Today’s top deal will get you up to speed with the latest in ultra-fast wireless networking technology. This router from Netgear features support for the new 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard that offers some of the fastest data transfer rates we’ve ever seen on a networking device. This new Wi-Fi router from Netgear features support for the new 802.11ax wireless networking standard that offers blistering fast data transfer speeds of up to 6Gbps across its two bands and eight streams. The router also has excellent range that extends up to 2,500 sq. ft. Despite being relatively new, this router is on sale from Amazon marked down from $399.99 to $295.99.
NASA is talking a lot about long-term missions like new trips to the moon and the possibility of human voyages to Mars, but its latest mission is a bit closer to home. The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft after years of delays. This probe orbits lower than many satellites because it’s analyzing the ionosphere, a part of the atmosphere that is both fascinating and tough to study. The ICON program kicked off in 2013 along with the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission. While GOLD launched in early 2018, the ICON program has been much more challenging than expected.
Dyson, a British company best known for its business in hand dryers and vacuums, has announced that it will terminate its EV project. According to the company, it had developed a ‘fantastic car,’ but saw no path to commercial viability for the vehicle. Its efforts to find a buyer have been unsuccessful according to a letter published on the company website. Dyson to have invested £2.5 billion pounds, or roughly $3.2B, into building an electric car since launching the project in 2015. Company founder James Dyson didn’t even reveal the existence of the project until 2017 after it had been running for two years with an estimated 400 engineers.
Last week, several events have shown a spotlight on Chinese censorship of the ongoing Hong Kong protests. Chinese censors have been taking increasingly draconian action to crack down on criticism of the country. When a Hong Kong-based Hearthstone streamer voiced support for the protesters who have battled for their right to a fair trial, Blizzard cracked down harshly. Chung ‘blitzchung’ Ng Wai was suspended from Hearthstone for a year and forced to forfeit his prize money. A similar punishment was applied to the two individuals who were interviewing him at the time. The community response has been withering. Multiple casters and streamers have announced boycotts or from various positions and roles in the Hearthstone community.
With its rich blacks and high level of contrast between colors, OLED displays are slowly taking over. They haven’t made much progress in the gaming monitor market as of yet, but Alienware aims to change that with the ultra-luxe , a beautiful display with a stunning picture — and a couple of serious issues befitting early adopter technology. Design In true Alienware fashion, the 55 OLED comes with plenty of extra flair to help it stand out. In particular, the back of the display has an RGB LED light strip across its back and an RGB LED Alienware logo.
LG’s C9 series 4K OLED TVs are among the most advanced smart TVS commercially available. They come loaded with tons of features, and naturally they also carry rather high price tags. For a limited time PCMag is offering the and models of LG’s C9 smart TVs for just $1,349.99 and $1,949.99 respectively with promo code SAVE300. LG designed all of its C9 series smart TVs with large 4K OLED display panels, which offer superior image quality compared to traditional LCD panels. With OLED panels, each individual pixel is its own LED that can be adjusted or turned on and off independently of the rest of the display.
The from Udemy presents potential students that have never taken a Udemy course with a unique opportunity. There aren’t a lot of free courses available from Udemy, and most of the ones that are are relatively short and often cover not particular useful material. Hence why they are free. As you may have guessed at this point, especially from the title of this article, The Ultimate GIMP 2.10 Guide from Udemy is a free course that’s unlike any others I’ve seen to date from Udemy. This course is taught by Bernard’t Hooft, who has made a total of four free courses on Udemy.
Intel’s desktop business is in something of a tight spot. While the company’s mainstream 8th and 9th Generation CPUs offered very strong performance against AMD’s Ryzen throughout 2017 and 2018, the launch of AMD’s latest 7nm parts has increased the competitive pressure on Intel. AMD’s decision to bump its desktop CPUs all the way up to 16 cores, combined with the IPC improvements it made at 7nm, presents a challenge for Chipzilla. Last year, Intel made headlines when it removed Hyper-Threading from its CPU lineup. At the time, this was widely interpreted as a response to Spectre and Meltdown.
As we head into the weekend we’ve got dozens of excellent deals available to help make your weekend a bit more fun. In particular Apple’s Watch Series 4 is a particularly strong deal, as it has a $100 discount that puts it at one of the lowest prices we’ve ever seen. Apple’s smartwatch has several features built-in including a heart rate monitor and the ability to view text messages and answer phone calls from your iPhone. It’s also currently on sale marked down to the lowest price we’ve seen since Amazon’s Prime Day. Amazon is offering it discounted from $429.00 to $329.97.
