Nvidia RTX 3060 Prices are Rocketting Upwards – and the GPU is yet to be Launched
This is happening in Europe, according to a study by VideoCardz, despite Nvidia’s insistence to retailers that the new graphics card should be sold at the suggested price of $329 in the US (€329 in Europe) when it comes out on February 25 (in the form of third-party cards – there will be no Founders […]
Chrome is going to lose support for some ancient CPUs
The Chromium Development Team has announced that CPUs older than the Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Athlon 64 will not operate with Chrome 89 and future versions as they do not meet the current minimum instruction set specifications of SSE3 (Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3) support. So, if you’re still using the Intel Atom […]
A Multitasker’s Dream Device: Aurora 7
A company called Expanscape has created the most Inspector Gadget-like device I’ve ever seen. It’s a laptop prototype called the Aurora 7 (a working title) and attached to its humongous black chassis box are six additional displays that extend in every direction away from the main screen, each showing its own windows and applications. Many […]
Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO later this year
Bezos will hand the company’s reins over to his friend and colleague, Andrew Jassy, after 27 years of service. Maybe Jassy is best known for founding the immensely popular Web Services (AWS) division of Amazon. AWS is a platform for cloud computing that serves well over a million users; indeed, it is the reason why […]
The Police, and Fire Departments has partnered up with Amazon’s Ring
The Financial Times estimates that more than double the 703 new additions from a year earlier was added to the Ring’s Neighbors Portal service in 2020 by the number of local police and fire departments. A mere 40 signed up in 2018. There are currently only two states where there are no agencies involved: Wyoming […]
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature to be enabled by default and will arrive in ‘early spring’ on ios
In iOS 14, Apple shared a few more details about its much-discussed improvements to privacy. At WWDC in June, the company first revealed that software developers would have to ask users for permission for cross-property ad targeting purposes to track and share their IDFA identifier. Apple postponed the monitoring restrictions until 2021, saying it wanted […]
Apple and Samsung smartwatches could feature non-invasive blood glucose monitoring
Conditions that affect this writer, such as type 1 diabetes, require blood glucose levels to be checked many times every day. Usually, it involves pricking a finger with a lancet and putting a drop of blood in a glucose meter, a process that causes marks, hardens the skin and can be awkward. Alternatively, glucose monitors […]
LG might be leaving the smartphone business
In Q3 2020, LG delivered 6.5 million smartphones, down 7.2 million from the same quarter a year earlier. According to The Korean Herald, CEO Kwon Bong-seok has told employees in an internal memo that significant changes are coming, with the company losing around 5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) over the last five years and holding […]
Wearable Hardware: This wristband lets friends, family, and even bosses monitor your mood
Called the Moodbeam, the device features just two buttons-one for recording whenever you feel happy (yellow) and the other for sad moments (blue). It’s the work of a UK based firm, also called Moodbeam. By logging the different times of day when users feel sudden changes in their emotional state, the wristband and accompanying app […]
Sony unveils Airpeak drone
There are a few crucial details still under wraps for Sony’s upcoming drone, such as its price and specs. However, it does appear to be a high-end, expensive piece of kit considering that Sony has designed the drone around its Alpha series of mirrorless cameras. Drone enthusiasts might find the Airpeak too pricy, but for […]
