Intel to Buy Tower Semiconductors for $5.4B as Chip Demand Remains High

From CNET: Intel on Tuesday said it has reached an agreement to acquire Israel-based chipmaker Tower Semiconductor for about $5.4 billion. The deal, if approved, should bolster Intel's ability to make specialty processors such as radio frequency communication chips and to manufacture them for other...

CORSAIR Launches 5000T RGB Mid-Tower Case

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today announced the new CORSAIR iCUE 5000T RGB PC case. Boasting a unique contoured design in black or white and 208 individually addressable RGB LEDs, the 5000T RGB has the most integrated lighting ever built into a CORSAIR case. High-airflow mesh panels and room...

Cooler Master Launches New HAF Flagship Case: HAF 700 EVO

From Cooler Master Press Release: Cooler Master today launches its newest flagship chassis HAF 700 EVO, introducing ground breaking levels of tool-less design within futuristic visual presentation.

Fans of the renowned HAF series will rejoice in the revamped visual design and next gen hardware...

Fortnite gets gyro controls and flick stick on PS4, PS5, and PC

From The Verge: Epic Games is bringing gyro-based motion controls for Fortnite to the PS4, PS5, and PC today. Gyro controls have existed on the Nintendo Switch and Android previously, and this new expansion to PlayStation and PC includes more robust gyro controls and a new flick stick option.

Gyro...

Texas Sues Meta Over 'Unlawful' Use of Facial Recognition

From PC Mag: The Texas attorney general's office this week sued Facebook parent company Meta for allegedly capturing and using biometric data without users' informed consent.

According to AG Ken Paxton, the social network has been storing "millions" of biometric identifiers—defined in Texas as "a...

Nextdoor Wants You to Connect With Neighbors You May Know

From CNET: Nextdoor, a social media platform for neighborhoods, hasn't changed much over the past few years but that could start to shift.

On Tuesday, the company unveiled new features, including the ability for users to send requests to connect with neighbors so that posts, comments and reactions...

Google Made a Smart Lamp We'll Never Be Able to Buy

From PC Mag: Google created an smart lamp with integrated Google Assistant, but it's not for consumers and is unlikely to ever become a smart home product.

Google designer Ben Gold last week tweeted about the "dLight," a simple white lamp with circular base, slim poll, and pill-shaped swivel beacon...

be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 1000W Report (Page 1 of 4)

In the beginning of the Fall 2021 school semester, I was talking to a student who was in second year software engineering at the University of Calgary. He asked me which year I am in after a fairly lengthy discussion on classes he is taking and my opinion on each of them. I just laughed and told him I am a professor. He looked at me, and in the most socially awkward manner an engineering student could muster, said I looked "at most 21 years old"...

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