Amazon and Best Buy Slash MacBook Air Prices: Starting at $749
Grab a MacBook Air for $749 today only. Amazon’s Presidents Day MacBook Air sale discounts the ultraportable laptops to as low as $749, with Best Buy offering flash deals today only as well. Amazon is offering shoppers a bonus $50 discount on top of a $200 instant rebate on Apple’s standard M2 MacBook Air 13-inch […]
Apple’s iconic ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad aired 41 years ago this week; how it almost didn’t happen
On this day 41 years ago, Apple’s first Macintosh went on sale, just two days after being introduced to the world during a commercial break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. Although “1984” became a cultural phenomenon and a watershed moment for product launches, Apple’s Board of Directors was against it from the […]
PCI-SIG Demonstrates PCIe 6.0 Interoperability at FMS 2024
As the deployment of PCIe 5.0 picks up steam in both datacenter and consumer markets, PCI-SIG is not sitting idle, and is already working on getting the ecosystem ready for the updats to the PCIe specifications. At FMS 2024, some vendors were even talking about PCIe 7.0 with its 128 GT/s capabilities despite PCIe 6.0 […]
The Civilization VII Reviews Have Arrived
Evolution, Revolution Or Devolution? As someone who knows for a fact that Sid Meier’s Civilization series peaked in Civ IV, it is interesting to see Ars Technica suggest that with a bit of work Civilization VII might match the Civ IV experience. This may intrigue those that miss the stack of doom instead of trying […]
Apple Maps Might Start Showing Ads
Apple is “exploring” the idea of showing search ads in the Apple Maps app, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Back in 2022, Gurman said software engineering was “already underway” to display ads in the Apple Maps app, but Apple did not move forward with the idea at the time. Today, he said Apple is “giving […]
Save Big on Beats Headphones at Amazon With up to 50% Off
Save up to 50% on Beats headphones. Amazon’s steeper Beats deals deliver price cuts of up to 50% off over-ear headphones and earbuds. On the heels of the Powerbeats Pro 2 launch, Amazon has issued fresh price drops on other models from the Beats line, including Studio Pro over-ear headphones. Grab Beat deals Prices for […]
SLAP and FLOP security flaws affect all current Apple devices
Security researchers have discovered two flaws present in all current iPhones, iPads, and Macs – as well as many earlier ones. The vulnerabilities, known as SLAP and FLOP, could potentially allow an attacker to see the current contents of your open web tabs. The flaws were introduced in the A15 and M2 chips, and are […]
Fadu’s FC5161 SSD Controller Breaks Cover in Western Digital’s PCIe Gen5 Enterprise Drives
When Western Digital introduced its Ultrastar DC SN861 SSDs earlier this year, the company did not disclose which controller it used for these drives, which made many observers presume that WD was using an in-house controller. But a recent teardown of the drive shows that is not the case; instead, the company is using a […]
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM LIQUID SOC Review
As the stress test begins the card remains in a passive cooling mode, and we see an immediate rise to 60 C before the fans on the card and radiator begin to spin up. After this initial spike, temps normalize to an apparent target of 50 C. I was already impressed by the ~63 C […]
Pro Display XDR 2 and Larger iMac: Here’s What the Latest Rumors Say
In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman briefly touched on the future of the Pro Display XDR and a larger iMac. This comes amid rumors of a new Studio Display with mini-LED backlighting launching by 2026. Below, we recap the latest rumors. Pro Display XDR 2 Released in December 2019, the Pro Display […]