Hybrid CPUs are coming
It wasn't long ago that the idea of putting several processors into one package seemed exotic, but with modern multi-core CPUs that integrated graphics, maybe it was only a matter...
Alex 20 September 2020 · 1 · 377 · 1
Why Are There SO MANY Graphics Card Makers?
If you're in the market for a new graphics card, you probably know that for the time being you have only two options when it comes to a GPU: AMD or NVIDIA. But once you've made you...
Alex 19 September 2020 · 0 · 489
Nose Swabs vs. Saliva: Which COVID Test Should You Take?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but right now we are in the midst of a pandemic, which has upended life as we know it. Since the coronavirus was new, no test existed for it when it...
Alex 18 September 2020 · 0 · 35
GoPro Hero 9 review: 5K powerhouse under $500
Just about every month, I'm testing a new camera, but the month that I get an action camera are by far my favorite. The GoPro Hero 9. It is more robust in almost every single way....
Alex 17 September 2020 · 1 · 93
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 review
The RTX 3080 is the most powerful GPU we've ever seen at this price point. But, we've said that before. And in fact we say it every time there's a new graphics card generation. So...
Alex 17 September 2020 · 3 · 583 · 2
How To Format USB Flash Drive On A Mac
Formatting is the process of erasing and initializing a persistent data storage device. Be it a floppy drive, a hard drive, a solid state drive or a USB drive. In this article we'l...
Alex 16 September 2020 · 0 · 65
Apple’s Reckoning Has Come. Epic Games vs Apple and Google
If you want to install an iPhone app, you must get it through the Apple App Store where Apple charges developers 30% on all digital purchases. Well, Epic Games thinks that's bunk....
Alex 16 September 2020 · 2 · 145 · 2
Did Samsung Fail Me Again? - Note 20 Ultra Review
Why do I still daily drive a two generation old Note9? Well, thing is when I switched to the Note10 for a few weeks from my review, my complaints were as follows. It lost features...
Alex 14 September 2020 · 0 · 76 · 1
STRONGER Phone Screens Are HERE
Glass is useful for many things, like windows, vision correction, and liquor bottles. But it's not exactly known for its durability. So a while ago, we made a article explaining ho...
Alex 14 September 2020 · 0 · 20
AI Weekly Digest. September 11, 2020
From viral conspiracies to exam fiascos, algorithms come with serious side effects After all, in the past decade, machine learning has enabled self-driving cars, practical speech...
Alex 11 September 2020 · 0 · 31
Golang Weekly Digest. September 11, 2020
Discussing Fuzzing in Go — A deep dive on the art of fuzzing (a type of testing for finding bugs by providing systems with random/'fuzzy' data) and a close look at the official fuz...
Alex 11 September 2020 · 0 · 25
Database Weekly Digest. September 11, 2020
The CMU Database of Databases — An online encyclopedia of 714 (and counting) database systems, thanks to Carnegie Mellon University. We might have to spend some time going through...
Alex 11 September 2020 · 1 · 75
Is COOLING Your SSD A MISTAKE?
The conventional wisdom is that if you have a computer, you wanna keep it as cool as possible, and this has spawned an enormous industry dedicated to drawing the heat away from imp...
Alex 09 September 2020 · 0 · 603
Galaxy Z Fold 2 review: an extravagant success
Galaxy Z Fold 2, technically it's the third because the first was never really released and so the second fold became the first fold, which makes this attempt number three for Sams...
Alex 09 September 2020 · 0 · 58
Android 11 review: the most important settings
When I first previewed the new features inside Android 11, I said that Android is a mature operating system. What that means is that unless some designer inside Google has a wild-e...
Alex 09 September 2020 · 0 · 41
How to create user and add user to group in Linux
Let's say that you want to add a user to root privileges. One of the reasons you might want to do this is if you don't want to provide someone with the root password, but want them...
Alex 09 September 2020 · 0 · 102