Can you say thermocapillary convection? — It’s the same underlying process behind the coffee ring effect and wine tears. Jennifer Ouellette – Feb 3, 2021 12:06 am UTC Enlarge / Foods will sometimes get stuck to a heated surface, even if oil or a nonstick frying pan is used. Scientists have concluded that convection may…
February 17, 2021 | 12:20 Companies: #nvidia An update to popular PC hardware monitor application HWiNFO is coming to expose more crucial information about the inner workings of your Nvidia GPU. German tech stalwart Igor Wallossek has penned a blog post about the update, after acquiring a pre-beta release, which lists a GPU HotSpot temperature…
Microsoft has announced a new headset for current gen Xbox consoles and Windows 10 PCs. The new headset connects wirelessly and has some neat features for comfort, ease of use, audio quality, and fitting into your gaming life.Above you can see the Xbox Wireless Headset launch trailer which calls out various feature highlights. The first…
February 16, 2021 | 12:20 Companies: #sony Last week the firm behind the ongoing class action lawsuit against Nintendo, for Switch Joy-Con drift, asked PlayStation users with PS5 DualSense controllers to get in touch if they had experienced similar input device defects. The online form asking for consumer experiences has obviously found a number of…
Sapphire Technologies is gearing up to launch some exciting new PC components and is stirring up its followers on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Weibo. As Sapphire is a dedicated AMD graphics card partner it is certain that we are looking at the introduction of new Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards.The…
In brief: Google is already one of the best search engines in the world (data privacy aside), but with its latest feature, it’ll be getting even better. Starting today, the search platform will begin giving you more information about websites that appear in your search results, perhaps letting you determine whether or not they’re worth…
Editor’s take: Nike’s original goal with the Go FlyEase was to better support adaptive athletes with disabilities but it quickly became apparent that the shoe was “really universal.” Now, it’s poised to compete directly with other well-known slip-on shoes like Crocs and serves as an alternative to other gimmicky hands-free solutions. Nike on Monday introduced…
Bottom line: Microsoft’s business continued to grow in 2020 amid a surge in demand for PCs as well as businesses that have undergone digitization efforts and chose the firm’s security services. Some of the revenue increase was also due to consoles, but continued supply issues may have limited that to some degree. Microsoft’s latest financial…
February 19, 2021 | 11:00 Companies: #nvidia Nvidia will limit the cryptocurrency mining performance of an upcoming graphics card to try and make sure more of its GeForce products “end up in the hands of gamers”. In a blog post the PC graphics tech leader said that the move to reduce RTX 3060 hash rates…
I often think that, had Bulletstorm been a commercial success, the last decade of first-person-shooters would have shaken out very differently. People Can Fly’s wilfully dumb, secretly ingenious, altogether fantastic FPS infamously sold a measly number of copies when it first launched in 2011. The game’s reputation has grown somewhat in the interceding years, but…
