Month: May 2020
How much does your CPU matter for gaming?
Normally when benchmarking processors it’s useful to look at a few models with similar specs or near the same price-point, to get a sense how they differ.That’s not what we did here. For the latest episode of our explainer show Upscaled, we compared… Source
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With an ex-Uber exec as its new CEO, digital mental health service Mindstrong raises $100 million
Daniel Graf has had a long career in the tech industry. From founding his own startup in the mid-2000s to working at Google, then Twitter, and finally Uber, the tech business has made him extremely wealthy. But after leaving Uber, he wasn’t necessarily interested in working at another business… At…
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Tinder says it’ll allow people to get rid of their geography filters completely
Tinder no longer sees physical closeness as a necessity for dating. The company announced today that it’ll soon be testing Global Mode, a new option for daters to opt in to that’ll allow their profiles to show up around the world, regardless of where they live. They’ll also be able…
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Apple TV Plus is still looking for its big win
With a $6 billion content budget, Hollywood’s biggest names, and hundreds of millions of potential customers, Apple TV Plus launched in November 2019 with an ambitious goal: create Apple’s own HBO. But a little over six months later, Apple TV Plus is barely a part of the streaming conversation. Now…
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Surface devices overheating? Microsoft is planning a cooling dock that could help
Surface products could benefit from a dock designed to cool them down, at least if a Microsoft patent ever becomes realized as a finished product. As with any slim portable, cooling the hardware components inside can be challenging, and one way to help do this is with an external accessory…
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DaVinci Resolve 16.2 can take on Premiere Pro CC
Since Blackmagic Design’s Resolve 16 came out last year, a lot of video editors may have been tempted to ditch Adobe Premiere Pro CC. To start with, Resolve 16 is free, and even the $300 Studio version costs less over time than Premiere Pro’s obligat… Source
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