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Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG RGB DDR4-4000 2x8GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

I find one of the most interesting aspects of following popular media is when artists go outside of their comfort zone and try something new. To list some examples, Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson did an amazing job playing a married couple in the drama Marriage Story, even though they are known mostly for their roles in big blockbuster action films. Jordan Peele proved to be an excellent horror movie director despite having been a comedian...

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I was perusing Instagram when one ad about a local telecommunications company sponsoring a gaming tournament popped up in my feed. According to their advertisement, this was for Rocket League, a video game that collides racing with football, or soccer for my American friends, in a three-on-three match. The interesting thing to me was the fact they were holding this tournament for both casual and professional gamers. I did not read too much...

iOS 15 gives you better tools to fight the firehose of notifications — with a catch

From The Verge: Apple’s iOS 15 preview earlier this week gave us a look at an important new feature coming to your iPhone’s notifications: help. A few new tools may act as a life preserver for those of us up to our eyeballs in a sea of notifications every day, regulating which apps and people are...

Google Decides to Stop Hiding Full Web Addresses in Chrome

From PC Mag: In August 2020, Google decided to hide all parts of a web address in Chrome except for the domain name. However, less than a year on, the so-called "simplified domain experiment" is coming to an end.

As Android Police reports, the experiment was implemented in spite of protest from...

Hackers hit EA, steal source code for FIFA 21 and more

From CNET: Hackers tapped into servers at Electronic Arts on Thursday, making off with key game files for popular titles, including FIFA 21. The data is now reportedly up for sale on the dark web.

The hackers claim to have made off with 780GB of data from EA servers, including the source code for...

ASUS Launches Gaming Laptops with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS today launched the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUs and are offered in a diverse family of ROG and TUF Gaming notebooks, making RTX enhancements and performance available to a wider audience than ever before.

The ROG and TUF Gaming...

Google is using AI to design its next generation of AI chips more quickly than humans can

From The Verge: Google is using machine learning to help design its next generation of machine learning chips. The algorithm’s designs are “comparable or superior” to those created by humans, say Google’s engineers, but can be generated much, much faster. According to the tech giant, work that takes...

Facebook's US Offices Reopen in October, But Remote Work Remains an Option

From PC Mag: Facebook hopes to fully open all US offices by the fall, with an option for employees to continue working from home.

The social network, which said it will expand remote-work eligibility, plans to reconvene at half capacity in September, before inviting all staff back in October, The...

JBS paid $11M in Bitcoin to resolve ransomware cyberattack

From CNET: One of the biggest meat producers in the US paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals responsible for temporarily knocking out processing plants last week, the company said Wednesday.

JBS USA made the payment to avoid further disruption to production and to limit the impact on...

Google will stop charging search providers for chance to be Android default in Europe

From The Verge: Google is changing how its Android search engine choice screen works in Europe, following complaints from rivals about its pay-to-play model, the company has announced in a blog post. The selection screen appears for users when they first set up an Android device, and is designed to...