Why it matters: Google is warning that a 2020 ruling by the High Court of Australia could have a “devastating” impact on the entire internet, forcing the company to “censor” search results if a defamation charge is allowed to stand. The Guardian reports that the case revolves around George Defteros, a Victoria defense lawyer who…
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It wasn’t all that difficult to be perceived as a technology bigwig in the mid-90s. All you really needed to impress the masses was a spiffy electronic mail address, or email addy for short. Savvy Internet users that wanted to go the extra mile would forego the standard email address that was issued by your…
What just happened? Being able to invade another player’s game is one of the Dark Souls series’ defining characteristics, but it seems this feature can be used for some very nefarious purposes. Yesterday (Sunday, January 23), Bandai Namco and From Software announced that PvP servers for all three titles were temporarily suspended due to a…
At a GlanceExpert’s Rating ProsExcellent performanceExceptional sustained writes from the 2TB versionNice-looking copper color schemeCons1TB version ran out of cache before the end of our 450GB writeOur VerdictThis drive is a worthy competitor to Samsung’s 980 Pro, at least in the 2TB version. The 1TB will run out of juice on very long writes, something…
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CES 2022 is typically the single most important media event for the PC laptop industry. This year proved no different despite the sudden and unexpected shift from to a largely virtually show (The major chip makers all stayed remote, as did most laptop manufacturers). In fact, 2022 is shaping up to be an excellent year…
As AMD’s Ryzen processors gain prominence and market share, you should expect to see more laptop manufacturers offer options for either the upcoming Ryzen 6000 processor or Intel’s 12th-gen Core, Alder Lake. But buying a laptop isn’t as simple as choosing one chip over the other—there are subtle variations at the platform level than can…
AMD The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is an enthusiast CPU through and through. So if you tell a bunch of PC gamers that they can’t overclock their $450, octo-core, 4.5Ghz, polygon-pushing machine, they’re going to be upset. But that’s just what AMD has done. The company’s Director of Technical Marketing, Robert Hallock, recently confirmed that the…
Adam Patrick Murray/IDG Hey, you. Yeah, you. You like building PCs, right? Demographically you probably do, if you’re reading our site. But odds are also good that you don’t actually have a full computer’s worth of parts in front of you ready to assemble. Because if you did, you wouldn’t be reading this. So that…
PDFs are notoriously difficult to edit. Have you ever found yourself going to an online converter just to sign and date a document? Yeah, it’s frustrating. This is to ensure the integrity of the content within the file. If you need to make any changes to a document, one of the best ways to do…