Category:

Tech

  • Why it matters: Alder Lake mobile CPUs might bring a lot of performance improvements over their Tiger Lake predecessors, but we still know too little about them to draw any conclusions. Intel is hopeful that it can one day earn back Apple as a customer, but the latest leaks suggest the latter company made the…

  • supply chain strikes again — Delays may drive people to buy inferior third-party polishing products. Andrew Cunningham – Oct 19, 2021 6:45 pm UTC Enlarge / If you wanted to polish your Apple products, bad news: you’ll need to wait at least a month to get Apple’s Polishing Cloth. Apple Between ongoing supply chain issues,…

  • Enlarge / Volvo’s latest electric vehicle is the C40 Recharge, which is built in Ghent, Belgium.Jonathan Gitlin GHENT, BELGIUM—Volvo built a nice little crossover in the form of the XC40. It got even better when the Swedish automaker swapped out the internal combustion engine for an electric powertrain. Now, Volvo has a new variant—the Volvo C40…

  • Enlarge / Rendering of SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch site with FAA annotations.FAA The Federal Aviation Administration convened the first of two virtual public hearings on Monday evening to solicit public comments on SpaceX’s plan to launch its Starship rocket from South Texas. The hearing, which lasted nearly four hours, drew passionate support for SpaceX’s plans…

  • Bottom line: Bitcoin is taking flight once again. The highly volatile cryptocurrency reached a new all-time high of $66,943.50 on Wednesday – nearly $1,400 above the previous all-time high of $64,888.99 set back in April of 2021. What are the short-term and long-term ceilings of Bitcoin? It’s anyone’s guess at this point. Bitcoin’s latest run…

  • In brief: Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass continues to be a popular service for both console and PC users. During its financial year 2021, which ended on June 30, 2021, subscriber numbers increased 37%. That might sound like something the company would be pleased about, but it’s actually 11% lower than Microsoft’s target. Axios reports that…

  • Three times faster than Chrome. Better privacy by default than Firefox. Uses 35% less battery on mobile. By blocking harmful ads and trackers you get a faster Internet. Brave loads major news sites up to six times faster than Chrome, Safari and Firefox on mobile and desktop. Other browsers claim to have a “private mode,”…