Intel to release overclocking tool
Intel is planning to release the Performance Maximizer – a new, free way to bring added performance to your system. Confidently add performance to select 9th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Performance Maximizer. This hyper-intelligent automated processor overclocking tool examines your processor’s individual performance DNA and programs personalized settings for custom overclocking made simple….
The real cost of cutting the cord
USA Today has posted an article discussing what streaming companies don’t want you to know about the real cost of cord cutting. But like most great things in life, cutting the cord is complicated. There are so many streaming options that it’s hard to settle on only one or two. Do it wrong, and cord-cutters…
New FireFox Update Offers Better Cryptomining Protection
The new release of FireFox is faster, with better protections built in. In August 2018, we shared our adapted approach to anti-tracking to address growing consumer demand for features and services that respect online privacy. One of the three key areas we said we’d tackle was mitigating harmful practices like fingerprintingwhich builds a digital fingerprint that tracks…
The moon is shrinking
The moon may look stable, but it is shrinking…but it’s pretty miniscule. As its interior continues to cool and contract — it’s believed to have slimmed down by about 150 feet over the last few hundred million years — our solitary natural satellite is being rocked by moonquakes and its brittle, pockmarked crust crisscrossed by…
New ‘Minecraft Earth’ to be like Pokeman Go
A new Minecraft is coming out. A new game, “Minecraft Earth,” coming this summer for mobile devices (Android and iOS), uses augmented reality – à la “Pokémon Go” – to let you find objects in real-world locations and place objects from the game there, too. For more, check out this USA Today story.
Record set for deepest dive…and finds trash
“Explorer and businessman Victor Vescovo descended 35,853 feet into the Pacific Ocean, breaking the record for deepest dive ever. At the very bottom, he found colorful rocky structures, weird critters and the ever-pervasive mark of humankind — plastic.” For more, check out this NBC News story.
Security vulnerability: Intel “yes”, AMD “no”
Looks like a pretty nasty vulnerability is affecting Intel processors, but not AMD. From Intel – First identified by Intel’s internal researchers and partners, and independently reported to Intel by external researchers, MDS is a sub-class of previously disclosed speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities and is comprised of four related techniques. Under certain conditions, MDS…
Free TV with Pluto TV
If you don’t mind throwback sitcoms, vintage movies, reality shows and nature specials, Pluto TV is an option. Pluto TV, one of a group of free, advertising-supported platforms with a sprawling library of reruns and old movies — and a clear-cut sales pitch. For more, check out this NBC News story.
Tech Giants Are Desperate to Provide Your Voice Assistant
Top tech companies in the world are spending billions of dollars investing in voice assistants and smart speakers. Why? Voice assistants represent the third key UI and technology platform shift of the past three decades, following the web in the 1990’s and smartphones about 10 years ago. Each successive UI shift changed the way humans…
Microsoft’s Chromium-powered Edge browser roadmap
Neowin has posted an article discussing what’s in and out for Microsoft’s upcoming Chromium-powered Edge browser. The new privacy controls include three settings: unrestricted, balanced, and strict. It’s all about deciding how you can be tracked by the web, and balanced is the default. Microsoft seems to be committed to user privacy, noting that while…