Email is such an integral part of the daily computing experience that everyone needs an app to manage their inbox. That app can be a dedicated email client on computers, tablets, and smartphones, but it’s often easier to access your email using an internet browser. Vivaldi is one of the internet browsing apps you can…
Valve has released a hefty bundle of updates for the Steam Deck. The updates appear to cover the full gamut possible for the device, from the Steam software and OS on the machines to firmware-level tweaks. Probably the two most interesting changes delivered today were the introduction of the new Lock Screen feature and fTPM…
Shipments of solid-state drives in the second quarter of 2021 remained almost flat, due in part to a slight sequential decline in PC shipments in Q1 and to ever looming shadow of component shortages. Unit wise, SSDs outsold hard drives by 47% as most client systems now use solid-state storage, but HDDs lead in terms…
Intel announced that it is bringing back another one of its famed chip architects, 28-year veteran Shlomit Weiss, as CEO Pat Gelsinger continues to rebuild its engineering roster. Weiss will lead all of Intel’s consumer chip development and design and appears to replace Uri Frank, who recently departed to lead Google’s SoC team. Weiss returns…
Seagate has released its fastest SSD for client PCs to date. The FireCuda 530 is a PCIe 4.0 x4 gaming SSD that offers up to 7.3 GB/s data transfer rates and an endurance that comfortably exceeds levels offered by client drives today. In addition, the drives come with Seagate’s Data Recovery Service, for added peace…