NASA Investigating Voyager 1 Corrupted Telemetry Data
…However, the craft's attitude articulation and control system (AACS) has started acting up. This system is responsible for making sure the probe's high-gain antenna remains locked on Earth, so…
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Can probabilistic computing save Moore's law?
…We don't know what hardware was used to create the baseline image and were unable to secure a copy of the paper or speak to the researchers in question. Clearly software…
Forget Doom -- now modders are moving Half-Life to smartwatches
…to underpowered hardware. Then again, the point is that this is frickin' Half-Life running on a device that fits on your wrist. Give wearables another few tech generations, and the devices…
Microsoft admits defeat: Xbox One without Kinect coming June 9 for $400
…Microsoft is desperately trying to keep its cool, but it's very, very hard to stay in control when you give up on your vision and capitulate to every demand. Sentences like…
Motorola's new $130 Moto E will bravely attempt to murder the feature phone
…Lenovo is in the process of acquiring the Motorola Mobility division from Google for $2.9 billion, but the Moto E will have been conceived and designed while under Google's control…
Microsoft's new Project Scorpio Xbox could blow the PS4 Pro out of the water, challenge high-end PCs
…With Scorpio's hardware offload, any draw call can be executed with just 11 instructions, and just nine for a state change. "It's a massive win for us and for the…
Microsoft announcing new Surface on September 23, but is it DOA?
…Windows 8.1 is supposed to address many of these concerns with features like boot to desktop, a Start button, universal search, and a vastly improved control panel. The original Surface RT…
Ask the Grumpy PC Technician: GPU Temps, Windows 1909, Engine Repair
…I enjoy high temperatures about as much as I enjoy the taste of Cool Ranch Doritos and cold black coffee. But they're not a sign of fundamental hardware failure, and the…
ARM Cortex-A12 and Mali-T622: The mid-range muscle that ARM desperately needs
…The application processor and GPU can actually share L2 cache in this configuration, allowing for dynamic voltage control and better power management. The Cortex-A12 and Mali-T622 could soon be licensed…
AMD's Trinity analyzed: A surprisingly good, inexpensive gaming solution
…We experimented with various settings and overclocking options, but saw mixed results. Increasing the integrated memory controller's speed to 2200MHz, up from 1800MHz, had virtually no impact on our gaming tests…