Fri Apr 7 01:12:04 2017 from games.slashdot.org

Microsoft unveiled last year that it will be launching a super-specced Xbox One variant -- codenamed Project Scorpio -- soon. Now the company has shared what those hardware modules look like. According to a report on Eurogamer, which visited Microsoft campus at the company's invitation, the specs of... [Read More..]

It's good to see they hit the 6 tflop mark but it sounds like Project Scorpio will just be an improved XBox One S. Same CPU and GPU architecture, just up-clocked with faster DDR5 RAM.

Thu Feb 23 04:56:04 2017 from hardware.slashdot.org

Reader MojoKid writes: AMD CEO, Dr. Lisu Su took to the stage at AMD's Ryzen tech day yesterday and opened the event with official speeds, feeds, pricing, and benchmark scores for the company's upcoming Ryzen series processors. AMD's goal with Ryzen, which is based on its Zen microarchitecture, was ... [Read More..]

Good to see AMD back in the race. It might be time for a new PC.

Thu Feb 23 04:53:41 2017 from hardware.slashdot.org

The HDMI Licensing Group has unveiled the HDMI 2.1 spec, adding support for dynamic HDR, 8K60, and 4K120. From a report on TechHive: To take full advantage of the new HDMI spec, you'll need a new 48-gigabit-per-second cable. That cable will also work with older HDMI 1.3 (10.2Gbps) and HDMI 2.0a (16G... [Read More..]

Time to update the receiver again.

Sun Nov 20 02:56:40 2016 from hardware.slashdot.org

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk today unveiled the "residential roof" -- pegged as a roofing replacement -- with solar energy gathering powers. Unlike other solar systems which must be mounted on top of a traditional roof, these new panels are actually integrated within glass roof tiles, replacing a... [Read More..]

They look really great.  Maybe my future roof will sport a few.

Sat Aug 6 15:47:00 2016 from www.tomshardware.com

The Let's Encrypt automated certificate authority crosses a major milestone by becoming accepted into Mozilla's certificate root store. [Read More..]

Pigs really can fly.  A big step forward for web security.