Month: December 2021
LG C1 OLED vs. Samsung Odyssey Neo G9: the perfect monitor doesn’t exist
I hate leaving unfinished business, but that’s what I did on November 27th of last year. I ended my review of the most ridiculous, most advanced PC monitor ever made — the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 — by wondering out loud whether a similarly sized OLED television might actually be…
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Watch as Blue Origin plans to launch its first crew of six to space, with Michael Strahan on board
This morning, Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin is slated to launch another crew of customers to the edge of space and back. The crew cabin will be a little more crowded than usual: a total of six passengers will ride to space inside Blue Origin’s New Shepard tourist rocket,…
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Windows 11 drive slowdown bug affects more users than thought – but a fix is coming
Audio player loading… Windows 11 continues to run into trouble with drive speeds being seriously hampered, as more users are being affected by a previously flagged issue than was first thought – this isn’t just about NVMe SSDs it seems – but the better news is that Microsoft has a…
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The Matrix Awakens didn’t blow my mind, but it convinced me next-gen gaming is nigh
The Matrix Awakens single-handedly proves next-gen graphics are within reach of Sony and Microsoft’s new game consoles. It’s unlike any tech demo you’ve ever tried before. When we said the next generation of gaming didn’t actually arrive with Xbox Series X and PS5, this is the kind of push that…
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The world’s first RISC-V GPU could be on the horizon
Audio player loading… As RISC-V has emerged as a potential competitor to both x86 and Arm, discussions are now being had about creating GPUs for chip designs based on the new architecture. According to RISC-V CTO Mark Himelstein who spoke with The Register, special interest groups will expand their focus…
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Adam Mosseri explains how Instagram is bringing back the chronological feed
Instagram head Adam Mosseri used his story to answer people’s questions about the company’s plan to bring back the much-missed chronological feed, which he promised during his appearance at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. In a Q&A on Friday, he said that the company is testing out two versions of…
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