SilverStone’s retro beige PC case is going from April Fools’ joke to actual product
In a nutshell: SilverStone is turning an April Fools’ joke into a legitimate product, and if you are a fan of late 80s and early 90s PC styling, the new chassis could be right up your alley. Pricing is reasonable as well, but global availability could be an issue. The SilverStone FLP01 made quite the […]
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Infosys founder defends call for 70-hour workweeks, says he “doesn’t believe in a work/life balance”
A hot potato: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy is once again facing criticism for talking about the benefits of working every hour that you’re awake. The Indian entrepreneur, who previously called for young people to work 70-hour weeks, has doubled down on this comment by stating he does not “believe in work-life balance.” In October 2023, […]
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Malicious Android app masquerades as Swiss weather service, delivered via snail mail
Facepalm: Traditional mail services have largely been replaced by email and other forms of digital communication. However, physical letters still find their way to rusty, unsupervised, and often forgotten mailboxes. Alarmingly, cybercriminals are now exploiting traditional mail, attempting to trick recipients into installing malicious apps on their phones. According to a recent alert from the […]
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Apple is reconsidering the TV market again after years of silence
In brief: Apple is reportedly revisiting a product idea from more than a decade ago that never made it to market. There’s no guarantee it’ll materialize this time around, either, and its likelihood of entering production hinges on the success of Apple’s next big home automation push. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is working […]
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LG UltraGear GX7 480Hz OLED gaming monitor now available to pre-order
What just happened? LG has officially unveiled the 480Hz OLED monitor it teased back at CES. The $999 LG UltraGear GX7 model packs a QHD (2,560 x 1,440) WOLED display, DisplayPort 2.1 connectivity, and several other features that should please gamers who want the best of both worlds: the picture quality of OLED and the […]
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Gmail may soon receive “email alias” feature to combat unsolicited mail
In context: Modern email platforms have become increasingly effective at keeping spam messages at bay. Gmail, the world’s most popular email service by a significant margin, is particularly adept at this task, and it may soon become even better. Even with the effectiveness of filters and the widespread use of open standards like OAuth for […]
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Intel could unveil its Xe2 Battlemage GPUs in December
Rumor mill: Intel is rumored to unveil its Arc “Battlemage” discrete GPUs in December, just in time for the holiday season. Previous rumors suggested that the next-gen cards will launch by the end of November in time for Black Friday, but the latest report suggests that users will have to wait a little longer to […]
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Finnish firm’s nanocoating could make your next laptop smudge-free
Forward-looking: A small Finnish company has announced a new supply agreement with a major corporation for an innovative fingerprint-resistant coating, set to be applied to over a million laptops and tablets. While the client remains unnamed, Optitune notes that the company has a market capitalization in the trillions. The technology in question is a proprietary […]
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Nvidia Blackwell data center GPUs could face further delays due to overheating problems
In brief: Nvidia’s skyrocketing success over the last few years has been down to the company’s hardware dominating the lucrative AI market. With its next-gen Blackwell AI chips, however, Team Green is experiencing some rare slip-ups. Having already been delayed, new reports say the GPUs are experiencing overheating issues when installed in high-capacity server racks. […]
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Toshiba’s all-in-one desktop crams a dot matrix printer and 3-minute power backup into a 50-pound unit
In a nutshell: Retrofuturism has made an unlikely comeback in office tech with Toshiba’s latest release, the Jimucon SJ-9500. This chunky all-in-one desktop boldly blends vintage components like a dot matrix printer with modern hardware into one eye-catching package. This office “workhorse” is the successor to Toshiba’s SJ-9100 model, continuing a line of quirky business […]
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