Ladybug swarm detected by weather radar
Yikes! A ladybug swarm was detected by weather radar over Southern California. When National Weather Service radar picked up a giant blob moving swiftly over southwestern San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, around 8 p.m., forecasters at the agency’s San Diego office called spotters on the ground, who told them it was an enormous…
How do robocallers have our numbers?
USA Today has posted a story about 5 ways to avoid being put on robocall lists. The good news is that there are ways to avoid robocall companies from getting your number. Although these steps cannot guarantee you will not receive robocalls – any phone number can be randomly generated and called using robocall technology…
World’s largest airplane for rocket launches may be grounded
Doh! The world’s largest airplane may be grounded after just one flight. Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, the space company founded by late billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, is closing operations, cutting short ambitious plans to challenge traditional aerospace companies in a new “space race,” four people familiar with the matter said on Friday. For…
Microsoft introduces Variable Refresh Rate
With Windows Version 1903, Microsoft has added a new toggle in Graphics Settings for variable refresh rate. Variable refresh rate (VRR) is similar to NVIDIA’s G-SYNC and VESA DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync. This new OS support is only to augment these experiences and does not replace them. You should continue to use G-SYNC / Adaptive-Sync normally. This…
Quake II RTX Available On Windows and Linux June 6th
Here’s a surprise for an oldie, but goody…Quake II RTX is coming out. Now, we can confirm that Quake II RTX will be released on June 6th, 2019. If you have a GeForce RTX graphics card, or other capable hardware, you can experience the first 3 levels of the game for free, fully remastered with path-traced…
Why do my iPhone screens crack so easily?
USA Today takes a look at why iPhone screens crack so easy. There’s a reason so many of us are cracking phone screens seemingly more than ever. They don’t make them like they used to. As smartphones got bigger, yet thinner, they’ve become “super fragile and easy to break,” he says. “The new ones are…
What’s with all the tornadoes?
The number of tornadoes per outbreak is increasing, but explaining why isn’t so easy. There are two main ingredients that help tornadoes form: atmospheric instability, typically from a buildup of moisture and heat in the atmosphere, and wind shear, which refers to changing wind speed and direction with height that lifts air up and contributes…
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…