The jump in performance isn’t exactly a huge surprise; Intel is moving from a 14nm architecture to a 10nm one, so the improvements are to be expected. Still, it’s a relief, as Intel’s H-series chips had been stuck at 14nm since way back with 2015’s Skylake chips. (Intel had already moved onto a 10nm process for ultraportable chipsets). The top chip is the new Core i9-11980HK with 8 CPU cores and a 5GHz turbo boost speed — Intel says it offers the fastest single-threaded performance of any laptop processor to date....

The bug — unresolved in its latest updates released yesterday — could potentially allow keyboard makers to gather keystroke data without your knowledge and relay it back to their servers. Third-party keyboards like GBoard, SwiftKey, and Grammarly can be run either as a standalone app or can request “full access” to communicate with other apps and provide additional features. But according to a support document released by the company yesterday, a bug in the software might cause these apps to gain “full access” even if it wasn’t approved in the first place....

You’ve got a charging cable for your phone. You’ve got one for your tablet. You’ve got another for your laptop. On top of that, you’ve likely got at least two or three more devices that you spend some time with, each requiring their own special energy delivery. Before you know it, every time you want to go anywhere, you’ve got a mile of cables and connectors wrapped around your shoulders like you’re about to ascent Everest....

The digital revolution and its constant need for snazzy visuals has launched graphic design work into the stratosphere. When more than half of digital marketers say they use eye-catching graphics in almost 100 percent of their content, you can imagine design folks have a stack of projects lined up a mile high. Whether you’re looking to break in as a visual artist or just want to know enough to avoid paying a visual artist, the training found in The Ultimate Graphic Design Bootcamp Certification Bundle ($29, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) has you covered....

OnLeaks shared the images in partnership with 91mobiles last week, showing off a device that looks a lot like the lovechild of a Galaxy S10e and Pixel 4. Credit: OnLeaks/91Mobiles Most notably, the phone doesn’t have the big forehead present on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, which houses the facial recognition tech and Soli radar. That’s because the Pixel 4 doesn’t have them, instead opting for a good old fingerprint reader....

Ten years ago, nobody knew what a podcast was. Today, it’s one of the predominant communication means around and even your grandma is listening. Or…ummm…maybe she’s even making her own. That’s because Grandma knows podcasting is where the street cred is at these days. This year, the world is expected to consume 15 billion hours of podcast material, with more than 100 million U.S. podcast listeners projected by 2024. For those ready to challenge Grandma for podcast superiority in their family, the training in The Complete 2021 Start Your Podcast Bundle ($29....

While every path to success is different, taking that first step is invariably the toughest one. Deciding to start a new business, laying out a plan, and plunging ahead with those first formative decisions are always shrouded in uncertainty, indecision and, fundamentally, a certain level of fear. Of course, the best way to harness those fears is to step forward in the company of someone who’s walked that path before and can help guide you over some of the rougher patches....

The software giant first rolled out the feature to 50% of Windows Beta Channels last year. But an update to the Microsoft 365 roadmap spotted by TechRadar shows the company intends to offer it to all Word users next month. The feature uses machine learning to make writing suggestions based on the text a user’s typed. According to Microsoft: The update will provide a similar tool to Smart Compose suggestions offered by Word rival Google Docs....

A new report by Neowin suggests Microsoft plans to change this. Citing “several sources,” the report claims Microsoft is working hard to bring x64 app emulation to Windows on ARM. It would be some time until that becomes a reality though. The feature could show up on Windows 10 21H1, suggesting an arrival in early 2021, although Windows insiders would, of course, get to it first. This is particularly notable because we just assumed 64-bit apps on ARM just weren’t worth the trouble....

The system has already been used to sanitize the Greater Boston Food Bank. In tests, the robot covered a 4,000 square foot area of the warehouse within 30 minutes, providing enough light to neutralize around 90% of coronavirus particles. Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) designed the light-emitting vertical bars that shine UV light onto surfaces. They then attached the fixture to a mobile robotic base produced by Ava Robotics....

By: Dara Kerr When the St. Louis police arrived on the scene last April, Lyft driver Elijah Newman was already dead. Officers found him in the driver’s seat of his car with a gunshot wound to his torso. In a probable cause statement provided to The Markup by the Circuit Attorney’s office, detectives say they located a bullet casing next to Newman’s body and a Lyft light affixed to the front dashboard....

As it turns out, it’s really centralized cloud services hosting most of the Ethereum network, with 61.6 percent of Ethereum nodes running in the cloud. Mapping Ethereum’s problem with the cloud Analyzing the Ethereum network in this way is possible due to the “Ethereum discovery protocol,” the mechanism nodes use to find each other and join the network. This process essentially forces all nodes to maintain a list of other nodes in the network over the past 24 hours....

As a mobile developer, he knows exactly why the app sucks: It’s not built to work offline. It doesn’t sync data in real time. It’s a flop. He knows people won’t use it. This is the real challenge — adoption. It’s all well and good to build an app, but how many people will actually use the thing? Users expect apps to run fast, be reliable, and there’s always a competitor’s alternative if they don’t....

According to Eric Berger of Ars Technica, the current working date for the SpaceX Demo-2 launch is May 7. Launch date is fluid and mission may move into late April, or push later into May depending on a number of variables not hardware related. No final decision yet on duration. — Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) February 10, 2020 He cautions the launch date is “fluid” and may be moved up to late April or pushed later into May, and that a final decision has not been made on the duration either....

For years now, I have been skiing with the same guide in Chamonix, and if circumstances allow, I’ll ski with him again this year. I look forward to skiing with him, but there’s one particular moment that fills me with dread every year… At some point, he’s going to start talking about the three steering elements — as he’s done every year I’ve visited Chamonix. Steering is an essential part of skiing, so if you want to become a good skier you need to dedicate a lot of time and attention to mastering these three techniques....

In a recent first for space technology, Russia has launched a commercial satellite specifically designed to rendezvous with other satellites. The purpose of this vehicle is peaceful: it will perform maintenance tasks on other satellites in orbit. The fact that commercial companies have this capability probably means that it already exists for global military powers. This has caught the attention of NATO. If a country or company can maneuver its own satellites into close proximity of others, then it can do so for military or sabotage purposes – potentially without detection....

It was an intriguing idea – even NASA has been researching it at the Eagleworks laboratory – but Alcubierre’s proposal contained problems that seemed insurmountable. Now, a recent paper by US-based physicists Alexey Bobrick and Gianni Martire has resolved many of those issues and generated a lot of buzz. But while Bobrick and Martire have managed to substantially demystify warp technology, their work actually suggests that faster-than-light travel will remain out of reach for beings like us, at least for the time being....

The patent, spotted by LetsGoDigital, shows Joy-Con with a hinge just under where your thumb would naturally sit that allows the device to bend backwards. They work both attached to the Switch and detached, according to the patent. Nintendo filed a similar patent in Japan last year. Credit: Nintendo They don’t necessarily look like something Nintendo would sell as standard equipment on Switches — they might make it hard to fit the handheld in the dock....

I certainly have had these thoughts. It’s the reason why most of the things I bake aren’t very edible… When it comes to programming, these thoughts arise too. What if I wrote this part as a separate function? If I hard-coded this bit over there, would it make the code easier? Can I rewrite those ten ugly lines into two elegant ones? There are no recipes in programming, but there are best practices....

Chinese phone brand OnePlus announced today that it will launch a smart TV next month, and it’s called the OnePlus TV (color me shocked). The smartphone maker didn’t provide any other detail regarding the device, but said it’ll follow its “burden-less” design philosophy: OnePlus’ rival Honor launched its VISION smart TV with a pop-up camera last week at Huawei’s developer conference. Meanwhile, Xiaomi has been selling smart TVs since 2013, and entered the Indian market last year with customized software that works with local cable services and set-top boxes....