Allowing any one company too much control over the internet and the long-term development of web standards has always been a bad idea. It didn’t work well in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was the de facto standard, and it isn’t likely to be a particularly great outcome in 2018, either, now that Chromium has emerged as the single dominant player in browsing. According to a former Edge intern/developer, Microsoft has given up on its own EdgeHTML engine because it couldn’t keep up with the ways Google kept breaking major websites to disadvantage it.
Last year at Computex, Intel debuted an overclocked 5GHz 28-core Xeon CPU. It was always obvious that the CPU was more of a demonstration model than an actual shipping product — the 1.2kW cooler that Intel had to use to hit those kinds of clock speeds was a sign that 5GHz was a bit out of the conventional operating frequency range for this CPU. Nonetheless, Santa Clara did state that the chip would come to market as the Xeon W-3175X. Now, thanks to leaks from multiple European retailers, we know what price Intel is targeting. According to , are listing the CPU for between €4,045 and €4,525.
Gamers looking for a new panel on a reasonable budget may find a lot to like with the LG 32QK500-W, especially if you’re looking for the sweet spot between features, image quality, and price. The is a 31.5-inch QHD (2560×1440) IPS display, with support for a 75Hz refresh rate, two HDMI inputs, DisplayPort, and a mini-DisplayPort option. The color gamut is standard sRGB / 72 percent of NTSC, with a GtG time of 8ms and a pixel pitch of 0.2727 x 0.2727mm. Typical power consumption is said to be 46W. As an added bonus, the display also features FreeSync support — though there are a few caveats to be aware of here.
Our simplistic nine-planet view of the solar system was shattered years ago when scientists learned Pluto was not unique in the outer solar system. We have since discovered more “dwarf planets,” and an international team of astronomers has just spotted the most distant such planetoid yet. The object known as “Farout” is , putting it far beyond the orbit of Pluto. There is some hope that learning more about Farout could point the way to a true ninth planet. Astronomer Scott Sheppard from the Carnegie Institution for Science imaged Farout for the first time on Nov. 10th with the help of researchers from the University of Hawaii and Northern Arizona University.
The smaller you want something to be, the harder it is to build. This is the barrier holding back many technologies from batteries to optics, but a new technique developed at MIT could make nanoscale materials easier to produce by shrinking larger designs. The approach uses a type of absorbent scaffold to produce 3D structures . Thus far, techniques to create tiny 3D structures were both painfully slow and limited in complexity. Most involve using 2D nanostructures etched onto a surface and adding successive layers until you get the desired 3D shape. It’s basically very slow 3D printing.
If you’ve been eyeing either an NES or SNES Classic console from Nintendo, be aware that they aren’t going to be on store shelves forever — or even much past 2018. If you have an interest in one or both of the platforms, you should plan to pick one up in the near future. In a wide-ranging discussion with the Hollywood Reporter, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime states: There’s no ability for add-on content with our classic consoles, so when you purchase the console it’s coming with that set roster of content. We worked very hard, both for the NES Classic and the SNES Classic, to really have the best games that defined that generation.
Mazda pulls away from the competition with the midlife refresh of the CX-5 compact SUV for 2019. This is the only compact sports crossover you can buy for less than $40,000 fully equipped, with all-wheel-drive, turbo motor, room for four adults, and a quiet, upscale interior. For 2019, the third year of the current-generation of Mazda’s best-seller, it finally integrates Apple CarPlay and Android Auto after two years of promises. At the same time, Mazda quietly offers a complete safety suite — just without a catchy name, which Honda and Toyota have — standard except on the entry model (where it’s optional): adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, blind spot detection, emergency collision warning, and braking.
We live in a world were simply looking at your phone can unlock it, but the way that happens varies wildly between phones. There was less “wiggle room” with fingerprint sensors — you either have the right fingerprint or you don’t. With face unlock, there are ways to do it that are very secure and others that are not. Using a 3D printed head, one reporter reminds us that most Android phones sporting face unlock are . The test started with Forbes’ Thomas Brewster visiting a UK company called Backface. There, a dome-shaped array of 50 cameras captured his head from every possible angle.
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