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Intel Announces Project Athena Open Labs to Speed Hardware Deployment
Intel Announces Project Athena Open Labs to Speed Hardware Deployment

Intel will open three Project Athena Open Labs to test qualifying hardware for its next-generation laptop program. The company claims users can expect up to 9 hours of battery life from qualifying laptops.

Project Mainline Is Google’s Latest Attempt to Fix Android Updates
Project Mainline Is Google’s Latest Attempt to Fix Android Updates

If Google had known the mess Android updates would become, it probably would have taken a different approach to distribution.

Woman Records Rare, Dangerous ‘Positive Lightning’ Strike on Video
Woman Records Rare, Dangerous ‘Positive Lightning’ Strike on Video

A woman in Boynton Beach, FL has captured a rare positive lightning strike on camera. "Wow," is pretty much all we can say, possibly followed by some expletives.

SpaceX’s Crewed Dragon Failed a Recent Parachute Test
SpaceX’s Crewed Dragon Failed a Recent Parachute Test

A Dragon spacecraft exploded last month during an engine test, and now NASA's director of human spaceflight tells Congress that SpaceX also experienced an issue with its parachutes during a separate test.

AMD Gains Market Share in Desktop and Laptop, Slips in Servers
AMD Gains Market Share in Desktop and Laptop, Slips in Servers

AMD reported strong market share gains for the quarter, particularly compared with a year ago. Server sales slipped a notch, but gains in desktop and laptops compensated.

The Universe’s First Supernovae May Have Been Powerful, Asymmetric Jets
The Universe’s First Supernovae May Have Been Powerful, Asymmetric Jets

Astronomers have discovered an ancient Population II star with very little metal — but a specific spike in zinc that can only be explained by an asymmetrical supernova explosion.

Intel Will Launch 7nm Chips in 2021, Ice Lake Ships in June
Intel Will Launch 7nm Chips in 2021, Ice Lake Ships in June

Intel has announced that it intends to have 7nm in market by 2021 — and it'll lead on that node with a GPU, not the CPU architectures it has traditionally used.

The 30 Best PC Games Under $20
The 30 Best PC Games Under $20

PC gaming has a plethora of benefits: customizability, high frame rates, an enormous variety, and most notably, low prices. Thankfully, if you're not looking for brand new releases, it won't cost you much to stock up on excellent games from every genre under the sun.

Logitech’s G502 Lightspeed Adds Wireless to Beloved Gaming Mouse
Logitech’s G502 Lightspeed Adds Wireless to Beloved Gaming Mouse

The G502 Lightspeed keeps most of what made the G502 so widely beloved, but it adds all of Logitech's latest wireless technology.

Android Will Finally Have Dark Mode in Android Q
Android Will Finally Have Dark Mode in Android Q

We've all expected a dark theme for Android for years, and it was not an unreasonable thing to expect.

Intel CPU Shortage Expected to Ease in June
Intel CPU Shortage Expected to Ease in June

The Intel CPU shortage is expected to begin easing in June, despite continuing into Q3 2019, but the US-China trade war could cause problems for the entire PC industry this year.

Google Says Android Powers 2.5B Devices, and a Surprising Number Run Pie
Google Says Android Powers 2.5B Devices, and a Surprising Number Run Pie

At Google I/O, the company confirmed that Android runs on more than 2.5 billion devices worldwide, which is up from 2 billion in 2017. The latest platform distribution numbers also prove that more of those phones are running the latest version of the OS than in previous years.