HP is opening a new bug bounty program that is the first of its kind -- HP wants hackers to break into its printers.
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Intel's desktop roadmap for 2018 - 2019 has purportedly leaked. Despite the chatter, a new Core i9 could be some months away.
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The team at TechBargains have dug up great discounts on everything from Apple AirPods to Roku streaming sticks to smart light bulbs, so you're bound to find the perfect deal below.
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A new analysis of Mars and its composition shows that we're nowhere near being able to terraform the planet with current technology. Elon Musk can put away his nukes.
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Perhaps this next 2D material will kickstart a revolution where graphene hasn't yet.
The post Iron Ore Could Be The Next Big 2D Material appeared first on ExtremeTech.
We've graduated from browser-based cryptojacking to crypto-hijackers that embed their work in games. Hurray.
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Two years after the initial turbulent release of No Man's Sky, the game has finally made its way to the Xbox One, and all versions have received the massive "Next" upgrade. But even with so much additional time in the oven, some aspects of the game aren't fully baked.
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A new survey of free VPNs confirms they're as bad a deal as you might think. Stay far away. Preferably about a county over.
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VR sales figures have dropped like a stone in 2018. Is the market collapsing or gathering itself to rebound?
The post VR Sales Are Tanking, But Is the Market In a Tailspin? appeared first on ExtremeTech.
It's always been possible, and often legal, to build your own firearm, but technology continues to make it easier. We haven't done much to prepare for the consequences.
The post 3D-Printed Guns Are Only the Tip of the DIY Iceberg appeared first on ExtremeTech.
It took a little longer than expected to get the spacecraft fully tested and ready for action, but the agency says it began data collection on July 27th.
The post NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Spacecraft Is Now Operational appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Intel's Core i9 looks to be a winner of a part if early tests are accurate.
The post Leaked Benchmarks Show Intel’s Core i9-9900K Crushing AMD’s Ryzen 7 2700X appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The new leak confirms Google's total embrace of the display notch, as well as the glass back.
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IBM's Watson was supposed to help cure cancer. So far, it's not having the best of luck.
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Don't let the price of the Hyundai Kona ultimate fool you. It's loaded with tech features and value, as it should be for $29K. The sub-$25K SEL is a good deal, too.
The post 2018 Hyundai Kona Review: Standout New Subcompact SUV appeared first on ExtremeTech.
This object is 10 billion light years away, so it's actually quite old by now, but it serves as an excellent analog for studying younger galaxies that are too dim.
The post Distant Gas Halo Could Unlock Secrets of Galactic Formation appeared first on ExtremeTech.
AMD is building its 7nm Epyc CPUs, codenamed "Rome," at TSMC -- not GlobalFoundries.
The post AMD Will Fab Its 7nm ‘Rome’ Epyc CPUs at TSMC, Not GlobalFoundries appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Space agencies have successfully studied asteroid and comets up close on several occasions, but capturing one for mining is also in the works. A group of Chinese scientists is looking to go a step further.
The post Chinese Scientists Want to Capture a Small Asteroid and Land it on Earth appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Intel's 10nm process has been officially delayed to holidays, 2019.
The post Intel Won’t Have 10nm CPUs Ready Until the End of 2019 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Are you itching to try some new dishes? For a limited time, you can pick up "Cookbooks by Chronicle Books," the newest Humble Book Bundle, for as little as $1. Invest in this selection, and you're in for a multitude of superb DRM-free digital cookbooks.
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New York State has thrown Charter (doing business as Spectrum) out of the state after its failure to live up to its merger agreement.
The post New York Kicks Spectrum Out Over Broken Customer Promises appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Rumors of a foldable phone have circulated for years, but someone might finally, maybe release one in the next year. Samsung, long at the forefront of display technology, is reportedly aiming for a flexible Galaxy phone launch, but Huawei might try to beat it to market. If 2018 was the year of the notch, maybe…
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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has been working on a rocket-powered space plane for years that will eventually transport passengers to the edge of space and back home, and the vehicle just reached an important milestone by setting a new speed and altitude record.
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Ford moves the autonomous vehicle business (also EVs) to Detroit's Corktown section and the old train station. Downtown Motown may yet ride again.
The post Why Ford Moved Self-Driving Operations to a New, Off-Site Business appeared first on ExtremeTech.
A surprisingly wide selection of titles received excellent PS4 Pro patches. From relatively small indies to beloved Sony exclusives and third-party best sellers, there's plenty of high-res enjoyment to be had for little cash.
The post The Best PS4 Pro Games Under $20 in 2018 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
After more than 25 years, Hubble is still capturing stunning photos of far-away astronomical objects and advancing human knowledge. It can also take a peek at objects in our own solar system.
The post Hubble Captures Mars and Saturn as They Pass Close to Earth appeared first on ExtremeTech.
CEO Anne Wojcicki announced today that 23andMe is working with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to develop new drugs and treatments with help from all that genetic data the company has on file.
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Our colleagues at TechBargains have come up with a massive list of other discounts, so there's definitely a deal in here to catch your eye. From arcade machine pre-orders to air purifiers to discounted games, the sales this week are too good to miss.
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Most of us out here in the real world have stopped using Flash, but government agencies seem to operate in a different layer of spacetime where things move excruciatingly slowly.
The post US Senator Asks Government Agencies to Stop Using Flash appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The team led by Kevin Lewis and Lujendra Ojha studied the composition of the fine particles blowing around Mars, tracking them back to the Medusae Fossae formation.
The post Most Martian Dust Probably Came From a Single Geological Formation appeared first on ExtremeTech.
GM's Maven already rented its own vehicles, and now owners and lessees can do the same. But will Maven's $1 million policy cover you for all auto crashes?
The post GM’s Maven Service Lets Owners and Lessees Rent Out Their Cars appeared first on ExtremeTech.
By providing an ultra-high native resolution chip with built-in binning of pixels, Sony hopes to let smartphone users have their cake and eat it too -- both amazing detail and good low-light performance.
The post Sony Wants Your Next Smartphone to Have a 48MP Camera appeared first on ExtremeTech.
AMD's latest earnings beat expectations and set the company firmly on the path to a fully profitable 2018.
The post AMD Crushes Q2 2018 Earnings as Ryzen, Epyc Sales Strengthen appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Fortnite's mammoth success is single-handedly propping up console gaming revenue.
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Astronomers have calculated that Mars will be a mere 35.8 million miles (57.6 million kilometers) next Tuesday, July 31st.
The post Mars Set to Make Closest Pass of Earth in 15 years appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Intel is reportedly planning to dump Hyper-Threading in the Core i7 family, reserving it for a new set of Core i9 chips.
The post Leaked Benchmarks Suggest Intel Will Drop Hyper-Threading from Core i7 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Apple has leaped up the sales charts in the US, taking six points of market share in the past year.
The post Apple Gained Market Share in Q2 as iOS Dominates US Smartphone Sales appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Those with a compatible phone can check out the (probably) final form of Android P right now.
The post Google Releases Final Android P Developer Preview appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Liquid water may be largely absent on the surface of Mars, but a new analysis from the European Space Agency (ESA) says there's plenty of it in a vast underground lake near the planet's south pole.
The post Mars Express Just Discovered a Subsurface Lake on Mars appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Samsung is working on a new display technology and plans to commercialize the 146-inch TVs that use it. Say hello to MicroLED.
The post Samsung Will Ship Consumer 146-Inch MicroLED Luxury TVs in 2019 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
In a new study from NASA, scientists conclude we may not even need to dig down very deep in Europa's ice sheet to find out whether or not it hosts life.
The post NASA Says Evidence of Life on Europa Could Be Under a Few Inches of Ice appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The Commodore 64 Mini arrives on store shelves this October, but taking it home may not be the best idea.
The post The C64 Mini Arrives in Stores This Fall, Might Be Best to Leave It There appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Could life have existed on the early Moon? It's not as crazy as it sounds.
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Boeing is swearing up and down that everything is fine, but this will almost certainly affect the launch timeline yet again.
The post Boeing Crew Capsule Experienced ‘Anomaly’ During Recent Engine Test appeared first on ExtremeTech.
New research suggests CRISPR may cause genetic errors when used -- and in a wider range of areas than we originally knew.
The post CRISPR Gene Editing May Have Unanticipated Side Effects appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The Mi A1 led the charge for a revitalized Android One program, and now Xiaomi has announced the successors: the Mi A2 and A2 Lite.
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According to Google, it solved the phishing problem by giving everyone a hardware security dongle. They only cost a few bucks, so that's an amazing deal.
The post Google Eliminated Phishing by Giving All 85,000 Employees USB Security Keys appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Want a sleek gaming laptop to bring with you wherever you go? Right now, you can pick up a six-core Dell G3 with a GTX 1050 Ti for just 800 bucks. And whether you want a DNA test, a 4K TV, or a mini console, there's something here for you.
The post ET Deals: Dell G3 Six-Core Gaming Laptop for $800, Huawei Mate 10 Pro for $500 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
A new OS update, called macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update, addresses the problem in firmware.
The post Apple Releases Bug Fix for CPU Throttling in New MacBook Pros appeared first on ExtremeTech.
A new VR feedback mechanism can adapt its own real-world shape to mimic what users are encountering in VR.
The post Shape-Shifting Hardware Lets You ‘Touch’ VR Objects in the Real World appeared first on ExtremeTech.
New details have leaked on Microsoft's upcoming streaming-focused Xbox Next console, codenamed Scarlett.
The post New Details Leak on Project Scarlett, Microsoft’s 2020 Streaming Xbox appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The image comes from the ESA's Mars Express orbiter, which has been watching Mars for almost 15 years.
The post New Image Shows Beginning Stages of Martian Dust Storm appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The data recovery conundrum is a direct result of Apple's pursuit of a slimmer laptop.
The post It Might Be Impossible to Recover Data From a 2018 MacBook If the Logic Board Fails appeared first on ExtremeTech.
For decades, Apple has well served the creative professional community, but that seems to be changing for the worse.
The post Apple Is in Danger of Abandoning Creative Pros appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The question of when Nvidia would launch its next-generation GPUs like the GTX 1180 has been a matter of some discussion of late, and now we've got the first credible dates.
The post Nvidia’s Next-Generation GPU Launch Dates Reportedly Leak appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Starting tomorrow, Chrome will switch from marking sites as "Secure," to only warning when sites are "Not Secure."
The post Reminder: Google Flips To HTTPS by Default Tomorrow appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The sites targeted by Nintendo's lawsuit are LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co, both of which are owned Jacob Mathias via his company Mathias Designs LLC.
The post Nintendo Sues to Shut Down 2 Huge ROM Sites appeared first on ExtremeTech.
World of Warcraft added DirectX 12 support last week -- we take the new API out for a spin and compare it to DX11.
The post Benchmarking World of Warcraft’s DirectX 12 Support appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Apple rolled out a new version of its laptop keyboard with its latest MacBook Pro that includes a protective membrane around the switches. Does it actually work?
The post Tests Shows New Apple Keyboard Is Good (Not Great) at Repelling Dust appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Before anyone climbs aboard the crew capsule, the company wants to make sure they would be safe in the event of a rocket failure. That's what this week's test was all about.
The post Blue Origin Aced Its Latest New Shepard Rocket Test appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The trend of shipping laptops that can't maintain their top-end performance needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. If Apple and PC OEMs won't protect the end-user experience, Intel and AMD must.
The post It’s Time to Call Out Laptop Manufacturers for Their Bullshit CPU Throttling appeared first on ExtremeTech.
HDR support is finally starting to roll out to PC titles, but AMD and Nvidia handle the workload quite differently.
The post Nvidia GPUs Take a Heavy Hit With HDR Enabled appeared first on ExtremeTech.
After months of waffling on install numbers, Microsoft says Windows 10 is still running on less than 700 million devices, according to CEO Satya Nadella.
The post Microsoft Can’t Decide If Windows 10 Has 700 Million Active Devices Yet appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The new Mirror Move experiment can identify your pose and match it to more than 80,000 images of other people to show you someone in a similar stance. Why? So you can make GIFs, of course.
The post Google Mirror Move Matches Your Pose to Index of 80,000 Photos in Real Time appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Want a simple video capture solution? What about a potential for improved network performance in online games? Well, the Up Your Game Humble Software Bundle is exactly what you'll want. With loads of great apps and services aimed at improving your gaming and streaming, you're getting a lot of bang for your buck here.
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As the market shifts towards SSDs, Western Digital is winding down HDD production at one of its major factories and moving to focus on SSDs.
The post Western Digital to Close HDD Plant, Increase SSD Production appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Terrafugia has been showing off prototypes and making vague promises for several years, but this is the first time there's been anything approaching a release date.
The post Terrafugia Promises Its Flying Car Will Go on Sale in 2019 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
It's like reading Shakespeare in the original Klingon.
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Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen and his colleagues now say Neanderthals knew how to make fire, and they came to that decision after making fire themselves.
The post Researchers Claim Neanderthals Could Start Fires Using Stone Tools appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Octopath Traveller serves as something of a throwback JRPG with a 16-bit look that is cleverly paired with modern lighting and effects thanks to the Unreal Engine 4. And as the name implies, there are actually eight different stories in here for you to enjoy while exploring the various mechanics tied to each protagonist.
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A new report suggests AMD could field mainstream desktop CPUs with up to 16 cores and a 10-15 percent IPC (instructions per cycle) uplift when the company moves to 7nm.
The post AMD’s Zen 2 Will Offer Higher Core Counts, Major IPC Gains: Report appeared first on ExtremeTech.
NASA just released the most startling and gorgeous shots of Titan yet -- and the first to truly peer beneath the murky hydrocarbon haze across the planet.
The post Cassini’s Infrared Cameras Gave Us Our Best View of Titan Ever appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Munro & Associates said the build quality was like a "Kia in the 90s." Now, the company has completed its analysis. While Munro's opinion on the fit and finish hasn't changed, he has expressed downright shock that the Model 3 is highly profitable for Tesla.
The post Tesla Model 3 Has Highest Profit Margin of Any Electric Vehicle appeared first on ExtremeTech.
This week has been jam-packed with bargains, and the festivities aren't over just yet. Right now, the folks over at FreedomPop are offering up a limited-time deal on their SIM card kit that comes with free voice minutes, text messages, and data.
The post ET Deals: Free Mobile Phone Service with FreedomPop Three-in-One SIM Card Kit appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Apple may have just rolled out a potential fix for the defective butterfly mechanism, but it didn't even bother telling anyone.
The post Leaked MacBook Pro Service Manual Confirms Dust Fix in New Keyboard appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Future virtual reality headsets won't need to rely on multiple cables -- they'll be able to handle everything through a common USB-C standard.
The post Future VR Headsets Will Use Single USB-C Cable appeared first on ExtremeTech.
DARPA has big ideas for the future of CPU design -- and they're starting to overhaul things from the ground up.
The post DARPA Plans to Transform CPU Design, Drive Faster Chips appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Gorilla Glass 6 has been released, now with (supposedly) better multi-drop protection.
The post Corning Announces Gorilla Glass 6, With Multi-Drop Protection appeared first on ExtremeTech.
According to the latest version of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart from the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), we are living in the Meghalayan Age.
The post Geological Shakeup Means We’re Now Living in the Meghalayan Age appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Apple systems aren't immune to the laws of physics. This simple fact puts significant limits on the upgrade-option Core i9 CPU inside the latest MacBook Pros -- and suggests that Apple didn't do its due diligence when designing the CPUs.
The post Apple Can’t Handle the Heat: Severe Core i9 Throttling Found on New MacBook Pros appeared first on ExtremeTech.
You can actually make out cloud patterns on Neptune with the upgraded VLT, which is something even Hubble can't do.
The post Upgraded Very Large Telescope Captures Neptune in Stunning Detail appeared first on ExtremeTech.
