Apple reports almost $100 billion in revenue so far this year, beating expectations
Apple just announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2022, which covers the months of January, February, and March. The Cupertino company beat analyst estimates with massive increases in both revenue and profit across most of its p.....»»
Easy GPU overclocking with Afterburner, works with all graphics cards
MSI Afterburner is a free utility that allows you to overclock, monitor, and benchmark your GPU. The latest version adds Predator in-game video capture to share your gaming sessions......»»
Sony temporarily shuts down subscription extensions to plug a monetary loophole
If you are sitting there agitated that your PlayStation 4 or 5 is not taking that one-year extension, you just bought, chill for a minute. Sony has put pre-purchasing subscriptions on hold for the time being. It instituted the temporary shutdown beca.....»»
Epic Games is trying to stop Google from taking Bandcamp off the Play Store
This week, Epic Games and its recent acquisition Bandcamp have come out against Google's upcoming policy changes, which will force the music app to process digital payments exclusively through Google's payment system. Bandcamp co-founder and CEO Etha.....»»
Qualcomm"s Apple M1 competitor is on track for late 2023
During a quarterly earnings call this week, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the development of its upcoming Arm-based notebook CPU, which Nuvia is designing, is on track. However, he also said Qualcomm expects it to arrive in late 2023, over a year.....»»
Microsoft Edge is getting a free built-in VPN, powered by Cloudflare
Microsoft Edge has become a capable browser since becoming Chromium-based in 2019. It even recently overtook Safari as the second most popular desktop browser, albeit Microsoft's decision to make it a headache to switch to an alternative in Windows 1.....»»
Meta AI and university researchers discover stronger, more carbon-friendly concrete formulas
The Meta team worked with Professors Lav Varshney and Nishant Garg from the University of Illinois to conduct the initial model's training using the Concrete Compressive Strength data set. The data set, which includes more than 1,000 formulas, their.....»»
Warren Buffett wouldn"t pay $25 for all the Bitcoin in the world, but he does like Activision Blizzard
Berkshire Hathaway CEO/Chairman Buffett has made his feelings toward crypto clear in the past; he once called Bitcoin "rat poison squared." At his company's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, Buffett once again rallied against digital currencies.....»»
Musk says Twitter DMs should use end-to-end encryption
Musk made the statement only a few days after entering into the agreement to buy the popular social media platform. Implementing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) supports Musk's goals for the platform, which include improving Twitter with "...new feature.....»»
Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever
In addition to the attack's size, the use of HTTPS rather than typical HTTP requests further complicated the issue—the secure protocol results in more resource overhead due to the compute-intensive nature of the secure HTTPS request. According to C.....»»
This pocket-sized diamond wafer could store up to 25 exabytes
Japanese researchers, alongside a company specializing in industrial jewel components, have developed a new method of mass-producing 2-inch diamond wafers. Dubbed Kenzan Diamonds, these could be used to store up to 25 exabytes of data, which is 25 mi.....»»
Dota 2 player dropped from team after appearing to support Russian invasion of Ukraine during match
Dot Esports reports that the incident occurred during the Eastern Europe Dota Pro Circuit Regional Finals over the weekend. During Virtus.pro's (competing under the name Outsiders) semi-final match against Mind Games, one of the former's players, Iva.....»»
Once-Iconic Tech Products That Are Now a Fading Memory
Did you know that a floppy disk is more than just a save icon? Can you understand how a pencil and a cassette tape are related? Does the term 'VHS tracking' fill you with dread? What seemed like magic tech at the time, is now a distant memory that th.....»»
How much storage did the first USB flash drive provide?
The subject of who first invented the USB flash drive is contested, but most attribute it to IBM.....»»
Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting DLSS and FSR 1.0 support in July, FSR 2.0 coming later
Asobo, the developer of Microsoft Flight Simulator, announced during a Q&A session last week that both Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) Technology and AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) would be part of the game's Update 10 dropping.....»»
Next-gen graphics cards rumored to offer significant leap in performance
The rumor mill is replete with hints that the next generation of GPUs from AMD and Nvidia are going to be power-hungry and offer a huge leap in performance over the current crop. Some Nvidia offerings might even require 900 watts in certain workloads.....»»
Russian troops steal $5 million worth of John Deere farm vehicles from Ukraine, find they"ve been remotely disabled
CNN reports that in addition to looting residences, Russian troops have increasingly been stealing farm equipment, hundreds of thousands of tons of grain, and building materials in Ukraine......»»
Embracer Group buys Eidos Montréal, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montréal
Today, the Embracer Group announced it has acquired three of Square Enix's development studios in a deal valued at $300 million. While it may look small next to recent deals like Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition or Sony's $3......»»
Razer co-founder Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff has died at 81
Razer at the time was a brand of Kärna, and wouldn't formally become a standalone company until 2005 after Krakoff and current CEO Min-Liang Tan bought the rights to the brand from the bankrupt entity......»»
LastPass discounts paid plans by 20% for World Password Day
The premium subscription includes all of the features of the free tier plus access across all of your devices, one-to-many sharing and 1GB of encrypted file storage as well as priority tech support, emergency access, dark web monitoring and a securit.....»»