailed support document that outlines how eGPU support works and provides graphic card and chassis recommendations for use with your Mac. One or more eGPUs can be used […]
Huawei, one of the top three smartphone manufacturers on the planet, just recently announced a new flagship device: the P20 and P20 Pro. Like most of its devices, Huawei’s new phones will attract plenty of attention internationally, but at the moment, the company (and its CEO, Richard Yu) are preoccupied with another issue. Huawei has […]
