Foxconn exits chip-making joint venture in India with Vedanta

From ComputerWorld: India’s big push for semiconductor manufacturing took a hit on Monday when contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision, better known as Foxconn, said it is pulling out from a planned semiconductor joint venture with Indian firm Vedanta.

“Foxconn is working to remove the Foxconn name...

Raptor Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs Rumored to Be Due in Week 42

From Tom's Hardware: A credible source has indicated that Intel will launch the first Raptor Lake Refresh chips for desktop PCs during week 42 this year. A quick Google reveals that this timeframe spans from October 16 to 22, 2023. Unsurprisingly, the first batch of Intel 14th Gen Core processors...

Threads Faces Legal Threat From Twitter, Report Says

From CNET: Twitter threatened to sue Meta just one day after Facebook's parent company went live with its Twitter-like social media app Threads, according to a report by Semafor.

"Competition is fine, cheating is not," Twitter Executive Chairman Elon Musk tweeted in response to the report Thursday...

EA is making a single-player Black Panther game

From The Verge: Another big Marvel property is being turned into a video game. This time, EA is developing what it calls “an original, third-person, single-player Black Panther game.” We don’t have many other details just yet — not even a screenshot — but development is being handled by a new EA...

XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-7200 2x16GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

In my recent Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 850W review, I talked about how I have a friend who likes to give me "the face" half the time I open my mouth. After reading that review introduction, she made a point they are not "variants of what is basically the same thing", but are instead very distinct faces with different meanings. I still stick to my point I could reasonably differentiate them once they are described with an example given, but...

be quiet! Light Wings White PWM High Speed 120mm and 140mm Review (Page 1 of 4)

As I was traveling throughout Korea and Japan this summer, I realized how inconvenient our convenience stores are in Canada. The convenience stores in both Korea and Japan offered such amazing deals to the point where I do not understand what went wrong here. When you compare the likes of 7-Eleven, the differences are so drastic. Being able to buy proper meals in convenience stores for less than $5 was something that truly blew my mind away. When...

Sony’s latest Bluetooth speaker adds surround sound to your laptop

From PC World: When it comes to speakers, you’ve got high-quality setups that stay in one place and battery-powered systems that sacrifice quality for portability. Sony’s latest design aims to split the difference. The HT-AX7 (named in Sony’s typical robot fashion) is three Bluetooth speakers in one...

Apple's Latest Legal Drama May Affect Future iOS Apps

From CNET: Apple's legal team has had a busy few weeks across the globe -- and the latest action could mean changes to basic things, like how we download apps, or how we message our friends, or what a future iPhone could look like. There could even be changes to how Apple can own the rights to the...

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