Maxon has a thing for punishing CPUs with its brutal Cinebench software, which is designed to gauge a system’s performance as it relates to professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solutions. There is now a new version available, Cinebench R20, which has been designed to more accurately evaluate modern PCs.

“Cinebench R20 reflects

Are physical wallets a necessity? Mobile payment apps like Apple Pay and Venmo have overall made it easier to forgo carrying around cash and credit cards. However, very few apps have been able to entirely replace physical identification cards like driver’s licenses or passports. Google is currently working on an API that would allow users

In somewhat of a surprise, the National Security Agency announced the release of Ghidra, a free and open source software reverse engineering toolkit, at the RSA security convention. Ghidra is what the NSA has been using for years, though it is not clear if the public release is the exact same version that it uses internally.

So, why release

The truth shall set you free; that appears to the mantra over at Chinese smartphone OEM Meizu. Back in late January, the company teased its “Zero” port-less smartphone, then later offered it via crowdfunding site Indiegogo. 
We’re now learning that the whole exercise was a big marketing fail by Meizu. The company’s founder and CEO, Jack Wong,

The original Razer Phone was one of the first entries into the growing gaming smartphone realm, and the company followed up with the Razer Phone 2 this past October. When the Razer Phone 2 launched, it had a flagship-worthy price tag of $799. Today, however, Microsoft is offering the smartphone with a healthy discount.
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Gamers were very excited about what EA was cooking up when it and Bioware announced Anthem, an entirely new IP, last summer during E3. The game was highly anticipated but launched with significant problems, and that anticipation turned to disappointment for many. The game has been widely criticized for crashing PS4 consoles with at least one

Fitbit has some of the more popular and affordable wearables on the market today. It and Apple are credited with driving some of the growth in the wearable market. In order to keep that momentum going, Fitbit has now announced four new wearables that aim at different price points.

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The first is a new product that slots

Google initially shocked and amazed us all with its dazzling Google Duplex AI at last year’s I/O conference. The demos highlighting surprisingly life-like interactions between a “synthetic” caller and human reservation taker on the other end of the line for booking things like a hair appointment or dinner date.

After first bringing Duplex

Rumors are heating up that Microsoft is working on a stripped-down version of Windows 10 that would be as lightweight and nimble as Chrome OS, to compete in the same market. That market consists of Chromebooks, though Microsoft would also target dual-screen tablets, with new hardware potentially emerging sometime this year.

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Facebook seems to constantly deal with issues that have to do with privacy, many of which are specifically its own fault. Its privacy mess-ups could ultimately cost the company a record FTC fine in the billion dollar range. Facebook recently warned popular health apps that use its API to be sure they have legal justification for sharing personal