Hardware

Acer launches a raft of gaming PCs and monitors

Gaming just got more exciting as Acer unleashed the Predator Orion X gaming desktop; Predator Triton 17 X, Predator Helios Neo 16, and Predator Triton 14 gaming laptops; and Nitro and Predator curved monitors. All the PCs have “Intel inside.” PC sales may be in the dumps, but Acer isn’t letting that slow it down. The company launched a series … Read more

The new 3D graphics pipeline

Who loses and who gains when consumers get access to vast libraries of content for a minimum monthly fee or because they are willing to put up with ads? I

Apple’s footprint

As you’ve heard by now, maybe a hundred times, Apple has a new multi-chip SoC called M1 Ultra. They also have a new workstation, a new set of smartphones, and more stuff in the Apple tube-o’-plenty of consumer products. How did a struggling PC vendor with a small MP3 player get to have such a reach? They did it with … Read more