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Hands On With Apple’s iOS 15 Beta: Still Room for Improvement
Hands On With Apple’s iOS 15 Beta: Still Room for Improvement

Apple’s website lists a variety of shiny features that come with the newest iOS, including updated notifications, a more informative Maps app, an updated FaceTime experience, and enhanced online privacy. Actually using it is a different story, at least so far.

Rambus Shares New Details on Upcoming HBM3 Specification
Rambus Shares New Details on Upcoming HBM3 Specification

We know a bit more about HBM3 than we did before, thanks to a recent Rambus announcement. The new standard will offer over a terabyte of memory bandwidth per stack.

Gigabyte Blames Media for DOA Hardware, Will Replace Defective Power Supplies
Gigabyte Blames Media for DOA Hardware, Will Replace Defective Power Supplies

Gigabyte will replace your 750W or 850W power supply if you're impacted by its recent failures, but the company wants you to know that pesky reviewers are the real problem.

Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Ups Its Parkour Game
Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Ups Its Parkour Game

There's still no way to buy the company's humanoid Atlas robot, but it's learning some new tricks nonetheless. In the latest Boston Dynamics video, you can marvel at the speed and agility of two Atlas robots as they navigate a parkour course. They even pull off some sick flips.

Google Announces Pixel 5a With the Biggest Battery Ever in a Pixel
Google Announces Pixel 5a With the Biggest Battery Ever in a Pixel

Google has just unveiled the long-rumored Pixel 5a, a phone we weren't even sure would exist earlier this year. It looks a lot like last year's Pixel 4a 5G, but it's got a bigger battery and it's a little cheaper.

Gigabyte Leaks AMD Zen 4 Details: 5nm, AVX-512, 96 Cores, 12-Channel DDR5
Gigabyte Leaks AMD Zen 4 Details: 5nm, AVX-512, 96 Cores, 12-Channel DDR5

New details have leaked on AMD's future Genoa processors based on a breach of Gigabyte servers last week.

In a 33-Year First, a Single Console Swept Japan’s Game Sales Charts
In a 33-Year First, a Single Console Swept Japan’s Game Sales Charts

During the week of August 1st to August 8th, Japanese magazine line Famitsu’s Top 30 chart was made up entirely of Nintendo Switch games. It’s the first time in 33 years that software from a single console has wiped out Japan’s games sales chart.

AI-Powered Electronic Design Automation Tools Could Redefine Chipmaking
AI-Powered Electronic Design Automation Tools Could Redefine Chipmaking

Samsung has announced it's using AI EDA tools to build its Exynos processors. Expect more announcements in the future, but geared more towards gradual adoption than a sudden surge.

MIT Develops Inflatable Bionic Hand That Senses Touch
MIT Develops Inflatable Bionic Hand That Senses Touch

Medical prosthetics have come a long way but can cost many thousands of dollars, and they're heavy, rigid, and prone to mechanical failures. Researchers have created a prototype prosthetic hand that's the opposite: light, soft, and potentially very, very cheap.

Intel’s New Arc-Branded GPUs Will Battle Nvidia, AMD in Q1 2022
Intel’s New Arc-Branded GPUs Will Battle Nvidia, AMD in Q1 2022

Intel has unveiled the Arc brand for its consumer lineup of GPU hardware and software, with products shipping in Q1 2022.

Buyer Beware: Crucial Swaps P2 SSD’s TLC NAND for Slower Chips
Buyer Beware: Crucial Swaps P2 SSD’s TLC NAND for Slower Chips

Crucial is the latest company to get caught shipping a fast SSD to reviewers and much slower customer hardware. Most of the time the companies we catch doing this aren't actually the ones building their own NAND.

AMD x86 CPU Market Share Soars, Hits 14-Year High
AMD x86 CPU Market Share Soars, Hits 14-Year High

AMD has hit its highest market share in 14 years. The company is only a few percentage points away from its all-time x86 market share record.