ExtremeTech

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-22 10:10:00 www.extremetech.com Credit: M. Lewinsky/Creative Commons The space around Earth is a lot more congested than it was just a few years ago, and many in the astronomical community are growing concerned. An …

Josh Norem 2023-03-22 14:00:00 www.extremetech.com It was a big deal in 2017 when Intel lured famed graphics guru Raja Koduri away from AMD to head up its nascent graphics division. It signaled Intel was getting serious …

Adrianna Nine 2023-03-22 11:35:00 www.extremetech.com The brain is powerful, and computers are powerful—why not harness their strength combined? Researchers at the University of Illinois (UIUC) have built a “living computer” using mouse brain cells in a …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-22 07:59:54 www.extremetech.com Just a few years ago, Huawei was riding high on the increasing success of its consumer and enterprise products. It was securing deals to deploy 5G networks worldwide, and it briefly …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-22 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com NASA engineers have started assembling a vehicle that will eventually become the agency’s first robotic lunar rover. It may not look like much now, but in a few years, this metal …

Adrianna Nine 2023-03-21 11:25:00 www.extremetech.com A woman in New York has been clear of detectable HIV for six years after receiving an umbilical stem cell transplant. Her case represents the first time a mixed-race HIV patient …

Josh Norem 2023-03-21 13:20:27 www.extremetech.com PC manufacturer Acer has unveiled what it calls the world’s first smart bike, the ebii. The company bases that distinction on integrating AI features not previously seen in an electric bike. …

Josh Norem 2023-03-21 15:05:00 www.extremetech.com Nvidia is preparing to launch its next Ada Lovelace GPU, the RTX 4070 non-Ti. It’s rumored for April and will be offered in two versions with different power requirements and associated …

Josh Norem 2023-03-21 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com Intel found itself caught between a rock and a hard place recently. In the wake of a significant downturn in the PC market, rising inflation, and dismal earnings, it suddenly needs …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-21 08:09:48 www.extremetech.com Rumors of a foldable iPhone have percolated through the internet for years, but as of 2023, all the foldable phones in the world still run some flavor of Android. The day …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-20 15:02:55 www.extremetech.com Microsoft changed its approach to updates with Windows 11. Rather than delivering one big update every year, the company has opted to release new features when they’re available. That means it’s …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-20 15:22:16 www.extremetech.com After being abandoned for decades, the Moon may soon play host to a long-term human presence. Any permanent lunar operation will need a lot of power, and solar might not cut …

Josh Norem 2023-03-20 13:39:36 www.extremetech.com For the past few years, we’ve mostly seen reports from the cloud storage and backup company Backblaze about hard drive reliability. Its blog posts indicate which manufacturers sell the most reliable …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-20 09:05:00 www.extremetech.com Mars was once a wet, potentially alive world, but a lot can change in a few billion years. Today it’s a dusty, frigid wasteland bathed in a sea of cosmic radiation. …

Adrianna Nine 2023-03-17 12:30:00 www.extremetech.com As we work to mitigate fossil fuels’ environmental impact, we’ve begun to explore many alternative fuel options: hydrogen, biodiesel, Martian soil, and even feces included. Another such option might be algae. …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-17 15:00:00 www.extremetech.com Some of the most popular Android phones in the world are in desperate need of a security patch. According to Google’s Project Zero, Samsung’s Exynos 5G modems have 18 unpatched vulnerabilities, …

Josh Norem 2023-03-17 14:05:00 www.extremetech.com It’s been reported that Intel might cancel its upcoming Meteor Lake architecture for desktop PCs and offer it as a mobile-only platform. The reason is its configuration of 6P+16E cores is …

Josh Norem 2023-03-17 08:08:15 www.extremetech.com Shockingly, Mark Zuckerberg dresses the same in the metaverse as he does IRL. Credit: Meta It’s been a tough week for Meta, formerly known as Facebook. This comes on top of …

Josh Norem 2023-03-16 15:46:29 www.extremetech.com Microsoft rolled out a massive update for Windows 11 at the end of February called Moment 2. As its name implies, it’s the second big rollout of new features for its …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-16 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com The days of the internal combustion engine may be numbered as electric vehicles continue to proliferate, but airplanes and their polluting engines are going to be harder to replace. A startup …

Adrianna Nine 2023-03-16 08:17:40 www.extremetech.com Humans may have gotten us up to space, but we owe many of our stellar successes to robots. From automating menial tasks and supervising repairs to someday conducting emergency surgery, robots …

Josh Norem 2023-03-15 14:50:00 www.extremetech.com Microsoft has added an AI assistant to version 111 of its Edge browser. Dubbed Copilot, the assistant will appear in the right-hand sidebar if you’re enrolled in the program. If you …

Adrianna Nine 2023-03-15 12:05:00 www.extremetech.com Next time you buy organic fruits, veggies, or nuts, it might be thanks to a giant weed-whacking robot. Semi-autonomous farming machines are navigating agricultural fields across California and Arizona, identifying weeds …

Josh Norem 2023-03-15 08:54:18 www.extremetech.com Any gamer worth their salt fondly recalls how RAIDed hard drives were the setup to have before SSDs came along. Now that SSDs are the new standard, they can also be …

Adrianna Nine 2023-03-15 08:12:49 www.extremetech.com Sony announced Tuesday a new addition to its suite of cameras: the DSC-HX99 RNV. Unlike some of its predecessors, the DSC-HX99 RNV—also known as the Retina Projection Camera kit—doesn’t boast a …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-14 16:24:14 www.extremetech.com Just months after ChatGPT stunned technology heavyweights like Google, OpenAI announced its latest and most advanced language model. The new GPT-4 model can solve complex problems with greater accuracy than the …

Josh Norem 2023-03-14 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com There has been a lot of ink spilled about Apple’s upcoming mixed-reality headset. The headset has reportedly been in development for over seven years, yet it’s still languishing in Apple’s labs …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-13 15:26:59 www.extremetech.com Google’s Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are some of the best smartphones you can buy, and the prices aren’t unreasonable in 2023. However, the Pixel A-series phones have always offered unparalleled …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-13 12:13:42 www.extremetech.com The current Nvidia RTX 40 series GPUs are just a few months old, but Nvidia is no doubt already making plans for a successor. The company is apparently aiming for a …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-10 14:22:18 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Our connected world makes it simple to send documents around the world in the blink of …

Josh Norem 2023-03-10 15:10:50 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Credit: Backblaze)Cloud backup company Backblaze has become well-known for its hard drive and SSD failure rate …

Josh Norem 2023-03-10 16:01:20 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, there’s been a lot of chatter on the platform about …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-10 08:12:58 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Plasmonic paint applied to the wings of metal butterflies (Credit: University of Central Florida)Every paint in …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-10 07:02:43 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Scientists have learned a great deal about how our solar system was born, but there are …

Josh Norem 2023-03-09 14:23:22 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Credit: Intel)Over the past year, Intel has announced aggressive plans to increase the number of fabs …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-09 12:56:53 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Scientists have been digging up the remains of ancient plants and animals since time immemorial, but …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-09 10:18:52 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Launching something into space isn’t easy — even small payloads like the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), …

Josh Norem 2023-03-09 09:01:47 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Credit: Asus) If you’re a hardcore multitasker, Asus has some good news: The company has partnered with …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-03-09 07:03:49 www.extremetech.com This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s been a long road, but NASA finally launched the first Artemis lunar mission late last …