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Mobile Software

Galaxy S8's Bixby voice support arrives in the US "tonight"

Finally!

By Rob Thubron, July 19, 2017, 6:15 AM

Hardware

AMD may include AIO liquid coolers with Ryzen Threadripper CPUs

Run cooler and quieter right out of the box

By Cal Jeffrey, July 18, 2017, 6:45 PM 42 comments

Apple Tech Culture

Apple has declared the airspace above its new campus a 'no-fly zone'

Can they even do that?

By Cal Jeffrey, July 18, 2017, 5:45 PM 15 comments

Mobile

China customs officials bust woman smuggling 102 iPhones strapped to her body

By Shawn Knight, July 18, 2017, 5:00 PM 10 comments

Trivia The Web

Who said this: "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved."?

Someone dared (quite unsuccessfully) to say this at the 2004 World Economic Forum.

By Julio Franco, July 18, 2017, 4:30 PM

Industry

Private equity firm is reportedly in advanced discussions to purchase Corsair for more than $500 million

By Shawn Knight, July 18, 2017, 3:45 PM

Google Wearable Tech

Google revives Glass as a workplace tool in manufacturing, logistics and other fields of work

Google Glass gets a second act

By Jose Vilches, July 18, 2017, 2:45 PM 5 comments

Electronics

Fender follows Nintendo's step, creates miniature replica Bluetooth speakers modeled after iconic amps

By Shawn Knight, July 18, 2017, 1:57 PM 3 comments

Industry Tech Culture

Tech in the Heartland

By Bob O'Donnell, July 18, 2017, 12:45 PM 5 comments

Science

Woman goes into hospital for routine surgery, surgeons discover 27 contact lenses in her eye

She had no idea they were there

By Rob Thubron, July 18, 2017, 12:30 PM 14 comments

Hardware Industry

Ethereum miners are dumping their GPUs on eBay as cryptocurrency loses half its value in a month

By Shawn Knight, July 18, 2017, 11:30 AM 27 comments

Google The Web

Access loses another CEO, Larry Page reiterates commitment to Google Fiber

Gregory McCray steps down after five months in the job

By Jose Vilches, July 18, 2017, 10:45 AM 4 comments

Tech Culture Electronics

Sad robot takes dip in a fountain

Even machines have bad days

By Rob Thubron, July 18, 2017, 10:00 AM 11 comments

Trivia Hardware

In which of these CPU sockets can both Intel and AMD chips be installed?

Are you old enough to remember Cyrix 6x86 CPUs?

By Julio Franco, July 18, 2017, 9:00 AM

Hardware The Web

Amazon has been sending fake Ryzen CPUs to buyers

Customers received doctored Intel Celeron chips instead of AMD's products

By Rob Thubron, July 18, 2017, 8:00 AM 27 comments

Security

Researchers recover AES256 key using a $230 device

Breaking one of the most used encryption standards in 5 minutes

By William Gayde, July 18, 2017, 7:00 AM 3 comments

Industry

Samsung wants to recover 157 tonnes of rare metals from the recalled Note 7s

Samsung is going green

By Rob Thubron, July 18, 2017, 6:15 AM 5 comments

Simulating AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 1300 Performance

FEATURE By Steven Walton, July 18, 2017, 2:00 AM TechSpot Hardware

Today we're taking a glimpse into the future to see how Ryzen 3 will perform when it's released next week. We did the same with Ryzen 5 and those results turned out to be 100% accurate. Ryzen 3 is very similar to the Ryzen 5 1400 with one key change, SMT support has been disabled. So let's find out.