AMD has announced its imminent addition to the NASDAQ 100, a list composed of the 100 largest companies on the NASDAQ stock market based on total market capitalization. AMD’s stock price has increased enormously over the past few years and doubled since early January 2017. While it’s fallen from its …
Read More »Intel May Be Finished With Contract Manufacturing
There are rumors, sparked in part by Intel’s manufacturing announcement yesterday, that Santa Clara is preparing to exit the custom manufacturing business. DigiTimes, granted, isn’t known for being a solid single source in every instance, but the points made in the article not only echo what’s been obvious in the …
Read More »IBM, Samsung Ink Agreement to Build Future Power Chips
When GlobalFoundries announced it was pulling the plug on its 7nm process node and would instead invest more heavily in custom foundry work around its 22FDX and 12FDX processes, one immediate question was what would happen to IBM and its own Power line of products. Just over four years ago, …
Read More »Drone Safety After Gatwick: More Regulations May Not Work
Yesterday’s dramatic closure of the UK’s Gatwick airport because of drone activity has raised the interest in additional UAV regulation to a new level. The airport remained closed for nearly an entire day after at least 50 reports of drones over or near the runways, and around 1,000 flights have …
Read More »Epson FF-680W Scanner: Godsend for Scrapbookers, Home Offices, SMB
If you’re overwhelmed by dozens of storage boxes of old family photos, Epson has a solution that will scan the prints from two to three rolls of film in about a minute. Seriously. Front and back. In high resolution. Dated and named. It’s the Epson FastFoto FF-680W duplex photo scanner. …
Read More »LG’s New Laser Projector Works Just 2 Inches Away From Your Wall
Projectors have the potential to render images with higher fidelity and at larger sizes than a traditional TV, but they used to require changes to your room setup. The days of mounting the projector in the middle of your space have come to an end with the advent of ultra …
Read More »Hackers Use Phishing Emails to Harvest Two-Factor Gmail Codes
Conventional wisdom says that adding two-factor authentication (2FA) will keep your accounts safe from most phishing scams, but a new wave of sophisticated automated attacks is reminding us that 2FA isn’t infallible. As with all security measures, it’s only as secure as the weakest link — the human one. The …
Read More »Apple Confirms iPad Pros Are Bent, Says It’s Normal
Apple’s iPad has undergone its most radical redesign in years with the new iPad Pros. These tablets are thinner than ever with less bezel around the display. However, there are questions as to whether they’re durable enough. Some owners have complained about slight bends in their spendy new tablets, and …
Read More »Intel Announces Major Manufacturing Expansion
Intel has been on something of a tear of late. After its Architecture Day earlier this month, where the company debuted its plans for new CPUs, GPUs, 3D interconnects, and overall foundry strategy, it’s now announcing a new set of manufacturing expansions intended to serve growing product markets. According …
Read More »Google Denies Crippling Edge to Chrome’s Advantage
Earlier this week, a former intern working on Microsoft Edge alleged that Google had deliberately broken YouTube to disadvantage Microsoft’s browser in competitive battery life tests. Chrome has become the dominant browser; Chrome and Chromium will now account for a massive 80 percent of the desktop browser market. Firefox, the …
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