Technology

TVs are Still Lacking Important Features Sony is gearing up for its big PlayStation 5 launch later this year, and part of the plan is apparently to market some of its TVs a “Ready for PlayStation 5.” Just a few days after Sony made that proclamation, we’re learning that the …

  Samsung’s second major Unpacked event of 2020 has a different tone than the first one. Samsung announced the Galaxy S20 series in early 2020, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic exploded across the globe. The latest edition featured a pre-recorded rundown of the company’s Note20 family, Tab S7 tablets, and …

  Over the past week or so, I’ve written several articles exploring the idea of an ARM sale to Nvidia and the long-term effects on the computer industry, as well as how Nvidia might ameliorate some of those concerns. According to one of ARM’x co-founders, Hermann Hauser, allowing Nvidia to …

  Google Play Music, which debuted in 2011, has been on the chopping block ever since Google decided to refocus its music streaming efforts on the YouTube brand. Now, Google is bringing the blade down. YouTube Music will take over completely from Play Music, with the latter shutting down forever …

Will Come to the US This Year This is the year of 5G whether you want it or not, and you can thank Qualcomm for making the new network technology mandatory in its latest ARM chips. That has led to some extremely big, expensive smartphones in 2020, but HMD plans …

How to Download and Install Windows 8.1 for Free (Updated) Update 7/31/2020:  Windows 8.1 is long outdated, but technically supported through 2023. If you need to download an ISO to reinstall the full version of the operating system, you can download one from Microsoft here. If you are still using …

Rumor: TSMC Won’t Build New Capacity for Intel, Views Orders as Temporary Intel’s decision to tap pure-play foundries like TSMC for potentially any future project has sent shockwaves through the industry. One of the biggest questions raised in the wake of the announcement is just how temporary it truly is. …

What’s the Difference? Now that 4K televisions and monitors have gone completely mainstream at multiple price points and feature levels, let’s look at two terms that have become increasingly conflated with one another: 4K and UHD, or Ultra HD. TV makers, broadcasters, and tech blogs are using them interchangeably, but …

  One of the best outcomes of Lisa Su’s tenure as CEO of AMD has been the company’s roadmap execution. Under her predecessors, AMD’s roadmaps were often more like a guidelines than an actual rule (to steal a phrase). According to AMD’s quarterly earnings call this week, however, the company …

Intel Core i9-10850K: A Little Less Clock, but (Maybe) a Lot More Traction Intel quietly launched the Core i9-10850K, a new CPU that’s almost a Core i9-10900K in every single particular save one — it’s 100MHz slower, and a little bit cheaper. What’s interesting about the Core i9-10850K is that …