Nvidia is now requiring, not just encouraging, companies selling laptops with its new RTX 30-series graphics chips to be more transparent about the kind of power people can expect. From a report: Nvidia tells The Verge these companies will have to disclose specific clock speed stats and total graphics power on online product pages —…

He talked about how VR and AR can be used for remote work. …read more Source:: CNet

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys spin the wheel of hardware hacking brilliance. We’re enamored with the quest for a root shell on a Nissan Xterra infotainment system, and smitten with a scanning microscope that uses a laser beam and precision positioning from DVD drives. We speculate on the future of artificial intelligence in…

Treat your beloved even if you’re on a budget. …read more Source:: CNet

Company notes that it can always take its biz elsewhere as tech firms jostle to move to Lone Star state Samsung is seeking a taxpayer bung of almost $1bn for its proposed semiconductor fabrication plant in Texas, according to documents filed with the state [PDF].… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Three Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content posted by users, and make the companies more accountable when posts result in harm. From a report: Called the SAFE TECH Act, the bill would mark the latest effort to make social media…

It’s a lovely message for a Super Bowl commercial, nonetheless. …read more Source:: CNet

One of the selling points of the Arduboy is how slim [Kevin Bates] was able to get the Arduino-compatible game system, which is perhaps less surprising when you realize that it originally started out as a design for an electronic business card. But compared to the recently unveiled Nano version, it might as well be…

Ready to ditch your cable bill but want to keep live news, sports and more? Here’s how. …read more Source:: CNet

Electron 11, source control tweaks, plus general spit and polish Microsoft has pushed out another update to dev favourite Visual Studio Code, but opted to hold off on the Apple Silicon version after a last-minute bug reared its head.… …read more Source:: TheRegister