Apple loses key engineer responsible for A series processor development

Gerard Williams III, who was Apple's senior director in platform architecture and a key semiconductor engineer responsible for the A series processor development, has left the company CNET reports. Williams reportedly left in February, after a nine year stint with the company. Before starting with Apple in 2010, Williams worked...

Twitter wants to label rule-breaking yet newsworthy tweets

One of the biggest factors for the rise of Twitter was that it could function as a way for people to interact with major public figures. The ‘blue tick’ to authenticate high-profile users like celebrities and politicians meant for the first time people would have an instant means of communicating...

GeForce GTX 1650 matches the RX 570 in one FFXV benchmark, but is beat by the GTX 1050 Ti in another

The first benchmark, conducted at 1440p on FFXV's ‘Lite’ preset puts the GTX 1650 1% behind the GTX 1050 Ti, and 23% behind the Radeon RX 570. It’s 40% slower than the 1060 6GB, and 49% slower the GTX 1660. The second benchmark was run at 1080p on ‘High’ and...

Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to regulate tech firms

Illicit data use by Cambridge Analytica, marketing apps targeting teens, accusations of electoral interference and a purported failure to stop the spread of videos from the recent New Zealand terror attack – any one of these would have been bad enough alone. But for Facebook, these stories have come to...

Bethesda will scan real environments and 'Skyrim Grandma' into Elder Scrolls 6

“This means a lot to me,” Curry said at Bethesda’s PAX East conference. “Because I would be extremely happy to know that somebody else was playing with my character in a future Elder Scrolls game.”

Nvidia's Tom Petersen is heading to Intel, according to report

In a report from Hot Hardware, it's been revealed that Nvidia's Tom Petersen is unexpectedly leaving the company after 15 years. Petersen would be leaving Nvidia in the rear view mirror and making his way to the green pastures of Intel, following other high profile departures.

Top 10 Tech Pranks: Help colleagues grow closer with these practical IT jokes

Pranks are awesome. They are one of those few things in life that most people can unequivocally agree on being great. Pranks are in the same league with cat videos, candy, and free stuff - everyone loves 'em. You're a tech-savvy individual, and it's time that your pranks showed that....

Notorious "swatter" gets 20 years behind bars

Fifteen months after the most infamous instance of ‘swatting’ drew the world’s attention to the practice, Tyler Barriss – the man who made the hoax call – has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Sega Genesis and Mega Drive mini consoles get September launch date

Sega around this time last year announced plans to produce a miniature version of its Mega Drive console, better known as the Sega Genesis in North America. The retro gaming system was due out in 2018 but was delayed in order to give Sega more time to perfect and polish...

Google accidentally reveals new Nest Hub Max

Leaks for new products often come from industry insiders who tell the world about exciting new tech, but occasionally companies’ webmasters just publish information the world wasn’t meant to know about yet. Today we saw the latter, as Google accidentally revealed the existence of their new Home Hub Max.

AWS continues to invest in AMD's Epyc platform

Amazon Web Services announced the availability of more Epyc powered instances. The new M5ad and R5ad instances are variants of the M5 and R5 EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), and use custom AMD Epyc 7000-series chips.

Russia's ultimatum to VPN providers: play by the rules or get the boot

For years, the Russian government has slowly been restricting the internet access of its users, blocking everything from LGBT forums to LinkedIn. They do this by maintaining a database of restricted content, and by forcing search engines and ISPs to deny access to these websites and services through tough legislation....

Apple kills AirPower charging station, but here are some alternatives (for a single device)

Apple has announced the death of AirPower, its elusive wireless charging mat. "After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project. We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is...

Valve has developed its own high-end VR headset called 'Index', set for May reveal

First spotted by Ars Technica, the Valve Index website reveals just enough about the headset to merit some serious excitement. For starters, it’s got two big wide-angle cameras, implying that it will support inside-out tracking so that either external tracking stations are optional, or so that tracking is better all-round....

Watch this: YouTuber creates and tests outlandish prosthetic weapons from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Capitalizing on the hype from their extremely well-received title "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice," game publisher Activision and developer From Software have partnered up with Furze to recreate a few of Sekiro's wildest weapons.

Drug scandal will not halt Sega's crime thriller Judgment from coming to the West

Sega announced in a tweet that its narrative-driven video game Judgment will still see a US and UK release despite the title being pulled from store shelves in Japan.

Lyft goes public, now trades at $78 per share

Despite struggling to turn a profit over the years, ride-hailing service and Uber competitor Lyft decided recently to take itself public. As reported by CBS, Lyft was aiming for an initial price of $72 per share. Given that the company is going public with 31 million shares to sell off,...