Huawei has spent billions on a two-year stockpile of American chips TechSpot

According to industry sources who spoke with the Nikkei Asian Review, Huawei began stockpiling towards the end of 2018. At the time they said they were “shocked or sometimes amused” by the “ungrounded and senseless” allegations leveled against them. Now they’re publicly in panic mode, and justifiably enough as Huawei...





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Enjoy the weekend with this new Baldur's Gate 3 teaser TechSpot

In teasing a new sizzle reel, Larian Studios tweeted out that "It's almost time to venture forth." Attached to the tweet is a 40 second clip showing off some new gameplay footage, spells, environments, and voice work. Take a look.





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The Best SSD and PC Storage 2020: Solid State, HDD, External & NAS TechSpot

Solid state drives are not only mainstream, but they've become a commodity. Fast storage will hopefully only get faster but today's best choices are differentiated by how extreme you want to go and how willing you are to pay for the very best.





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Facebook doesn't want to be an "arbiter of truth," but will verify the identities of people behind popular Pages TechSpot

This week President Trump signed an executive order meant to limit the legal protections that have prevented social media platforms from being held liable for user-generated content. The move came right after Twitter started labeling some of his tweets with a fact-check warning -- an action he described as interference...





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Who invented Ethernet networking? TechSpot

Was it Cisco, Packard Bell, Xerox, or AT&T?





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Google's Sodar tool uses mobile AR for social distancing TechSpot

Sodar, which likely stands for social distancing radar, is a web app rather than a standalone application. As with other AR tools, it uses a phone’s camera to superimpose images onto your surroundings via the screen. In this case, it’s a two-meter wide circle that illustrates whether you’re too close...





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Lego's 1:8 scale model kit of the Lamborghini Sian might actually be more desirable than the real car TechSpot

Lego Technic kits are one of its more challenging products, aimed at car enthusiasts who don't mind spending unhealthy amounts of time tinkering with complex plastic pieces that take the shape of a Porsche 911 RSR, a Corvette ZR1, a Bugatti Chiron or even the new Defender from Land Rover.





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Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 desktop chips reportedly built on TSMC's 5nm process TechSpot

The claim is from DigiTimes (via Tom’s Hardware), which does have a slightly hit-and-miss record when it comes to these things. It states that TSMC is expected to start volume production of an enhanced version of its 5nm finFET process (5nm Plus) in the fourth quarter of 2020 and that...





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"Anti-5G" USB stick that costs $346 is being investigated by trading standards TechSpot

A firm called BioShield Distribution is offering a product called the 5GBioShield, which "provides protection for your home and family, thanks to the wearable holographic nano-layer catalyser, which can be worn or placed near to a smartphone or any other electrical, radiation or EMF emitting device." If that sounds...





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Nightdive Studios drops new System Shock remake demo TechSpot

A subset of System Shock fans were a bit concerned to learn last week that Tencent was taking over development of System Shock 3 for OtherSide Entertainment. Franchise owner Nightdive Studios chimed in on the matter but that wasn’t much consolation as the dev has faced its own set of...





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Bad weather delays SpaceX's crewed launch TechSpot

The teams from SpaceX and NASA decided the risk to equipment posed by thunderstorms over the Falcon Rocket 9’s Cape Canaveral site was too great. Officials said that if the launch could have waited ten minutes after countdown, a take-off would have been possible.





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Intel Core i5-10400 vs. AMD Ryzen 5 3600 TechSpot

Intel's new Core i5-10400 is a locked 6-core, 12-thread processor that operates at between 2.9 GHz and 4.3 GHz depending on the workload. At around $180, this chip seems to be going head to head against AMD's formidable Ryzen 5 3600. Can the i5 hold its own?





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This $346 USB stick uses "quantum technology" to protect you from 5G, apparently TechSpot

Claims that 5G can negatively impact your health have been spreading online for some time. They gained more traction as Covid-19 made its way outside of China and became a worldwide pandemic, with some alleging the virus was caused by 5G, or it made people more susceptible to catching it....





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Xiaomi RedmiBook is Ryzen 4000 powered starting at $559 TechSpot

Xiaomi has launched three new RedmiBook laptops powered by AMD Ryzen 4000-series processors, joining an expanding club that includes Asus, Lenovo, MSI, and others who have used the new CPUs in a variety of designs, from thin laptops focused on portability to gaming powerhouses that give Intel a run for...





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Apple's iPhone 11 remains popular despite the pandemic TechSpot

Apple turned in a record holiday quarter in 2019 thanks to strong demand for the iPhone 11, and it looks like that trend has continued in 2020. According to a report from Omdia, the iPhone 11 managed to steal the title of "world's most popular smartphone" from the iPhone XR...





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Seagate expands gaming SSD line with 120 series FireCuda TechSpot

Unlike the PCIe 4.0-based FireCuda 520, the new 120 series isn't going for blistering fast speeds, but it's 560MB/s reads and 540MB/s writes reach the limit of what SATA III can offer and should be perfectly adequate for playing games and breathing new life into decades-old PCs and laptops.





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GOG kicks off its biggest Summer Sale yet with game demos and publisher bundles TechSpot

There's a lot to get excited about here, but we'll start with the game demos. There will be seven in total, and each is intended to showcase different parts of an upcoming game. There are demos for Desperados III, the Destroy All Humans! remake, the System Shock remake, Spiritfarer, Vagrus...





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