Acer warns that chip shortage will impact laptop production until 2022
Acer has tempered the excitement around Computex announcements by reminding people of the global chip shortage. The Taiwanese giant says the situation will continue to…
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LG’s last-ever phone has rolled off the production line
Almost two months after announcing its exit from the business, LG has reportedly manufactured the company’s last-ever phone. The South Korean giant was the third-largest…
Alienware’s new x15 gaming laptop boasts a Razer-thin profile with a quad fan cooling system
At Computex, Alienware unveiled its new X-series of thin and powerful gaming laptops. The lineup includes two models called the x15 and x17, and they’re…
Microsoft brings back nagging Bing alerts in Windows 10
Given its history with the Windows 10 upgrade nags, one might imagine Microsoft understands how much people hate nagging pop-up alerts. But that hasn’t stopped…
Wikipedia campaigns for donations, assumes for-profit stance
Wikipedia, despite ample resources in silo, is asking yet again for more donations and moving gradually toward a for-profit model of operation. Big-name corporate sponsors…
SpaceX is retrofitting retired oil rigs to serve as floating rocket launch platforms
SpaceX could have its first ocean spaceport ready for rocket launches as early as next year. Rather than build the infrastructure from scratch, the aerospace…
AMD’s stacked 3D V-Cache chiplet tech can triple a processor’s L3 cache
AMD caught everyone off guard at Computex 2021 with a demonstration of its new 3D chiplet technology that looks to deliver the type of performance…