Nvidia Announces PhysX 5.0

From PC Mag: PhysX is fast approaching its 20th birthday, and Nvidia just announced version 5.0 of its open source real-time physics middleware.

The new software development kit (SDK) allowing developers to take full advantage of PhysX 5.0 is set to be appear in early 2020. It brings with it a...

Ryzen 7 4700U: AMD's First Ever 8-Core APU

From Tom's Hardware: A Redditor has dug up a PCMark 10 result of the unreleased the Ryzen 7 4700U APU (Accelerated Processing Unit). The leaked Renoir chip is part of the upcoming Ryzen 4000-series APU lineup that's expected to land early next year and could paint a devastating picture for Intel's...

Ring Issues Password Resets After User Logins Found Online

From PC Mag: Ring is issuing a forced password reset for at least 3,672 users after the login credentials to access their internet-connected cameras were found circulating on the internet.

Ring reset the passwords after an unnamed security researcher discovered the credentials on a text storage...

Facebook Signals It's Entering the Cloud Gaming Market

From PC Mag: Facebook might be getting ready to join the cloud gaming market.

On Wednesday, the company confirmed it has acquired PlayGiga, a Madrid-based provider of cloud gaming, after a Spanish business newspaper reported the deal.

Facebook declined to elaborate on how it'll use PlayGiga. But...

Micron Has US Approval to Sell to Huawei's Server, Mobile Businesses

From Tom's Hardware: Micron said in a Wednesday earnings call that it's received licenses from the U.S. government to sell at least some of its products to Huawei. The company doesn't expect these licenses to have a significant impact on its revenue in the short term, however, although it was quick...

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