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New Report Shows Importance of Evaluating Sustained Laptop Performance
A new set of tests compares laptop performance in sustained benchmarks and comes away with a few surprising results.

Verizon Won’t Accelerate 5G Rollout, Despite FCC Fee Reductions
The FCC recently made it $2B cheaper for companies like Verizon to roll out 5G service, claiming the decision would boost investment. Verizon's response? "Nah."

The iPhone Is Apparently Allergic to Helium
Apple devices will fail if used in an atmosphere with trace amounts of helium in it. The reason why is a fascinating look at modern manufacturing.

Intel May Outsource Chipsets, Atom Production to TSMC
Intel may shift manufacturing to TSMC as it works to boost 14nm deployment and CPU shipments.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘October’ Update Isn’t Launching in October
Here we are at the end of October, and there's still no October update following an embarrassing rollback.

10 Best Camera and Video Accessories from PhotoPlus Expo
Dwarfed by shows such as CES, NYC's PhotoPlus Expo gathers the faithful. Every year, a changing array of cameras, gadgets, accessories and seminar.

Windows-Based ARM Laptops Are Repeating Intel’s Clover Trail Mistake
The OEMs trying to make Windows on ARM a reality are repeating some of Intel's biggest mistakes with its own x86 tablet platform.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Planets: NASA Retires the Kepler Telescope
Kepler's mission has ended due to a lack of fuel. The good work begun by the Kepler space telescope will be continued by its successor, TESS.

Nvidia Tesla, AMD Epyc to Power New Berkeley Supercomputer
Nvidia and AMD are the big winners in a new supercomputer announcement that will put Epyc and Tesla silicon in Cray's latest Shasta system.

Self-Driving Cars Still Can’t Handle Snow, Rain, or Heavy Weather
Self driving cars have made enormous progress in just the last few years, but rain and snow still pose major problems.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Beautiful on Xbox One X, Deserves PC Release
With the legitimate and serious concerns about the various Rockstar studios in mind, let's jump in, and see exactly what this worldwide team has been toiling over since the release of GTA V.

Apple Finally Launches New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, iPad Pro
Apple flew from Cupertino to Brooklyn to take over the entire block surrounding BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the introduction of its long-awaited new MacBooks and iPad Pros.