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In a nutshell: Lexar recently announced a handful of cutting-edge mobile storage products including the world’s first SD card constructed of 316 stainless steel. Another card in Lexar’s new product lineup is attracting attention for its blazing fast performance, but it’s not something buyers will be able to take advantage of right away… or maybe, […]

What just happened? Amazon is ending the pandemic-era remote and hybrid work arrangements that many of its corporate employees have become accustomed to over the past few years. In a memo this week, CEO Andy Jassy made it clear that starting in 2025, employees will be required to work in the office five days a

The big picture: Intel’s processor and manufacturing businesses have encountered strong headwinds recently. The company tried to strengthen its revenue stream two years ago by breaking AMD’s near-total dominance of the lucrative gaming console sector. Ultimately, Intel may have lost a deal worth tens of billions. Anonymous sources revealed that Intel unsuccessfully bid to design

In brief: Intel generously extended the warranties for 13th and 14th-generation Raptor Lake CPUs following an epidemic of crashes earlier this year. However, the company’s customer service has proven somewhat chaotic, with dwindling stock leading to lucky results for some users and unfortunate outcomes for others. Users requesting replacements or refunds for Intel Raptor Lake

Why it matters: Apple just launched a slew of new OS updates across its entire product line. In addition to the latest software, it released security patches and bug fixes for the outgoing operating systems. Updating your device is simple enough, but knowing whether you should is a loaded question. On Monday, Apple released several

Tiny Apple Potato: While criminals are working hard to turn retro gaming into a viable (though unlawful) business venture, law-abiding fans of everything retro are using 3D printers to replicate their favorite classic machines. The Adventures in Retro Computing (ARC) channel created a fully-functional, micro-sized Apple IIe model, which the YouTuber said would be a

WTF?! The automobile is a sanctuary for private conversations, but that may become a thing of the past if Ford ever develops a patent it has filed to listen to in-vehicle conversations for targeted advertising purposes. The patent is part of a broader industry shift in which automakers are increasingly exploring ways to monetize user

Cutting corners: Samsung’s Texas semiconductor fab was intended to be a key facility for the mass production of advanced processes below 4nm. However, several setbacks have raised questions about Samsung’s ability to compete in the advanced chip manufacturing space. The company is rapidly losing ground to TSMC, and unless it regains its footing, its decline

Zen 5 sales have not gone well at all. AMD is struggling to sell Ryzen 9000 CPUs, and this is having a flow-on effect across the rest of the CPU market. Now that we’re about a month on from the launch of Zen 5, it’s time to take a look at what impact it’s had,

Calculating risks: Although the concept can be traced back to earlier literary works and philosophical discussions, the movie Minority Report brought the idea of authorities stopping crimes before they happen into the mainstream. Now, that vision may soon become a reality, thanks to researchers in South Korea. The country’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has