Numerous companies are trying to perfect electric vehicles. Tesla has a particularly large following, but traditional automakers like Chevrolet and GM are also trying to get a piece of the emerging EV market. That’s why General Motors signed a deal with Nikola Motor Company, which, like Elon Musk’s Tesla, …
Read More »Apple finally upgrades the Mac Pro, admits the trash can design sucks
Just over four years ago, Apple unveiled a new Mac Pro that it swore would reinvent the concept of a workstation. The new system was definitely daring — it ditched internal expansion for six Thunderbolt 2 ports and told users with internal hard drives to buy new external chassis and …
Read More »Intel CEO admits to industry-wide conspiracy to slow CPU advances, kill frequency boosts
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich met with top investors and stockholders this week, on the same day that Intel held its Technology and Manufacturing Day (which we reported on here). ExtremeTech has received a tape-recording of that meeting and the contents will shock you: According to Krzanich, there’s an industry-wide conspiracy …
Read More »Microsoft finally admits that its malware-style Get Windows 10 upgrade campaign went too far
Update: An earlier version of this story reported that Capossela was interviewed by Softpedia. While Softpedia was reported elsewhere as originating the story, the actual interview was done by Windows Weekly. ExtremeTech regrets the error. From mid-2015 to 2016, Microsoft ran two simultaneous experiments. First, it made Windows 10 free …
Read More »NES Classic Mini Demand Was Greater Than Anticipated, Nintendo Exec Admits
The NES Classic Mini should have been a slam dunk product – and maybe it was – but for most people, it became an exercise in frustration, due to being extremely supply constrained, causing all stock for it to sell out almost immediately, and some scalpers flipping their units online …
Read More »Yahoo admits employees discovered hack in 2014
Yahoo admitted today that some of its employees were aware of the theft of 500 million users’ data as early as 2014 — years before Yahoo publicly acknowledged the hack. The hack, which Yahoo has attributed to an unnamed “state-sponsored actor,” occurred in late 2014, and according to today’s filing with …
Read More »Sony Admits To PSVR Image Drifting Problems, Provides Troubleshooting Tips
While Sony believes they are in a strong position when it comes to the PSVR, it’s not all sunshine and roses for the company since launch. Several users have been complaining about how the device has performed in certain situations since it hit the market. Until now, Sony has been …
Read More »Sega Admits That It Lost Focus On Quality During The Wii Era
If ever there is an argument to be made that a console manufacturer should not go third party, Sega is the perfect example to go along with it. Once upon a time, the company used to be synonymous with quality gaming, and their own games used to be the best …
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