The federal government has started to adjust to the reality of Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President on January 20th. A lot of things are going to change that day, including the leadership of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Current Chairman Ajit Pai has announced he will . “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve at the Federal Communications Commission, including as Chairman of the FCC over the past four years,” Pai said, announcing his departure. Ajit Pai began his career as a lawyer in the Department of Justice and at Verizon. In 2011, he joined the FCC under Obama as one of the commission’s Republican members.
Cyber Monday is now officially in full swing, with deals available on just about everything imaginable. This gives you a second chance to snag deals you may have missed on Black Friday with some items discounted even more than they were last week. Below we’ve listed the best deals we were able to find currently available. And with so many deals, there’s bound to be something that will pique your interest. This aluminum-clad 14-inch notebook comes equipped with one of Intel’s recently released Core i7-1165G7 processors. The CPU portion of this chip is fairly average with four Hyper-Threaded cores, but the processor also has a relatively powerful integrated graphics solution that can play games with low settings and even handle some games with medium graphics settings enabled.
Google’s pitch when it launched Android was openness and customization. Unlike Apple, it released its mobile OS under open source licenses, allowing device makers to modify it. This disconnected approach helped Android become the most popular computing platform on Earth, but it’s been hard to reach Apple levels of polish and consistency. Google has attempted to centralize chunks of Android to address this over the years, and a . The result could be vastly improved app compatibility, which is sure to make everyone happy. Until a few years ago, every update to Android phones required rebuilding the OS from scratch with Google’s latest codebase.
Black Friday is now officially in full swing, with deals available on just about everything imaginable. Of particular note are some exceptional discounts on laptops and 4K TVs. Apple’s popular MacBook Air is currently sitting at an all-time low price of just $799, and you can also snag a 43-inch 4K TV for just $199. Both of these are exceptional deals, but they are far from alone. Below we’ve listed the best deals we were able to find currently available. And with so many deals, there’s bound to be something that will pique your interest.
Today for Black Friday Dell has two of its well made G5 gaming desktops on sale with up to $400 marked off the retail price. These systems have mid-range hardware and are solid options for gaming at 1080p. They are excellent deals at their current price with the least expensive model costing just $699.99.Intel Core i5-10400F Gaming Desktop w/ AMD Radeon RX 5600 GPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB NVMe SSD for $749.99 from Dell (List price $1,149.99) Intel Core i5-10400F Gaming Desktop w/ Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD and 1TB HDD for $699.99 from Dell (List price $979.99)The two version of this system that are available are fairly similar with the same exterior and they share some of the same internal components.
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There’s some evidence that the PlayStation 5 may get very hot in one specific place while gaming, and while this seems to be causing no problems at the moment, gamers who live in hot climates and/or lack air conditioning should pay attention. According to the PS5 device teardown at , most of the device temperatures are excellent in all cases, though temperatures drop moderately if you remove both plates from the device. This is scarcely surprising, as even well-ventilated PCs will typically also show slightly improved temperatures if you run them case-open. None of the temperatures GamersNexus recorded at any point on the PS5 raised any eyebrows, with one noteworthy exception:
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SpaceX is preparing for the next major milestone in the development of its next-gen spacecraft. Following a successful static fire test this week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced on Twitter that the company wants to perform a high-altitude test flight as early as next week. The Starship started its life as the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) but now consists of the Starship and a heavy lift stage called Super Heavy. All the work SpaceX is doing right now is for the Starship itself, which is arguably the more important of the two components. The Starship will be able to land on and take off from places like the moon and Mars without Super Heavy.
