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Josh Norem 2023-12-05 11:28:53 www.extremetech.com Microsoft released a massive update for Windows 11 on Halloween this year. If the naming convention isn’t apparent, 23H2 is a substantial annual update for the OS, replacing 22H2 from last …

Josh Norem 2023-12-04 11:15:00 www.extremetech.com Nvidia launched its RTX ray-tracing technology in 2018 with its Turing line of graphics cards. I was there in Germany watching it unfold, and I remember being impressed but also aware …

Adrianna Nine 2023-12-04 08:59:43 www.extremetech.com Under the cover of darkness—AKA without any blog posts to announce it—late last week, Microsoft transformed its free loyalty program. Those who participate in Microsoft Rewards now have fewer opportunities to …

Josh Norem 2023-12-04 08:15:00 www.extremetech.com Since China has been somewhat crippled by US sanctions that prevent it from acquiring new PC technology, it’s been trying just to DIY the whole thing instead. The company spearheading this …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-12-01 14:00:00 www.extremetech.com During the lengthy regulatory review of Microsoft’s Activision purchase, the Xbox maker was forced to admit that it’s been playing second (and sometimes third) banana in the game console market. That …

Josh Norem 2023-12-01 13:10:00 www.extremetech.com Nvidia launched DLSS 3 frame generation with its latest RTX 40-series GPUs. It creates new frames when gaming to boost frame rates. AMD recently followed that up with its own version, …

Josh Norem 2023-12-01 10:39:36 www.extremetech.com Almost a year ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook pronounced the company would aspire to use US-made chips in some of its products. On Dec. 7, 2022, we reported on Mr. Cook’s …

Adrianna Nine 2023-11-30 13:17:48 www.extremetech.com This week, Detroit became the first city in the United States to turn one of its roadways into an on-the-go electric vehicle charger. The road will soon undergo testing using an …

Josh Norem 2023-11-30 10:47:49 www.extremetech.com Fabless companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Apple have recently sought to diversify their supply chains so as not to be so dependent on Taiwan. A chokepoint like that could bring about …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-11-30 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com Using artificial intelligence to create new things is all the rage right now. Whether you want text, computer code, or images, there are uncountable generative AI models that can oblige. Google …

Josh Norem 2023-11-29 12:37:15 www.extremetech.com Intel is expected to follow up its Raptor Lake refresh chips with an all-new architecture named Arrow Lake in 2024. As always with Intel, you never know if it will successfully …

Josh Norem 2023-11-29 11:46:44 www.extremetech.com Intel has always been in competition with TSMC for foundry bragging rights, and it’s a battle Intel famously lost a few years ago as it struggled to move beyond 14nm. However, …

Josh Norem 2023-11-29 08:15:00 www.extremetech.com The Frore Systems AirJet has received a lot of positive press over the past year, as it’s a thin-and-silent method for adding a “fan” to systems that don’t have room for …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-11-28 14:00:00 www.extremetech.com By all accounts, Google’s latest Pixel phones are the best it’s ever produced. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro have updated Tensor processors, better camera performance, and new super-bright “Actua” OLED …

Adrianna Nine 2023-11-28 15:00:00 www.extremetech.com One of the disadvantages of using cloud storage instead of a personal hard drive is a relative lack of control over your files. Because the ubiquitous cloud involves putting your files …

Adrianna Nine 2023-11-28 13:00:00 www.extremetech.com Back in 2021, Google partnered with Fervo, a clean-energy startup on a mission to develop next-generation geothermal facilities across the United States. Fervo was building one such facility in northern Nevada, …

Josh Norem 2023-11-28 08:15:00 www.extremetech.com If you were considering finally pulling the trigger on an RTX 4090 as a holiday gift for a loved one, you’re in for a rough ride. Over the past few months, …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-11-27 14:00:00 www.extremetech.com We’ve reached the end of 2023, a year filled with interesting mobile announcements—there was the first USB-C iPhone, Google’s first foldable, and Samsung’s decision to focus on AI for the upcoming …

Adrianna Nine 2023-11-27 14:49:48 www.extremetech.com Water conservation is essential anywhere, but it’s more urgent in Arizona than ever. Having been in some stage of drought since 1994, the state is scrambling to address a growing list …

Ryan Whitwam 2023-11-27 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com The European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft left Earth behind this past April en route to the gas giant Jupiter and its enormous collection of moons. That won’t happen for a few …

Adrianna Nine 2023-11-25 14:43:17 www.extremetech.com As far as adorably tiny trucks and vans go, Japan has the rest of the world beat. The country is known for using “kei cars,” relatively affordable, ultra-compact vehicles, to conduct …

Josh Norem 2023-11-22 10:45:22 www.extremetech.com Asus has begun offering an RTX 4060 Ti GPU with a built-in M.2 slot for an SSD. The logic here is the card only uses 8 PCI Express lanes, while the …

Josh Norem 2023-11-22 07:00:00 www.extremetech.com AMD’s overclocking team has been hard at work over the past week overclocking the company’s latest Threadripper CPU to see just how far they can go with it. They started their …

Josh Norem 2023-11-21 16:16:42 www.extremetech.com If you’ve been around for a bit, you’ll remember the heyday of CPU cooling in the early 2000s. Back then, CPU coolers were made entirely of copper and were glorious. Since …