Technology

Quantum Security

Samsung Announces Phone With ‘Quantum’ Security Technology The first 5G phones have launched over the past year, and you might even have one now that Qualcomm has pushed OEMs to include the next-generation tech on all flagship devices. However, you probably don’t have a quantum 5G phone. Yes, that’s a …

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The OnePlus 8 Pro

Doesn’t Have an ‘X-ray’ Camera, but Here’s How It Sees Through Things There’s a rumor going around that the new OnePlus 8 camera can see through objects in a sort of x-ray effect. It can’t — that’s not what it does — but it does provide some slight visibility through …

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SMIC Builds First 14nm

Mainland Chinese Foundry SMIC Builds Its First 14nm FinFET SoC for Huawei One of the long-term ramifications of the tensions between the US and China has been an acceleration of China’s efforts to move its government and corporate users towards natively-produced semiconductors. China famously imports more semiconductors than oil, and …

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Nvidia Ampere-Based GPU

Nvidia Unveils Its First Ampere-Based GPU, Raises Bar for Data Center AI In lieu of the multi-day extravaganza that is normally Nvidia’s flagship GTC in San Jose, the company has been rolling out a series of talks and announcements online. Even the keynote has gone virtual, with Jensen’s popular and …

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Your Online Privacy

US Senate Falls One Vote Short of Protecting Your Online Privacy The US Senate had a chance yesterday to protect your online privacy, and you’ll never guess what happened. Okay, maybe you will. They didn’t do it. The effort to rein in government powers granted by the Patriot Act fell …

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Area-51m Gaming Laptop

Dell Screws Early Adopters With Its Failed Alienware Area-51m Gaming Laptop   Dell demonstrated an astonishing amount of chutzpah today when it unveiled a second-generation Alienware Area-51m — and declared that whoops, the first-generation of the “upgradeable” laptop isn’t actually going to be upgradeable after all. The company has officially …

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144-Layer QLC NAND

Intel Working on 144-Layer QLC NAND, PCIe 4.0 for Optane: Rumor We haven’t heard much from Intel’s storage division lately, but there are rumors that the company will make several announcements in the not-too-distant future. All of these rumors are from BlocksandFiles.com. Reportedly, Intel is working on a new type …

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Huawei P30 Pro

Huawei Releases P30 Pro for the Third Time It has been more than a year since Huawei landed on the US Commerce Department’s “entity list,” which prevents it from doing business with most US firms. That cut Huawei’s growing mobile business off from Google’s Android license, resulting in multiple smartphones …

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AMD B550 Motherboards

New AMD B550 Motherboards Are Incompatible With Earlier Ryzen CPUs AMD has announced its new B550 motherboard family as the follow-on successor to the B450, with new features like PCIe 4.0 and multi-GPU support, though that feature is of questionable value these days. Still, it’s an update to the B450 …

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New US Foundries

Intel, TSMC Reportedly in Talks to Build New US Foundries The Trump Administration is reportedly in talks with both Intel and TSMC to open new foundries in the United States. The discussions are part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce the US semiconductor industry’s overall reliance on China as …

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