From The Verge: ThinkPad power users have a new option in Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4. The new 16-inch workstation will be available this upcoming August for a starting price of $2,149.

The X1 Extreme Gen 4 is powered by Intel’s latest 11th Gen processors, up to a Core i9 H-Series chip with...

From PC Mag: Microsoft is warning Office users of a new malware campaign, called "BazaCall," involving fake subscriptions, fraudulent call centers, and a malicious Excel spreadsheet.

The warning comes via Microsoft Security Intelligence, the company's global network of security experts. They have...

From CNET: Let's face it: Facebook was bound to put ads in VR eventually. Like collecting personal data, advertising is core to the social network's business model and extends across all of its other apps. Because ad-free VR is clearly an outlier, the company's recently announced plans to test ads...

From The Verge: When you open Patreon’s iPhone app and subscribe to a creator, Apple doesn’t step in the way and take a cut. It turns out, that’s not because of some behind-the-scenes arrangement between the two companies — Apple’s App Store team just decided to give Patreon a pass.

“I wish we had...

From PC Mag: For almost three years, Nvidia's DLSS (its acronym for "Deep Learning Super Sampling") has been a pioneer in back-end techniques for conjuring faster PC-game frame rates out of what seems like thin air. Driven by what Nvidia calls its "Tensor" cores (found in every graphics card bearing...

From CNET: Google faced more antitrust concerns on Tuesday as the European Union's competition authority opened an investigation into whether the search giant favors its own digital advertising business over its competitors'. It'll also look at whether Google restricts its rivals' access to user...

From Turtle Beach Press Release: ROCCAT today announced its all-new Syn Pro Air premium wireless PC gaming headset is now available at participating retailers worldwide and from roccat.com. The new addition to the award-winning PC accessory brand’s headset range offers a bold new lightweight design...

From The Verge: Facebook’s Clubhouse competitor, Live Audio Rooms, is making its way stateside. The company announced today that some US-based public figures, as well as certain groups, can start hosting rooms through the main Facebook iOS app. (People can join, however, from both iOS and Android.)...

From PC Mag: Back in December, Sony decided to remove Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store due to the sheer number of bugs and performance problems it contained. Now the game is back, but Sony is recommending base PS4 owners don't play it.

As VGC reports, the listing for Cyberpunk 2077 has re...

From CNET: The iPhone 13 (or whatever it's called) didn't make an appearance at WWDC 2021, but we've now seen a preview of the iOS 15 developer beta, which gives us some key information about the iPhone 13's new features. (You can download iOS 15 right now if you're curious, but we don't recommend...