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Meta is Building a Massive New Supercomputer
It'll be used for real-time speech recognition, neuro-linguistic programming . . . and the metaverse, obviously.
Nvidia’s RTX 3050 Launches to Modest Praise, Usual Caveats
Nvidia's "budget friendly" Ampere GPU delivers on its promise of bringing ray tracing to the masses.
Report: Microsoft Will Keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for Now
The publisher's games will no doubt beef up Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service, but Sony won't be completely left in the cold. A new report says that Microsoft will continue releasing Call of Duty games on PlayStation… at least for now.
First Major Windows 11 Update Will Bring Android Apps, Taskbar Improvements
The taskbar is getting some much-needed improvements, and Android app support is rolling out in earnest. If you've been holding off on upgrading, now may be the time.
That ‘Lake’ at Mars’ South Pole is Probably Just a Giant Hunk of Rock
Sadly, after further analysis, it appears that the briny subsurface ‘lake’ researchers reported at Mars’ south pole is much more likely to be a huge mass of volcanic rock.In 2018, European Space Agency (ESA) researchers reported signs suggesting the presence of a mass of liquid water at the planet’s south pole. There was a bright…
Space Force Launches New Intelligence-Gathering Satellites
GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 will allow the new(ish) Air Force branch to collect information on other objects in orbit.
Intel’s Alder Lake Mobile 12900HK Gets High Praise in First Reviews
It seems Intel has found its swagger with its Alder Lake Core i9-12900HK mobile CPU.
Google Cancels FLoC Cookie Replacement, Announces ‘Topics’ API for Chrome Instead
Google previously hoped to replace cookies with FLoC (or Federated Learning of Cohorts), but now it says FloC isn't happening. Instead, it plans to launch a new "Topics" API in Chrome.
US Government Report Says Chip Shortages Will Continue into 2022, Supply Chains ‘Fragile’
The exhaustive report comes to a rather simple conclusion: we need more fab capacity.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Reaches Its Final Destination
NASA reported on the afternoon of January 24th that Webb successfully fired its thrusters to enter a "halo" orbit around the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point. It is from this vantage that the Webb telescope will observe the cosmos in greater detail than has ever been possible before, but don't expect pretty pictures right away.
Nvidia Reportedly Ready to Give Up on its Acquisition of ARM
The beleaguered merger is reportedly causing Nvidia to acknowledge its slim chances of approval, both in the US and elsewhere.
Google Accused of Using Dark Patterns to Trick Users
As with any lawsuit against a massive tech corporation, Google denies the claim.