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The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 Is the First Official Chrome OS Tablet
The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 Is the First Official Chrome OS Tablet

After years of only allowing its hardware partners to put Chrome OS on devices with a laptop or desktop form factor, the first official Chrome OS tablet has appeared.

What to Expect at the 2018 New York Auto Show: Crush of Crossovers, a Couple Key Sedans
What to Expect at the 2018 New York Auto Show: Crush of Crossovers, a Couple Key Sedans

The focus is on small and midsize crossvers at NYIAS. The Big Apple's own Cadillac will unleash a Cadillac-only 550 hp twin-turbo V8 not shared with other GM cars. The most mainstream new sedan: the Nissan Altima. Here's what to expect.

Microsoft Uses Intel FPGAs to Drive Better Search Results
Microsoft Uses Intel FPGAs to Drive Better Search Results

Microsoft and Intel have teamed up to use modern FPGAs to boost Bing's search results — but the current changes are limited in scope.

How Darren Aronofsky Makes Earth Seem Unreal in ‘One Strange Rock’
How Darren Aronofsky Makes Earth Seem Unreal in ‘One Strange Rock’

The Nat Geo show will make you see your home planet in a whole new way.

Nissan Is Recycling Old Electric Vehicle Batteries to Power Street Lights
Nissan Is Recycling Old Electric Vehicle Batteries to Power Street Lights

The nice thing about this project is that as we get more electric vehicles on the road, we eventually end up with more efficient self-powered street lights.

Astronomer Excitedly Announces He Has Discovered Mars
Astronomer Excitedly Announces He Has Discovered Mars

Everyone dreams of making a famous discovery at some point in their life. Few of us manage to rediscover an entire planet.

Steam Earned an Estimated $4.3B in 2017, but Benefits Flow to Handful of Titles
Steam Earned an Estimated $4.3B in 2017, but Benefits Flow to Handful of Titles

As the number of games released on Steam continues to explode, a tiny fraction of the total games are responsible for more and more of the revenue.

Flat-Earther Finally Fires Himself Into the Heavens, or at Least the Lower Troposphere
Flat-Earther Finally Fires Himself Into the Heavens, or at Least the Lower Troposphere

Would-be rocketeer Mike Hughes has successfully reached the extreme lower trophosphere in his steam-powered rocket. Next stop: The upper atmosphere.

New Lithium-Air Battery Lasts Hundreds of Cycles Longer Than Past Designs
New Lithium-Air Battery Lasts Hundreds of Cycles Longer Than Past Designs

Lithium-air batteries have great capacity but tend to break down in a matter of weeks. A new design that tweaks the Lithium-air reaction could finally make these batteries viable for long-term use.

Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ Users Reporting Touch Screen Dead Zones
Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ Users Reporting Touch Screen Dead Zones

Samsung's Galaxy S9 has only been on sale for a week, but stories of touch-screen problems are popping up already.

The Nvidia MX150 GPU Is Massively Slowed Down in Some Laptops
The Nvidia MX150 GPU Is Massively Slowed Down in Some Laptops

You can play "lighter" PC games like World of Tanks or DOTA2 at 60 fps on most MX150 systems. Not all of them, though, and that's the problem.

Mozilla Pulls Ads From Facebook in Response to Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Mozilla Pulls Ads From Facebook in Response to Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Mozilla is pausing its advertising relationship with Facebook because, in its words, Mozilla wants what's "good for the web and for people." That's a subtle yet effective burn, Mozilla.