Paul Lilly
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NVIDIA and its industry partners are pushing the benefits of real-time ray tracing in games, of which the company's GeForce RTX series graphics cards are equipped to handle. They're comparably expensive, though, and at least for right now...
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There have been mixed reactions to Fallout 76, the first game in the franchise to deviate from single-player gameplay and offer players an online multiplayer experience. While not an official apology, Bethesda appears to be extending an...
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Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer who now spends his time making YouTube videos, recently emerged as an online hero of sorts for his masterful revenge plot against would-be porch thieves. In case you missed it, he concocted a glitter bomb...
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Facebook might be joining the blockchain party in a potentially big way, by developing its very own cryptocurrency that would enable users to transfer money over WhatsApp, the cross-platform messaging service the company acquired in early...
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Dating back to even before NVIDIA launched its GeForce RTX series, there were rumors that some of its next-generation cards (which are now current generation) would lack real-time ray tracing hardware, and carry the "GTX" moniker instead...
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Remember when analysts went bonkers over tablets and predicted they would take over the world, shoving PCs aside as we all scrambled to replace our desktops and laptops with slates? Yeah, that didn't happen (though tablets did help spur a...
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Smartphone makers have wisely prioritized camera performance as a top feature on their high-end handsets, and even some mid-range and entry-level phones boast solid photo taking capabilities these days. One of the best phone cameras we've...
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LG is planning to introduce a couple of interesting 'UltraGear' monitors at the Consumer Electronics Show next month. One is a 49-inch model (49WL95C) that is intended for productivity, and the other is a 38-inch model (38GL950G) that is...
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Microsoft has released an emergency patch to fix a critical vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer. If left unpatched, an attacker could exploit the security hole to remotely execute malicious code on a victim's PC when visiting a...
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Call it a sign of the times we live in, but even automobiles contain Easter Eggs, apparently. That's true of Tesla's Model 3, Model S, and Model X electric vehicles, all of which have a hidden game after applying the latest firmware update...
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Few people are going to plunk down $2,499 for NVIDIA's beastly Titan RTX graphics card if all they want to do is play games, that's a fair statement. Those that do, however, will end up with a very fast card. This is evidenced by some...
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In case you missed it last night (and I suspect most people did), a person who dressed up like Leisure Suit Larry went on Twitch and read the entire source code for the game, which is impressive on several different levels. Not the least...
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The web is a potentially dangerous place, we've known that for years and are reminded every time a family member brings over a laptop that needs 'fixing' (i.e., clean out the malware). Even savvy users have to be careful, though. To help...
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You may have received a $10 store gift card from Microsoft and not even realized it. The company has been hiding them behind special links in emails during the holiday season, the same ones you may have sent to the trash bin without...
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Mark Zuckerberg may end up finding out the hard way that even Facebook, the largest social network on the planet, is not invincible. After being dogged by numerous security gaffes and privacy outrages, including the Cambridge Analytica...
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Big screen televisions are fairly common now, and even though they have slimmed down considerably since the days of rear projection TVs, they can still take up a lot of space in the living room. LG is attempting to make them less of a...
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Do you ever find yourself wondering what Macauly Caulkin is up to these days? He rose to notoriety for playing the role of Kevin McCallister in the Christmas movie Home Alone and will forever be best known for that, and was also excellent...
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There was plenty of pre-launch skepticism regarding Nintendo's Switch console, a hybrid game system that can sit in a dock connected to a big screen television, or be played on the go like a mobile device. However, there's now little...
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We are now in the middle of December and fast approaching a brand new year, and at long last the October 2018 Update for Windows 10 is finally widely available to the public. There is a catch, however. Only "advanced users" who have not...
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Most of the attention on NVIDIA's graphics development has been paid to its desktop lineup, with the recent launch of the GeForce RTX series built around the company's Turing GPU architecture. What about mobile? Well, NVIDIA might be...
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It appears that NVIDIA will be giving its unreleased and unannounced GeForce RTX 2060 the ray tracing treatment after all. That was not always a given, as past rumors suggested NVIDIA might launch it as a "GTX" card without any dedicated...
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Huawei on Monday announced its Nova 4 smartphone with a full front display that is similar looking to Samsung's Infinity-O screen found on its recently launched Galaxy A8s (and upcoming Galaxy S10). Like Samsung's handset, the Nova 4...
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