Microsoft launched its Edge browser alongside Windows 10 almost five years ago, but it never gained traction in its original form. That’s why Microsoft took the unexpected step of redesigning Edge from the ground up with a Chromium base. It looks like that gamble has paid off — the latest usage share numbers from NetMarketShare indicate Edge . The original Edge with its EdgeHTML engine peaked at 5.2 percent of the global desktop browser market. That beat out smaller players like Opera, Yandex, and even Safari. However, Chrome was way out in front, and Firefox was holding at almost 10 percent.
The basic concepts behind cloud computing aren’t all that complex. Instead of buying, hosting and managing all the expensive servers and other infrastructure needed to run an efficient, scalable IT operation in-house, you enlist the services of a cloud provider to do all that for you. While the concept is simple, the execution is rarely quite so cut and dry. Every organization has their own nuances and eccentricities that need to be addressed to keep everything running smoothly once the equipment and expertise to keep it going reside with your provider. While it’s tempting for any company now out from under all those hardware operations and maintenance headaches to just wash their hands of IT and assume their provider has it all handled, the reality is it still demands a skilled cloud platform specialist to keep it all performing the way it should.
With the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 both coming to market at some point between now and the heat death of the universe, it’s a decent moment to revisit the strengths and weaknesses of using TFLOPS to measure GPU performance between two products. The first thing to understand is that there is no single metric that can accurately capture performance between two GPUs, unless that single measurement happens to capture the only workload you care about. MHz, FLOPs, Elephants per square meter of hydrochloric acid — all of them have weaknesses when used to measure performance, and one of them is a major violation of the Endangered Species Act.
YouTube has announced it will remove videos on its platform that baselessly link 5G to coronavirus after arsonists in the UK set multiple towers on fire last week. Theories linking the two have been circulating on social media in various forms, obviously to some effect. The about the idea that 5G could cause coronavirus is the idea that 5G is capable of causing anything. 5G can’t even cause good cell phone reception, which is its ostensible purpose for existing. If 5G were the Kool-Aid man, pop culture would be full of references to a large glass pitcher smashing itself to bits on an unperturbed brick wall, possibly with a faint pitiful squeak of “Oh no!”
Today you can save over $600 on Lenovo’s Yoga 730 2-in-1 laptop that features an Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM. This versatile computer can be used just like a normal laptop, or you can rotate the screen back to use the system as a tablet. It features a touchscreen display, it weighs a meager 2.47 pounds, and it excels at multitasking thanks to a built-in Intel Core i7 processor. You can order these systems directly from Lenovo marked down from $1,449.99 to just $799.99 with promo code SNEAKPEEK21. Equipped with a powerful Intel Core i7 processor and 8GB of RAM, this system features strong multitasking performance.
Tesla’s Autopilot self-driving feature is about to stop for red lights, a most useful feature if you’re going to be full-self-driving in urban areas. It also will sense green lights but only proceed through them if the driver keeps pressure on the gas pedal – sorry, throttle pedal – after being sure there’s no other hazard such as an oncoming car turning left. News of this apparent new feature, cited in a future Tesla owner’s manual, is leaking out. The feature combines GPS that tells the car when it’s near a traffic signal; the car’s camera; and onboard software that determines the signal phase, traffic-engineer-speak for if it’s green, yellow or red.
If the current state of our world has confirmed anything lately, it’s that the future is in a state of major flux. And, if you want to make sure you hit the ground running when the world gets back on its feet, it’s imperative to start thinking about that future now. With people more than ever turning to the web for news, information, entertainment and more, software development and engineering seem likely to continue its phenomenal growth. The average software engineer is — and with those fortunes likely to continue rising, the training in could help put you in line for a career in tech, even if you’ve never delved deeply into programming before.
The rumors of an imminent launch of a new, updated (budget) iPhone have reached a fever pitch, with 9to5Mac implying the device might be announced as soon as today. The article was written yesterday, but Apple hasn’t announced anything yet this afternoon. Will it? Who knows? Fun and games in the time of coronavirus. According to now-practically-taken-as-fact rumors, the iPhone SE will be called the iPhone SE (as opposed to the iPhone 9). There are new advertisements for screen protectors from Belkin popping up that declare they are compatible with the iPhone SE. Image courtesy of 9to5 Mac.
If you’re looking for a powerful new smartphone that doesn’t break the bank, you won’t want to miss out on the current sale offered on the OnePlus 6T. This phone features flagship-level specs all for the low price of just $299.99. The OnePlus 6T is a powerful flagship smartphone that’s a few years out of date. Nonetheless, this phone offers excellent performance with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon 845 processor. It also features a large 6.41-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080×2340. Right now you can get this phone from Woot! marked down from $549.99 to $299.99.
