Category: Technology

On December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will come together in the night sky in an event known as a great conjunction. In astronomy, a great conjunction happens when the two gas giants appear extremely close together in the sky as observed from Earth. According to the Associated Press, Jupiter passes by Saturn in their respective […]

The hot mess that is the Cyberpunk 2077 launch keeps getting worse for CD Projekt Red. Late yesterday in an unprecedented move, Sony pulled the game from the PlayStation Store and offered players a no-questions-asked refund option. On Friday, Microsoft followed Sony’s lead by expanding its refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077, albeit without removing the […]

The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce today announced it will add no less than 60 Chinese companies to the Entity List, which will effectively restrict their access to key US technologies, including their ability to partner up with US-based hardware and software companies. The move is one of […]

This will be a first for Riot: while League of Legends is a game with a huge playerbase, it’s still a MOBA at the end of the day. Even the biggest, most ambitious MOBAs pale in comparison to the smallest and most conservative MMOs, which typically have at least a few hundred players per server, […]

Microsoft is no stranger to development of custom chips. The company collaborated with Qualcomm to create the custom Snapdragon SQ1 for the Surface Pro X and later updated it with the SQ2. The Surface Laptop 3 has a custom Ryzen 3 processor. However, this would be the first time Microsoft would wholly develop Arm chips […]

The certificate reportedly allowed the Kazakhstan government to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic – essentially monitoring citizens’ Internet usage. The government claimed that the certificates were being used as part of a cybersecurity training exercise. ZDNet explains, “The government’s explanation did, however, make zero technical sense, as certificates can’t prevent mass cyber-attacks and are usually […]

If I were an optimist, I’d describe this graphics card as minimalist. As a realist, I have to admit that this graphics card is an ugly and (presumably) cheap blower based on the reference spec. The caveat is that MSI hasn’t revealed the price yet, but that can be chalked up to the present market […]