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Chip Delivery Times Hit 20 Weeks as Semiconductor Shortage Continues
Chip Delivery Times Hit 20 Weeks as Semiconductor Shortage Continues

Conflicting reports on chips and uncertain GPU availability paint a complicated picture of what's going on in the semiconductor world right now.

Nvidia Announces Tiny Ampere GPU for Workstations
Nvidia Announces Tiny Ampere GPU for Workstations

It's hard to find video cards for anything approaching a reasonable price these days, but maybe not everyone needs top-of-the-line gaming hardware. In a professional workstation, someone might just need the power of Nvidia's ray tracing and AI technologies, and that's what the new RTX A2000 is all about.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Signals ‘Code Red for Humanity’
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Signals ‘Code Red for Humanity’

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has delivered a very grave message: our collective refusal to act on climate change signals a jarring “code red for humanity.”

1080p Rasterized Gaming Is Not an Acceptable Target for a $379 GPU
1080p Rasterized Gaming Is Not an Acceptable Target for a $379 GPU

AMD's 6600 XT delivers what it promises in terms of 1080p rasterized gaming. The problem is, it doesn't promise enough.

Apple Swears Governments Can’t Co-Opt Its Child Abuse Detection Tools for Surveillance
Apple Swears Governments Can’t Co-Opt Its Child Abuse Detection Tools for Surveillance

Apple recently confirmed a report that claimed it was planning to go hunting for illegal materials on iPhones. This, from a company that has long promoted its privacy protections. Condemnation was swift from civil liberties groups, but many have withheld judgment because of Apple's intended target: images of child sexual abuse.

Boeing Is Still Struggling to Fix Latest Starliner Glitch In Time for Launch
Boeing Is Still Struggling to Fix Latest Starliner Glitch In Time for Launch

Boeing was supposed to be riding high on the success of its long-delayed Starliner spacecraft right now, but the launch was called off again last week. At the time, Boeing only said there was a problem with "unexpected valve position indications," but the extent of the issue is more severe than initially reported.

Newegg Forced People to Buy Gigabyte Power Supplies With Catastrophic Failure Rates
Newegg Forced People to Buy Gigabyte Power Supplies With Catastrophic Failure Rates

An investigation into Gigabyte power supplies has found that an unacceptable number of units suffer failures, many of them explosively. What makes all of this worse is that the same two model numbers known to be affected were part of Newegg's forced bundling program earlier this year.

Top Tech for Dealing With Fire Season
Top Tech for Dealing With Fire Season

An increasing number of people are being affected by wildfires every year. Either directly, by being forced to evacuate or even losing homes or lives, or indirectly by drift smoke. In addition to smart fire prep steps, we look at some of the top tech tools you can use to help survive another fire season safely.

Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Officially Delayed to 2022
Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Officially Delayed to 2022

Tesla has changed its Cybertruck sales page to say customers won't be be able to receive or configure their trucks until 2022. The Cybertruck is intended to run on 4680 battery cells, many of which Tesla still has to produce.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Review: Solid 1080p Rasterized Gaming, At a Cost
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Review: Solid 1080p Rasterized Gaming, At a Cost

AMD's Radeon RX 6600 XT has a foot in two different worlds and it's none too easy on its feet.

NASA Opens Applications for Year-Long Simulated Mars Mission
NASA Opens Applications for Year-Long Simulated Mars Mission

NASA is gearing up for a series of year-long simulated Mars missions, and you can apply to participate if you meet the stringent selection criteria. If chosen, you get to spend a year locked inside a simulated Mars habitat with three other people.

Neo Semiconductor Claims It Can Deliver QLC Density, SLC Performance
Neo Semiconductor Claims It Can Deliver QLC Density, SLC Performance

A new company is claiming it can offer NAND SSDs the speed of SLC and the capacity of QLC.