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Bill Gates-Backed Solar Startup Aims to Replace Fossil Fuels in Heavy Industry
Bill Gates-Backed Solar Startup Aims to Replace Fossil Fuels in Heavy Industry

A Bill Gates-backed solar startup thinks it may have the solution to generating clean power for major industry. Heliogen's concentrated solar temperatures are much higher than any previously recorded.

Valve Ignites Entire Internet With Single Tweet About Half-Life
Valve Ignites Entire Internet With Single Tweet About Half-Life

Valve is headed back to the world of Half-Life, this time with a full-fledged VR title that puts you in the shoes of Alyx Vance. Will the non-HL3 answer the expectations fans heap on it? Who knows. Here's hoping.

Logitech’s New Adaptive Gaming Kit Builds on Microsoft Xbox Accessibility
Logitech’s New Adaptive Gaming Kit Builds on Microsoft Xbox Accessibility

Logitech's new Adaptive Gaming Kit works with Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller and is intended for gamers with accessibility challenges.

Google Has Added 10 More Stadia Games in Time for Launch
Google Has Added 10 More Stadia Games in Time for Launch

It has almost doubled the number of launch games, adding ten more titles to the lineup just in time for public availability.

Hands on With AMD’s New Radeon Pro W5700 Workstation GPU
Hands on With AMD’s New Radeon Pro W5700 Workstation GPU

We put AMD's new Radeon W5700 Pro workstation GPU through its paces, and found a solid alternative to Nvidia's Quadro RTX 4000 for pure graphic workloads.

SC19: Intel Unveils New GPU Stack, oneAPI Development Effort
SC19: Intel Unveils New GPU Stack, oneAPI Development Effort

Intel revealed details of its upcoming Ponte Vecchio GPU and oneAPI initiative at SC'19 this week, as part of the company's broad push to address the AI/ML market.

Ford Took Over Tesla’s Electric Avenue for Mustang Mach-E Introduction
Ford Took Over Tesla’s Electric Avenue for Mustang Mach-E Introduction

For the LA Auto Show week, Ford snagged a huge event space at Hawthorne Airport. Talk about reverse triangulation: Ford was close to Tesla Design, SpaceX, and to Musk's private jet hanger. Elon was not amused.

Oculus Debuts PC Support for Quest Via USB-C Cable
Oculus Debuts PC Support for Quest Via USB-C Cable

The Oculus Link beta program officially launches today, with early support for the Quest on PC hardware.

Review: Google Stadia Might Be the Future of Gaming, but We’re Not There Yet
Review: Google Stadia Might Be the Future of Gaming, but We’re Not There Yet

Stadia has potential, but that's what we've been saying about game streaming for nigh on a decade at this point.

This Simple Animation Platform Is Used By NASA, Google, & More
This Simple Animation Platform Is Used By NASA, Google, & More

A one-year subscription to Animatron Studio's Prop Plan typically retails for $360, but you can get one today for just $29.99.

Ford Mach-E: It’s a Mustang, an EV (Yes), an SUV (Gasp), Very Quick, and the Future of Ford
Ford Mach-E: It’s a Mustang, an EV (Yes), an SUV (Gasp), Very Quick, and the Future of Ford

New CEO Jim Hackett found Ford's EV plans too boring. Just 2 years later, Ford announces a roomy EV based on the Mustang name, design, and sporty handling.

iFixit: Apple Finally Ditched Butterfly Switches in the New 16-inch MacBook Pro
iFixit: Apple Finally Ditched Butterfly Switches in the New 16-inch MacBook Pro

After years of selling fragile, unpleasant keyboards, Apple has finally changed course with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. iFixIt has a teardown of the new MacBook keyboard that shows a completely different mechanism that should alleviate all the issues that have plagued Apple's computers in recent years.