Category: Hardware
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August has started heavy for skygazers. We are days away from August’s sturgeon full moon and the peak of the Perseids meteor shower. Before those celestial events get underway, however, it seems that another sighting of the aurora borealis may be visible in up to 18 US states on Friday night. Those states can be…
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Thermal Grizzly has officially launched the der8enchtable, a professional-grade test bench developed in collaboration with overclocking legend Roman “der8auer” Hartung and Elmor Labs. First unveiled at Computex 2025, where it picked up a prestigious design award, this unique benchtable is built around an active PCB, offering functionality far beyond a simple hardware stand. Originally designed…
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The Android ecosystem is all about choice. While iPhone owners have a smaller pool of new devices to pick from when it’s time to upgrade, there’s a wider range of choices on Android. Some Android phones even fold in half! Imagine. On the flip side, all that choice can make for some hard decisions. Here’s…
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Intel board chairman Frank Yeary attempted to spin off Intel Foundry or even sell it to TSMC earlier this year, but faced strong opposition from Lip-Bu Tan, chief executive of Intel appointed in March, reports the Wall Street Journal. Reportedly, other directors supported Yeary, but clashes on the board began, eventually resulting in the failure…
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I kid you not, we wrote these words in 2014: Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings that don’t exist in the new PC Settings app. “Why do I have to go the…
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With the rise of AI writing tools, Wikipedia editors have had to deal with an onslaught of AI-generated content filled with false information and phony citations. Already, the community of Wikipedia volunteers has mobilized to fight back against AI slop, something Wikimedia Foundation product director Marshall Miller likens to a sort of “immune system” response.…
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Picking out a laptop for college doesn’t have to be annoyingly complicated. Whether you’re stuck in lectures all day or working on a big paper all night, having a reliable laptop is a total game changer. The trick? Figuring out what really matters in a laptop so you don’t end up spending on stuff you…
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Picking out a laptop for college doesn’t have to be annoyingly complicated. Whether you’re stuck in lectures all day or working on a big paper all night, having a reliable laptop is a total game changer. The trick? Figuring out what really matters in a laptop so you don’t end up spending on stuff you…
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Picking out a laptop for college doesn’t have to be annoyingly complicated. Whether you’re stuck in lectures all day or working on a big paper all night, having a reliable laptop is a total game changer. The trick? Figuring out what really matters in a laptop so you don’t end up spending on stuff you…
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Several current and former TSMC employees are accused of stealing the company’s 2nm trade secrets, with the group allegedly working to transmit the data to Japanese startup Rapidus. According to DigiTimes, a senior official from the Taiwanese government said that the semiconductor manufacturer keeps its key processes and trade secrets compartmentalized. So, even if one…