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AMD upgrades the Ryzen Embedded series with Zen 3 and a 10-core model

Sort-of announced by one of its partners

By Isaiah Mayersen, August 7, 2022, 11:09 AM

Security The Web

Hackers target unsecured Amex and Snapchat sites to steal user data

The new attack uses a not-so-new vulnerability that redirects users to fraudulent sites

By Jimmy Pezzone, August 6, 2022, 12:37 PM

Gaming Industry

Activision Blizzard makes more money from mobile games than PC and consoles combined

King makes more money than either Activision or Blizzard

By Isaiah Mayersen, August 6, 2022, 11:41 AM 13 comments

Tech Culture Hardware

Scientists challenge Google's quantum supremacy claims using 512 GPUs

Advanced algorithms and 512 GPUs to achieve quantum-level results

By Jimmy Pezzone, August 6, 2022, 10:19 AM 9 comments

Downloads Gaming

Minecraft 1.19.2 fixes two critical issues

Minecraft 1.19.2 is a minor update that fixes a critical issue with players getting disconnected with secure chat or crashing in the social interactions screen. This release is compatible with 1.19.1 servers.

By Erik Orejuela, August 6, 2022, 10:08 AM

Security Car Tech

Britain's AA president takes the "microwave" measure to prevent keyless car theft

Signal-blocking bags and metal cases aren't enough

By Daniel Sims, August 6, 2022, 8:54 AM 11 comments

Gaming

Steam adds support for Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons

Beta users can try it out today

By Daniel Sims, August 5, 2022, 4:44 PM

Electronics Tech Culture

Modern hardware transforms this 80s typewriter into a Linux terminal and ASCII art printer

What's old is new again

By Shawn Knight, August 5, 2022, 3:26 PM

Gaming

A team of 'GoldenEye 007' fans are developing a full campaign mod modeled after 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

It looks to be a little less than halfway finished

By Cal Jeffrey, August 5, 2022, 2:52 PM 7 comments

Blog The Web

TechSpot is hiring news reporters, how-to, and feature writers. Join the team!

We're looking for tech enthusiasts with excellent writing skills

By Julio Franco

Download of the Week The Web

The free version of ProtonVPN is a good option for casual protection

ProtonVPN offers a free tier with unlimited data caps, a kill switch, and access to one of three server locations with no time limitation. You can download the app on desktop and mobile.

By Ivan Franco, August 5, 2022, 1:08 PM

TechSpot Video What Ever Happened to Winamp?

Developed by Nullsoft in 1997, Winamp is a media player that supports a wide array of audio formats and was an iconic software application in the heyday of MP3 music. Winamp was nearly ubiquitous, used by millions in the early 2000s.

Gaming Tech Deals

Far Cry 6 is free to play this weekend, and you can buy it for 60% off

Far Cry 6 is free to play through August 7

By Shawn Knight, August 5, 2022, 12:14 PM 15 comments

Hardware

AMD board partners unveil more enthusiast AM5 motherboards

But no mention of B650

By Tudor Cibean, August 5, 2022, 11:15 AM 8 comments

Industry

Amazon is buying Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7 billion in cash

Amazon's fourth largest acquisition to date

By Shawn Knight, August 5, 2022, 10:13 AM 20 comments

Security

Ukraine shuts down Russian bot farm operating one million fake accounts that spread disinformation

5,000 SIM cards and 200 proxy servers were also seized

By Rob Thubron, August 5, 2022, 8:15 AM 17 comments

Industry Gaming

Tencent is negotiating for a bigger stake in Ubisoft

Tencent wants to be Ubisoft's biggest shareholder

By Daniel Sims, August 5, 2022, 6:57 AM

Industry The Web

Twitter and Elon Musk throw more insults and allegations at each other

Musk: you're a liar; Twitter: no, you're the liar

By Rob Thubron, August 5, 2022, 6:13 AM 15 comments

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft is testing a Game Pass sharing tier, announces Windows 11 widget

The service keeps getting better

By Rob Thubron, August 5, 2022, 5:19 AM

Mobile Electronics

Intel expects to have Wi-Fi 7 PCs in 2024 with speeds up to 5.8Gbps

Other companies are already jumping the gun

By Daniel Sims, August 4, 2022, 6:09 PM 13 comments

Hardware Tech Culture

This PC case with built-in aquarium is a terrible idea

What could possibly go wrong?

By Shawn Knight, August 4, 2022, 3:22 PM 20 comments

Tech Culture Industry

All 50 states attorneys general promise litigation against telecom companies facilitating robocalls

Task force formed to help give current US legislation more teeth

By Cal Jeffrey, August 4, 2022, 2:23 PM 11 comments

Hardware

AMD's Threadripper Pro 5995WX CPU gets overclocked and sets a new Cinebench world record

Liquid nitrogen was used in the record-setting run

By Shawn Knight, August 4, 2022, 11:55 AM

Hardware

Are Intel Arc graphics cards dead on arrival?

The launch seems to be lurching from bad to worse

By Rob Thubron, August 4, 2022, 10:36 AM 33 comments

Gaming

Tactics Ogre remake heads to PC and consoles this November

The crown jewel of tactical RPGs returns

By Shawn Knight, August 4, 2022, 9:49 AM

The Web

Starlink users in France exceeding 250GB/mo data usage could see slower speeds come October

On the bright side, Starlink's monthly service fee has been considerably reduced

By Humza Aamir, August 4, 2022, 8:58 AM 21 comments

Hardware

Alleged Nvidia RTX 4070 specs suggest it could match the RTX 3090 Ti

Never mind the RTX 4070 Ti; even the non-Ti version could be a flagship killer

By Rob Thubron, August 4, 2022, 8:22 AM 11 comments

Industry Mobile

Global smartphone shipments continue to fall

Part of an economy-wide trend

By Daniel Sims, August 4, 2022, 7:42 AM

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Revisit: 3 Years Later

FEATURE By Steven Walton, August 4, 2022, 7:14 AM TechSpot Hardware

We revisit the Radeon RX 5700 XT with a 33 game benchmark tested against its old nemesis, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. We've also included the RTX 3060, which is also a $400 GPU this generation.