PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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Early Intel Arc A370M Benchmarks Are Grim
Intel’s first discrete Arc graphics cards are slowly trickling into the market, and now we finally have an idea of how they perform. The TL;DR? Not great. But remember, Intel is only starting to dip its feet into the market — significant improvements are expected in the near future.
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Easy Upgrade Turns Teenage Engineering’s Pocket Operators Into Instruments You Can Shake to Play
For less than $US100 ($139), Teenage Engineering’s Pocket Operators pack a lot of functionality into calculator-sized digital synthesizers. The no frills approach with exposed circuit boards that helps keep them affordable also facilitates a new way to upgrade the devices with motion-sensing capabilities, allowing the Pocket Operators to be held and played like shakeable maracas.
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Former Piracy Hub Megaupload’s Cofounders Unsurprisingly in Spat Over Crimes (and Security Flaws)
Remember Mega, the encrypted cloud storage company? No? Well, maybe you remember its predecessor, Megaupload, the file hosting provider that was accused of acting as a haven for licensing pirates during the mid-2000s and was subsequently shuttered by authorities. Prior to its shutdown, Megaupload was thought of as the premiere site for people who wanted…
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Apple Absent From Metaverse Standards Group That Includes Meta, Microsoft, and Others
Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Sony, and other tech giants have formed a group designed to ensure interoperability in the metaverse. Notably absent from this list of heavyweights is Apple, a company heavily rumoured to be working on its own mixed reality products.