Cryptocurrencies: Elon Musk tries to reduce the environmental impact of mining
After driving up the price of bitcoin in February 2021 and then driving it down during mid-May, Elon Musk is now addressing the environmental issue raised by the [...]
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Ethereum: blockchain's energy consumption expected to drop by 99.95
The transition from proof of work to proof of stake should revolutionize the Ethereum blockchain [...]
AMD AM5 Socket: LGA with 1718 pins and DDR5 / PCIe 4 compatibility
For the first time on a desktop consumer processor, AMD would in turn move the pins - formerly on the CPU - to the motherboard, for more [...]
Microsoft confirms the end of Windows 10X, but keeps many technologies
The end of a software does not mean throwing away everything that has been developed around it. There are at most a dozen [...]
Miner dogecoin with his PC: complicated but not impossible
Created and launched in 2013, dogecoin started out as a joke, yet since Tesla's famed chairman Elon Musk has taken a keen interest in the cryptocurrency, his [...]
Microsoft deploys Patch Tuesday for its "old" Windows, 7 and 8.1
For several years now, we have been talking about Windows 10, yet Patch Tuesday continues for older versions of the operating system [...]
Windows 10: Notepad will broadcast an alert if using an older version
Because even a program as anecdotal as Notepad can find itself at the heart of Microsoft's attentions. If it is often replaced by "++" versions and [...]
A classic 256GB SSD 'depleted' in 40 days by CHIA cryptocurrency mining
It is based on proof of space rather than proof of work, but in the end it doesn't seem to be any greener than other cryptocurrencies. Like Bitcoin, the [...]
Towards an "economic" mode in the task manager of Windows 10
An essential Windows tool for many years now, the task manager has taken advantage of Windows 10 to get a makeover and integrate more and more features [...]
Microsoft's Edge browser (almost) turns its Xbox Series X|S into an office machine
A video game console that can run the Office 365 suite and all your daily work... As Jez Corden explains for Windows Central, the joke is as old [...]
Towards a postponement of Windows 10X... for good?
A real soap opera that has been going on for almost two years, the development of Windows 10X seems to have an unexpected outcome. Originally, Windows 10X was thought to be a variation of [...]
Intel: Alder Lake-S processor on socket 1800 with 16 cores / 24 threads
This is enough to cheer up the American company. For several years now, Intel has been under fire from critics. The [...]
Microsoft improves Bluetooth audio support on Windows 10
A recurrent criticism made against Windows should soon not be necessary, Bluetooth begins its mutation. Little by little, we learn about all the new features [...]
Apple's revenues up more than 50% year-over-year
as Microsoft's "enemy brother", Apple was for a long time one of its main competitors before their paths slowly parted. For the digital giants, things [...]
More than 1.3 billion devices are running Windows 10
In the space of a year, more than 300,000 new devices have switched to Microsoft's latest operating system, and the close of its fiscal third quarter 2021 was an opportunity for [...]