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Meta Announces Price Cuts for VR Headsets, Including $500 Off Quest Pro
The Metaverse was on everyone’s lips in 2022, even though no one can really explain what the heck it is. With the internet zeitgeist now locked on AI chatbots in 2023, Meta appears to be reevaluating the high prices of … Continue reading
LG updates its loud and proud XBoom party speaker lineup
LG Electronics has launched new living-large, lighted party speakers in the form of Xboom XL7 and XL5. The big-daddy XL7 (as in eXtra Large) pumps 250 watts through an 8-inch woofer and twin 2.5-inch tweeters. The smaller XL5 features a … Continue reading
YouTubers Make 43-Inch Gaming Laptop Using Intel NUC, Plywood
Laptop manufacturers have focused on making systems thinner over the years. A pair of DIY YouTubers became unhappy with that trend and decided to go in the opposite direction. Just for fun and to see what it would look like, … Continue reading
This Week in Space: Stargates, Stardates, and the Leidenfrost Effect
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg by the crew access arm on the fixed service structure of Launch Complex 39A as fellow crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi exit the elevator … Continue reading
Amazon Enters the CPU Cooling Market With Basic RGB Cooling Tower
Retail behemoth Amazon has been making its own Basics branded items for many years. They’re usually just less expensive versions of popular items it sells. Amazon designs them, has a third party manufacture them, and then slaps its label on … Continue reading
NASA: DART Mission Proves Kinetic Impact Can Save Earth From Incoming Asteroids
NASA’s DART mission was a smashing success. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test ended last year with the spacecraft colliding with an asteroid known as Dimorphos. NASA announced in the following weeks that DART had altered the asteroid’s trajectory, and now … Continue reading
Biocomputers Using Human Brain Cells Could Overpower AI
Credit: peterschreiber.media/iStock/Getty Images (Credit: peterschreiber.media/iStock/Getty Images)Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It’s in your productivity apps and your video games; it’s writing blog posts and software; it’s conducting conversations and designing computer chips. Right now, it feels as though AI is an … Continue reading
The Moon Could Get Its Own Time Zone As Lunar Missions Multiply
Wednesday’s full moon, also known as the Cold Moon, as seen from the International Space Station. Image: NASA, via Johnson Space Center Flickr (Credit: NASA, via Johnson Space Center Flickr)When we refer to time-sensitive events, we tend to refer to … Continue reading
First AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX Benchmarks Beat Intel’s While Using Less Power
(Credit: AMD)Both Intel and AMD are almost done battling with their new desktop architectures. One more X3D V-Cache CPU is still coming out in April, but aside from that, both companies have all their chips on the table [Seriously? -Ed.]. … Continue reading
What’s up with YouTube TV video quality?
Looking for a unique way to drive yourself crazy? Try to find a clear correlation between a streaming TV service’s average bit rate and its perceived video quality. It’s not a fun exercise, but it’s one that a cadre of … Continue reading
