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Alienware Sued For False Advertising Over Upgradeable Laptop That Wasn’t
Alienware Sued For False Advertising Over Upgradeable Laptop That Wasn’t

Dell has been sued for the way it offered the Area-51M as an upgradeable laptop in 2019, only to turn around in 2020 and claim the laptop wouldn't be upgradeable after all.

NASA Will Send 2 Probes to Venus for the First Time in Decades
NASA Will Send 2 Probes to Venus for the First Time in Decades

NASA will head back to Venus for the first time in over 30 years, courtesy of a pair of new probes.

NASA’s Mars Lander Cleaned Sand Off Its Solar Panels Using More Sand
NASA’s Mars Lander Cleaned Sand Off Its Solar Panels Using More Sand

NASA's InSight lander has been on the red planet since 2018, and it relies on solar panels for power, which means there's the potential for dust build-up. Luckily, JPL engineers devised an ingenious way to get the sand off the panels.

Micron Ships First DRAM Manufactured on Its 1 Alpha Node
Micron Ships First DRAM Manufactured on Its 1 Alpha Node

Micron is now shipping its first new RAM built on its 1 alpha process node, with a 40 percent improvement in bit density and power consumption improvements of up to 20 percent.

Microsoft Will Unveil New Version of Windows on June 24
Microsoft Will Unveil New Version of Windows on June 24

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella teased a major update to Windows at the recent Build conference, but we didn't get any useful details. Now, we can at least tell you when we'll have the specifics.

Norton Adds Crypto-Mining to Norton 360 for Some Reason
Norton Adds Crypto-Mining to Norton 360 for Some Reason

Norton wants to be your trusted provider for crypto mining — for the few minutes you leave its software installed, anyway.

AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution Includes Broad Cross-Family GPU Support
AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution Includes Broad Cross-Family GPU Support

AMD has shown its FidelityFX Super Resolution technology off and will unveil more information on June 22.

New Joint AMD-Samsung Radeon GPU: Ray Tracing, Variable Rate Shading
New Joint AMD-Samsung Radeon GPU: Ray Tracing, Variable Rate Shading

AMD has confirmed that its partnership with Samsung is still on track, with Radeon-infused mobile GPUs expected in 2022 flagship devices.

NASA Delays James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again
NASA Delays James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again

NASA has confirmed that the telescope will not hit its planned October 31st launch. However, the delay might only be a few weeks this time.

AMD Demos 3D Stacked Ryzen 9 5900X: 192MB of L3 Cache at 2TB/s
AMD Demos 3D Stacked Ryzen 9 5900X: 192MB of L3 Cache at 2TB/s

AMD had a surprise at Computex: CPUs with a lot of L3 cache, and a claimed generational-equivalent performance uplift.

SpaceX Plans Floating Ocean Spaceport for 2022
SpaceX Plans Floating Ocean Spaceport for 2022

The company is still riding high on the successful landing of the SN15 prototype, which landed in one piece last month. Now, Musk has let it slip that SpaceX is beginning construction of its first off-shore launch platform.