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Intel Touts New Quantum Computing Breakthrough, This Time With Silicon
Intel Touts New Quantum Computing Breakthrough, This Time With Silicon

Intel believes it has a path forward for building silicon qubits on conventional foundry technology. If it's right, we might see markedly better scaling and higher performance in the years to come.

Scientists Think They Know Where Elon Musk’s Space Roadster Will Ultimately Land
Scientists Think They Know Where Elon Musk’s Space Roadster Will Ultimately Land

Astronomy researchers have concluded that Elon Musk's Tesla is highly unlikely to impact Mars, but there are other, much more likely places in the solar system it could easily wind up.

The Best Cheap PC Games Under $20
The Best Cheap PC Games Under $20

PC gaming has a plethora of benefits: customizability, high frame rates, an enormous variety, and most notably, low prices. Thankfully, if you're not looking for brand new releases, it won't cost you much to stock up on excellent games from every genre under the sun.

Windows 10 Is Adding an ‘Ultimate Performance’ Mode
Windows 10 Is Adding an ‘Ultimate Performance’ Mode

Microsoft has announced new performance enhancing features baked into Windows 10 — but unless you own Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, they're not going to be available to you.

Chrome’s Ad Blocker Goes Live Today
Chrome’s Ad Blocker Goes Live Today

It won't block all ads; just those that are deemed intrusive.

Vehicle Dependability Study: The JD Power Survey That Really Matters
Vehicle Dependability Study: The JD Power Survey That Really Matters

Significant gains abound on the 2018 survey of three-year reliability. Mass-market brands continue to close the quality gap versus luxury brands. GM and Toyota/Lexus have lots of top finishes.

Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Payment Platform for Businesses
Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Payment Platform for Businesses

The popular crypto exchange has released a new product called Coinbase Commerce, a payment system that helps retailers accept cryptocurrency payments from customer wallets.

Android or iOS: Who’s Winning the Mobile Speed Race?
Android or iOS: Who’s Winning the Mobile Speed Race?

Ookla has created a comprehensive global map of performance between iOS and Android. See how the two stack up, worldwide.

Intel Reverses Itself, Says All Skylake-X CPUs Have 2 AVX-512 Units
Intel Reverses Itself, Says All Skylake-X CPUs Have 2 AVX-512 Units

Intel has clarified a misreported item on its own CPUs. Lower end Skylake-X CPUs have more AVX-512 performance available than we were told.

Apple’s HomePod Can Ruin Your Countertop
Apple’s HomePod Can Ruin Your Countertop

Apple's new HomePod may offer excellent sound quality, but only if you use a handful of extremely limited services. Also, it stains countertops, possibly permanently.

Most Android Security Scares Are Bullshit
Most Android Security Scares Are Bullshit

Many of the Android malware stories we see making the rounds end up amounting to nothing because of the way the platform operates these days. While Android malware is definitely out there, you usually don't need to panic.

MIT Neural Network Processor Cuts Power Consumption by 95 Percent
MIT Neural Network Processor Cuts Power Consumption by 95 Percent

MIT has developed new neural network processing methods that could cut the power consumption of existing solutions by up to 95 percent. It's a sea change that could effectively reinvent the nature of AI — and where such workloads are performed.