Month: May 2023
What two-thirds of car dealerships are missing in the US
Electric vehicles just aren’t easy to find in American car dealerships, a survey by the environmental group Sierra Club confirms. Two-thirds of car dealerships surveyed across the US didn’t have a single battery electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid for sale. That doesn’t line up with the Biden administration’s climate goals,…
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Amazon’s best snack has been out of stock for months, and I want answers
Modern life is full of tragedies. There are the big ones — the climate crisis, living in late-stage capitalism, take your pick — but the little ones sting, too. Like finding out that there are 200,000 people ahead of you in the queue for Taylor Swift tickets or taking a…
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The Ask Jeeves-ification of online search
There are some who will tell you that Ask Jeeves was right all along. I’m less sure that’s true. In fact, I am starting to think that if you are a technical person who is considering a startup, Google’s fascination with adding a slow and unreliable AI chat to its…
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MSI’s new Bravo gaming laptops could give Acer and HP a run for their money
MSI launched its brand new version of the Bravo series packing some serious components heat under the hood, unlike the underpowered MSI Bravo 15 from 2022 that used AMD 5000-series graphics. This new lineup is, according to KLGadgetGuy (opens in new tab), are outfitted with current-gen AMD CPUs and Nvidia…
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LG’s 65-inch C2 OLED is down to nearly its best price to date
Despite being last year’s model, the C2 strikes a great balance between performance and price. The newer C3 model offers more processing power and new picture modes, but otherwise, it’s a relatively minor update. Like the C3, the 2022 model features a 120Hz refresh rate and Dolby Vision, as well…
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Oppo gives up on building custom chips for its flagship phones
Bloomberg reports Oppo’s Zeku division was set up in 2019 and carried about 200 patents in its Shanghai division. Like Apple, Oppo started making its own co-processors for imaging and other smartphone components but had not successfully launched its own SoC to get away from relying on other companies for…
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