The Full Nerd ep. 146: AMD Ryzen 4000 G, Nvidia 12-pin power rumors, and Q&A

The Full Nerd ep. 146: AMD Ryzen 4000 G, Nvidia 12-pin power rumors, and Q&A

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Full Nerd ep. 146: AMD Ryzen 4000 G, Nvidia 12-pin power rumors, and Q&A In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray dive into AMD’s latest APUs, rumors of a 12-pin power connector on … Read more

PubMed Leaps Into Pseudoscience, Links 5G, Coronavirus

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   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] PubMed Leaps Into Pseudoscience, Links 5G, Coronavirus PubMed is a free life science and biomedical database anyone can search to find papers published on various topics. It’s been free to the public since 1997, and it’s often referenced by people looking for recent medical … Read more

Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service

Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Plex is targeting channel-surfing cord-cutters, adding 80-plus channels to its free streaming TV service Channel surfing is becoming the new on-demand, with Plex becoming the latest streaming video service to add a swath of live—and free, ad-supported—streaming TV channels to its lineup. Mentioned in … Read more

Twitter’s Dorsey addresses massive hack as revenue slumps, users soar

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Twitter’s Dorsey addresses massive hack as revenue slumps, users soar Twitter reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday before the market opened. James Martin/CNET Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday tried to quell security concerns about the social network after hackers hijacked the accounts of … Read more

Why AMD says we’ll be buying a lot of PCs this year

Why AMD says we'll be buying a lot of PCs this year

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Why AMD says we’ll be buying a lot of PCs this year AMD has a dream that we’ll all buy more PCs, including AMD-based ones, of course—and that dream just may be coming true. Citing data from the National Retail Federation, Rick Bergman, AMD’s … Read more

Roku’s ‘neutral platform’ days are over

Roku's 'neutral platform' days are over

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Roku’s ‘neutral platform’ days are over Roku got far in the streaming wars by framing itself as a neutral party. With its inexpensive, straightforward streaming devices that practically anyone could publish on, Roku became a hit with cord-cutters and a valuable platform for content … Read more

PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More

PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More PUBG for PC and consoles received its 8.1 update that brings a revamped Sanhok map, a loot truck, an updated Survivor Pass, and several other … Read more

Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft’s sales as the world works from home

Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft's sales as the world works from home

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Xbox gaming, Windows drive Microsoft’s sales as the world works from home As consumers worked on Windows PCs during the pandemic and played games on their Xbox in the evening, Microsoft benefited from both trends. In a shift from prior quarters, Microsoft’s More Personal … Read more

This miniature USB-powered desktop fan is under $10

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] This miniature USB-powered desktop fan is under $10 Gafild There are only two things I keep plugged into the USB hub on my desk: a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica, complete with glowing eye and sound effect, and a small fan to beat the heat … Read more

Microsoft’s latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact

Microsoft's latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Microsoft’s latest Windows beta connects with Eye Contact Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Insider build reanimates the often passed-over Surface app, adding a new capability: a way to use AI so that your eyes appear to meet the gaze of those you’re speaking to on … Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 4000 G-series chips arrive, but the company promises you’ll want the next chip instead

The AMD Ryzen 4000 G chips are for mainstream desktop PCs

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] AMD’s Ryzen 4000 G-series chips arrive, but the company promises you’ll want the next chip instead Describing its newest line of Ryzen 4000 G and Ryzen Pro 4000 G chips with graphics cores as the “ultimate” desktop chips, on Tuesday AMD unleashed no fewer … Read more

The Asus ROG 3 and Lenovo Legion Android gaming phones feel like the end of an era

The Asus ROG 3 and Lenovo Legion Android gaming phones feel like the end of an era

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Asus ROG 3 and Lenovo Legion Android gaming phones feel like the end of an era While the gaming world anxiously awaits the next piece of information about the next-generation of Playstation and Xbox consoles arriving later this year, Asus and Lenovo are … Read more

Quantum Tunneling Is Not Instantaneous, Physicists Show

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Quantum Tunneling Is Not Instantaneous, Physicists Show Although it would not get you past a brick wall and onto Platform 9¾ to catch the Hogwarts Express, quantum tunneling—in which a particle “tunnels” through a seemingly insurmountable barrier—remains a confounding, intuition-defying phenomenon. Now Toronto-based experimental … Read more

COVID Pandemic Shows Telecommuting Can Help Fight Climate Change

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] COVID Pandemic Shows Telecommuting Can Help Fight Climate Change As COVID-19 forced many workers across the U.S. to move from downtown office towers to spare rooms and kitchen tables, their commutes shrank from an average of almost 30 minutes (often in bumper-to-bumper traffic) to … Read more

COVID-19 Pandemic Shows Telecommuting Can Help Fight Climate Change

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] COVID-19 Pandemic Shows Telecommuting Can Help Fight Climate Change As COVID-19 forced many workers across the U.S. to move from downtown office towers to spare rooms and kitchen tables, their commutes shrank from an average of almost 30 minutes (often in bumper-to-bumper traffic) to … Read more

XPG Xenia 15: This Intel-designed laptop is light and fast

XPG Xenia 15: This Intel-designed laptop is light and fast

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] XPG Xenia 15: This Intel-designed laptop is light and fast The XPG Xenia 15 may not look “new” to you if you’ve been conditioned to consider “old hardware” obsolete the day the new models come out. But it’s actually proof that prior-generation parts can be … Read more

Johnson Controls’ Lux CS1 smart thermostat review: A rather ho-hum addition to a crowded market

Johnson Controls’ Lux CS1 smart thermostat review: A rather ho-hum addition to a crowded market

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Johnson Controls’ Lux CS1 smart thermostat review: A rather ho-hum addition to a crowded market Johnson Controls acquired smart thermostat maker Lux Products in late 2018, and the Lux CS1 follows in the footsteps of that company’s affordable GEO and Kono products, which are … Read more

Rocket League Turns Free-to-Play Later in Summer 2020 as It Hits Epic Games Store

Rocket League Turns Free-to-Play Later in Summer 2020 as It Hits Epic Games Store

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Rocket League Turns Free-to-Play Later in Summer 2020 as It Hits Epic Games Store Rocket League will soon be free-to-play. Epic Games-owned developer Psyonix has announced its football-meets-cars multiplayer video game is dropping its paywall later in summer 2020. When that happens, Rocket League … Read more

FCA, Waymo team up on Level 4 self-driving commercial vehicles

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] FCA, Waymo team up on Level 4 self-driving commercial vehicles The Ram ProMaster commercial vehicle will be the first vehicle to benefit from the new Waymo/FCA L4 autonomy partnership. Ram Leading autonomous vehicle development firm Waymo and Fiat Chrysler have been working together for … Read more

Apple to Remove Carbon From Supply Chain, Products by 2030

Apple to Remove Carbon From Supply Chain, Products by 2030

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Apple to Remove Carbon From Supply Chain, Products by 2030 Apple said on Tuesday it plans to remove carbon emissions from its entire business, including its products and sprawling supply chain, over the next decade. The iPhone maker said its global corporate operations such … Read more

How experts say you can stop a hack like what happened to Twitter

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] How experts say you can stop a hack like what happened to Twitter Twitter was hacked in mid-July through a social engineering scheme that targeted employees, which resulted in world-famous people’s accounts tweeting a bitcoin scam. The attack shows key areas of vulnerability for … Read more

AMD demos how fast Ryzen 4000 laptops are in Adobe Premiere Pro

AMD demos how fast Ryzen 4000 laptops are in Adobe Premiere Pro

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] AMD demos how fast Ryzen 4000 laptops are in Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro acceleration usually gets love from Nvidia’s CUDA and Intel’s QuickSync, but AMD has joined the party too. The company posted a blog on Tuesday morning highlighting that the recent … Read more