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Google Will Soon Let You Place Calls Via Gmail
Google Will Soon Let You Place Calls Via Gmail

Google’s latest update to its Workspace suite comes in the form of voice and video calls initiated directly from the Gmail app.

How to Install Windows 11 Home With a Local Account
How to Install Windows 11 Home With a Local Account

It's still possible to install Windows 11 with a local account, if you're willing to jump through a few hoops to do it.

Scientists Create ‘Coldest Temperature Ever’ by Dropping Experiment From a Building
Scientists Create ‘Coldest Temperature Ever’ by Dropping Experiment From a Building

As far as we can tell from modern science, there's no upper limit to temperature. There sure is a lower limit, though. We call that absolute zero, measured as -273.15 °C (-459.67 °F). Scientists have yet to reach that limit in any experiment, but they're getting close. A team of physicists in Germany has gotten closer than ever before, reaching a temperature of 38 trillionths of a degree from absolute zero.

Apple Forced to Open App Store to Other Payment Methods
Apple Forced to Open App Store to Other Payment Methods

Epic won a ruling forcing Apple to allow in-app payments, but not a declaration that Apple is an illegal monopolist.

Microsoft’s New Windows 11 Video Doesn’t Prove Anything About Speed
Microsoft’s New Windows 11 Video Doesn’t Prove Anything About Speed

Microsoft has released a new video with information on Windows 11, but the company doesn't demonstrate the performance improvements it claims.

Smoke Triggers Alarms on the International Space Station
Smoke Triggers Alarms on the International Space Station

Smoke alarms aboard the ISS went off in the wee hours this morning, accompanied by a smell of burning plastic. Roscosmos says it's no big deal, but Roscosmos says a lot of things.

New PS5 CPU Runs Cooler, Despite VRAM, VRM Temperature Increase
New PS5 CPU Runs Cooler, Despite VRAM, VRM Temperature Increase

Follow-up tests have confirmed that the revamped PlayStation 5's CPU runs at lower temperatures than before. It's a net improvement over the OG model, even if VRAM and VRM temperatures have crept up slightly.

Scientists Use Lasers to See Inside a Locked Room
Scientists Use Lasers to See Inside a Locked Room

So-called Non-line-of-sight (or NLOS) technology is an increasingly common area of study in the age of self-driving cars, which would benefit hugely from being able to see what's around the bend. Now, a team from the Stanford Computational Imaging Lab has taken the idea a step further by spying on objects inside a locked room. All they need is a laser and a keyhole.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Finally Launch Soon
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Finally Launch Soon

If all goes as planned, the Webb Telescope will blast off on December 18, 2021. Of course, things have rarely gone to plan with this project.

Myst-y Business: AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution Takes on Nvidia’s DLSS
Myst-y Business: AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution Takes on Nvidia’s DLSS

Two GPU upscaling methods enter! Two GPU upscaling methods leave. In-between those two events, they punch each other.

Who Is Windows 11 For?
Who Is Windows 11 For?

Who, exactly, is supposed to want to use Windows 11? Microsoft certainly doesn't seem to know.

Elon Musk Says Tesla Full Self-Driving Is Almost Ready for Release
Elon Musk Says Tesla Full Self-Driving Is Almost Ready for Release

Musk says the company is finally set to release the Full Self-Driving (FSD) update for compatible Tesla vehicles in the US, but this isn't the first time he's said that. If it's true this time, the software will begin rolling out at midnight on Sept. 10 to beta testers. If all goes as planned, the final launch could be just a few weeks later.