hardware & software Latest news and info (9)

Arkadiusz Strzala, 01 June 2021, 12:12

The new GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti cards will hit stores in early June 2021. Nvidia revealed the specs and pricing of the devices during the Computex 2021 conference.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 31 May 2021, 13:51

Soon the batteries of our smartphones will be charged in just a few minutes. Xiaomi presented a new technology called HyperCharge, which promises to be a real revolution in the world of chargers.

Hubert Sledziewski, 30 May 2021, 18:35

Steam may be planning to introduce a game library manager to make it easier for us to manage the titles installed on our drive.

Michal Ciezadlik, 28 May 2021, 14:12

There are many indications that a new PlayStation 5 model is about to hit the market. Last month, Sony filed a patent that may suggest that an improved revision of the console is already in the pipeline.

Angelika Kaldus, 28 May 2021, 13:51

According to the president of Microsoft, the reality of George Orwell's 1984 may come true in just a few years, at least in terms of AI development.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 27 May 2021, 13:56

Iran is taking strong measures against crypto mining. By introducing a temporary ban, the local authorities are trying to prevent excessive energy consumption caused mainly by unregistered farms mining BTC, among other things.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 May 2021, 13:40

Nintendo may finally reveal a refreshed version of its latest console. According to Bloomberg agency's sources, the new Switch model will hit the market later this year.

Angelika Kaldus, 27 May 2021, 11:35

Steam will change the look of its download and settings page, reports Pavel Djundik, creator of SteamDB and Steam Status websites.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 26 May 2021, 15:24

It looks like Valve is indeed working on a portable console called SteamPal. Information has surfaced online about what the new device from Gabe Newell's company may be.

Konrad Sarzynski, 26 May 2021, 13:06

Satya Nadella described the upcoming system update as the most important in a decade. What's in store for Microsoft's „next-gen Windows”?

Milosz Szubert, 25 May 2021, 17:32

Mysterious mentions of something called SteamPal have been found in the code of the latest Steam client beta. This is related to a thing codenamed Neptune. Observers speculate that this is about some new device, possibly a console, from Valve.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 25 May 2021, 13:11

The announced increases in chip prices are becoming a reality. A large part of manufacturers are raising them as we write these words, and some have already done so. Differences reach up to 30%, depending on the type of chip.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 25 May 2021, 12:02

Intel has reached another milestone in its proprietary manufacturing technology for the Meteor Lake family of CPUs. The 14th generation of Core CPUs is expected to bring the long-awaited change in lithography to 7nm.

Angelika Kaldus, 25 May 2021, 11:55

Bitcoin mining in China may be restricted or banned - the value of BTC is dipping.

Jacob Blazewicz, 24 May 2021, 19:35

We'll be waiting a long time for GeForce RTX 5000 GPU series, but apparently, they'll be worth it. Reliable sources suggest that the new chips based on Hopper architecture can offer up to 100 TFLOPS.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 24 May 2021, 17:04

Chia is eating up SSDs at an alarming rate, but this does not discourage its miners. The popularity of the new cryptocurrency is growing all the time.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 24 May 2021, 16:54

Leaks suggest that the next generation of AMD Zen 4 processors (including Ryzen 7000) will require a new socket - AM5. It will bring very big changes, including, above all, support for DDR5 RAM.

Adrian Werner, 24 May 2021, 14:10

The patent applications suggest that Sony is planning a system to recognize players' facial expressions and send emotes based on that knowledge. Another idea from the company is to automatically detect when we're not doing well in a game and give us help in the form of video content.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 22 May 2021, 18:34

TSMC and its partners are working on 1nm processor manufacturing technology. This lithography may be another breakthrough in the miniaturization and energy efficiency of chips.

Milosz Szubert, 21 May 2021, 14:45

According to data from independent analytics group Ampere Analysis, the PlayStation 5 sold more than twice as well as the Xbox Series X/S in the first quarter of this year. However, both of these platforms were clearly beaten by the Nintendo Switch.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 20 May 2021, 17:06

Big changes coming to one of the major cryptocurrencies - ETH. You can even risk calling these updates a small revolution. Is it possible that the twilight of crypto mining as we know it today is coming?

Bart Swiatek, 20 May 2021, 12:38

According to leaks that have surfaced online, Nvidia may be planning to release a GPU with even more processing power than the GeForce RTX 3090.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 May 2021, 21:58

Microsoft is going to end support for Internet Explorer on Windows 10 devices. We will say goodbye to the browser next year.

Angelika Kaldus, 19 May 2021, 20:20

The new May 21H1 update for Windows 10 removes Adobe Flash Player and Edge Legacy, and improves the performance of some Microsoft features.

Martin Nothing, 18 May 2021, 12:41

Following the situation on the GPU market, we can easily see that their current prices are a deterrent to purchase. The amounts we would have to spend on GeForce RTX 3000 or Radeon RX 6000 are even three times higher than suggested by Nvidia and AMD. .

Martin Nothing, 17 May 2021, 13:37

Last Tuesday, Windows 10 received another major update as part of Patch Tuesday. Unfortunately, once again, the patch turned out to be infested with annoying bugs. What was broken in Windows 10 this time?

Arkadiusz Strzala, 15 May 2021, 15:38

A group of scientists has developed an early prototype of an implant that enables paralyzed people to write. The new method is much faster than current solutions. How many characters can be written in a minute this way?

Martin Nothing, 13 May 2021, 19:32

The requests of gamers around the world have apparently been heard. The DualSense controller known from PlayStation 5 will receive new alternative color variants. What versions will join the standard white model?

Martin Nothing, 12 May 2021, 20:32

It turns out that the increasingly popular Chia cryptocurrency does not only affect the availability and prices increase of SSDs. First information about the increased failure rate of SSD media, which wear out very quickly during the mining proces, appeared on the web.

Konrad Sarzynski, 11 May 2021, 18:57

PlayStation 5 is still hard to buy even though it's been more than six months since its release. New predictions have emerged that Sony won't be able to meet demand for the PS5 in 2022 either.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 11 May 2021, 18:56

The new generation of Intel Alder Lake-S CPUs is expected to arrive before the end of 2021. This could be quite an event, because the new CPUs not only offer much better performance, but also support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 and departure from the 14 nm process.

Bart Swiatek, 11 May 2021, 18:37

A leak published by UploadVR suggests that the new VR goggles from Sony will display images in 4K resolution. We will also get a lot of interesting features and improvements.

Angelika Kaldus, 10 May 2021, 17:58

Elon Musk joked on Saturday Night Live that Dogecoin is a scam. The stock price plummeted. Now SpaceX will send a satellite to the moon and pay for it in Dogecoin.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 10 May 2021, 17:40

Another increase in DRAM prices may be the result of price collusion by the largest manufacturers. Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have once again been charged by law firm Hagens Berman.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 07 May 2021, 19:16

IBM has manufactured the first chip in 2 nm lithography in laboratory conditions. Future processors based on this technology will be able to consume 75% less power than current 7nm models.

Konrad Sarzynski, 07 May 2021, 15:35

Microsoft's Windows 10 update 21H2 „Sun Valley” will refresh the look of the icons, which haven't changed much since Windows 95. The new icon design will be much more modern.

Michal Ciezadlik, 07 May 2021, 15:33

A large vulnerability in Qualcomm's component security systems has been discovered. The consequence of the security hole could expose many Android smartphones to eavesdropping.

Martin Nothing, 06 May 2021, 18:53

The previous generation of consoles set a new trend with refreshed versions of hardware and the current generation may continue it. However, no one expected that a new version of the PlayStation 5 with a cheaper AMD processor could go into production so soon.

Martin Nothing, 06 May 2021, 15:20

After almost half a year after the release of Radeon RX 6900 XT has passed, first information about its successor, based on RDNA 3 architecture, appeared on the web. RX 7900 XT is to be up to three times more efficient than the current AMD flagship.

Bart Swiatek, 05 May 2021, 15:14

Thanks to recent price increases, capialization of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency reached nearly $87.7 billion. This means that it has a higher market value than companies like Nintendo, Activision Blizzard, Ford and Twitter.

Milosz Piotrowski, 04 May 2021, 20:38

Adobe Flash Player will soon disappear from Windows 10 forever. Microsoft has announced that the plug-in will be removed from the system with a special update.

Konrad Sarzynski, 04 May 2021, 14:38

Discord and Sony are teaming up. The popular messenger is to be integrated with PlayStation Network, making it easier for gamers to communicate. Sony has acquired Discord's shares, but the company will remain independent.

Adrian Piotrowski, 03 May 2021, 16:17

Nintendo has ambitious plans for its flagship Switch console. An upgraded version of the hybrid device is due out this year, and the Japanese giant is also aiming to beat the sales performance of the Nintendo Wii.

Witold Ciemierz, 30 April 2021, 14:28

Caviar is once again attracting attention with its unusual ideas. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight, it presents a customized model of Apple's iPhone 12. A gold Tesla Model S was also created.

Jacob Blazewicz, 29 April 2021, 15:27

According to unofficial reports, Nvidia is preparing to refresh the entire GeForce RTX 3000 series. Apparently, crypto miners have contributed to the release of the new revision of all Ampere GPUs. What changes can we expect?

Angelika Kaldus, 29 April 2021, 14:41

Roman Sterlingov allegedly laundered 1.2 million BTC, worth nearly $336 million. He was arrested in Los Angeles after 10 years of operating the Bitcoin Fog mixing service.

Jacob Blazewicz, 28 April 2021, 20:28

PlayStation 5 shortages will continue for a long time to come. Sony's Hiroki Totoki confirmed in an investor call that there's no chance of a drastic increase in shipments this fiscal year, even after the company considered redesigning the console.

Bart Swiatek, 28 April 2021, 11:33

Sony has released another financial report, which includes information on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 console sales.

Milosz Szubert, 27 April 2021, 18:19

Sony has released a new firmware update for the PlayStation 5, numbered 21.01-03.10.00. It weighs in at just over 900 MB and its main purpose is to improve the console's performance.

Michal Ciezadlik, 27 April 2021, 17:26

Thanks to a grandson's creativity, his grandmother will be able to communicate with her loved ones in an easy way. His device adapts text and voice messages from Telegram to receive and send them using analogue means.