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Samsung Announces QLC SSDs And Second-Gen Z-NAND

Samsung made a few important announcements about its memory and storage products at its Samsung Tech Day event.

by Sean Webster Oct 19, 2018, 6:46 AM

Asus ROG Swift PG27U 4K Gaming Monitor Review: $2,000 &...

What constitutes the ultimate gaming monitor? How about Ultra HD with 144Hz, HDR, DCI color and G-Sync. The Asus ROG Swift PG27U packs all that into a 27-inch IPS panel. We’re checking it out today.

by Christian Eberle Oct 19, 2018, 2:02 AM

US Intelligence Privacy Policies Inadequate - Federal R...

The PCLOB report ACLU published revealed that the PPD-28 privacy policies the Obama administration created in response to Edward Snowden's revelations mostly fail to provide any kind of privacy protections for both Americans and EU citizens.

by Lucian Armasu Oct 18, 2018, 8:54 PM

Researchers Claim to Find New Solution to Spectre, Melt...

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory revealed DAWG, a new system that can defend against side-channel attacks like Spectre.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 18, 2018, 6:22 PM

Unpatched Windows Flaw Lets Attackers Backdoor Systems

A Windows vulnerability that can allow attackers to install permanent backdoors in users' systems was discovered last December, but Microsoft has not been responsive nor has it patched its operating system for this issue.

by Lucian Armasu Oct 18, 2018, 5:00 PM

Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Hands-On: A Shot in the Arm

Samsung's Galaxy Book 2 is one of the first Windows 10 devices with a Snapdragon 850 CPU. With it, Samsung is making another push into the ultraportable market.

by Andrew E. Freedman Oct 18, 2018, 4:04 PM

Facebook Thinks Spammers Launched Hack of 30 Million Us...

Facebook reportedly believes the attack that compromised 30 million of its users' accounts was conducted by spammers, not spies.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 18, 2018, 3:56 PM

Alphacool Eissturm Hurricane Copper 45 Review: Rockin’...

Weapons-grade PC watercooling kit in a convenient, self-contained package

by Garrett Carver Oct 18, 2018, 2:02 PM

7nm Chips Coming: Samsung Starts Production of EUV-Base...

Samsung announces that it has begun the production of the industry's 7nm process that uses extreme ultraviolet lithography.

by Lucian Armasu Oct 17, 2018, 11:04 PM

Cadence, Micron to Begin DDR5 RAM Production by 2019's...

Cadence and Micron plan to start producing 16 Gbit DDR5 RAM modules by the end of 2019.

by Lucian Armasu Oct 17, 2018, 9:42 PM

Amid 10nm Delays, Intel to Break Manufacturing Group In...

Amid delays with its 10nm chips, Intel will break-up its manufacturing group into three separate segments, presumably so its executives can run them more effectively.

by Lucian Armasu Oct 17, 2018, 7:22 PM

Apple Now Openly Tells US Users What Info It Has on The...

Apple introduced a new privacy portal in the EU back in May, and now it's made it available to its U.S. customers as well.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 17, 2018, 6:50 PM

Sapphire RX 580 2048SP Pops up at Chinese Retailer

PConline has listed the Sapphire RX 580 2048SP 4G D5 in its eStore for ~$200.

by Zhiye Liu Oct 17, 2018, 6:10 PM

Royale-lly Screwed: Epic Sues YouTubers Promoting Fortn...

Epic Games sued "Golden Modz" and "Exentric" for making, selling and promoting "Fortnite" cheats via their YouTube channels.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 17, 2018, 5:50 PM

Chrome 70 Arrives, Brings Chrome OS-Like Apps to Window...

Google released Chrome 70 with a Desktop Progressive Web Apps feature, which allows web apps to look and act like native apps in Windows.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 17, 2018, 4:58 PM

Microsoft Inches Towards Reintroducing Windows October...

After pulling the Window 10 October 2018 Update, Microsoft is slowly reintroducing new builds to Windows Insiders.

by Andrew E. Freedman Oct 17, 2018, 2:20 PM

How to Buy Gifts for the Tech Enthusiast in Your Life

Buying tech for enthusiasts is tough. We'll walk you through some good dos and don'ts.

by Avram Piltch Oct 17, 2018, 2:02 PM

We’re Still Waiting on Too Many of Nvidia’s Turing Prom...

The RTX 2070 marks the third and most-affordable entry in Nvidia's Turning lineup. But with no games that support ray tracing or DLSS, we're missing a big part of the performance puzzle.

by Matt Safford Oct 16, 2018, 9:48 PM

Qualcomm Reveals First 802.11ay Wi-Fi Chipsets

Qualcomm announced new chipsets for the 802.11ay wireless protocol, which operates on the 60GHz band and offers significant improvements over its predecessors.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 16, 2018, 3:50 PM

GPU-Z Can Now Sniff Out Fake Nvidia Graphics Cards

TechPowerUp updated the GPU-Z graphics card monitoring utility with the ability to detect fake Nvidia graphics cards.

by Nathaniel Mott Oct 16, 2018, 3:06 PM

Crucial P1 NVMe SSD Review: QLC Flash Gone Mild

The Crucial P1 breaks the SATA 6Gb/s barrier with its NVMe interface and delivers up to 2/1.7 GB/s of sequential read/write throughput.

by Sean Webster Oct 16, 2018, 2:06 PM

Corsair Force MP510 SSD Review: A Force to Be Reckoned...

The Corsair Force MP510 offers more value than its predecessor along with better endurance ratings than other consumer flash-based SSDs.

by Sean Webster Oct 16, 2018, 2:06 PM

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition Review: Replac...

GeForce RTX 2070 offers slightly better performance than GeForce GTX 1080 and Radeon RX Vega 64, and costs slightly more, too. Is that enough to get anyone excited about an upgrade? We're not so sure.

by Chris Angelini Oct 16, 2018, 2:02 PM