Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Microsoft’s ‘Surface Plus’ Offers PC Upgrades Every 18 Months

Surface Book

Today, Microsoft is announcing the new "Surface Plus" program, which lets you buy a new Microsoft Surface PC on a payment plan with the option to upgrade after 18 months.

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AMD Reveals Why Threadripper CPUs Have 4 Dies Under the Hood


AMD has explained why there are four die under Threadripper's hood, and it's not what we thought: Two of the four "die" apparently aren't CPUs at all.

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ET deals: Get a lifetime Hushed number for $25

Hushed ET

Have you ever wanted a secondary phone number to give out to people and organizations that you don't entirely trust? Today, the folks at Hushed are offering a lifetime "burner" number that you can use with an app on nearly any iPhone or Android phone.

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The Best Free Games on the PS4

PS4 F2P

The free-to-play model has expanded well beyond the PC and it's now an important part of the gaming ecosystem; here are our favorites on the PS4.

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SpaceX Targets November for First Falcon Heavy Launch


The Falcon 9 is certainly no slouch with a payload capacity for low-Earth orbit of over 50,000 pounds. However, the Falcon Heavy will nearly triple that with enough power to lift 140,000 pounds into orbit.

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Nvidia Wants to Use AI to Enhance Games, Improve Ray Tracing

Nvidia Ray Tracing

Nvidia's show at SIGGRAPH this year centers around AI and how AI processing can benefit gamers and gaming as well as professional users.

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MSI Shows How to Install AMD’s Threadripper CPU


AMD's Threadripper socket mounting procedure is rather different from what you've used before. Luckily, MSI has posted a video showing the entire process, step by step.

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