Electrek reports that Tesla’s online configurator shows price rises for select Model 3, Model Y, Model X, and Model S vehicles. The Model X Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive version got the most significant bump, jumping $6,000 from $114,990 to $120,990. The Model S Dual Motor AWD Long Range’s price increase was also high, going up by $5,000 from $99,990 to $104,990. The Plaid version of the electric sedan stays the same price: $135,990....
At the start of the year, Tesla confirmed reports that production of the Cybertruck had been delayed until 2023, the result of industry challenges such as the global chip shortage that has hit auto manufacturers particularly hard. Last month, Tesla said it was readying its Austin, Texas plant for early production of the Cybertruck in mid-2023. “We’re in the final lap for Cybertruck,” Musk said on a conference call with analysts....
When testing out budget-oriented monitors we’re always wary of a few things: is the build quality any good, and is the display defective in any way? To address that second point first, our retail monitor shipped with no issues whatsoever, so no dead pixels, and Viotek offers a full replacement if your monitor arrives with a dead pixel so it’s not something to be overly concerned about. As for build quality, the GN32LD is fine....
Last summer, I finished building and fine-tuning a new gaming PC. I had a lot of fun, but the process could also be pretty annoying. Today, I’m going to list the ten worst things about building a new gaming PC. Last week I chronicled what were the ten best things about building a new PC. If you want positivity, that’s the place to go. But now: Bitterness! Negativity! Complaining! Here we go....
I thought I could get away with slowing the CPU fan in the BIOS, but that caused a drastic temperature spike and left me seeking a more elaborate solution. It’s one that proved to be relatively simple: the Xigmatek Janus, a small heatsink and fan combo for Mini-ITX systems. Strangely enough, that very same day I found myself facing another CPU cooler problem while building a Sandy Bridge-E rig with my friend....
If you’re in a static workplace, a feature-rich mouse with a bigger, stable profile will likely be more comfortable for your palm as you juggle multiple displays. Those on the move, meanwhile, will appreciate a smaller option that’s easy to carry around and use in varying environments. We’ve also picked a few niche models suited to users facing wrist strain or those at risk of shoulder/arm injury. Here are our top recommendations for mice that stand out from the crowd in terms of features, build quality, portability and ergonomics....
But what about the future? More than once console makers have tried to break new ground, by focusing on functionality beyond gaming, but for the most part those attempts have failed. Nintendo has found the most success with specialized hardware that still focuses on games first, while Sony and Microsoft have seemingly understood that building powerful general purpose machines that are akin to PCs is their best and safest bet....
Twitter users @NWPlayer123 (via VideoCardz) spotted the reference to FSR in the Nintendo game’s end-user license agreement (EULA). There isn’t any explanation as to how the tech might be used, though it’s speculated that it could be leveraged to improve the graphical quality/performance of games on the Switch’s 720p screen and when outputting to TVs at a 1080p resolution. The Switch uses a Maxwell-based Tegra X1 SoC (256 CUDA cores) from Nvidia that was released in 2015, so it’s getting on a bit these days....
When testing Vega 56 I was pretty shocked by how strong this GPU was in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III. Since then other media outlets have also confirmed exceptional performance for Vega in this title so I’m confident in the results. If every game looked like this AMD would be laughing. Anyway Vega 56 sticks it to the GTX 1080 while the Vega 64 models pull even further head....
Looking at the 3DMark Hall of Fame, the Fire Strike score puts us just outside of the top 100. For example the Intel Core i7-5930K armed with three GeForce GTX Titan X cards scored 17973pts, while four Radeon R9 290X cards were good for 17964. Squeezing out 16563pts from our little MicroATX system was a good result. When it comes to 4K gaming our ridiculously powerful MicroATX system delivered, for the most part anyway....
While patch v1.1 delivered a much-needed performance boost, The Witcher 2 is still capable of bringing today’s finest hardware to its knees. UberSampling cripples every single-card solution available, including the dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon HD 6990. You’ll need a couple Nvidia graphics cards to experience the feature as it doesn’t seem to work properly when using Crossfire (for now). Technically speaking, neither AMD nor Nvidia currently offer official support for multi-GPU technology in The Witcher 2....
Testing at 1080p with the GTX 980 in BioShock Infinite should allow for an average of just over 110fps when not limited by the CPU. Here we see that the Pentium G3220 and Celeron G1820 drop off the pace, averaging around 100fps, which was also achieved by the Core i7-870 and i5-760. The Core 2 range really struggled with the Core 2 Quad Q9650 averaging just 78fps and only 72fps for the Core 2 Duo E8600....
When using a single 30" monitor at 2560x1600 we found that the Radeon HD 6990 was 11% faster than the GeForce GTX 590. As we increase the resolution to 5040x1050 that margin is reduced to just 2% in favor of the Radeon HD 6990. Then at 5760x1200 and 7680x1600 the frame rates drop a bit too much, the cards are evenly matched though you won’t be playing at these resolutions....
Last April, Apple started offering T-Mobile and Verizon customers hundreds of dollars off new iPad and iPhone models through rebate programs. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has followed the program ever since, including the problems he and others started experiencing in the autumn and winter. Gurman in November reported that T-Mobile ignored his iPhone rebate request for months before finally rejecting it. Other users responded to him on Twitter with similar complaints about iPad rebates, and rebates from Verizon....
Bruce Lee, an analyst for Goldman Sachs, put the first and second questions of the call to TSMC CEO C. C. Wei. His first question was about inflation and the economy at large, to which Wei responded that TSMC was well-positioned, as the leading global foundry, to weather fluctuations in the market. Lee then asked about the timeline for the 2nm node. “Our N2 development is on track,” Wei said....
Systems like the Atari 2600 or the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) didn’t need sophisticated software to handle user input and games because the peripherals and cartridges communicated directly with the “brain” of the console. Nothing needed to be stored because games were hardwired. Users only had the option of interacting with whatever cartridge was plugged in, so there wasn’t the need to allow them to move things around or jump from file to file....
On Wednesday, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 15.6.1 along with macOS Monterey 12.5.1. The only changes these upgrades bring are fixes for two serious vulnerabilities that could let attackers execute arbitrary code on users’ devices. The first exploit – tagged CVE-2022-32894 – could grant programs kernel-level privileges with which to execute arbitrary code. The second – labeled CVE-2022-32893 – is a WebKit flaw that could let malicious web pages run arbitrary code....
According to Bloomberg, US officials have been concerned by Musk’s actions over the last few weeks, particularly his assertion that SpaceX could not continue to supply and support Starlink in Ukraine. Musk said supporting Ukraine by providing it with Starlink services so it can keep accessing the internet in the face of Russian aggression has cost the company $80 million so far, and that the figure will exceed $100 million by the end of the year....
As far as we’re aware, Intel 10th and 11th-gen desktop CPUs should deliver comparable performance using either Windows 10 or Windows 11. But as always there seems to be conflicting reports, some claiming Windows 11 is much faster and others suggesting the opposite is true. To find out what is what, we’ve tested over half a dozen configurations using the flagship Intel Core i9-11900K alongside an entry-level Core i3-10105F, which is a refreshed 10th gen part, featuring 4 cores with 8 threads....
The reveal was made by a senior product manager at Microsoft who tweeted a photo of an updated Notepad with tabs, along with a message that stated, “Notepad in Windows 11 now has tabs!” There was also a loudspeaker emoji for emphasis. It seems unusual that the employee posted the tweet when there was a big warning on the image stating its confidentiality and not to discuss features or take screenshots, which could explain why the tweet was quickly deleted....
