Top 10 Tech Pranks: Harmless but Funny IT jokes
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Telegram now lets you sign-up with anonymous phone numbers
Telegram is adding a new privacy layer, letting you sign-up without your real phone number and use instead anonymous numbers from the Fragment blockchain platform. Also new, set a global auto-delete timer to remove messages in all new chats without leaving a trace.
Samsung confirms it wants GDDR7 RAM to reach 36Gbps with PAM-3 signaling
An efficient middle ground between GDDR6's NRZ and GDDR6X's PAM-4
Amazon refused to refund a customer who received putty-filled fake graphics card
Amazon demanded the "real" item be returned
Download Opera GX: The browser for gamers
Opera GX includes unique features like CPU, RAM and network limiters to help you get the most out of both gaming and browsing.
The cyberpunky Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones arrive in March for $949
Also works as an expensive piece of cosplay kit
New BMW patent describes EVs that charge with speed bumps and potholes
System would conserve energy from suspension
Police nab Sonic creator Yuki Nada on another insider trading charge
Two separate trades involving at least two people under the same employer certainly looks suspect
Microsoft Office deal is down to $29 for a lifetime license
Over 90% off the regular price for Office, available for Windows and Mac
New Intel Arc drivers bring some massive improvements to DirectX 9 performance
A great sign of things to come from Intel
TSMC will pour $40 billion into two Arizona chip fabs
Forward-looking: Taiwanese giant TSMC has officially confirmed it will build an additional fab for chip manufacturing in the US. The Arizona site will grow, the investment will skyrocket and the number of newly-created jobs will make politicians very, very happy.
San Francisco supervisors pivot 180 degrees on their decision to allow killer robots
Last week they voted 8-3 for using lethal robotic force, while this week the vote was 8-3 to ban the tactic
Fractal Design's North cases combine elegant design with natural wood
With a wood front panel and mesh around the case for optimal air cooling, the first reviews for Fractal Design's new North cases are in and reception is pretty positive.
Tecno's flagship Phantom X2 Pro smartphone features a pop-out portrait lens
A pop-out portrait camera that promises natural bokeh
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Apple lawsuit settlement lets devs charge up to $10,000 for an app
Or as little as $0.29
In context: Would you pay $10,000 for an app? Probably not, but the option for developers to charge that amount is being added by Apple. Cupertino says the change is to give devs more flexibility in how they price their apps globally, though it was actually one of the conditions of a class-action suit that Apple settled last year.
Chrome now lets you search browsing history and open tabs right from the address bar
Starting with version 108.0.5359.95, Google Chrome now allows you to find bookmarks, tabs, and your browsing history from the address bar. Just type "@bookmarks" or "@tabs" or "@history" in the address bar and start looking for open tabs and websites you've visited before.
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Can your Christmas tree run Doom?
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CRYPTO WINTER
Miners unable to repay millions in loans are handing over their rigs
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LAPTOP
Alienware teases the return of its 18-inch gaming laptop
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Rogue One writers canned a potential sequel that explored the "dark side" of the Rebel Alliance
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NextGen TV is the future of
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The Callisto Protocol gets Steam bombed over poor performance
The Apple car might not be fully self-driving, now set to launch in 2026 for around $100,000
Reports say the EV will have a steering wheel, pedals, and regular seats
Cryptominers unable to repay millions in loans are handing over their mining rigs instead
Rigs that have lost 85% of their value since last November
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 CPU and GPU Benchmark
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is a new free-to-play battle royale game and today we're taking a look at CPU and GPU performance with a small variety of PC hardware getting benchmarked.
Colorful RTX 4070 Ti listing confirms GPU is a rebranded RTX 4080 12GB
The same specs, but still no price
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor might launch on March 15, system requirements leaked
The game will require a GTX 1070 and 130GB of storage
Epic Games adds Unreal Engine 5.1 graphical fidelity to Fortnite
Developers included support for Lumen, Nanite, Virtual Shadow Maps, and Temporal Super Resolution
PlayStation 4 emulator can now run dozens of games
A PS4 emulator boots its first 3D game
Huge Skyrim mod inspired by BioWare classics adds over 9,000 lines of dialogue
Skyrim, the gift that keeps on giving
TechSpot Video Great Games to Play on Laptops and Low-end PCs
We often talk about the latest and greatest graphics cards and playing games at the highest settings, but there are times when that's not an option. In times like these, it's nice to have a library of fun games that won't melt our processors. Here's our list of great (but less demanding) games we can wholeheartedly recommend.
TSA is ready for nationwide deployment of its facial recognition system
A hot potato: What started as a limited pilot project to test facial recognition technology could soon become the norm for screening and ID routines in all US airports. At least, that's what the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning for next year.
Apple expands self-repair program to eight more countries
DIYers in the UK and parts of Europe can make a mess of their broken iPhones and Macs
Elden Ring's free Colosseum PVP update arrives on December 7
New content is coming to Elden Ring
Cooler Master's Orb X gaming pod prepares for touchdown, again
Zone out with Cooler Master's gaming pod
Microsoft compares Sony to Blockbuster, confirms 10-year CoD-PlayStation offer
"It's as excited about this deal as Blockbuster was about the rise of Netflix"
A hot potato: Microsoft's president and vice-chair Brad Smith says that the FTC suing the company to block its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard would hurt competition, consumers, and thousands of game developers. He also compared Sony's objections to the deal to Blockbuster complaining about the rise of Netflix.
Lattice Semiconductor expands to mid-range FPGAs, goes after Intel's Arria and AMD's Xilinx offerings
Avant-E 500 tops at 5 tera operations per second
Meta is bringing face-scanning age identification tech to Facebook Dating
Moving beyond Instagram
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