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For some folks an ordinary notebook computer simply isn’t an option: they work out in the boonies, in dangerous workplaces or environments, or regularly traipse off into hard environments where conventional notebook computers would wither and die. With these folks in mind,Getachas announced anupgraded version of its V100 convertible tablet notebook computer: the new version is still protected by a magnesium alloy casing, shock-mounted hard drive, sealed I/O ports, and meets MIL-STD-810G and IP65 specs…but it also sports an Intel Core i7 processor, giving it a 47 percent performance boost over its predecessor....

Glen Powelltook to social media to pay tribute toTwisterstar Bill Paxton. “As we releaseTwistersinto the world today, I just wanted to look up and tip my hat to the legend that is Bill Paxton,” Powell wrote in the caption of aphoto of himself alongside the late actor. “A great friend of mine who saw poetry in the natural world. His boots are impossible to fill, but this life is all about chasing the greats....

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Boys season 1, episode 3! Summary Marcus, more often known by his nickname MM, has gone through a change of appearance inThe Boys’season 4, causing many fans to wonder if the series recast Laz Alonso. Throughout the first three seasons ofThe Boys, Las Alonso played one of the main characters, with MM serving as one of the members of the titular team.The Boysseason 4 has now made MM’s role much bigger, but the most prevalent conversation around the character following the premiere has to do with viewers wondering if Laz Alonso was recast....

Havoc ending explained: Does Tom Hardy’s cop complete his deadly mission? Havoc is an action-packed crime thriller that pits Tom Hardy’s cop against drug gangs, Triads, a corrupt politician, and his own police force – here’s how that story plays out, including if our hero completes his dangerous mission. In Dexerto’sHavoc review, we wrote that the “director and cast deliver a series of unique set-pieces that truly elevate the material.”...

If you need proof that the video game industry’s current rerelease craze has started to lose the plot, look no further thanHorizon Zero Dawn Remastered. LikeSonic GenerationsorPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Sony’s latest gives its debut Horizon game a major visual upgrade that’s far more polished compared to its predecessor. Unlike those games, though,Horizon Zero Dawnisn’t a release from two or three generations ago; it only launched in 2017. Seven years may sound like a lifetime for younger players, but it’s barely any time at all as far as console generations go....

With a Rathian-like roar,Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruinis bursting onto theNintendo SwitchandPCin just a few days. Eager gamers don’t need to wait, however, to get their Monstery adventures started. Capcom has released a demo that gives players the opportunity to play through the beginning of the game. Best of all, progress carries over into the final release. Further reading Where do you download the Monster Hunter Stories 2 demo?...

Most battery-powered Ringvideo doorbellswill last between six to 12 months, with a wide degree of variability depending on your climate, usage, and specific model. If you find your video doorbell falling below that range (or want to optimize its performance), there are several steps you may take to improve your Ring video doorbell’s battery life. From changing your motion settings to adjusting your Wi-Fi settings, here’s how to get a bit more juice out of your battery-powered Ring video doorbell....

The Yakuza series has a history nearly as interesting as the criminal group it’s named after. The series began on the PlayStation 2 but was so poorly marketed that future releases, up until the most recent ones, weren’t even given an English dub. At its core, the series is a 3D brawler focusing on the Japanese mafia, aka the Yakuza, and how one man, Kazuma Kiryu, gets himself wrapped up in the most complex web of criminal activities, political chess games, corporate espionage, and personal vendettas....

Meteor showers are as entertaining as they are awe-inspiring and we’re in for a real treat later this month with the Perseids set to light up the night sky. NASA said that when the Perseid meteor shower peaks in mid-August it’ll offer “one of our most impressive skywatching opportunities for a while.” The Perseids, which appear as Earth passes through the debris trail of the Comet Swift-Tuttle, come around every year and appear as streaks of light that flash across the night sky....

Summary I’m currently watchingSmallvillefor the first time, and season 1, episode 7, “Craving,” featuring Amy Adams as a guest star, nearly made me want to stop watching. The episode’s main storyline follows Adams' Jodi Melville, an overweight and bullied classmate ofTom Welling’s Clark Kentwho starts a new diet using only vegetables grown from her father’s greenhouse. However, since the vegetables are grown from soil laced with meteor rock, Jodi’s hunger becomes insatiable, and she ends up eating the fat from animals and humans, turning her into the monster of the week....

IBM has revealed its latest and most powerful quantum processor, and it represents a key breakthrough in thequantum computingindustry. Dubbed Eagle, the 127-qubit processor becomes the first of its kind to deliver more than 100 qubits. To illustrate just how powerful quantum computing systems are,it’s been a requirement until recentlythat their qubits have to be cooled at temperatures as cold as outer space. In order to demonstrate the power of Eagle, IBM highlighted how a computer has typically required more bits than atoms found in every human in the world to successfully simulate the processor....

AMD and Intel surprised us all in November 2017, announcing an unprecedented partnership that wouldbring AMD’s Radeon RX Vega M graphicsto a new lineup of Intel’s 8th-gen Core processors. Details were limited at the time, but Intel has now removed the veil, spilling all the juicy details. Here’s everything we know. AMD and Intel, sitting in a tree… The Radeon RX Vega M graphics chip AMD is providing to Intel is “semi-custom” hardware, which means it’s tailoringVega hardwarespecifically for Intel’s requirements....

Jonathan Lee, director of sports performance technology in Intel’s Olympic Technology Group, has flown 11 hours and quarantined for 14 days to stitch skeletons together on a computer. And if it works as well as he hopes, it’ll be an amazing innovation for action replays at the 2020 Toyko Olympics. “Part of our artificial intelligence is [designed] to stitch together the right skeletons when you have up to eight or nine athletes running down the track,” Lee told Digital Trends from his hotel room in Tokyo’s Olympic Village, 5,000 miles from his home in San Francisco....