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Apple Reportedly Plans Lower-Cost MacBook, Mac Mini Pro
Apple is reportedly planning new hardware refreshes to reverse its lowest fiscal Q3 Mac sales figures since 2010.

How Nvidia’s RTX Real-Time Ray Tracing Works
Ray tracing is the ultimate way to create realistic computer-generated scenes — and at up to 10 hours per frame to render, it's been mostly restricted to movies and advertising, until now. Nvidia has shown real-time ray tracing using its new RTX running on its Volta GPUs.

Intel Details Cascade Lake, Hardware Mitigations for Meltdown, Spectre
Intel is sharing details — at least a few of them — on what to expect with its upcoming server family, Cascade Lake.

Water Worlds May Be Common in the Universe, and That’s Bad News for Life
The exoplanets we've found to-date may contain huge amounts of water — but that's not a good thing, necessarily, where the search for life is concerned.

Huawei Caught Passing Off DSLR Photos as Smartphone Selfies
A behind-the-scenes snapshot revealed the truth — the example photos in the ad were taken with a DSLR camera.

Nvidia Finally Unveils the RTX 2080, 2080 Ti, and 2070
Nvidia has finally launched its new RTX family, with what they claim is an unparalleled level of ray tracing performance.

Nvidia Says GPU Sales for Crypto Mining Have Dried Up
Nvidia has confirmed what we all suspected in its recent earnings call. GPU sales for cryptocurrency mining are dropping like a rock.

Stanford Researchers Build AI Directly Into Camera Optics
As AI in the form of deep neural networks infiltrates nearly every portion of our lives, there is a mad scramble to make the systems that run these algorithms more efficient. Custom silicon is one way; resistive computing is another. A team from Stanford has shown how computing using optical elements is yet a third approach.

2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata Review: Fabulous Sports Car, Just Enough Technology
For the faithful, Mazda adds 26 hp to the Miata and only about 20 pounds. For the comfort-minded, the steering wheel now telescopes. If you want performance and comfort, there's now a Miata GT-S.

With Battle For Azeroth, Blizzard Ignited a Genuine War. Can They Keep It Burning?
The Battle for Azeroth is well and truly joined, but will this expansion deliver the kind of resolution players are likely to want?

Sony Announces PSVR Has Sold 3 Million Headsets, 20 Million Games
Sony has hit the three-million-unit milestone on VR, but the medium's long-term future is still uncertain.

Hubble Captures 15,000 Galaxies in a Single Stunning Image
The newest panoramic view of the universe shows more galaxies than ever before.