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Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Larger, Hybrid Optical CPUs May Be Competitive With Silicon Designs


Researchers have made a significant breakthrough towards building hybrid electro-optical systems with chip-level integration of optical components.

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Tuesday, 23 April 2019

Nvidia Launches New Desktop GTX 1650, but Blocks Launch Reviews


Nvidia has launched its GTX 1650 -- but it held the card back from reviews on launch day. That's not a good sign.

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T-Mobile: Millimeter-Wave 5G Will ‘Never Materially Scale’ Outside Dense Urban Areas

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T-Mobile's CTO has said the quiet part out loud -- 5G mmWave deployments may never scale outside of dense rural areas.

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Samsung Retrieving All Galaxy Fold Samples, Exposed Hinges May Cause Problems


Samsung is recalling all of the review units it sampled for the Galaxy Fold launch. Its investigation into the phone's failures is focusing on aspects of the hinge design and better customer communication.

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ET Deals: Save Hundreds on Quad-Core Dell XPS 13 1080p Laptop

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The 13.3-inch XPS 13 9370 from Dell weighs in well under three pounds, and still benefits from an eighth-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, a full HD display, and up to 19 hours of battery life.

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Tesla: We’ll Have Full Self-Driving by 2020. Robo-Taxis, Too.


One board, with two independent processors and OSs, will power the next full-self-drive Autopilot. Tesla's happy news day precedes its won't-be-happy-for-Tesla earnings report and analyst call Wednesday.

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Create Games, Music, Artwork, More With Media Molecule’s Dreams

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This new game/toolset takes much of the creative spirit of the Sony studio's previous releases and blows it out to fill a full voxel-driven 3D world.

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Intel Unleashes 9th Generation 8-Core Mobile CPUs

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Intel is launching its new 9th generation mobile CPUs today, including new eight-core CPUs clocked up to 5GHz.

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Report: Apple Bought Loads of Cheap Patents to Make Qualcomm Look Bad


The lawsuit between Apple and Qualcomm is over, but there are some significant allegations of dirty-dealing on Apple's part.

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Monday, 22 April 2019

What Shortage? Tesla Has Plenty of Model 3s on Sale, Online, Today

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The Tesla Model 3 backlog may well be cleared up -- unless you want the $35,000 base model, that is.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Destroyed by Explosion During Ground Test

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An explosion during a static fire test of the Crew Dragon capsule has led to the total loss of the vehicle.

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Samsung Delays Galaxy Fold Launch to Sort Out Malfunctions


Samsung is pushing back the launch of the Galaxy Fold. No new launch date has been specified.

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IBM Halts Sales of Watson AI For Drug Discovery and Research

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It's a high-profile retreat for the company, which has aggressively marketed AI as being useful for these purposes.

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Mazda CX-5 SUV Diesel Is a Go in the USA


Promised for the US market since 2010, the Mazda Skyactiv-D diesel is almost here. But it gets so-so mileage (for a diesel).

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NASA Preps Mission to Most Interesting Asteroid in Our Solar System


In 2022, if all goes well, NASA will launch Psyche, a space probe intended to visit the asteroid of the same name.

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Best Xbox One X Games for $20 or Less

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After spending big on a new console and 4K set, paying $60 a pop for a bunch of brand new games is a tough sell for many of us. Thankfully, there are plenty of affordable games that natively support the high-res goodness of the Xbox One X.

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Friday, 19 April 2019

ET Deals: Eight Exceptional Indie Games for $12 with Humble Square Enix Collective Bundle

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Square Enix is taking independent development very seriously these days. Thanks to the Square Enix Collective, numerous indie devs have been able to ship incredible games, and reach an entirely new audience. This week, you can get a taste of some of the best games from this initiative with the Humble Square Enix Collective Bundle.

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Thursday, 18 April 2019

Amazon, Google Finally End YouTube Streaming Feud


Google will finally let Amazon have a real YouTube app on its Fire TV platform, and Amazon will expand Prime Video support to Chromecast and all Android TV devices.

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Cygnus Spacecraft Heads to Space Station With 40 Mice, Satellites


The remote-operated spacecraft usually has a quick trip to and back from the ISS, but this one will spend more time in space to get things done.

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Partially Revived Dead Pig Heads Prove We Still Don’t Fully Understand Brain Death


Scientists have restored and observed neural activity in pigs more than four hours after they died. Our understanding of how the brain dies previously didn't allow for that idea.

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