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Nvidia's Turing microarchitecture is a little long in the tooth. Still, the chipmaker isn't ready to leave isn't behind. According to VideoCardz, Nvidia will reportedly give Turing the last ride in the shape of the GeForce GTX 1630, rumored to launch on May 31.The GeForce GTX 1630 would mark the first time that Nvidia has relinquished the GTX branding to a lower-tier SKU. The x30-series, such as the GT 730 or GT 1030 models, have typically assumed the GT moniker. The model name alone is enough to tell you that the…

In the coming weeks, Google will begin beta testing a feature for Android 13 that makes it easier for users of braille displays to get up and running. Google announced in a blog post on Thursday that the next Android 13 beta will include “out-of-the-box support” for braille displays. Braille displays are used to create pin patterns to touch-read on-screen text and also type in braille. The display allows people with deafblindness to use smartphones and people who are blind to silently use mobile phones without screen…

Today we've trawled the internet for deals on various gaming and professional content creating laptops. First off, we have the Gigabyte A5 K1 for $1,199 that features an Nvidia RTX 3060 GPU. Next, there's the Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 for $1,099 at Walmart. This gaming laptop from Asus incorporates a powerful Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and an RTX 3050 Ti. There is also the MSI GE66 Raider on sale for $1,679 at Amazon with an amazing 240Hz QHD screen powered by an RTX 3070.There are more laptop deals below. Check them out and you…

Intel on Thursday said it would invest $700 million in its new research and development facility that will design next-generation immersion liquid cooling solutions and other data center-oriented technologies. In addition, the company rolled out the industry's first open intellectual property (open IP) immersion liquid cooling solution and reference design that enables data centers to start using immersion liquid cooling without investing in expensive custom solutions.The first step towards democratization of immersion…

Anyone lucky enough to get an F-150 Lightning in the next few months will find that one of the features they may have opted for is missing: the ability to unlock and control the electric truck using a phone. According to screenshots of Special Service Message notices and in-app messages posted to the Lightning Owners’ Forum, Ford will be rolling out support for its Phone as a Key system in “late summer 2022” via a software update instead of shipping it with the truck at launch. Ford’s Phone as a Key system lets you use…

Fractal Design has announced a new case in the Meshify 2 lineup, called the Meshify 2 Lite, as spotted by ComputerBase. The case comes in the same form factor as the standard Meshify 2,  but with less modularity reduce cost. As a result, the case is substantially cheaper in Europe, coming in with a price tag of 127.99 Euros instead of 179.99. US pricing in the states is unknown but we should see a very similar discount once the Lite makes it here.According to ComputerBase, the biggest change to the Meshify 2 Lite is in…

The cryptocurrency mining specialists over at Nicehash have released a partial hash-rate unlock for Nvidia's LHRv3 (Light Hash Rate version 3) GPUs. Why partial? The QuickMiner application can tap into 90%, rather than 100% of the potential Ethereum (ETH) mining power of the Ampere architecture LHRv3 graphics cards. Nvidia's only LHRv3 graphics cards at the time of writing are the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and RTX 3080 12GB for desktops. We must note that neither of these GPUs feature in our Best Graphics Cards for Gaming in…

Guy Dupont has created an interactive telephone prop using our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi RP2040. According to Dupont, he was commissioned to create this prop for the Stranger Things season 4 premiere event, but that the booth it as to be featured in wasn't use.(It’s also worth noting that beyond a few private emails, Dupnot didn't provide any verification that he was actually commissioned by the team for this project, but we still think this is a cool project worth showcasing.)Dupont explains the vintage…

Netflix is introducing a new “mystery box” feature that’s intended to help kids discover new shows. Basically, it sounds like a kids-themed take on Netflix’s “Play Something” button, and it seems to take inspiration from the very popular trend of unwrapping toys. On “TVs around the world,” Netflix will add a sparkly icon with a question mark in the favorites row of a kid’s profile, according to a blog post about the feature. “Hover over the sparkly ‘mystery box’ to discover a title that is ‘new for you’! And voila,…

At processor manufacturers, fundamental and applied research and development work never stops, so now that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has outlined a timeline for its N2 (2 nm-class) fabrication process that will enter high-volume manufacturing (HVM) in 2025, it is time for the company to start thinking about a succeeding node. If a new rumor is to be believed, TSMC is set to formally announce its 1.4 nm-class technology in June. TSMC plans to reassign the team that developed its N3 (3 nm-class) node to…