Month: April 2022
Intel CEO confirms Arc Alchemist cards will launch by June
Audio player loading… Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed this week that Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards will launch in Q2 2022. “AXG [Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group] is on track,” Gelsinger said. “And we launched the mobile SKUs. We’ll have the desktop SKUs coming in Q2. And we’ll have…
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Microsoft is adding a free built-in VPN to its Edge browser
Microsoft is adding a free built-in virtual private network (VPN) service to its Edge browser in a bid to improve security and privacy, a Microsoft support page revealed. Called ”Edge Secure Network,” Microsoft is currently testing the Cloudflare-powered VPN service and says it will roll it out to the public…
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Intel CEO now says the chip shortage will ‘drift’ into 2024
Six months after predicting the global chip shortage would last until at least 2023, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is now suggesting it might be 2024 before we’re fully out of the woods. “[W]e believe the overall semiconductor shortage will now drift into 2024, from our earlier estimates in 2023, just…
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32 Things Elon Musk Will (Probably) Do As Soon As He Takes Over Twitter
• Immediately reinstates Trump’s account. At first, Trump says he doesn’t want to be on Twitter, but ultimately can’t resist the attention he will get from tweeting, “I’M BACK…” • Musk renames spambots “NPCs,” takes no further action, announces there are no longer spambots on Twitter • Makes a joke that…
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Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ won’t be in the Barbie movie
While Warner Bros.’ and Mattel Films’ upcoming Barbie movie is sure to have some level of self-awareness about its main character’s status as a real-world cultural icon, Mattel is taking a firm stance against featuring the iconic doll’s very unofficial anthem that basically everyone knows by heart. The small tease…
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India to force VPN companies to hand over user data
Audio player loading… Using your favorite VPN in India may soon be impossible thanks to new regulations that will require VPN providers to collect and store a wide range of data on their customers for a period of five years. As reported by ENTRACKR, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in)…
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