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Why it matters: If you’re tired of your cable or fiber internet cutting out at the worst possible times, T-Mobile has a new backup plan that might be worth considering. The Un-carrier just announced Home Internet Backup, offering traditional internet service provider customers an affordable way to stay online when their primary connection fails. With […]

A hot potato: Microsoft’s Recall feature is being universally slammed for the privacy implications that come from screenshotting everything you do on a computer. However, at least one person seems to think the concerns are overblown. Unsurprisingly, it’s Microsoft Research’s chief scientist, who didn’t really give an answer when asked about Recall’s negative points. Update:

Forward-looking: In the highly competitive electric vehicle market, Rivian’s second generation flagship vehicles have an edge: the dual Nvidia Drive Orin processors powering their Autonomy Compute Module. This upgrade improves range, performance, and computing power. The carmaker claims the system delivers 10 times more performance than before and features eight times the number of camera

The big picture: Teenagers and young adults of the late 1990s will remember Winamp as the de facto music player on their Windows PCs. If tinkering with electronics and fabrication is your jam, give Linamp a look. It brings Winamp to the physical plane, allowing you to touch this piece of history. It is a

In brief: Sony has removed the 8K logo from retail PlayStation 5 packaging, seemingly walking back the notion that its current-gen gaming console will ever be able to output in the high-res standard. Meanwhile, the possibility of a PS5 Pro arriving as soon as late this year becomes ever stronger. When Sony launched the PlayStation

Why it matters: Gift card scams are a serious problem for uninformed consumers and, by extension, the retailers whose cards have been stolen, with approximately $217 million lost to this form of fraud last year. Critics say retailers aren’t doing enough to stop the problem, but some retailers are investing considerable sums in technology to

What just happened? Intel threw down the gauntlet against Nvidia in the heated battle for AI hardware supremacy. At Computex this week, CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled pricing for Intel’s next-gen Gaudi 2 and Gaudi 3 AI accelerator chips, and the numbers look disruptive. Pricing for products like these is typically kept hidden from the public,

Forward-looking: You’ve probably heard of Thunderbolt and plain USB-C docking stations. But there’s a third option that’s been quietly gaining steam: docks using Synaptics’ DisplayLink technology. This fall, they’re rolling out the next evolution, called DisplayLink Pro, which aims to up the ante. DisplayLink docks provide an alternative to pricier Thunderbolt options by using data

In context: AMD’s pioneering 3D V-Cache technology, which vertically stacks additional cache memory onto the processor die, has been a game-changer for PC gaming performance. The cache uses a high-speed memory buffer that stores vertex data to enhance the performance of 3D graphics applications. However, the chipmaker isn’t resting on its laurels, hinting at plans

Highly anticipated: Fans have been expecting 2K Games to make a major announcement at this year’s Summer Game Fest, but the nature of the reveal was unclear until a slip-up on the publisher’s website. The new entry in the iconic strategy game series will likely be among numerous announcements at the Summer Game Fest. Eagle-eyed