From PC World: When Consumer Reports stopped recommending the Microsoft Surface Laptop and latest Microsoft Surface Book, it did so based not on those specific products' reliability. Rather, the company used reliability surveys of earlier Surface devices (including Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, and the...
From CNET: Bitcoin has passed another major milestone, crossing over the $4,000 threshold on Sunday. The cryptocurrency, which has only been in existence for seven years, reached a high of $4,224 (equivalent to £3,244 or AU$5,343) shortly after 9 a.m. UTC on Sunday.
It's been a swift rise for...
From PC Mag: Artificial intelligence developed by the Elon Musk-backed OpenAI bested human players this weekend at The International, an annual Dota 2 championship.
While that might not sound too impressive on its face—we've seen Google-developed AI beat Go players—Dota 2 is "vastly more complex...
Ever since I started to use personal computer, I noticed the hard drives stated at the letter C, where all the system related files were stored. It looked strange to me, since most of the time, we start things at 'A'. I did not bother looking for an answer, since I knew there was nothing wrong with my computer. After having this question buried in my head for more than fifteen years, I finally got to know the answer recently. The other day, I was...
I remember how my brother would watch television when he still lived at home. He would be sitting on the couch, constantly throwing the remote into the air and flipping it. With throwing something into the air repeatedly, there will be a good chance to drop the remote. He dropped the remote multiple times and as a result, many broke, and many more lost the back covering the batteries. This was actually the most irritating bit, as it meant the...
From PC Mag: Nintendo is quite experienced at fighting patent infringement lawsuits targeting its hardware. Philips sued the company for infringing a motion control patent related to the Wii. Then a company claiming to own a patent describing handheld systems including the Game Boy Advance and...
From The Verge: Microsoft is officially unveiling Windows 10 Pro for Workstations today. While the operating system was originally rumored back in June, Microsoft is providing the full details on the special edition today. As expected, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is primarily designed for server...
From PC World: AMD is launching Radeon RX Vega on August 14 with an unusual new “Radeon Pack” system designed to get you all-in on the AMD ecosystem—and ostensibly combat mining-induced graphics card shortages.
While AMD’s selling most RX Vega cards by their lonesome at standard prices, you can...
From The Verge: Kaspersky is withdrawing its European antitrust complaint against Microsoft today. The software giant has agreed to make changes to the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that have appeased Kaspersky and help its anti-virus software provide notifications and alerts to renew...
From CNET: The social network on Wednesday introduced Watch, a new video platform for programming produced exclusively for Facebook users. The new feature, which will be available on mobile, desktop and Facebook's TV apps, is a continuation of the video push Facebook launched last year.
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