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Since the launch of the original QuietComfort 35, the popularity of Bose's QuietComfort series has increased significantly, featuring some of the most popular wireless headsets out there. After the launch of the QC35, the company upgraded them and released the QuietComfort 35 II, which later received the gaming treatment to... https://www.techspot.com/news/91040-bose-new-quietcomfort-45-small-but-welcome-upgrade.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As Axios correctly highlights, live audio apps exploded in popularity during the pandemic. Clubhouse, one of the leading social audio apps for Android and iOS, revealed over the weekend that it is now averaging 700,000 live audio rooms daily – up from just 300,000 in May. https://www.techspot.com/news/91044-amazon-reportedly-building-platform-live-audio-concerts-performances.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

News of a Radeon RX 6900 XTX comes from Twitter user CyberPunkCat (via Tom’s Hardware), who posted what is alleged to be an AMD slide showing off the unreleased card. As noted by 3DCenter, which recently revealed the new increase in graphics card prices, the specs on the slide match... https://www.techspot.com/news/91034-amd-rumored-working-radeon-rx-6900-xtx-challenge.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

On the inside, the Fossil Gen 6 smartwatches are equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ processor, featuring faster charging and improved power efficiency compared to the original Snapdragon 4100. This processor also features a QCC1110 chip for the always-on display functionality. Moreover, it will pack 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. https://www.techspot.com/news/91018-fossil-gen-6-smartwatches-coming-but-they-wont.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a statement shared with CNBC, ByteDance said Pico’s suite of software and hardware technologies, as well as its deeply talented team, will help support their long-term investment in the emerging field of VR. https://www.techspot.com/news/91021-tiktok-owner-bytedance-delves-virtual-reality-pico-acquisition.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In trying to alleviate fears that the company's $1,800 phone is easily damaged, Samsung claims the new 7.6-inch main screen is "80% harder" than its predecessor. The AMOLED is covered with ultra-thin glass and a screen protector. Zack Nelson notes that the Mohs scale of hardness isn't the best for... https://www.techspot.com/news/91009-watch-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-3-undergo-hardcore.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

YouTuber Austin Evans was able to get one of the new CFI-11-series PlayStation units imported from Japan to compare it with a launch model (watch below), and while it sported a lighter weight and a new hand-adjustable stand screw as expected, a cursory test also found that temperatures at the... https://www.techspot.com/news/91003-first-hardware-revision-ps5-looks-like-step-backwards.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, along with Chicago's BACP and Consumer Counsel offices, filed two lawsuits against DoorDash and Grubhub on Friday. The lawsuits cite multiple deceptive advertising and charging practices resulting in both real and potential damage to the reputations of unaffiliated restaurants as well as deceptive charging practices designed... https://www.techspot.com/news/91005-chicago-delivers-legal-action-doordash-grubhub-dishing-out.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Following their ongoing lawsuit against Chinese hosting provider Chuangshiji Technology Limited, China's Supreme Court has sided with Genesis Mining and ordered the return of more than 485,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) to the Iceland-based cloud mining company. While the decision may seem like a victory for Genesis, China's recent crackdown... https://www.techspot.com/news/91002-chinese-court-returns-over-485000-radeon-gpus-cloud.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The ‘new’ 970 Evo Plus was first tested by a Chinese YouTube channel (whose video on the topic does have English subtitles, if you want to watch). It’s unclear if the new model is exclusive to China or Asia, or if it’s being distributed globally. https://www.techspot.com/news/90998-samsung-swapping-parts-their-970-evo-plus-ssds.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Valve’s Steam listing notes that Halo Infinite is built for PC. Touting advanced graphics settings, ultrawide / superwide support and triple-key binds plus features like variable framerates and dynamic scaling, it is billed as the best Halo experience on the PC to date. https://www.techspot.com/news/90999-halo-infinite-minimum-recommended-pc-requirements-revealed-steam.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Saints Row fans eagerly awaited Volition's reveal of the next game in the franchise during the Gamecom's Opening Night Live. They didn't have long to wait as the show opened with the announcement. Many walked away, scratching their heads in confusion at what they saw. https://www.techspot.com/news/90989-internet-reacts-negatively-saints-row-reboot-reveal-while.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Before getting your hopes up, the new 17 PCI IDs found in the AMDGPU Linux driver may not be directly linked to 17 new AMD GPUs, as PCI IDs are also used for engineering samples and custom-designed models from the AIB partners. https://www.techspot.com/news/90988-amd-new-rdna2-pci-ids-linux-driver-suggest.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

More than half a dozen Razer gaming laptops are on sale including the Blade Pro 17, the Blade Stealth 13 ultrabook and the Blade 15 Studio Edition. Discounts vary depending on which model you choose, but the biggest markdown is 35 percent off the Blade 15 Advanced, which brings the price down to $1,699.99. https://www.techspot.com/news/90987-amazon-discounts-razer-laptops-gaming-gear-up-60.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ever since Microsoft listed its system requirements for Windows 11, there's been some degree of uncertainty surrounding its requirement of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and the need for a relatively recent CPU. https://www.techspot.com/news/90970-asus-releases-bios-firmware-kaby-lake-skylake-processors.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Barr joined Nintendo of America way back in 1982 as the company’s Design & Brand Director, a position he maintained for the duration of his nearly 39-year career with the company. https://www.techspot.com/news/90964-nintendo-designer-responsible-nes-snes-retires-after-nearly.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

By now it's no secret that Google has been paying a hefty price to be the default search engine on Apple devices. Not only that, but regulators have long been worried about the billion-dollar agreement between the two tech giants as they were probing them for multiple potential antitrust violations. https://www.techspot.com/news/90962-google-could-pay-apple-nearly-15-billion-year.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The proposed law is a revision of the Telecommunications Business Act, making app store operators unable to force developers to use specific payment systems, such as those controlled by the app store operators. https://www.techspot.com/news/90950-south-korea-may-bar-google-apple-forcing-app.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Xiaomi today announced it will acquire autonomous driving startup DeepMotion in a deal evaluated at around $77.3 million, joining the list of big Chinese tech companies that have signaled their interest in the electric car market. https://www.techspot.com/news/90937-after-phones-smart-appliances-xiaomi-sets-eyes-electric.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CPU-Z is a great freeware app that's been around for over 20 years. It provides detailed info about your hardware (Windows and Android), now updated to detect 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs and DDR5 RAM. https://www.techspot.com/downloads/27-cpu-z.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Buying an SSD can be a daunting task with the variety of options that are available today. Using guides like our own can help you navigate through these waters, but sometimes a manufacturer will decide -- for any number of legitimate reasons -- to quietly change the NAND flash or... https://www.techspot.com/news/90928-western-digital-caught-swapping-lower-grade-nand-budget.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The ongoing pandemic has done more to reshape society than any other single event in my lifetime. As a natural homebody and lifelong remote worker, not much has changed on that front; it’s more about how the things and people around me are changing and adapting to the times. https://www.techspot.com/news/90930-shipt-may-have-solved-food-delivery-woes-new.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Last year, it emerged that Facebook wanted to buy the infamous Pegasus spyware tool in 2017 with the explicit purpose to monitor iPhone and iPad users. Pegasus developer NSO Group refused to sell it for that purpose, as the firm is known for its strict policy of only licensing its... https://www.techspot.com/news/90923-new-zero-click-imessage-pegasus-attack-can-blast.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Bloomberg reports that Tim Cook, Satay Nadella, and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy are the big names attending tomorrow afternoon's meeting. They could be joined by Google's Sundar Pichai, who has been invited, along with execs from IBM, and JPMorgan Chase. Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning will also be attending. https://www.techspot.com/news/90917-president-biden-reportedly-meet-cook-nadella-other-tech.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As we humans grapple with the possibility (or impossibility) of extraterrestrials visiting Earth, NASA has essentially been doing the same thing on other planets for decades now. Take nearby neighbor Mars, for example. https://www.techspot.com/news/90906-nasa-mars-curiosity-rover-shares-new-panorama-climbs.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Chips and Cheese claims to have picked out more details from the leak of Gigabyte's documents and its communications with Intel and AMD. Among them is a diagram detailing the compatibility of three different types of processors that will use AM5 -- the new sockets AMD will use for its... https://www.techspot.com/news/90905-amd-upcoming-am5-socket-processors-may-have-wider.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Netherlands-based Redditor Antony ter Horst (antonyjeweet) bought the RTX 3090 Founders Edition two weeks ago. Strangely, the memory temperatures were hitting 230 degrees Fahrenheit / 110 degrees Celsius within a minute of use, causing it to downclock. https://www.techspot.com/news/90896-nvidia-rtx-3090-owner-finds-finger-glove-inside.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Steam steals https://www.techspot.com/news/90886-claim-free-pc-games-before-august-over-including.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The flagship chipset is the mysterious X699. Intel’s last xx99 chipset was the X299, which supported the first two generations of Core i9 processors, Skylake-X and Cascade Lake-X. In turn, then, X699 will be associated with some sort of HEDT series, but there’s no information on that yet. https://www.techspot.com/news/90892-intel-accidentally-spills-beans-their-many-many-alder.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Chevy Bolt owners from 2017 to present day have been instructed to take several steps to ensure minimal risk of charging-related fire by an ongoing General Motors recall. According to the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the current recall affects an estimated... https://www.techspot.com/news/90891-chevy-expands-bolt-recall-instructs-owners-not-charge.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Earlier this year, an MIT study revealed that lithium-ion battery costs have fallen by more than 97 percent since its commercial introduction almost 30 years ago. Not only that, but industry watchers are optimistic that by 2025 lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity will have tripled while the price per kilowatt-hour is... https://www.techspot.com/news/90878-sakuu-3d-printed-solid-state-battery-could-boon.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple is reportedly planning to condense multiple product launch events into a single month rather than spread them out as it did last year according to sources familiar with the matter as reported by DigiTimes (paywalled). If true, it would be a rather uncharacteristic move for Apple. https://www.techspot.com/news/90887-apple-may-cram-all-fall-product-launches-single.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

USB drives is a common method to transfer data from one device to another because it's simple, affordable and effective. It's also portable, which comes with some potential hygiene issues as they go from hand to hand, transporting microbial if not disinfected. And even if disinfected regularly, bacteria can still... https://www.techspot.com/news/90880-verbatim-microban-working-antimicrobial-usb-drives.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In 2019, during the trade war between China and the US, there were numerous reports that tech giants were exploring options to move away from the heat and best protect their financial interests. Their main goal was (and still is) to shift as much of their manufacturing as possible away... https://www.techspot.com/news/90866-companies-shifting-production-away-china-face-major-challenges.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Details suggesting Bethesda would unveil a new version of Quake at this year's QuakeCon have been leaking for days. Bethesda's schedule for QuakeCon initially mentioned a "revitalized" version of the game before they changed it, and earlier today this new version began appearing on ratings boards. https://www.techspot.com/news/90870-bethesda-launches-quake-remaster-improved-graphics-new-expansion.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The way Intel's presentation describes XeSS makes it sound much more similar to Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) than AMD's recently unveiled FidelityFx Super Resolution (FSR). Like DLSS, XeSS is a temporal solution that will use information from previous frames in order to upscale a game to higher resolutions... https://www.techspot.com/news/90865-intel-dlss-competitor-works-nvidia-amd-gpus-open.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Since launching its Chromium-based Edge browser, Microsoft has been trying hard to push it onto Windows 10 users through various methods. It has set it as the default after large Windows updates, given "tips" on how to switch to its one and only "recommended" browser, and even pushed full-screen ads... https://www.techspot.com/news/90846-windows-11-make-harder-switch-microsoft-edge-alternative.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

YouTube channel Modern Vintage Gamer recently profiled a newer PlayStation 1 emulator that runs on Microsoft’s Xbox One and Series consoles. That probably sounds like blasphemy, but it actually looks pretty darn slick. https://www.techspot.com/news/90852-emulator-you-run-original-playstation-games-microsoft-xbox.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Lamborghini confirmed to Top Gear that all 112 Countach production models have already been sold. The company apparently reached out to its most loyal customers and collectors before the unveiling to secure their orders. Lamborghini skipped over pricing details in its press release, but according to Top Gear, each car... https://www.techspot.com/news/90845-lamborghini-retro-inspired-countach-hybrid-has-already-sold.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Windows Latest reports that some people who downloaded Windows 10’s July 2021 preview (KB5004296) and the August 2021 update (KB5005033) are finding their ability to use the helpful Alt-Tab feature has disappeared. https://www.techspot.com/news/90839-latest-windows-10-update-breaking-alt-tab-tool.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Update (08/17/21): Shortly after publication, T-Mobile reached out to us to comment on the Commission's ruling. A spokesperson said that the company categorically disagrees with the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in this case, issuing the following statement: https://www.techspot.com/news/90830-california-utility-regulators-rule-t-mobile-misled-them.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Credit and debit cards have come a long way, from shop clerks having to write the card's owner data or using flatbed imprinting machines to register the card, using credit and debit cards as a payment method became more streamlined with the addition of the magnetic stripe. https://www.techspot.com/news/90825-starting-2024-you-wont-able-swipe-mastercard-credit.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The attack on Memorial Health System happened early Sunday morning. The original press release announcing the attack and the response is inaccessible because the non-profit's website is down. However, Hack Notice was able to pick up and repost the press release while it was still up. https://www.techspot.com/news/90818-memorial-health-system-hit-ransomware-attack-hospitals-begin.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you have a GP-P850GM or GP-P750GM PSU, according to the appendix at the bottom of Gigabyte's statement, they're allowing returns and exchanges for serial numbers SN20343G031011 to SN20513G022635 for the P850GM, and serial numbers SN20243G001301 to SN20453G025430 for the P750GM. https://www.techspot.com/news/90816-gigabyte-releases-statement-failing-power-supplies-models.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to the ODI’s summary, it has identified 11 instances since January 2018 in which Tesla models of various configurations have encountered first responder scenes and subsequently struck one or more vehicles involved in the scene. https://www.techspot.com/news/90813-tesla-autopilot-investigated-after-nearly-dozen-first-responder.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to a Motherboard report, the data comes from compromised T-Mobile servers and includes information on social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver licenses. The publication has verified it contains accurate information on T-Mobile customers. https://www.techspot.com/news/90806-hacker-claims-selling-data-over-100-million-t.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

July is typically the hottest month each year, but this past July clocked in as the hottest July on record with a combined land and surface temperature of 1.67 degrees fahrenheit (0.93 degrees Celsius) above the 20th century average. https://www.techspot.com/news/90800-confirmed-july-2021-hottest-month-ever-recorded-142.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

"We are well aware that there are supporting and opposing views on Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee’s parole," Moon’s office said in a statement. "The views of the people who are opposed are also right." https://www.techspot.com/news/90798-samsung-vice-chairman-walks-out-jail-returns-office.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Matthew Storman, the owner and former operator of RomUniverse, was sued by Nintendo of America in 2019 for more than $150,000 per copyright infringement and $2 million per trademark infringement. In May 2021, a judge ruled in Nintendo’s favor, awarding the company $2.1 million based on filed trademark infringement claims. https://www.techspot.com/news/90797-romuniverse-owner-previously-fined-21m-now-ordered-destroy.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As Kotaku points out, Tennis For Two was created by a man named William Higinbotham. Higinbotham was a physicist and a member of the Manhattan Project. As you probably know, the Manhattan Project was responsible for creating the nuclear bomb near the end of World War II. Higinbotham led the... https://www.techspot.com/news/90794-did-you-know-first-video-game-invented-physicist.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger