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Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy

Nvidia also published a message that Huang sent to the company admitting that he had an affair with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based chip company Megaspeed (though he didn’t mention her by name). A memo…

At what length do DisplayPort cables start giving you trouble?

To equal the bandwidth of the best DisplayPort tech, companies need to use USB 4 v2 or Thunderbolt 5 . Whether that's inherently more expensive to manufacture or not, people also tend to expect power delivery through…

If Snap’s Specs are still ridiculously expensive, they’re also a lot more comfortable than they used to be

The company’s AR glasses — which the company calls a “new kind of computer” — were heavy (they weighed around 8 ounces) and fit rather uncomfortably on my face. The device was also hot, and made my face feel tingly — a…

The safest way to store your laptop for a long period of time

Maybe you've upgraded to a new machine but want to keep the old one on hand. There are plenty of reasons you might need to stop using a laptop for a couple of weeks or months. When you do find yourself in that situation…

Coordinated disturbances haunt grids worldwide. Here’s how researchers solved the mystery.

Even weirder: The sags happened at the exact same time on power grids across countries and continents. It was a mystery that Dirk Witthaut, a researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, couldn’t pass up. Germany’s…

Why your laptop fans spin up without any warning

Your computer's fans start roaring and whirring , but after a short moment, everything is quiet again. If you've ever had your laptop fan sound off without warning like this, there are a few possible causes. Over the…

Don't throw away your old flip phone – do this instead

So, you are doing a bit of seasonal cleaning, and you came across the dreaded electronics drawer. One minute you are blissfully tidying up your office, the next you are confronted with a mountainous trove of old gadgets.…

This is the cheapest RTX 5090 PC we could find — and why we'd pick it over a similarly-powered laptop

One configuration currently available from CyberPowerPC costs $7,609.50 after applying a $400.50 promotional discount. A complete RTX 5090 desktop PC The GeForce Extreme Creator Gaming PC comes equipped with ASUS's TUF…

I deleted Instagram, YouTube, and 6 other Android apps to take back control of my screen time

Every app seemed designed to steal my attention. So, I did something I'd always told myself I didn't need to do: I deleted apps. Not just unused apps, but the popular ones that had stolen control of my focus. Here are…

The danger of charging your phone under your pillow isn't radiation

You've probably heard this warning before: Never sleep with your phone under the pillow; your brain will get all the radiation, and you'll develop cancer. Well, a World Health Organization (WHO)-commissioned study from…