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Last month, we wrote about new information about the follow-up to Microsoft’s HoloLens, and how the new device would integrate an AI co-processor. At the time, we speculated that Intel’s Atom SoCs might not be long for this world, though we didn’t expect the hammer to drop quite as quickly …

From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong department: Scientists have now managed to write executable code into DNA that is theoretically capable of infecting the computer that reads it. It was only a matter of time. This is bound to result in trolling law enforcement, à la Rick Sanchez trolling the galactic government with …

Consumer Reports has announced it’s pulling its recommendations on four Surface systems due to extremely high failure rates. The organization regularly surveys its readers and members about the products that they own and use. Based on those surveys, the failure rate of all Surface laptops with detatchable keyboards is expected …

For the past five months, AMD has steadily pushed its new Zen architecture into the enthusiast, mainstream, and budget desktop markets. These new Ryzen CPUs and their server counterparts (sold under the Epyc brand name) have reinvigorated AMD’s CPU sales and breathed new life into the company’s long-term prospects. Today, …

Google made a big deal of the new Google Play Protect system at this year’s Google I/O event, citing it as a strengthening of Android security. After a few months of waiting, Google Play Protect is beginning to roll out to devices. However, this isn’t actually a new system; it’s …

At Computex 2017, Intel announced that its new Core i9 family would add significantly more cores than the old Core i7 HEDT CPU families had ever offered, while pushing back the window on availability for these high core-count CPUs into the fall. Now we know when these updated chips will …

Intel hasn’t officially commented on any of its plans for the upcoming Coffee Lake family, or how much additional performance we can expect from its third-generation 14nm technology (tentatively called 14nm++). There are rumors, however, that the company will launch six-core Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs in mainstream desktops. …

Barely a year ago, Disney announced a major deal with Netflix to distribute all of its future movies on the company’s service. Today, that deal is (mostly) dead. During its earnings report today, the House of Mouse announced it will remove its films from Netflix in 2019 and launch its …

A significant chunk of personal computers are shipping with SSDs instead of bulkier spinning drives for your local data. However, a lot of your bytes living in the cloud are probably still stored on spinning drives, which are available in larger capacities at lower prices. Intel is trying to change …

While the DSLR market is slowly shrinking, that hasn’t stopped camera companies from introducing innovative new models for those of us who still find them the right tool for many occasions. There are some excellent options ranging from $500 to $5,000, with the trick being to find the right tradeoff …