In context: It’s long been reported that Apple isn’t feeling the chip shortage quite as much as other firms, but it might not be immune to its effects. According to a new report, Cupertino has reduced its iPad production to allocate components to the iPhone 13. Citing “multiple sources,” Nikkei Asia reports that iPad production…
A hot potato: China is continuing its crusade against popular online games, with Fortnite being the latest victim of the country’s increasingly restrictive regulatory environment. The popular battle royale game had been in beta since 2018, but it looks like the Chinese government has decided that it won’t be granting a license to Epic Games…
In brief: Facebook changing its corporate name to Meta could cost the company more than expected. An Arizona firm called Meta PCs that sells laptops, accessories, and customized rigs already applied to trademark the “Meta” name in August but is willing to sell it to Zuckerberg and co. for $20 million. Last week saw Facebook…
Logitech You probably don’t realize this, but that cheap-o office mouse you’re using is unacceptably slow. Whether you’re gaming or working, you can upgrade your computer pointer today at a good price. Amazon is selling the Razer Death Adder V2 gaming mouse for $35. Walmart, meanwhile, has the excellent Logitech MX Master 3 for $86.39,…
SK Hynix Our favorite NVMe SSD is on sale today. Amazon is selling the 2TB SK Hynix Gold P31 for $208.24, which is down from the current $245 with a savings of nearly $37. To get the deal, you need to clip the 15 percent off coupon underneath the price on the product page. When…
There’s a ritual among dedicated PC users. We watch new Apple events closely (whether we admit it or not), just to see what weird stuff the other side of the computer aisle is up to. A few weeks ago we scoffed as Apple moved its “iconic” screen notch over to its MacBook Pro laptops, apparently…
Analyst firm Mercury Research said that the low end of the notebook PC and Chromebook market “evaporated” in the third quarter, leading to the worst quarter-over-quarter downturn in mobile CPUs in the history of the PC CPU market. Mercury said that a drop in demand was expected, given that the PC market had largely been…
THE TECH industry recently appeared to be sitting on cloud nine. One record after another fell when quarterly results were reported three months ago. Revenues had grown by 40% on average compared with the same period a year ago and profits by 90% for the five Western technology titans—Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon, Facebook, Apple…
Dealmaster — Dealmaster includes new lows on Fire tablets, ANC headphones, 4K TVs, and more. Ars Staff – Nov 1, 2021 10:33 pm UTC Ars Technica It’s the Dealmaster. You’ve probably got stuff going on, so let’s jump into another roundup of the best tech deals we can find from across the web. With each…
A green bill of health — An updated analysis with new health statistics shows the benefits are immediate. John Timmer – Nov 1, 2021 9:47 pm UTC Enlarge / Building a lot of these would pay for itself, albeit indirectly. The use of fossil fuels comes with a wide variety of externalized costs. The big…