Aug 18, 2016 4:30 PM | By Gordon Mah Ung

Here's the hardware one world champ uses for gaming domination

This week on Hardcore Hardware, five-time world champion Counter Striker: GO player Stephanie Harvey tells us what it takes be a winner.

Aug 18, 2016 1:59 PM | By Agam Shah

Intel's new Atom chips bring 4K video to VR headsets, robots

In 2009, Apple CEO Tim Cook memorably trashed Atom-based netbooks for being "junky" hardware that underperformed. Intel's Atom chips have come a long way since, with the latest generation being the most impressive.

updated Aug 18, 2016 1:52 PM | By Michael Ansaldo

Netatmo Welcome review: Support for door/window sensors is great, but this camera's facial-recognition feature still falls short

While this security camera successfully takes the creep factor out of home monitoring, its marquee feature feels like a work in progress.

Aug 18, 2016 12:34 PM | By Agam Shah

DRAM will live on as DDR5 memory is slated to reach computers in 2020

Hardware experts believed the last DRAM would be the current DDR4, but that's not the case, with DDR5 memory now under development.

Aug 18, 2016 12:33 PM | By Blair Hanley Frank

Microsoft's attempts to steal Evernote users moves to the Mac

Microsoft is now giving Mac users an easy path to get their notes out of Evernote and into its OneNote note taking service. The company announced a OneNote Importer beta on Thursday, which lets users copy their notes over from one service to the other with a few clicks.

Aug 18, 2016 10:58 AM | By Derek Walter

Google Now features are making their way into Chrome for Android

The dev channel's new tab page includes recommended articles and recent bookmarks laid out in the familiar stream of cards.

Aug 18, 2016 10:49 AM | By Glenn Fleishman

AT&T Mobile Share Advantage mimics T-Mobile, dropping overages in favor of throttling

AT&T Mobile Share Advantage plans will drop overages in favor of throttling, following T-Mobile and Sprint in this consumer-friendly trend. We dig into the details here.

Aug 18, 2016 9:34 AM | By Derek Walter

T-Mobile shifts to unlimited plans in the latest bid to stand out from the competition

But you'll have to pay extra to get around the limitations, like 480p video playback and 2G tethering.

Aug 18, 2016 8:44 AM | By Blair Hanley Frank

Microsoft PowerShell goes open source, lands on Linux and Mac

Sysadmins, rejoice: PowerShell is coming to Linux. Microsoft announced Thursday that its automation and scripting system is breaking out of the confines of Windows and going open source.

Aug 18, 2016 8:33 AM | By Ian Paul

Nvidia's new $200 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB challenges the Radeon RX 480 head-on

Nvidia's cut-down GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is priced the same as the AMD Radeon RX 480, but claims better performance.

Aug 18, 2016 7:06 AM | By Ian Paul

Uber's self-driving cars will start picking up passengers this month

Uber wants to be first to market with driverless cars and replace its human-powered fleet of drivers with robots.

Aug 18, 2016 6:30 AM | By Gordon Mah Ung

AMD's Zen CPU: 10 key things you need to know

AMD's Zen CPUs are finally nearing the finish line and here's everything you need to know about them.

Aug 18, 2016 6:01 AM | By Gordon Mah Ung, Mark Hachman

Zen Q&A with AMD's CTO: 'We’re bringing competition back to high-performance x86'

Want to know more about AMD's amazing new Zen microprocessor? We did too. Gordon Mah Ung and Mark Hachman sat down with AMD CTO Mark Papermaster to grill him on what we can expect.

Aug 18, 2016 6:00 AM | By Gordon Mah Ung

Let the CPU wars begin: AMD shows its Zen CPU can compete with Intel’s best

AMD says it's back in the game with its first two Zen chips, which will feature an 8-core consumer chip and a 32-core server chip.

Aug 18, 2016 5:36 AM | By Agam Shah

Intel's lack of potent graphics may hurt in VR and AI chase

Intel is highlighting its CPUs and VR and AI, and the lack of a GPU to chase all the fast-growing markets could be a hole in the company's product line.