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We’re one step closer to a final launch for Android P today with the release of the fifth and final developer preview. This build of Android should be the last beta before the official update rolls out to phones. The developer preview only runs on a handful of devices and …

Samsung has announced that it intends to bring its MicroLED television technology to the consumer market next year after demoing a monster 146-inch screen built with MicroLEDs at CES in 2018. The president of Samsung’s visual display business, Han Jong-hee, has announced that the panels will be even thinner, at …

Xiaomi is one of the biggest Android device makers on the planet with phones like the Redmi Note selling in unfathomable numbers all across Asia. One of Xiaomi’s most popular phones of last year was created in partnership with Google, though. The Mi A1 led the charge for a revitalized …

Update July 24 1:02 pm: Apple has identified a software bug that’s causing the CPU throttling across all new MacBook Pros and is now rolling out an OS update. Our original story is below. Apple’s new top-end MacBook Pro 15-inch, with the optional Core i9 CPU, is markedly slower than …

Ever since VR headsets were invented, researchers have sought ways to do more with the hardware and create a more inclusive experience that involved a wider set of senses. We’ve seen motion controllers from both HTC and Oculus, but even these only incorporate motion and hand tracking. We say “only” …

Apple has identified a software bug that causes all of its recent MacBook Pros (not just the Core i9 version) to throttle back its CPU under heavy thermal loads. The problem was first found by YouTube reviewer Dave Lee, who discovered that within seconds of beginning a large Adobe Premiere …

We’ve all been trained not to give out our passwords, but online criminals are getting ever more clever. Phishing scams have effectively tricked uncountable people into compromising their online security, and one of the best ways to stop it is two-factor authentication. Even technologically savvy people can be fooled by …

Getting Apple devices repaired can be frustrating even if you’ve got an Apple Store nearby. The company does everything it can to make hardware that’s sleek and powerful, but it pays little or no attention to repairability. For example, if you need to get that flawed butterfly keyboard replaced, Apple …

Apple has stepped in it several times recently, as we’ve been covering on ExtremeTech. I’m not referring to dead touch screens or iPhones that slow down over time. Instead, recent missteps have been affecting the company’s most loyal fans: creative professionals. And while I know this particular bell has threatened to …

The question of when Nvidia would launch its next-generation GPUs has been a matter of some discussion of late. Earlier this year, we predicted a midsummer launch, only to have CEO Jen-Hsun Huang seemingly shoot down that idea with his declaration that the next GPU generation wouldn’t appear for “a …