Depending on your perspective, the Atari VCS console/computer/set-top box is either a couple of years, or several decades overdue. Modeling itself after the venerable Atari 2600 (originally called the Atari Video Computer System, hence VCS) which launched in September of 1977, the modern VCS made its debut via a YouTube teaser in 2017. The company…
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Though any powered USB hub can provide some juice to mobile devices, most don’t provide the amperage you need to charge at full speed. Or, if they do, the added output is often limited to a set of dedicated charging ports that don’t do data. Enter Plugable’s new USBC-HUB7BC hub which provides full USB 3.x…
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The chiptune musicians are at it again, this time re-purposing a rotary-dial telephone to literally dial up SID tunes from a jukebox via a Raspberry Pi 3 emulating the eponymous SID chip. Kudos to Hackaday for spotting this wonderful project, from creator Linus Åkesson. The phone, sturdily constructed of Bakelite and steel, hails from Sweden…
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From Taiwan, we get news via CNX Software of a single-board computer that must surely be at the heart of something pretty hot very soon. Built on Intel’s Tiger Lake UP3 platform, Commate Computer Inc LE-370 is aimed at embedded industrial systems and AI applications such as computer vision, this 3.5in board is barely bigger…
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Chinese researchers have demonstrated what they claim to be the most powerful quantum computer in the world. To prove how fast the supercomputer is , the researchers completed a convoluted calculation that would take a typical supercomputer about eight years to complete in little over an hour. The Zuchongzhi quantum computer is a 66-qubit machine,…
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The right debug board can make the development process for a project so much easier to get through—that’s why we appreciate this fascinating Raspberry Pi Pico-powered Debug’n’Dump board kit created by maker Thomas Roth (also known as Stacksmashing). The best Raspberry Pi projects are flexible and Roth has set the stage with this board design…
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Gigabyte has introduced its new Vision-branded 10GbE network adapter that is designed specifically for creators. The card comes with a white heat spreader and is based on one of Marvell’s latest 10GbE network controllers. The Gigabyte Vision 10G LAN Card (GC-AQC113C) is a PCIe 3.0 x4 card powered by the Marvell AQtion AQC113Ccontroller and featuring an RJ45 connector that…
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Manli has announced two custom iterations of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which sits on our list of best graphics cards. The graphics cards arrive with a beefy triple-slot design complemented with a gigantic cooling system. The Manli GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gallardo are practically carbon copies of each other.…
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Microsoft has begun to hire software engineers to develop machine learning-based upscaling algorithms implemented using its DirectX/DirectML application programming interface (API), which is designed for Xbox and Windows systems. The technology will compete both against AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution and Nvidia’s DLSS. The software giant recently posted two job openings one for a Senior Software Engineer and…
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Yesterday, Microsoft patched a major vulnerability within multiple Windows versions known as the “PrintNightmare” exploit, allowing attackers to execute malicious code remotely through the Windows Print Spooler service. The update patching this vulnerability is called KB5004945 and should be installed as soon as possible if your Windows 10 PC or device is connected to a…
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