The race to be the world’s next high-performance memory card standard took it up a notch this week when the SD Association said it will adopt PCIe 4.0 for SD Express cards. Yes, you heard that right: PCIe 4.0 in a postage stamp-sized memory card, a move that will make SD cards essentially on a …
The Charge 4 and Versa 2 already do a lot to keep you healthy, but as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps around the world, Fitbit wants them to do even more using the data your devices are already collecting. Starting this week, users will find a new COVID-19 Study in the Fitbit app, which will help …
Pac-Man turns 40 today, and even though the days of quarter-munching arcade machines in hazy bars are long behind us, the legendary game’s still helping to push the industry forward. On Friday, Nvidia announced that its researchers have trained an AI to create working Pac-Man games without teaching it about the game’s rules or giving …
Rumors of an Apple augmented reality headset have been around for years, but in the last few weeks speculation has rapidly begun to ramp up, alongside suggestions that the product could be shown off as early as this year, and might even ship as early as next year. On the one hand, maintaining skepticism is …
In the release notes for iOS 13.5, you may have noticed a somewhat ominous message. Apple says that the update, “introduces the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from public health authorities.” That sounds an awful lot like it’s going to allow the government to track you and invade your privacy! Fortunately, …
Is it iOS “eye-oh-ess” or “eye-oss”? Is it Linux “Lie-nux” or “Lih-nux?” How about sudo: is it really “sue-doo” for “superuser, do!” or has the more popular “sue-doh” population won out? In this article, you’ll find the answers to each of those and several more—along with some perspectives on terms that aren’t so clear-cut. Here’s …
Enlarge / This Killer 1650x is really a rebranded Intel AX200 under the hood—but to be fair, Intel put stuff into the AX200 chipset just for Rivet, which only gets enabled on Rivet’s version of the card. On Wednesday, Intel announced its acquisition of Rivet Networks—makers of the Killer AC-brand line of gamer-oriented Wi-Fi gear—for an …
Last year, after the debut of iOS 12, I put together a list of features I hoped to see in iOS 13. And Apple listened! Okay, it’s not likely that anybody at Apple actually read my article and altered a single line of code based on it, but the company did release several of the …
The mystery of just how well AMD’s laptop “Smart Shift” technology will perform just got a little less mysterious on Thursday. First, AMD formally shed a little more light on the first laptop to use the Smart Shift feature, Dell’s G5 15 SE. Calling it kind of a “free performance” boost, AMD’s Frank Azor said …
There’s nothing quite like food prepared on the grill, but whether you’re using gas, charcoal, or hardwood pellets, it can be difficult to cook food to perfection if you don’t hover over the ‘cue. Smart grills that help monitor your cooks cost anywhere from $800 to several thousand. Weber says its Weber Connect Smart Grilling …