Thursday, 21 February 2019

InSight Beams Back Daily Weather Reports From Mars


In the most recent update, it was a balmy 2 degrees Fahrenheit (-17 degrees Celsius) at Elysium Planitia.

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Report: Consumers Are Getting Tired of Expensive Phones

iPhone-X

According to Gartner, emerging Chinese brands are growing larger thanks to their comparatively low price tags and improving designs.

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Intel Confirms Its 22nm FinFET MRAM Is Production-Ready

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Intel has moved ahead with its research into MRAM and has designed a version of the technology compatible with its own process nodes.

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Audi Traffic Light Info Helps You Catch Multiple Green Lights


First TLI, now GLOSA. For Audi, V2I is a BFD: accurate information on how long until the light turns green, and how fast or slow you should drive to hit multiple green lights.

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Building GPUs Out of Entire Wafers Could Turbocharge Performance, Efficiency

22nm silicon die and wafer (Intel, Knights Ferry)

An old approach to manufacturing could yield tremendous dividends if applied to modern processors.

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Razer May Be Done Building Gaming Phones


Rumors suggest Razer may be done with mobile after shutting down its games store over the weekend. The company appears to have laid off or reassigned its employees from the mobile hardware division.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Will Cost Almost $2,000 When It Launches This Spring


The previously teased Galaxy Fold is official, and it's coming this April. You might want to start saving up now, though.

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