Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is available on Chromebooks

From The Verge: I just played Death Stranding on my wife’s beat-up Samsung Chromebook Plus. That’s because Nvidia just made it possible to do so with its GeForce Now cloud streaming service, which launched in beta for Chrome OS today. While gaming natively isn’t necessarily a strong suit of Chrome...

Google's Find My Device Can Now Locate Lost Pixel Buds

From PC Mag: Absent-minded Pixel Buds owners can now get help tracking down their easily misplaced tiny earbuds. Google's second-generation earbuds will now appear in the Find My Device app.

As 9To5Google reports, simply log into the Android app or access it via the web to see your connected Pixel...

Microsoft 365 apps to end Internet Explorer support next year

From CNET: Internet Explorer's days have been numbered since Microsoft launched its Edge browser five years ago. Microsoft appears to be another step toward closer to retiring the web browser with the announcement its Microsoft 365 apps suite will end support for Internet Explorer 11 on Aug. 17...

IBM Launches 7nm Power10 Processor

From PC Mag: Intel and AMD have some fresh competition in the enterprise and data center markets as IBM just launched its next-generation Power10 processor.

The Power9 processor was introduced back in 2017. It's a 14nm processor that was used in the Summit supercomputer, which held the top spot as...

Telegram launches one-on-one video calls on iOS and Android

From The Verge: Secure messaging app Telegram has launched an alpha version of one-on-one video calls on both its Android and iOS apps, the company announced, saying 2020 had “highlighted the need for face-to-face communication.”

In a blog post marking its seventh anniversary, Telegram described...

US further restricts Huawei access to chips

From CNET: The US Commerce Department will expand restrictions designed to limit Huawei's access to chips made using American software and equipment, it said Monday. The initial limits on the embattled Chinese telecom were imposed in May.

It also added 38 Huawei affiliates in 21 countries to its...

be quiet! Pure Base 500DX Review (Page 1 of 4)

The origin of names is always an interesting topic to me, especially when it comes to companies. Peoples' names are often not ever by their choice, especially since it is usually their progenitor that gives them their name. Similarly, company names are also given by their founders, except in a somewhat ironic fashion, many of them are named after the founder who did not choose their own name in the first place. You can see this in fast-food...

Mozilla Signs Lucrative 3-Year Google Search Deal for Firefox

From PC Mag: It's only been a couple of days since Mozilla laid off 25 percent of its staff, but now the company has secured the majority of its funding for the next three years thanks to a new Google search deal.

As The Register reports, in return for shipping Google as the default search engine...

Apple and Google pull Fortnite from app stores -- and Epic sues

From CNET: Fortnite developer Epic Games is suing Apple and Google after both pulled Epic's hit game from their app stores over direct-payment disputes. As of right now, neither are allowing users to download and install Fortnite on phones through their digital marketplaces.

At the heart of the...

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