PNY Quietly Reduces XLR8 CS3030 SSD’s Endurance by Almost 80%
Report from German publication ComputerBase suggests that PNY might have revamped its XLR8 CS3030 SSD in secret.
Amazon’s Ring Now Requires Police To Make Public Requests For Surveillance Video
Ring is changing how its users are able to respond to public safety requests. Public agencies will now need to post requests for help publicly through Ring’s Neighbors app. The purpose of this change is to provide greater “transparency and accountability.”
These requests for assistance will be limited to two posts per incident. The request
AMD Is Extending FidelityFX Super Resolution Support To These Older Radeon GPUs
For those of you who are clinging to an older generation AMD Radeon graphics card, good news—support for the company’s fancy new FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling technology is being expanded to include the Radeon RX 480 and Radeon RX 470, both of which launched around five years go. Kudos to AMD for the decision to support the older cards.
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Atari VCS Game Console Finally Launches June 15 With Eye-Popping Price Tag
It may be hard to believe, but it’s been a nearly 4-year-long saga for the Atari VCS. Atari announced the console way back in 2017, but the company now claims that it will soon be available to purchase at the retail level. And if everything goes according to plan, the Atari VCS will launch on June 15th.
However, pricing for the Atari VCS
RTX 3070 Ti Benchmark Results Leaked for Ashes of The Singularity and Geekbench
Leaked benchmark results are in for the RTX 3070 Ti, but unfortunately, the Ashes benchmark tells us nothing of the 3070 Ti’s performance.
2.5 Geeks: Computex 2021 – We’ve Got A LOT To Talk About!
In this latest episode of HotHardware’s 2.5 Geeks, we’ll be digging in to the many happenings of Computex 2021, from the AMD Radeon RX 6000M announcement, to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), the 3D V-Cache demonstration, Zen 4, and Intel Xe-HPG tease and more…
Show Notes:
04:52 – AMD Confirms RDNA 2-Infused
Norton Added Ethereum Mining Capabilities to Its Antivirus Software
Norton has invited members of its early adopter program to mine Ethereum with its upcoming Norton Crypto feature.
The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is almost as fast as the RTX 3080
Leaked Ashes of the Singularity benchmark shows the RTX 3070 Ti scoring just under the RTX 3080, which bodes well for gamers.
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Scalpers Waste No Time Selling Cards On eBay At Crazy Prices
Most of you reading this who tried to purchase a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card today inevitably struck out, because this is the 2021, the year of the GPU shortage (among other silicon-based hardware). Not everyone did, however. Apparently scalpers were successful once again, and it took all of two nanoseconds for them to begin selling
Verizon Accused Of Fleecing Broadband Customers To Skirt FCC Economic Subsidy Requirements
Some families have struggled to afford internet services during the pandemic due to highs price and a waning jobs market. As such, the FCC introduced the Emergency Broadband Benefit program to help these families with a discount of up to $50 a month toward broadband service. However, companies only need to offer one plan to comply with the