Ugh, two days without power when temperatures were approaching 90 and the humidity was close behind. No fun!
Month: June 2020
4GB of VRAM just doesn’t cut it anymore
AMD does an analysis and shows the benefit of increasing your video RAM above 4GB. Recent releases have shown marked performance increases when switching from a Radeon 5500 XT 4GB to a Radeon 5500 XT 8GB. In DOOM Eternal, the 8GB card runs the game at Ultra Nightmare settings at 75FPS (1080p), while the 4GB…
Google bringing Advanced Protection for Nest devices
The Advanced Protection Program is their strongest level of Google Account security. Today we’re announcing one of the top requests we’ve received: to bring the Advanced Protection Program to Nest. Now people can seamlessly use their Google Accounts with both Advanced Protection and Google Nest devices — previously, a user could use their Google Account…
Choosing the wrong wallpaper can bootloop your Android phone
Doh! Did you know that choosing the wrong wallpaper can bootloop your Android phone? Over the weekend, a photo has been making the rounds at venues like Reddit and Twitter. It’s an attractive mountain lake with the sun rising (or setting) through the dense clouds. Perfect for a phone’s wallpaper, right? Not if you like…
Microsoft Informs Journalists Their Services Are No Longer Needed Due to AI
Woah…that’s not good. Never like to hear of people loosing their jobs. Microsoft is terminating dozens journalists and editorial workers at its Microsoft News and MSN organizations. Microsoft instead will rely on artificial intelligence to curate and edit news and content that’s presented on MSN.com, inside Microsoft’s Edge browser, and in the company’s Microsoft News…