Author: Agitator!!

Believe it or not, add-in sound cards are still around. Creative Technology launched their most advanced PCI-e sound cards ever – the Sound Blaster AE-9 and Sound Blaster AE-7. Sound Blaster AE-9 is Creative’s flagship PCI-e sound card, and it more than delivers on its promise to gratify the needs of pro-gamers and pro-audio users….

FORM is sorta like Google Glass, but for swimming. On Tuesday, the Vancouver-based startup FORM unveiled a pair of premium swim goggles that have AR integrated into the lens and an onboard computer that uses artificial intelligence to track metrics. For more, check out this USA Today story.

Getting settled into my new digs. Might take a little longer to get things up and running.

Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US coast. For more, check out this Science Alert story.

Sorry for the lack of updates. I am in the process of changing jobs so things will be a little hit or miss until it settles down.

The Wall Street Journal reported the U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular tech be made outside of China. The shift could force telecom giants like Nokia and Ericsson to move production outside of China in order to continue providing equipment to the U.S., the world’s largest market for telecom equipment and services,…

Flying car startups are aiming to begin test flights as early as next year. As Uber forges ahead with plans for a flying taxi service in 2023, other startups are unveiling futuristic air mobility vehicles, suggesting that a “Jetsons”-like transportation system may be closer than you think. For more, check out this USA Today story.

Wow, the I/O bandwidth doubles every three years. PCI-SIG today announced that PCI Express (PCIe) 6.0 technology will double the data rate to 64 GT/s while maintaining backwards compatibility with previous generations and delivering power efficiency and cost-effective performance. The PCIe 6.0 specification is actively targeted for release in 2021. PCIe 6.0 Specification Features Delivers…

The hunt for the cause of massive South America power outage is just beginning. As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout that hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid and were tallying the damage…

After installing the latest Windows 10 update, I can’t return from Sleep without getting a Power Driver Failure error. It then has to reboot. Everything was working fine until this patch.