Math class just got even more fun! If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on the new TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator from Texas Instruments, you now have the opportunity to tinker with CircuitPython! That’s right, it’s not just for the Raspberry Pi Pico and other microcontrollers. In a recent blog post, Adafruit…
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Not only is Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition a visual showcase for ray tracing and PC gaming, but it’s also is the first PC game to fully utilize the PlayStation DualSense controller, taking advantage of the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. This was first reported by Twitter user Donny, who posted a video that showcased the…
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After putting the Mirror Maze system together last fall, I needed a break from all the work that goes into a high-end custom build. Plus, I had plenty of PC cases to review. So when Singularity Computers reached asking if we were interested in checking out its Spectre III chassis, I didn’t immediately jump at…
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As Intel’s Alder Lake platform falls into the hands of more and more developers, it is inevitable that specifications of engineering samples and preliminary benchmark results get revealed to broader audiences. On Saturday someone added benchmark results of a 14-core Alder Lake processor to Primate Labs’ Geekbench 5 database. Intel’s Alder Lake is a hybrid…
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Hardware leaker ExecutableFix, who has a good track record, has shared the potential specifications for AMD’s forthcoming AM5 socket. Nonetheless, this is the first time that we’ve seen anything related to AM5 so take the information with a bit of salt. The Twitter user started his tweet with mentions of the LGA1718 socket. This is…
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As reported by TechPowerUp, Nvidia will stop supporting Kepler graphics cards with the upcoming R470 drivers. Although the driver update roadmap corresponds to Nvidia’s data center products, it’ll likely translate over to the company’s GeForce gaming graphics cards, too. Nvidia first launched Kepler in 2012, so it has been a good nine-year run for the…
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The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) has announced the first details about the Orion storage subsystem of its upcoming Frontier exascale supercomputer set to go online in late 2021. Being the industry’s first 1.5 ExaFLOPS supercomputer, Frontier will need a very fast storage subsystem. It looks like it is set to get one with up to 700…
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AMD’s X570 platform has numerous advantages, but it also has one key disadvantage: the X570 chipset gets hot under load and requires active cooling. AMD has developed a new revision of the chipset — the X570S — that does not require a high-performance active cooling system, but the company hasn’t released a formal launch window.…
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We already know from an inadvertent leak by Intel itself that the company is preparing five notebook GPU models based on its Xe-HPG architecture. Still, the company’s plans for desktop PCs were not clear at all. This week, Igor’sLab attempted to fill in some gaps with information obtained from a slide that’s purportedly from an Intel DG2 presentation. Up…
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Keeping fit can be fun. What if, instead of running around a park we made a game where you have to hit as many balls as you can to score points? The catch is that you only have 30 seconds to get the highest score! Sounds easy, hand me the joypad! No! To control the…
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