AMD Ryzen 5 Challenges Intel Core i5 Midrange Market

Few weeks ago, AMD launched its Ryzen 7 processors, which were extremely powerful but not cheap.  Today, AMD unveiled details with regard to the new Ryzen 5 processor line-up. Unlike the Ryzen 7 series, which consists entirely of 8-core/16-thread processors, the Ryzen 5 family has two tiers consisting of 6-core/12-thread and 4-core/8-thread processors. Ryzen 5 is based …

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Xbox Scorpio to Improve Performance of Every Xbox One Game

During its E3 2016 press conference, Microsoft announced an upcoming hardware refresh of Xbox One codenamed “Project Scorpio”. Xbox Scorpio is scheduled to be released in late 2017. The console will be a high-end model with upgraded hardware that Microsoft claimed would make it the “most powerful console ever”. It will feature an eight-core APU …

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GNOME to be the Default Desktop Environment of Ubuntu

On Wednesday, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu operating system, announced the open source OS will end its ties with the Unity8 desktop environment and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Long Term Service) is to be shipped with GNOME desktop environment by default. Unity has been Ubuntu’s default desktop environment since it was released six years ago, …

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Microsoft Surface Tops Apple iPad in Tablet Satisfaction

Microsoft’s Surface tablet scored 855 out of a possible 1,000 in J.D. Power’s recent study on tablet customer satisfaction, landing it ahead of Apple’s iPad, which scored an 849 in the study. Samsung’s Galaxy tablets were just behind Apple’s iPads with a score or 847. According to J.D. Power, consumers said that Microsoft’s Surface tablets were tops in …

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Gliese 1132 b : An Earth-Like Planet 39 Light Years Away

Astronomers have discovered an earth-like planet with an atmosphere, 39 light years away from us.  The planet is known by the name “Gliese 1132 b”. Gliese 1132 b is an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star, Gliese 1132, in the constellation Vela. The planet is considered uninhabitable but cool enough to possess an atmosphere. Gliese …

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Android 7.1.2 Nougat rolled out for Pixel and Nexus devices

Google Android 7.1.2 Nougat update is now out of beta and has started rolling out for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, Nexus 6P, 5X, and Nexus Player. Images and OTA files of the update are already available on company’s developer site. Google will also patch April security update along with Android 7.1.2 Nougat. “Android 7.1.2 is an …

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