Month: December 2021
The Matrix Awakens is an interactive tech demo for PS5 and Xbox Series X / S
Epic Games has created The Matrix Awakens, an interactive tech demo built in Unreal Engine 5. A teaser for the interactive Matrix experience appeared today, and the tech demo will be available on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S consoles. You can pre-install the demo right now (29GB) on…
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Intel Core i3-12100 could blow away AMD to be the new champion of budget CPUs
Intel’s Core i3-12100 could be a storming budget CPU, at least if the latest leak around incoming Alder Lake silicon is on the money. This comes from Hong Kong-based tech site XFastest, which supposedly got hold of an engineering sample of the Core i3 processor and put the chip through…
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BitMart crypto exchange hit with $150m hack
Crypto exchange BitMart has suffered a security breach which saw the attackers make off with roughly $150 million in different cryptocurrencies, the company’s leadership has confirmed. Taking to Twitter, BitMart CEO Sheldon Xia said a “large-scale” security breach had been identified, related to two of the company’s hot ETH and…
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Theranos is gone, but ads for shady tests aren’t
The advertisement was slick and emotionally compelling: real patients, lined up to share how blood testing was a stressful and draining experience, are told about a new test that only needs one single drop of blood. They’re grateful, almost overwhelmed. Then, there’s a tiny vial, accompanied by the phrase “the…
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This new Toshiba 4K TV is the first Amazon Fire TV to feature local dimming
Toshiba has announced its latest 4K flagship, the M550KU Fire TV, which the company says will the first Amazon Fire TV to feature local dimming, with up to 48 dimmable zones to enhance color adjustment and brightness control. The Toshiba M550KU Fire TV will be made available through Amazon and…
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Toshiba’s new 4K Fire TVs might beat out Amazon’s on picture quality
One of Amazon’s Fire TV partners just announced a new model that might outshine the tech giant’s own self-branded TVs that launched only weeks ago. Today Toshiba is introducing the first Fire TV 4K TVs to feature local dimming, a backlight technology that produces improved contrast and black levels compared…
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