2020 and so far 2021 has been a miserable time if you’re a gamer looking to make some upgrades. Ryzen, Big Navi, Ampere are damn near impossible to get a hold of. Scalpers continue to hoover up PS5/Xbox Series inventory and Cryptominers any high end GPUs they can get their mitts on. Lead times for […]
Intel lashes out at Apple with “Go PC” campaign, uses cherry picked benchmarks (yet again).
Oh boy… Well ain’t this a bit embarrassing. I know divorces of any kind can be messy, feelings are hurt and tensions fray, but most people try to not air their dirty laundry in public. Everybody and their mother at this point has heard about Apple’s split from longtime CPU supplier Intel, moving to their […]
SpaceX’s Satellite Service Starlink gets preorder expansion as Elon Musk eyes up IPO.
Elon Musk is a man of many goals. Make the most performant, desirable and pervasive fleet of electric cars ever? Check. Save Australian Citizens over $116 Million in electricity costs over 2 years with the world’s biggest battery? You bet! Deliver 4 astronauts to the International Space Station, oh hell yeah! Clearly a man with […]
Changing waves at Amazon: Jeff Bezos steps down but doesn’t step away.
In a surprise announcement, Jeff Bezos the CEO of Amazon, whose name is inseparable from the e-commerce and technology goliath that he founded back in July 1994, will be stepping down as CEO this year to focus more on other projects such as Blue Origin. While it’s no secret that Amazon has been Bezos’ main […]
ASUS ROG CES 2021 – ROG Embraces the power of AMD and Unity to Steal the Show.
It’s been a CES like no other. No in person booth attendance due to the pandemic has left every company out there grappling with this new reality and forging new experiences in the virtual worlds for their audiences. Some do some flashy presentation, some release a press briefing. If you’re ASUS though, nah that simply […]
Acer CES 2021 – 11th Gen Intel Core, Zen 3 and Ampere make their way to Helios, Triton, Nitro and Aspire.
If 2021 is shaping up to be anything, it’s the year of the laptop. Seems like every OEM is keen to make their mark this year, hitting us with the best Intel, NVIDIA and AMD have to offer. Acer keen on being in on the action has refreshed it’s offerings, aiming to bring even better […]
NVIDIA CES 2021 – Ampere Mobile makes it’s debut
It’s a CES like no other this year. As the world has adapted to the pandemic, CES has switched things up, ditching the rows upon rows of booths and exhibitions of years past in lieu of a fully online digital experience this year. NVIDIA made it’s splash on January 12th with a live stream hosted […]
Jim Keller and the State of the Union at Intel
We’re only a few days into 2021 and it’s already shaping up to be a year of shakeups. Sony market share in decline in its native Japan, Elon Musk becomes the richest man in the world, and a tectonic personnel change hits Intel. Jim Keller, Guru tier Microprocessor Engineer, a true doyen in the field, […]
Twitter announces retirement of Social Media Service Periscope in 2021
Social media, very much like being cool, is a hard nut to crack. Knowing what spark will catch on and become the next big thing and what will fizzle out is the billion dollar question posited by tech entrepreneurs the world over. For Twitter’s social media service Periscope, it looks like it’s days are numbered. […]
Cyberpunk 2077 – The lights turn on in Night City
*AMD Ryzen Users – Check out the Sidebar Section at the end* After many months of deferred releases, tireless nights and days by CDPR’s dev team and fever pitch excitement from fans, it’s finally here. CD Projekt RED’s arguably most ambitious, technically impressive and anticipated game ever, Cyberpunk 2077 graces our displays and has landed […]