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AMD has announced its new lineup of Ryzen Pro CPUs, following up on its Epyc server launch earlier this month and, of course, the consumer desktop Ryzen 7 and 5 lines early this spring. AMD’s Pro CPU families tend to follow their desktop counterparts, though there are some exceptions. The …

For as long as technology has existed, mankind has been using it to find ways to enhance its collective sexual pleasure. The oldest known dildo is 28,000 years old and was excavated at — and I swear to God, this is true — Hohle Fehls Cave. There’s even an entire …

Google recently began testing a new tool for helping people better manage the mobile data used by their smartphones. The new Android app, called Triangle, is currently being tested in the Philippines, and lets you do things like view your data balance, see which apps are accounting for the most …

The release of the original Qualcomm Snapdragon 400-series chips was a revelation for midrange smartphones. No more did they have to feel so obviously underpowered and lacking in features. Devices like the Moto G used the Snapdragon 400 to great effect, offering an almost unbelievably inexpensive device with solid performance. …

When we covered Microsoft’s new plans for a new GPU analysis tool last week as part of the Fall Creator’s Update, we had some questions about how the tool would function and what information it would present. We’ve since spoken to a Microsoft spokesperson with some knowledge of the situation who …

Western Digital is typically thought of as a traditional HDD manufacturer more than an SSD firm, but the company’s joint NAND flash venture with Toshiba is designed to change that. Today, that work appears to have paid off in a significant way with two separate announcements. First, WD claims that …

Amazon-owned game-streaming site Twitch today announced a series of changes coming soon to its mobile application, the most notable of which is the ability for broadcasters to stream directly to their channel from the app itself. That doesn’t mean you can live stream gameplay as of yet, though. However, being …

As we’ve discussed at various points, the great cryptocurrency GPU mining craze of 2011 to 2014 (peaking in 2013) was great for GPU manufacturers’ profit margins, but terrible for AMD’s actual GPU sales and market share. At the time, GPU manufacturers weren’t interested in attempting to create mining-specific SKUs or capabilities, …

There are certain things that everyone on planet Earth should be able to agree on. I say that as someone who periodically writes about issues that impact global security, in both the physical and cyberworlds, and who tries to bring a fact-based reasonable perspective to topics that are often rather …

A new strain of ransomware is currently hitting computers across the world. Like the recent WannaCry attack, this one, called NotPetya, uses an NSA exploit leaked earlier this year. The highest rate of infection appears to be in Ukraine, where multiple government systems have been locked down. Ransomware is not confined …