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Google has attempted to centralize chunks of Android over the years, and a major component called ART is set to get this treatment in Android 12. The result could be vastly improved app compatibility, which is sure to make everyone happy.

The author of the original Windows Task Manager has some tips on how to use it more effectively, including a few we'd never heard of — and one we tossed in ourselves if you have trouble with Task Manager getting stuck behind fullscreen-stealing windows.

Two interesting pieces of news today: The PlayStation 5 continues to punch above its weight class against the Xbox Series X, and Sony is pledging that it will get more consoles in stock and into consumer hands, pronto.

The PS5's bottom-mounted RAM gets much warmer than the top.

The 2020 semiconductor revenue forecast is in, and pretty much everyone is a winner.

New findings from the Curiosity rover point to megafloods in the planet's past. NASA couldn't see the evidence of this event from space, but Curiosity was able to make the determination by scanning Martian geology from the surface.

iFixit has disassembled the M1-powered MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, giving us a look at one of the last unexplored major areas of these products: their underlying physical design.

Samsung may be planning a major shift in its smartphone strategy in 2021. According to a recent analyst report, Samsung may drop the popular Galaxy Note family in favor of a foldable with a stylus. The problem, it seems, is that the Note series isn't as popular as it once was.

AMD will introduce its new Precision Boost Overclocking 2 feature, with adaptive undervolting, beginning in December. The feature will be limited to Ryzen 5000 CPUs.

Apple's new MacBooks and Mac mini have made waves, partly thanks to the new silicon inside of them. Apple's new ARM ecosystem, however, is not without its growing pains.

SpaceX has been launching Starlink internet satellites for the last 18 months or so, and all they managed to do for most of that time is tick off astronomers. However, the first users have been able to log onto SpaceX's Starlink internet service, and their impressions are good. This is just a small beta test, but SpaceX is apparently planning a wider test early next year.

That makes it the most expensive video game ever sold at auction, surpassing a copy of the original Super Mario Bros that sold for $114,000 a few months ago.