U K police are warning the public about fake vaccination booking messages being sent to people’s phones by fraudsters trying to cash in on the pandemic. City of London Police say scam text messages advertise a counterfeit coronavirus booking form and ask for personal information, such as people’s bank details – which the NHS […]
Samsung confirms it is phasing out chargers and headphones from future devices
A hot potato: After mocking Apple for removing the charging bricks from its iPhones, Samsung made the same move with its recently unveiled Galaxy S21 series—and the purge isn’t stopping there. The world’s number one smartphone company has confirmed that its future devices will also ship without chargers and earphones. Rumors that Samsung would “do […]
Top 10 Most Significant AMD GPUs of All Time
There’s plenty of graphics history and technology to unpack here. When AMD purchased ATI, it didn’t just absorb the company, but continued its reputation of being a graphics powerhouse for years to come. Looking back, you can see how AMD set itself up for this kind of success although for many years it didn’t look […]
Nvidia is launching a new Pascal-based card, the GT 1010
In brief: Nvidia is quietly preparing a new graphics card, but it’s not the elusive RTX 3080 Ti or RTX 3050—it’s the Pascal-based GT 1010. Almost five years have passed since the architecture used in 10-series cards such as the GTX 1080 launched, and team green is still squeezing life out of the Maxwell successor. […]
Virgin Orbit sees its first commercial launch carrying satellites for NASA
TL;DR: For the first time, Virgin Orbit’s customized Boeing 747 will escalate to 35,000 ft and drop a rocket carrying several small satellites for NASA, hoping to send them into orbit. This will be the startup’s first commercial flight and its biggest test since its failed mission last May. Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s satellite […]
Intel’s next-gen processors have fewer cores but cost extra, according to retailers
Highly anticipated: Several European retailers have listed 11th-gen Intel processors, codenamed Rocket Lake. It’s a slim sequence, with solely two meaningfully distinct designs. It’s additionally a bit troubled, with fewer cores than the earlier era and better costs throughout the board. Rocket Lake does have one factor going for it, although — some good symmetry. […]
