Silicon Photonics: 1.84 petabits per second sent through a single photonic chip/fiber optic cable combo
A new transfer record has been achieved using a single fiber optic cable
Electronics
Consumer electronics and cool gadgets that are bound to be industry-changing.
Next-gen Thunderbolt can sometimes reach 120Gbps, just like USB4 2.0
120Gbs asymmetrical connections for high-performance displays and video content, 80Gbs bidirectional for everything else
USB4 2.0 specification and new logos released, offering 80GBps bandwidth
USB4 2.0 can tunnel USB 3.2 connections beyond their original 20Gbps bandwidth
The British government forces Meta to sell Giphy
A first for the ever growing tech giant
Updated Apple TV 4K arrives with A15 Bionic chip and lower pricing
It also adds HDR10+ support
Lenovo shows off rollable phone and laptop concept designs
Are rollables the future of smartphones?
VESA updates all DisplayPort 2.0 products to the new DisplayPort 2.1 standard
Although there weren't that many to begin with
Brazil court orders Apple to sell iPhones with chargers for the third time
Apple plans to appeal (again)
Roughly 5.3 billion mobile phones will become e-waste this year
The average home has 74 e-products
Meta launches the $1,500 Quest Pro VR headset, designed for working in the metaverse
Attend meetings in the Metaverse
PSA: FBI releases safety statement regarding fake batteries
Be cautious where you buy your batteries
Spotify's Car Thing works better as a desktop music controller
Car Thing should have been Desk Thing
Thanks to modern science and one artist's vision, plants can now wield swords
Crouching Tiger Lily, Hidden Snap Dragon?
Corsair's K100 Air Wireless mechanical gaming keyboard is its most expensive to date
Bottom line: Corsair introduced the world to its latest wireless mechanical gaming keyboard a month ago. It's finally available to buy but you might have to crack open the piggy bank to fund the purchase.
Raspberry Pi production remains hamstrung by supply chain issues
Raspberry Pi is still prioritizing OEM sales
Cheaper OLED monitors might be on the way
LG Display is building new mid-sized WOLED panels for 2023
Tesla's AI Day delivers a real Optimus prototype and more FSD updates
What just happened? Last year Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company's intent to deliver a functional prototype robot by 2022. However, all we got was a person dancing in a bodysuit and the promise of progress. Today's AI Day 2022 showed the first evidence of that progress.
Meta Quest 3 design and spec files leak
Might be a cheaper alternative to the upcoming Quest Pro
Google lost a food delivery drone when it tried to land on a power line and got incinerated
Recap: Alphabet food delivery company Wing has a spotless safety record. Well, it did until yesterday when one of its autonomous drones landed on some power lines. Nobody was hurt in the incident, but the drone was incinerated, and about 2,000 customers lost power briefly.
Amazon refreshes Echo speakers to act as Eero mesh network nodes
Each speaker can add up to 1,000 sqft at 100Mbps to your network
Razer recruits Verizon to help with its 5G gaming handheld
More details on the Razer Edge 5G are coming in October
Alienware unveils cheaper QD-OLED gaming monitor with FreeSync
Is G-Sync Ultimate worth $200?
Bowers & Wilkins launches premium Px8 wireless headphones
A new challenger in the premium wireless headphone space
Intel and Samsung show off slideable display for future laptops
Future laptops could ship with expandable displays