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Lucky Enthusiast Fires Up Legendary Graphics Config to Play Half-Life on 8 GPUs
Lucky Enthusiast Fires Up Legendary Graphics Config to Play Half-Life on 8 GPUs

One lucky enthusiast has found and repaired an ultra-rare Mercury 'brick' of classic 3dfx Voodoo 2 GPUs. And yes, it plays... Half-Life.

Google Is Shutting Down Allo Today — Last Chance to Save Your Chats
Google Is Shutting Down Allo Today — Last Chance to Save Your Chats

The mobile messaging service was hotly anticipated when it came out in 2016, but the slow addition of features and oversaturation of the messaging ecosystem doomed the app. If you used Allo, now is the time to get your chat data before it's gone forever.

PC Sales to Decline in 2019 Amid CPU Shortages, Weak GPU Market
PC Sales to Decline in 2019 Amid CPU Shortages, Weak GPU Market

After declining in 2018, the PC and tablet market is expected to decline further, through 2023. 2019's drop-off may be caused by crypto hangovers and an ongoing CPU shortage.

Altering the Atmosphere to Combat Climate Change Might Not Kill Us All: Study
Altering the Atmosphere to Combat Climate Change Might Not Kill Us All: Study

Doing it the "right way" means substantial changes to the way we travel, generate power, and grow food to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That's an awful lot of work, though. A new study examines proposals to modify the atmosphere through a process called geoengineering.

Devil May Cry 5 Plays Like a Dream, But It’s a Nightmare on Xbox One S
Devil May Cry 5 Plays Like a Dream, But It’s a Nightmare on Xbox One S

With the exception of the divisive 2013 reboot by western developer Ninja Theory, Devil May Cry diehards haven't received much love from Capcom since 2008. But with this year's proper numbered sequel, the father of modern character action games is back in full force.

Trump Wants EVs Tax Credit Gone. GM, Tesla Want It Expanded.
Trump Wants EVs Tax Credit Gone. GM, Tesla Want It Expanded.

President wants Tesla-style tax credits gone, gone, gone. Trump can jawbone Congress, but it's the legislature that settles on and passes the budget. EV buyers, don't panic yet.

How Carbon Nanotubes Can Modify Plant DNA
How Carbon Nanotubes Can Modify Plant DNA

DNA is thin enough to pass through plant cell walls, but it's not rigid enough to avoid getting stuck. If you attach it to a carbon nanotube needle, it can get inside with no problem.

Intel CPU Shortage Could Worsen in Q2 2019, Opening Path for ARM, AMD
Intel CPU Shortage Could Worsen in Q2 2019, Opening Path for ARM, AMD

Intel's CPU shortage could worsen as we head into 2019, before improving in the back half of the year.

11 Best EVs and Plug-Ins of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show
11 Best EVs and Plug-Ins of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show

Europe takes EVs and energy efficiently seriously. You would, too, paying $6.50 a gallon. At Geneva, EVs range from simple cars you borrow on the street to $2 million plug-in hypercar hybrids.

New Intel Compute Express Link Boosts Accelerator, CPU Bandwidth
New Intel Compute Express Link Boosts Accelerator, CPU Bandwidth

Intel and a group of additional technology companies have announced a new common interconnect standard, CXL. The new standard should be ready to debut in hardware by 2021.

Nvidia Buys Mellanox For $6.9B in Major Data Center Play
Nvidia Buys Mellanox For $6.9B in Major Data Center Play

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Mellanox in a deal worth $6.9B.

Nvidia Dropping Support for 3D Glasses, Kepler Mobile GPUs
Nvidia Dropping Support for 3D Glasses, Kepler Mobile GPUs

Nvidia is finally admitting defeat in 3D — it will end support for 3D Vision after the next driver update in April 2019. That driver will also be the last for Kepler mobile GPUs.