[ad_1] While it’s a bummer PC owners have had to wait a year to play the new Red Dead, the good news is that they’ll get to take advantage of all the additional work Rockstar has poured into the title. One good example is HDR. When Red Dead Redemption 2 first came out on consoles, […]
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Blizzard is ‘assessing the situation’ after Hong Kong protest ban
[ad_1] [BREAKING] Hong Kong Hearthstone player @blitzchungHS calls for liberation of his country in post-game interview:https://t.co/3AgQAaPioj @Matthieist #Hearthstone pic.twitter.com/DnaMSEaM4g — 🎃 Inven Global 🎃 (@InvenGlobal) October 6, 2019 Blizzard is assessing the situation for now, a spokesperson told Engadget. The studio hasn’t otherwise spoken up about the issue since posting its decision to ban Chung […]
Intel discontinues its processors with AMD graphics
[ad_1] The move isn’t exactly unexpected. Kaby Lake-G was an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” design meant to counter NVIDIA’s laptop graphics by mating an 8th-generation Core processor with an AMD GPU that could outperform Intel’s then-current integrated video. Few PC makers saw fit to use it, though, and follow-ups to those systems […]
Apple may launch its AR headset with third-party help early next year
[ad_1] Kuo has said in the past that Apple plans to market the headset as an iPhone accessory. It will reportedly wirelessly offload computing, networking and location-related tasks to the iPhone. In this way, Apple hopes to keep the device thin and light. Without providing additional context, Kuo adds Apple will work third-party brands to […]
Bigger, slightly better, still great
[ad_1] The competition It’s a fact of the industry that tablets just aren’t as big a deal as they used to be, but there are handful of alternatives to consider. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S5e is probably the 2019 iPad’s closest competitor, and it packs a beautiful, 10-inch Super AMOLED screen, a mid-range Snapdragon 670 chipset, […]
Windows 10 preview brings Android phone calls to your PC
[ad_1] You’ll have to be ready for potential glitches when this is pre-release software. Microsoft has warned that older versions of some anti-cheat game software can produce crashes on this Windows build, for example. Don’t try this if you absolutely depend on a reliable PC. If that’s no obstacle, though, you no longer need third-party […]
Apple’s Sidecar feature only works on newer Macs
[ad_1] According to an Apple white paper spotted by The Verge, Sidecar only works with Mac laptops and desktops that include a sixth-generation Intel Skylake processor or later. When it comes to Apple’s laptop lineup, it just so happens that any model that includes a Skylake processor also includes one of the company’s troubled butterfly […]
Tile’s latest Bluetooth tracker is a tiny, waterproof sticker
[ad_1] The Sticker is by far the smallest Tile yet. Measuring 27mm in diameter and 7.3mm thick, it’s shaped like a tiny disc. That makes it a lot more versatile than the other Tile trackers, and more practical for items like cameras, headphones and remote controls. The Sticker is also waterproof, which makes it ideal […]
Opera’s stricter privacy controls could also speed up your web browsing
[ad_1] The blocker depends on the EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List, which covers a host of known tracker scripts. It’s not automatically determining which trackers are the offensive ones. There are some functional upgrades beyond this, we’d add. An upgraded Snapshot lets you save sites as PDFs, capture screenshots of the entire page and crop specific […]
Final Cut Pro X gets a speed boost through Apple’s Metal
[ad_1] On the new Mac Pro, the updated Final Cut Pro X offers support for multiple GPUs and up to 28 CPU cores. Apple says that translates to rendering that’s up to 2.9 times faster and transcoding that’s up to 3.2 times faster than on the previous-generation 12-core Mac Pro. With the Pro Display XDR, […]