Nvidia Unveils Turing Architecture For More Powerful GPUs

From PC Mag: Nvidia gave a big hint that new gaming graphics cards are on the way. On Monday, the company announced its latest GPU architecture called Turing, which promises to render graphics six times faster over the company's Pascal architecture from 2016.

The new architecture is designed to...

Trump signs bill banning government use of Huawei and ZTE tech

From The Verge: Huawei and ZTE technology will largely be banned from use by the US government and government contractors. The ban was signed into placed by President Trump today as a component of the much larger Defense Authorization Act.

This caps off months of will-they-won’t-they from...

Cooler Master in Collaboration with AMD Announces the Wraith Ripper

From Cooler Master Press Release: Cooler Master announces the Wraith Ripper, the official air cooler for the 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper desktop processor, as part of an exclusive partnership with AMD. The Wraith Ripper is designed, specifically, to keep the 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper cool...

Report: 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K Launching Oct. 1

From PC Mag: If you're looking to buy or build a new gaming rig, then it's probably worth holding out until October to start deciding on components. It's thought that Intel is getting ready to launch 9th generation 14nm++ desktop Core processors, and the first one looks mighty impressive on paper...

Android SDK cozies up to Kotlin

From InfoWorld: With the August 6 production debut of the Android 9 Pie mobile OS, Google has released an Android SDK with special capabilities for development with the Kotlin language.

The SDK has nullability annotations for frequently used APIs, preserving null-safety guarantees when Kotlin code...

Samsung Connect gets new life as SmartThings Wifi

From CNET: Samsung's mesh Wi-Fi system debuted last year as Samsung Connect. Today, Samsung announced the release of its second-generation mesh system, rebranded under the SmartThings umbrella as SmartThings Wifi. Along with new hardware, the company is partnering with Plume, a cloud-based Wi-Fi...

EasySMX ESM-9013 Review

Personally, I have always had a weird feeling about deciding between console and PC gaming. This is one competition that has gone back for many years. Personally, I think there are pros and cons to both sides. On the console side, it provides a no-nonsense environment to play games. You will see exclusives that are for the systems, especially with Nintendo. Furthermore, upgrading within generations of consoles is not necessary, as the hardware to...

Nintendo Switch Online's September release window gets narrowed down

From CNET: Nintendo's Switch Online service will arrive in second half of September, the company announced.

We've known that Switch Online will be coming in September for some time, but the company narrowed down the date somewhat in a Thursday tweet.

"#NintendoSwitchOnline will launch in the...

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