China wants to ban Intel and AMD chips and Windows OS from state computers

China introduced guidelines that aim to prevent the use of US processors from Intel and AMD. The new rules also want to block Microsoft Windows and other foreign database products in favor of domestic solutions, reported The Financial Times on Sunday. All government agencies above the township level must have computers and servers with hardware […]

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The state of Windows as 2023 ends — Windows 10 nears end of life as Windows 12 rumors heat up and Microsoft bets on AI

2023 has been a heck of a year for Microsoft and, more specifically, Windows. Windows 11 has been available for a little over two years now. And contrary to Microsoft’s expectations, the operating system’s adoption rate is stunted at best. Admittedly, Microsoft has doubled down on its efforts to improve Windows 11’s usability by often […]

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Arizona digital state IDs can now be added to Samsung Wallet

Samsung announced during SDC 2023 in October that Samsung Wallet users in the United States will soon be able to store their digital state IDs in the app. Availability of this feature is going to vary by state. The company had revealed at that time that Arizona and Iowa would be among the first states […]

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Samsung wants to launch solid state batteries by 2027

Samsung Electronics has a battery development and manufacturing division, too, and it’s called Samsung SDI. Batteries from Samsung SDI are used in Samsung’s laptops, smartphones, tablets, and wearables. They are also used in electric vehicles from BMW and Fiat and will soon be used by Hyundai and Genesis. Now, the company is aiming to launch […]

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GTA 6 trailer analysis: Vice City expands to Leonida State with a female protagonist and teases unprecedented levels of detail

What you need to know The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI was released early due to Internet leaks and confirmed its location as Vice City, a fictional area inspired by real-world Miami. Lucia is the first playable female protagonist in the series and is shown alongside a yet unnamed male accomplice in Trailer […]

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Huawei is beating America’s chip ban with state investment fund’s help

America’s chip ban on Huawei has left the company unable to source advance chipsets, but it’s working hard to find a way around these sanctions. It has already come up with a custom 7nm 5G-enabled chipset, thereby eliminating concerns that Huawei may no longer be able to make 5G phones after the ban. A state […]

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Undead Labs is working on State of Decay 3, but SoD2 continues to breathe with a new content update next week

What you need to know For a couple months, Undead Labs and Wushu Studios have been teasing and testing the next State of Decay 2 update. Update 34: Curveball is officially coming to all players across Xbox and Windows PC on Sept. 18, 2023. The update introduces Curveballs, a wide variety of random events that […]

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Undead Labs partners with Wushu Studios for the latest State of Decay 2 update on PC test servers

What you need to know State of Decay 2 is a first-party, zombie-apocalypse-era community management simulator and survival game from Undead Labs and Xbox Game Studios that released in 2018. 5 years after its initial launch, State of Decay 2 continues to receive support even as State of Decay 3 is in development. For the […]

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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 facial animation tech shown at State of Unreal 2023

What you need to know Ninja Theory, one of the teams under Xbox Game Studios, is currently working on Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, a follow-up to the 2017 critical hit Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.  At the 2023 State of Unreal showcase hosted by Epic Games, Ninja Theory shared a new look at the facial animation technology […]

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California Governor Teases Support for Digital IDs: ‘We’re Going to Do It Like No Other State’

Apple in 2022 enhanced the Wallet app with a new feature that is designed to allow driver’s licenses and state ID cards to be stored in the Wallet app, but states need to implement support for the option, and only a handful have done so as of now. California has been developing a digital ID […]

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Google spotted beta testing state ID cards in Android Wallet in Maryland

A report from The Verge confirms that Google is beta testing support for digital identification cards in the Google Wallet app. Apple Wallet currently supports adding ID cards from three states including Maryland, Colorado, and Arizona. [embedded content] A tipster sent in screen shots to The Verge and shared the process required to add a […]

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UK Apple Stores to Close Next Monday for State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Monday September 12, 2022 2:38 am PDT by Sami Fathi All Apple Stores in the United Kingdom will be closed on Monday, September 19, out of respect for the planned state funeral of her Majesty the Queen, Apple has told UK-based staff in a memo. Monday, September 19, has been marked as a bank holiday […]

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The state of Xbox in Japan

Since its inception, Xbox has generally been on the backfoot in the lucrative Japanese gaming market, and that trend is likely to continue at least for the foreseeable future. But as of late, there are signs that the winds may be changing Microsoft’s fortunes.  Surprisingly, Xbox has started to recover much of its lost ground […]

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Save 15% on the new and fast SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB solid state drive

The other day we saw a 15% off discount for the previous generation Gold P31 SSD, an SSD we’ve liked for a while and have recommended before. Well, now SK hynix has extended that deal to the brand new Platinum P41 solid state drive. You can get the SK hynix 1TB drive on sale for […]

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Save 15% and add some space with the 2TB SK hynix Gold P31 solid state drive

Right now on Amazon you can get the SK hynix Gold P31 2TB solid state drive for a low price of $169.14 (opens in new tab) when you clip the 15% off on-page coupon. The drive is already down to its lowest price ever at $198, so the extra discount is just icing on the […]

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State of Play : Les premiers jeux PlayStation VR 2 présentés la semaine prochaine

Les choses bougent enfin du côté des futurs jeux PlayStation VR 2 puisque Sony nous annonce aujourd’hui la tenue du prochain événement State of Play. Rendez-vous donc le jeudi 2 juin prochain à 23h59 heure française. Comme à l’accoutumée, PlayStation diffusera en streaming une vidéo de 30 minutes avec ses annonces dans les conditions du […]

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The Crucial P5 2TB solid state drive has dropped to a new low of $150

Sometimes being able to load up your operating system in seconds just isn’t enough. Sometimes you need a lot more space for other things, like video games and movies. In that case, get the Crucial P5 2TB NVMe M.2 solid state drive while it’s on sale for $149.99 at Amazon. This is the lowest price […]

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Upgrade to the SK Hynix 1TB NVMe solid state drive on sale for $93 today

You can get the SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB solid state drive with NVMe technology down to a low price today. You’ll find it going for $92.58 through Amazon. That’s a great low price and a match for the best we’ve ever seen. This drive sells for around $110 on a good day and has […]

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Arizona is the first US state to allow driver’s license to be stored in the Apple wallet app

Back in September, Apple announced it was working closely with several US states to roll out the ability to store state-issued IDs and driver’s licenses within the Apple Wallet. Today, Apple announces that Arizona is the first US state to officially roll this feature out. We’re thrilled to bring the first driver’s license and state […]

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