Category: personalcomputing

AI defeated a top-tier 'Dota 2' esports team

[ad_1] So much for the best Dota 2 players having the skill to fend off cutting-edge AI. OpenAI Five has beaten five players from OG, the veteran team that won Valve's 2018 International, in a best-of-three exhibition match. The Verge noted that the deep… [ad_2] Source link

Internet Explorer security flaw allows hackers to steal files

[ad_1] The vulnerability affects Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 R2. This wouldn’t be an issue if it weren’t for the disclosure of the flaw. Page posted details of the exploit after Microsoft reportedly declined to roll out an urgent security fix. It instead said a fix would be “considered” in a future […]

Respawn's 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' arrives November 15th

[ad_1] Respawn has pulled back the curtains on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order after months of teases. The single-player game is now due to launch on November 15th and follows Cal Kestis, a Padawan trying to survive Emperor Palpatine's command to execute the J… [ad_2] Source link

The Morning After: ‘Star Wars’ and Coachella

[ad_1] Who will have the last laugh?The first ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ trailer is here A teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode 9 has arrived, along with a few more details about the final installment of the Skywalker saga from a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. Director JJ Abrams said The Rise of […]

Weed is worse than murder, if you’re selling a video game

[ad_1] As of April 2019, marijuana is legal, in some way, in 34 states (that’s already one more since we talked to Alexander in February) plus DC, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and legalization is consistently on the ballot in most regions across the United States. But, federally, marijuana is illegal. Of course, […]

Acer has a new pro-grade computer line called ‘ConceptD’

[ad_1] ConceptD revolves around four pillars — performance, silence, design and precision — which is about delivering accurate colors on monitors. And the devices that Acer unveiled certainly seem to deliver on those fronts. First up is the ConceptD 9. It’s a 17.3-inch laptop with an “Ezel Aero Hinge” that lets users pull the screen […]

A gaming desktop stuffed inside a laptop

[ad_1] Alienware’s elaborate cooling, which includes two large fans that suck fresh air from below and spit heat out of the rear vents, managed to keep the GPU under 83-degrees Celsius. You have plenty of control over the cooling profiles, so you can rev the fans up for longer play sessions and make them near […]

We saw a black hole

[ad_1] Gotta put it on Instagram.This is the first real picture of a black hole After years of relying on computer-generated imagery, scientists using the Event Horizon Telescope have captured the first real image of a black hole. The snapshot of the supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy (about 55 million light years […]

The Morning After: Amazon’s illuminated new Kindle

[ad_1] Smash that like and subscribe button.Blackmagic’s free video-editing app helps YouTubers cut faster Blackmagic Design has unveiled DaVinci Resolve 16 with a brand new “cut” page aimed at YouTubers and others who need to work quickly. The module is separate from the current edit page (though you can switch back and forth) and features […]

Microsoft says FCC data on improved broadband coverage is misleading

[ad_1] According to the FCC, some 25 million people don’t have access to broadband. In leveraging data from its various online services, however, Microsoft says that some 163 million people “do not use the internet at broadband speeds.” Evidently, not having access to broadband and not using the internet at broadband speeds are not the […]