Nikon and Canon’s glacially-slow move to embrace mirrorless technology in their pro camera lines has not only been an embarrassment, but has cost them increasingly-large chunks of market share as Sony and others have made their mirrorless models highly competitive. So it wasn’t a surprise when Nikon announced it plans …

  For a few years after the iPhone reshaped smartphones, it looked like the venerable stylus was going the way of the dodo. Then, Samsung unearthed a latent love of the stylus in smartphone users with the Galaxy Note. The Note series has been using the same basic stylus technology …

Update:  An Intel spokesperson has contacted ExtremeTech with the following comment: ““Intel’s 5G customer engagements and roadmap have not changed for 2018 through 2020. We remain committed to our 5G plans and projects.” Over the last few years, Intel’s mobile communication business has enjoyed significantly higher visibility and revenue thanks …

Specs have leaked on two upcoming Ryzen processors from AMD. The new chips would complete the refresh cycle for AMD’s Ryzen family, but it’s actually a touch surprising that the chips are launching at all given the company’s existing product line. Before we dive into why, let’s take a look …

Mc Dowell was attempting to travel to an Open Championship qualifier in England after playing last weeks French Open and before moving on to the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. However, Air France lost his golf clubs along the way, and Mc Dowell eventually had to pull out of the …

Star Trek: The Next Generation first aired on TV more than 30 years ago, but it’s held up remarkably well. For myself and many other sci-fi fans, the exploits of the Enterprise-D were part of our formative years. I will always love this series, and I also love mechanical keyboards. …

A decade of duopoly, the FIFA-run vote to crown soccer’s best player finally seems open to third parties after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo left the World Cup early. Cutting out the play-acting would also help Neymar win votes, 1990 World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus said Wednesday. Now Playing: Brazil …

6 Energy Conservation Tips for the Summer Months Posted on July 5, 2018 by Audry Black As the temperatures rise, so does our daily energy use. You can thank the humidity as well as the heat. You’re likely blasting your air conditioning during the hottest time of the day to …

  Achievement unlocked – learned to wake surf photo credit: Sebastian Chen I read a great post by Morgan Housel on Useful Hacks — the gist of it is that anything meaningful requires hard work, sacrifice and common sense. (Also got to meet up with Morgan at the Evidence Based …

The Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) is not usually thought of as an institution that adds a lot of value to our lives — to the contrary in fact. However, a few years ago, the researchers at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College came up with a simple and …