Fresh daily news

Flyby Reveals Phaethon, Our Solar System’s Weirdest Asteroid-Comet Hybrid
Flyby Reveals Phaethon, Our Solar System’s Weirdest Asteroid-Comet Hybrid

Thanks to a recent flyby, we know a bit more about 3200 Phaeton, one of the strangest objects in our solar system.

Microsoft Expands Gaming Empire, Bringing Xbox Game Pass to PC Players
Microsoft Expands Gaming Empire, Bringing Xbox Game Pass to PC Players

Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Game Pass service to PCs at the same time that it's investing heavily in first-party content for the Xbox One.

Intel Smashes Earning Targets, Denies 10nm Problems
Intel Smashes Earning Targets, Denies 10nm Problems

In theory, 2018 has been a rocky year for Intel. The company has weathered the repeated announcement of security issues related to Spectre and Meltdown. It dismissed its previous CEO, Brian Krzanich. It’s had to announce the delay of its 10nm process and then fend off rumors that said process node was completely canceled as…

SSD Prices Could Collapse in 2019
SSD Prices Could Collapse in 2019

NAND prices have already been falling for the past few months, and according to a new research note, the drop could actually increase as we head into 2019.

Intel’s 9th Gen CPUs Are Still Hard to Find at Retail
Intel’s 9th Gen CPUs Are Still Hard to Find at Retail

Intel launched its 9th Generation CPU family last week, but finding CPUs in market is anything but easy — to say nothing of MSRP.

It’s Now Legal to Hack DRM On Your Devices to Fix Them
It’s Now Legal to Hack DRM On Your Devices to Fix Them

The US government just decided that hacking DRM to repair and maintain your electronics is perfectly legal.

Google Lens Comes to Mobile Image Search
Google Lens Comes to Mobile Image Search

Lens is another of Google's semi-magical implementations of machine learning technology, in this case used to identify objects in images.

Apple May Have Blocked GrayKey Phone Hacker in iOS 12 Update
Apple May Have Blocked GrayKey Phone Hacker in iOS 12 Update

Apple did something to block GrayKey, but no one knows what.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Is Back Online
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Is Back Online

Chandra is working again after NASA engineers implemented a fix for its gyroscope issues. NASA can again scan the sky for X-rays.

AMD Reports Earning Results, Significantly Improves Gross Margin
AMD Reports Earning Results, Significantly Improves Gross Margin

AMD's revenue fell slightly, but gross margin improved substantially, as did Ryzen sales and CPU average selling prices.

Re-Evaluating the RTX 2070 at Its Proper $500 Price Tag
Re-Evaluating the RTX 2070 at Its Proper $500 Price Tag

Re-evaluating the RTX 2070's performance at its correct, lower price tag.

Google Is Making Android Security Updates Mandatory
Google Is Making Android Security Updates Mandatory

Google is reportedly rolling out a new Android licensing agreement to OEMs that will require security updates for two years on certain devices.