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PC Sales Soared in Q1 Amid Pandemic-Driven Demand
PC Sales Soared in Q1 Amid Pandemic-Driven Demand

The PC market boomed in Q1 2021. The semiconductor shortage is biting the entire planet, but OEMs are shipping a lot of systems.

Archaeologists Discover Lost Egyptian City Said to Rival Pompeii
Archaeologists Discover Lost Egyptian City Said to Rival Pompeii

Egyptian archaeologists have found a lost city in Egypt near the Valley of the Kings. The Rise of Aten is said to rival Pompeii in terms of completeness and preservation and could tell us far more than we know now about Egyptian culture and society circa 1330 BCE.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows Off a Monkey Playing Pong With Its Mind
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows Off a Monkey Playing Pong With Its Mind

The secretive company has just released a video demonstrating its brain-machine link technology. It features a monkey drinking smoothies and playing Pong with its brain.

Apple Mac, iPad Production May Be Slowed by Ongoing Chip Shortages
Apple Mac, iPad Production May Be Slowed by Ongoing Chip Shortages

Apple is the latest company to play a round of Semiconductor Shortage Bingo.

Google Says Upcoming Pixel 5a Will Only Launch in US and Japan
Google Says Upcoming Pixel 5a Will Only Launch in US and Japan

Multiple reports claimed the chip shortage has forced some changes. Initially, sources said the phone was canceled altogether, but Google now confirms the 5a is coming but only to the US and Japan.

SpaceX Encrypts Falcon 9 Telemetry After Amateur Radio Operators Download Data
SpaceX Encrypts Falcon 9 Telemetry After Amateur Radio Operators Download Data

It all started a few weeks ago when several Redditors managed to lock onto the 2232.5 MHz telemetry downlink from a Falcon 9 upper stage.

Fermilab Experiment Hints at New Fundamental Force of Nature
Fermilab Experiment Hints at New Fundamental Force of Nature

The team working on Fermilab's Muon g−2 experiment has reported a tantalizing hint of a new type of physics. If confirmed, this would become the fifth fundamental force in the universe.

Sapphire Rapids CPU Leak: Up to 56 Cores, 64GB of Onboard HBM2
Sapphire Rapids CPU Leak: Up to 56 Cores, 64GB of Onboard HBM2

Sapphire Rapids, Intel's next server architecture, looks like a large leap over the just-launched Ice Lake SP.

300 Nvidia GPUs Seized After High Speed Boat Chase
300 Nvidia GPUs Seized After High Speed Boat Chase

We've hit the "Hong Kong customs authorities catch GPU smugglers" portion of the semiconductor shortage. Can't wait to find out somebody built a PlayStation 5-smuggling submarine.

Alienware Launches Its First AMD Laptop Since 2007
Alienware Launches Its First AMD Laptop Since 2007

Alienware has announced a new laptop powered by AMD's Ryzen Mobile 5000 family, while Dell has added a new AMD gaming system to its own product matrix as well.

Get Ready for the Most Interesting CPU Market We’ve Seen in Decades
Get Ready for the Most Interesting CPU Market We’ve Seen in Decades

After decades of dominance by Intel and AMD, the mainstream CPU market is heating up. From servers to embedded, new architectures are emerging to challenge the old guard.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Completes Last Asteroid Flyby Before Heading Home
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Completes Last Asteroid Flyby Before Heading Home

NASA reports that OSIRIS-REx has completed a last-minute addition to its mission profile: one final flyby of Bennu to see how its activities changed the surface of the object.