From AnandTech: Microsemi is starting their transition to PCIe 4.0 with updates to their Switchtec PCIe switch family and Flashtec NVMe SSD controllers. The new PCIe standard doubles the per-lane throughput from approximately 1GB/s to almost 2GB/s.

The new Flashtec NVMe 3016 SSD controller features...

From PC Mag: It's hard to forget the mess Nintendo made of the first NES Classic launch in late 2016. Not enough were made to meet demand, then Nintendo discontinued the console meaning prices surged on eBay. Having seen the error of its ways, the NES Classic was relaunched on June 29 this year, and...

From AnandTech: Huawei has released its business results for the first half of 2018, and has posted new record sales figures of 95+ million units.

Most importantly, the company has now surpassed Apple in terms of smartphone shipments and has been able advance to the n°2 positioning with a global...

From CNET: It's official. Apple on Thursday became worth over $1 trillion. Yes, that's right, $1 trillion. As in $1,000,000,000,000.

Shortly before 9 a.m. PT on Thursday, Apple's stock hit $207.05 a share, giving it a market capitalization at that trillion-dollar mark. Apple -- the biggest public...

From eWeek: Symantec issued a report on Aug. 3 revealing that technical support fraud scammers are using call optimization services to improve their results. The new techniques come as the volume of tech support scams blocked by Symantec continues to grow.

Tech support scams come in multiple forms...

From CNET: Google Maps has added phone battery status to its location sharing for iOS and Android devices, allowing your contacts to see if you'll be cut off soon.

When a location has been shared, you'll see that there's now a battery icon between the distance and the time since the location was...

From AnandTech: Intel has finally shared the naming and specifications for their first datacenter SSDs using QLC NAND flash memory, after recently announcing that the then-unnamed drive had entered mass production. Intel is also introducing a modification to their enterprise/datacenter SSD naming...

From PC Mag: The Great Firewall has meant that Google Search isn't accessible from within China. In order for it to function there, Google would have to agree to adopt the Chinese government's censorship rules and the company has refused to do that for many years. However, it looks as though Google...

From PC World: The laptops we’ve seen with Intel’s debut Core i9 mobile processor so far lean toward extremes. On one hand, you’ve got big, beefy notebooks like the Alienware 17 R5 with cooling galore to let the 6-core CPU scream long and hard. Then, you’ve got the slim, svelte MacBook Pro and all...

From CNET: Honeywell's $450 Smart Home Security Starter Kit is now on sale, the company announced Wednesday. You can get the DIY home security system at Lowe's, Best Buy and Home Depot, as well as on Amazon and on Honeywell's online store.

We first heard about Honeywell's vaguely named Indiegogo...