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The FCC recently made it $2B cheaper for companies like Verizon to roll out 5G service, claiming the decision would boost investment. Verizon’s response? “Nah.” The post Verizon Won’t Accelerate 5G Rollout, Despite FCC Fee Reductions appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Nvidia and AMD are the big winners in a new supercomputer announcement that will put Epyc and Tesla silicon in Cray’s latest Shasta system. The post Nvidia Tesla, AMD Epyc to Power New Berkeley Supercomputer appeared first on ExtremeTech.

If my recent assignments are any indication, Canada is the new hotbed of speaker technology. Case in point: Fluance’s Ai40, a $200 pair of nicely sonorous bookshelf speakers with all the Bluetooth accouterments—including aptX support. Their secret? Messing with your … Continue reading →

Intel may shift manufacturing to TSMC as it works to boost 14nm deployment and CPU shipments. The post Intel May Outsource Chipsets, Atom Production to TSMC appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Here we are at the end of October, and there’s still no October update following an embarrassing rollback. The post Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘October’ Update Isn’t Launching in October appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Dwarfed by shows such as CES, NYC’s PhotoPlus Expo gathers the faithful. Every year, a changing array of cameras, gadgets, accessories and seminar. The post 10 Best Camera and Video Accessories from PhotoPlus Expo appeared first on ExtremeTech.

The OEMs trying to make Windows on ARM a reality are repeating some of Intel’s biggest mistakes with its own x86 tablet platform. The post Windows-Based ARM Laptops Are Repeating Intel’s Clover Trail Mistake appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Kepler’s mission has ended due to a lack of fuel. The good work begun by the Kepler space telescope will be continued by its successor, TESS. The post So Long, and Thanks for All the Planets: NASA Retires the Kepler … Continue reading →

The Fire TV Stick 4K is the media streamer that Amazon should have released years ago. Cooler than a Roku and much cheaper than an Apple TV, the new $50 streaming dongle offers 4K HDR video in every conceivable format … Continue reading →

Angry users are reporting what appear to be high (and in some cases, repeated) failures for Nvidia’s new top-end RTX 2080 Ti Turing GPU. The post Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti May Be Failing at Abnormally High Rates appeared first on … Continue reading →