News

UK gov: new buildings in England must offer EV charge points

The UK aims to cease petrol and diesel car sales in 2030, but needs good EV infrastructure in place.

Samsung plans $17 billion chip-making plant in Texas

Taylor, Texas (pop. 17,000), to get a 1,200 acre chip fab, operational by 2024.

Microsoft Flight Simulator GOTY update on PC adds DX12 option

DirectX 12 can deliver worthwhile performance uplifts, depending on your system.

The Roundup: Half-Life Alyx announcement second birthday leftovers

Check out today's news extras covering topics like VR, Intel, Samsung, and Bitcoin.

Nvidia shares GauGAN2 AI-painting demo

Nvidia's latest AI art tool takes your words for input, brushstrokes for direction.

Intel Arc Alchemist with 128EUs may come packing 6GB GDDR6

The smallest Arc Alchemist GPU looks like it will come with more memory in its desktop version.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 graphics card listings surface

There are indications that AMD is preparing some entry-level RDNA2 graphics cards.

The Roundup: Nintendo Wii 15th birthday news extras

Read Friday's tech news roundup for more on Intel, Microsoft, Mediatek, and Kioxia.

AMD RZ600 Series Wi-Fi 6E brings faster connectivity to Ryzen PCs

AMD and MediaTek have been collaborating on products using the Filogic 330P chipset.