Technology

Last year, AMD launched a new line of enterprise systems built around Ryzen, dubbed Ryzen Pro. AMD has had a business-centric division for several years, and while Ryzen Pro’s overall sales aren’t known, these products are typically guaranteed to receive updates for several years and are built around systems with …

Google last updated its storage plans in 2014 in response to price drops from rival Dropbox, and now it’s making the prices even more competitive. It’s adding a new tier and dropping prices as part of its “Google One” rollout. That’s not all, though. Google promises enhanced support and more …

President Trump has announced he will act to preserve Chinese jobs by working with President Xi of China to give the Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE a way to stay in business. The bombshell announcement comes less than a month after the US government announced a highly unusual punishment for the …

Ever since it launched Windows 10, Microsoft has rolled out updates in stages. First, updates roll to people in the Fast Ring of the Windows Insider program, then the Slow Ring and the Release Preview Ring. Then, when a version drops, you can typically download it directly from Microsoft’s website …

It’s no secret that smartphone SoCs don’t scale as well as they once did, and the overall rate of performance improvement in phones and tablets has slowed dramatically. One area where companies are still delivering significant improvements, however, is cameras. While this obviously varies depending on your manufacturer, companies like …

When it comes to consumer chassis standards, the PC space isn’t exactly known for tremendous innovation. Apart from abortive attempts by AMD and Intel to launch new desktop board form factors (DTX and BTX, respectively), the last major new standard to debut was mini-ITX, by VIA, back in 2001. Similarly, …

When Apple introduced its completely redesigned App Store last fall, one of its goals was to improve app discovery by placing a larger emphasis on editorial content – including things like “app of the day” picks, lists, how-to’s and even interviews with app developers, among other things. Now, a new …

Do you want random Tinder users to see where you’ve been? Uh, no? Well, great news: an upcoming Tinder feature called Places will allow for just that. According to screenshots detailing Tinder Places uncovered by The Verge, the dating app is developing a feature that tracks your location via its …

IBM, developers of the first hard drive, has declared that henceforth, all employees are banned from using removable storage of any kind, including CDs, DVDs, USB sticks, and portable hard drives. Presumably Zip drives, Jazz drives, 1.44-inch floppies, and portable tape recorders are also banned, though the company neglected to …

Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increasing number of hacks and exploits targeting fundamental properties of underlying hardware, rather than relying on software vulnerabilities. One such attack, Rowhammer, targets specific areas of memory and then hammers adjacent rows in an attempt to cause a bit flip in the …