Technology

  Intel has unveiled its latest 14nm Cascade Lake processors, including the new Cascade Lake-AP family expected to scale up to 56 CPU cores. This is significantly more than previously anticipated; the company was expected to unveil 48-core solutions, not 56-cores. These new Cascade Lake chips will arrive in two …

  Verizon tried to take an early lead in the 5G era with its non-standard 5G home internet service last year, but today is the big day for Verizon’s real 5G network. The mobile 5G service is available in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis, but there aren’t any phones just …

  Last week, Google announced the formation of an Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC). The purpose of ATEAC was to consider the complex challenges that might arise while developing AI technology and to provide diverse perspectives on these issues. Google isn’t the first company to take these sorts of …

  April 1 is usually a day for terrible jokes masquerading as the truth, but Cloudflare says its latest announcement is the real deal. The company has fittingly chosen this hallowed day to announce that its 1.1.1.1 DNS service is getting a new feature: a free VPN. Again, it says …

  This is not an April Fool’s joke, though it may sound like one. The r/games subreddit on Reddit.com has gone dark for a day to draw attention to the growing problem of hate speech and bigotry online. The mods write that while they do not object to strong discussion, …

  Today is the end of the line for Google’s 2017 flagship smartphones. The Pixel 2 and 2 XL are no longer available for purchase on the Google Store. Those device listings instead redirect to the current Pixel 3 and 3 XL devices. You can still purchase the phones elsewhere …

  The Russian government has cracked down on VPN services, ordering them to begin blacklisting websites the government finds objectionable. Multiple VPN services, including NordVPN, ExpressVPN, IPVanish, and HideMyAss, are reportedly affected by the announcement. TorGuard also received a notice but has pulled out of Russia as a result. This …

  Asus isn’t having a very good March. There are fresh allegations of major security breaches by the company’s employees, this time involving GitHub. The news comes on the heels of a security problem the company is still dealing with. Earlier this week, Kaspersky Labs and Symantec both publicly stated …

  After 18 months and a great deal of speculation, Apple has killed its wireless power charging mat. The AirPower, announced back in September 2017, was supposed to offer a sort-of wireless charging holy grail. Instead of being limited to a single device, the AirPower could charge an iPhone, Apple …

  Intel’s Optane SSDs have slowly trickled out to market, but they’ve been hampered a bit by limitations on hardware support. Up until now, Pentium and Celerons haven’t been supported — just Core i3, i5, and i7 chips. Now, Intel has quietly removed that restriction. A new driver update states: …