Technology

Microsoft has broken into the top five PC OEMs in the US thanks to the overarching success of the Surface family and the collapse of Acer’s business over the same time period. While Acer remains a major worldwide vendor, with some 6.1 percent of the worldwide market and over 4 …

The foundry business was shaken earlier this year when GlobalFoundries announced it would leave the leading edge and no longer planned to offer a 7nm process. TSMC, on the other hand, is eager to tell its customers that new node ramps, including the introduction of uncertain technologies like EUV, are …

There are a lot of great reasons to install solar panels. We’re not going to cover all the pros and cons in this article, but if you have decided to go forward or are looking for tools to help you make that decision, we offer some hard-earned lessons from our …

There have been rumors for months that Google was planning a gaming platform that would stream over the internet, and then Google just announced Project Stream last week with no fanfare whatsoever. This invite-only test of Google’s game streaming technology comes with free access to the new Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey …

Half of all devices are now running the latest version of the iOS mobile operating system, iOS 12, according to figures shared by Apple . On devices introduced in the last four years, that number is as high as 53 percent. And iOS 12 adoption is taking place more quickly …

This summer, Facebook launched Fb.gg, its online gaming hub and Twitch competitor, designed to attract game streamers and their fans to watch videos on Facebook instead of on rival sites. The destination shows videos based on which games and streaming celebrities users follow, plus Liked Pages and Groups, and other …

Apple has announced its intent to purchase part of Dialog Semiconductor, a company it’s worked with over the entire life of the iPhone. Out of the $600M deal, $300M goes to a direct payment for a portion of Dialog’s assets, including employees, corporate IP, and licensing various power management technologies, …

Until recently, there was no such thing as a “gaming phone.” You just played Angry Birds or Clash of Clans on whatever phone you had lying around. The proliferation of competitive mobile online shooters like PUBG and Fortnite has led device makers to start pushing high-performance Android phones as gaming …

Two days ago, Intel released a whitepaper it commissioned from Principled Technologies that contained errors so significant, they rise to the level of lying about its competitor’s performance. Principled Technologies has now released a response to these claims defending its own work — and ExtremeTech has performed its own partial …

There are a lot of great reasons to install solar panels. We’re not going to cover all the pros and cons in this article, but if you have decided to go forward or are looking for tools to help you make that decision, we offer some hard-earned lessons from our …