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Tests Shows New Apple Keyboard Is Good (Not Great) at Repelling Dust
Tests Shows New Apple Keyboard Is Good (Not Great) at Repelling Dust

Apple rolled out a new version of its laptop keyboard with its latest MacBook Pro that includes a protective membrane around the switches. Does it actually work?

Blue Origin Aced Its Latest New Shepard Rocket Test
Blue Origin Aced Its Latest New Shepard Rocket Test

Before anyone climbs aboard the crew capsule, the company wants to make sure they would be safe in the event of a rocket failure. That's what this week's test was all about.

It’s Time to Call Out Laptop Manufacturers for Their Bullshit CPU Throttling
It’s Time to Call Out Laptop Manufacturers for Their Bullshit CPU Throttling

The trend of shipping laptops that can't maintain their top-end performance needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. If Apple and PC OEMs won't protect the end-user experience, Intel and AMD must.

Nvidia GPUs Take a Heavy Hit With HDR Enabled
Nvidia GPUs Take a Heavy Hit With HDR Enabled

HDR support is finally starting to roll out to PC titles, but AMD and Nvidia handle the workload quite differently.

Microsoft Can’t Decide If Windows 10 Has 700 Million Active Devices Yet
Microsoft Can’t Decide If Windows 10 Has 700 Million Active Devices Yet

After months of waffling on install numbers, Microsoft says Windows 10 is still running on less than 700 million devices, according to CEO Satya Nadella.

Google Mirror Move Matches Your Pose to Index of 80,000 Photos in Real Time
Google Mirror Move Matches Your Pose to Index of 80,000 Photos in Real Time

The new Mirror Move experiment can identify your pose and match it to more than 80,000 images of other people to show you someone in a similar stance. Why? So you can make GIFs, of course.

Western Digital to Close HDD Plant, Increase SSD Production
Western Digital to Close HDD Plant, Increase SSD Production

As the market shifts towards SSDs, Western Digital is winding down HDD production at one of its major factories and moving to focus on SSDs.

Terrafugia Promises Its Flying Car Will Go on Sale in 2019
Terrafugia Promises Its Flying Car Will Go on Sale in 2019

Terrafugia has been showing off prototypes and making vague promises for several years, but this is the first time there's been anything approaching a release date.

You Haven’t Really Played Doom Until You’ve Played ASCII Doom
You Haven’t Really Played Doom Until You’ve Played ASCII Doom

It's like reading Shakespeare in the original Klingon.

Researchers Claim Neanderthals Could Start Fires Using Stone Tools
Researchers Claim Neanderthals Could Start Fires Using Stone Tools

Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen and his colleagues now say Neanderthals knew how to make fire, and they came to that decision after making fire themselves.

Octopath Traveler is the Exclusive RPG the Switch Needed in 2018
Octopath Traveler is the Exclusive RPG the Switch Needed in 2018

Octopath Traveller serves as something of a throwback JRPG with a 16-bit look that is cleverly paired with modern lighting and effects thanks to the Unreal Engine 4. And as the name implies, there are actually eight different stories in here for you to enjoy while exploring the various mechanics tied to each protagonist.

AMD’s Zen 2 Will Offer Higher Core Counts, Major IPC Gains: Report
AMD’s Zen 2 Will Offer Higher Core Counts, Major IPC Gains: Report

A new report suggests AMD could field mainstream desktop CPUs with up to 16 cores and a 10-15 percent IPC (instructions per cycle) uplift when the company moves to 7nm.