Big tech being investigated for antitrust
The US suddenly realises that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are not that nice
State attorneys in more than a dozen states are preparing to begin an antitrust investigation of the tech giants.
IBM moves OpenPower Foundation to Linux Foundation
Open sources power instruction set
IBM has moved its OpenPower Foundation so that it is under the Linux Foundation, and while it was at it, announced it was open-sourcing several other essential parts of its PowerChips.
Alienware's 55-inch OLED gaming monitor coming in September
Attached to a $3999.99 price tag
Alienware has finally announced the official launch date for its 55-inch OLED gaming monitor, which will be coming on September 30th with a price set at $3,999.99 ($4,000).
Microsoft throttles Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2
As fast as a Pentium 2
Software King of the World Microsoft appears to be throttling its Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2 down to 400 MHz – which is about the speed of an old Pentium 2.
Possible AMD 3rd gen Threadripper spotted on Geekbench
Codename Sharkstooth
What appears to be a 3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper CPU based on Zen 2 architecture has been spotted on Geekbench, scoring some impressive single- and multi-threaded numbers.