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APH Networks at Micron Insight 2019: Intelligence Accelerated | Reports

Last week, I had a chance to visit San Francisco to attend Micron Insight 2019. Micron Insight is the company’s invite-only conference to demonstrate the company’s vision and direction for the future in technology, and this is their second year running the conference. You are probably more familiar with their consumer brands, Crucial and Ballistix, which we have covered their solid state drives and memory extensively here at APH Networks.

I was...

Nvidia’s new Shield TV Pro and Shield TV add Dolby Vision and AI 4K upscaling

From The Verge: Amazon and Newegg might’ve spoiled the surprise last week, but today Nvidia is officially launching two new Shield TV devices. The Shield TV Pro ($199.99) and Shield TV ($149.99) are available for purchase immediately — and some retailers have already been stocking them in recent...

Steam Beta Suggests Users Revise Their Game Reviews

From PC Mag: Game reviews can be vital for the success or failure of a game, but they are also quite a static reference as to the state of a title. Valve is aiming to change that with a new feature discovered in the latest beta Steam client.

As PC Gamer reports, the beta client has been spotted...

Xbox All Access lets players upgrade to Project Scarlett

From CNET: If you use Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program to change phones every year, the new tweak to Xbox's All Access console purchasing program will be familiar. Players who buy an Xbox One this holiday will get the option to upgrade straight to next year's new console currently codenamed Project...

FSP CMT510 Plus Review (Page 1 of 4)

Lately, I have been really enjoying looking at architecture and home décor. Just simply seeing so many aesthetic designs, I could not help but be inspired. I had so many ideas of what I could do with a single room to play with. In result, I made the decision to completely redo an empty room in my house to make a new bedroom. First, I started with the walls. The room was originally painted bright violet, which I chose to cover over with a soothing...

A new Facebook News tab is starting to roll out in the United States

From The Verge: Facebook began testing a new home for news in its mobile app today called Facebook News. It will roll out to a few hundred thousand users in the United States and host reporting from big publishers, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and BuzzFeed. Facebook is paying some...

Verizon isn't done with 4G yet as it grows subscribers

From CNET: Wireless is where it's at for Verizon. Just look at the company's most recent quarterly results. The company continues to rack up new wireless customers as it goes city by city to roll out 5G. But all this growth is coming from its traditional 4G LTE service, as the company continues to...

Intel's Chip Shortage Expected To Linger into Q4 and Maybe into 2020

From PC Mag: Intel's chip shortage for PCs will last longer than anticipated. The company now expects the supply issues to persist through the fourth quarter and possibly into 2020.

Intel has been trying to resolve the chip shortage, which began last year, by investing in more manufacturing...

Twitter says it now removes half of all abusive tweets before users report them

From The Verge: Twitter says more than 50 percent of tweets identified as abusive are now being flagged by its automated moderation tools first and taken down before a user reports them. Improvements in its machine learning model for identifying problematic tweets enabled the faster moderation...

Samsung Unveils 20 Percent Faster Exynos 990 Mobile Chip

From PC Mag: f you've decided to give the Galaxy S10 a miss and wait for the inevitable Galaxy S11, we have some good news! Samsung just announced the mobile chip it will most likely use in its next flagship phone and it's 20 percent faster.

At the Samsung Tech Day 2019, the company unveiled two...