Fan of big CPU air coolers? This one weighs 4.4 pounds
We've seen some meaty CPU air coolers in the past: Noctua has its 3.3-pound fanless cooler, there's Thermalright's 4.1-pound True Copper passive heatsink, and CoolerMaster's 1.9-pound V8. The IceGiant ProSiphon Elite, which was recently released to t.....»»
White House Weighs Wide-Ranging Push For Crypto Oversight
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The Biden administration is weighing an executive order on cryptocurrencies as part of an effort to set up a government-wide approach to the white-hot asset class, according to people familiar with.....»»
Joaquin Phoenix weighs in on those Joker 2 rumors
Actor Joaquin Phoenix has weighed in on the possibility of a sequel to 2019’s Joker......»»
Intel will equip certain Alder Lake-M and Alder Lake-S processors with a GT3 Xe graphics engine
Intel's first batch of Alder Lake processors for desktops will break cover in the coming weeks, and we've already seen extensive leaks for everything from specifications, benchmark results, motherboard chipsets, new stock coolers, as well as what to.....»»
FTC Weighs New Online Privacy Rules
The Federal Trade Commission is considering strengthening online privacy protections, including for children, in an effort to bypass legislative logjams in Congress. WSJ: The rules under consideration could impose significant new obligations on busin.....»»
White House Weighs Invoking Defense Law To Get Chip Data
The Biden administration is considering invoking a Cold War-era national security law to force companies in the semiconductor supply chain to provide information on inventory and sales of chips, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Thursday. From a.....»»
Microsoft unveils its "most portable" 2-in-1 yet, the Surface Go 3, starting at $400
Microsoft just unveiled its new Surface Go 3 during its fall Surface keynote. It called the Surface Go 3 the "most portable" Surface 2-in-1 it has produced. The Surface Go 3, at its lightest, weighs just 1.2 pounds with a 10.5-inch 1920×1280 touch d.....»»
ASC 100: Thailand"s Kulthorn Kirby
Established in 1980 in Bangkok, Kulthorn Kirby manufactures and sells refrigerators, freezers, water coolers, commercial refrigerators, and closed compressors for ventilation systems......»»
Virgin Media Subscribers Told To Pay "Thousands of Pounds" To Settle Piracy Laws
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Virgin Media subscribers receiving letters accusing them of movie piracy may find that settling their cases will be a costly affair. TorrentFreak understands that settlement demands run to severa.....»»
Tesla is building an AI-powered humanoid robot called Tesla Bot
The Tesla Bot is codenamed Optimus. It stands 5’8” tall and tips the scales at 125 pounds. Musk said the bot has a top speed of around five miles an hour, meaning most humans should be able to easily outrun it. Tesla Bot won’t feature Hulk-like.....»»
The best AIO coolers for your PC
The best AIO coolers will keep your CPU cooler while staying quiet. Here are the top liquid coolers to look out for in 2021......»»
Noctua cooler owners can grab Alder Lake mounting kits for free once the CPUs launch
Noctua says its new NM-i17xx-MP83 and NM-i17xx-MP78 SecuFirm2 mounting kits will allow its coolers with both 83 and 78mm mounting pitch to work with LGA 1700. The kits are said to offer straightforward installation and don't require any pre-assembly.....»»
Paleoclimatologist weighs in on "hot drought" as a lead author on IPCC climate report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, has released the first of three climate reports expected in the coming months, and a University of Arizona faculty member is a lead author, continuing the university's tradition of contributing.....»»
Decades of research bring quantum dots to brink of widespread use
A new article in Science magazine gives an overview of almost three decades of research into colloidal quantum dots, assesses the technological progress for these nanometer-sized specs of semiconductor matter, and weighs the remaining challenges on t.....»»
How Google Quietly Funds Europe"s Leading Tech Policy Institutes
Google has provided tens of millions of pounds of funding to academics investigating issues closely related to its business model. From a report: A recent scientific paper proposed that, like Big Tobacco in the Seventies, Big Tech thrives on creating.....»»
China Weighs Unprecedented Penalty for Didi After US IPO
Chinese regulators are considering serious, perhaps unprecedented, penalties for Didi Global after its controversial initial public offering last month, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. From a report: Regulato.....»»
OWC announces Envoy Pro SX Thunderbolt portable SSD
OWC's new Envoy Pro SX external Thunderbolt 3 SSD combines speed and durability, making it a versatile drive that can handle whatever you throw at it.The Envoy Pro SX is compact, and smaller than most smartphones. In addition, it only weighs half a p.....»»
Check out this modern take on the classic luggable PC
Luggable PCs, which first arrived in the early 1980s, could weigh between 15 and 30 pounds and were usually only slightly easier to move around than a standard desktop from the time. PCPartPicker user Ragnar84 has given the luggable a contemporary re.....»»
Hear CEOs from Green Li-Ion, AMP Robotics and Material Evolution discuss high-tech solutions to waste management
According to the EPA, the U.S. alone produces 292.4 million tons of municipal solid waste a year. That figure works out to around 4.9 pounds per person, per day. To say the world – and the United States in particular – has a waste problem is putt.....»»
NASA chief reminds Congress they’re the ones not funding a lunar lander
"You can only get so many pounds of potatoes out of a five-pound sack." Enlarge / Bill Nelson was confirmed by the US Senate to become NASA administrator on April 30. (credit: NASA) NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the space agency expects.....»»
Las Vegas weighs tying growth to conservation amid drought
Record-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions of new residents in the decades ahead......»»