Turing Goes Mainstream: First Peek at Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

From PC Mag: Today, Nvidia (or more accurately, its card partners) dropped its latest graphics cards based on the Turing architecture, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti family.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is Nvidia's attempt to bridge the gap between gamers who are still on GeForce 9XX (or AMD Radeon RX 400...

5G and foldable smartphones go big at MWC 2019

From CNET: Samsung and the MWC Barcelona conference have long had an up-and-down relationship. The energy at the trade show has ebbed and flowed depending on whether the world's largest handset maker decides to hold its big first-half phone launch in Spain. If Samsung shows up, there's a noticeable...

Facebook's Constant Tracking on Android Can Now Be Limited

From PC Mag: Until now there's been a big discrepancy over the level of privacy available to users of Facebook's app on iOS and Android. iOS users could limit precise location tracking to only when the app was in use or never. Android users had an all or nothing option, meaning if location tracking...

Microsoft delays Windows 7's update-signing deadline to July

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft has revised its schedule to dump support for an outdated cryptographic hash standard by postponing the deadline for Windows 7.

Microsoft, like other software vendors, digitally "signs" updates before they are distributed via the Internet. SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1...

HTC Vive Focus Plus VR headset arriving to compete with Oculus Quest

From CNET: Facebook's next-generation standalone VR system, Oculus Quest, is expected to arrive this spring, bringing untethered standalone VR with self-contained room tracking and a pair of full-function controllers. It'll have competition, though, at least from HTC: the new Vive Focus Plus can...

Noctua CPU coolers now include AM4 mounting at no extra cost

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today announced that all of its current multi-socket desktop CPU coolers, such as the popular NH-D15, NH-U14S and NH-U12S, now also include installation hardware for the AM4 socket of AMD’s Ryzen processors. Although Noctua introduced its dedicated SE-AM4 models in...

Xiaomi Mi 9 Is the First Phone With a Snapdragon 855 Processor

From PC Mag: Just days before MWC19, Xiaomi on Wednesday announced its latest flagship, the Mi 9. In addition to overall top-of-the-line specs, the Mi 9 is the first phone to be announced with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor.

For the most part, the Mi 9 takes its aesthetic cues from its...

Subscribe to Daily Computer + Technology News, Reviews, Discussion