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Intel’s New Skylake Processors: What You Need To Know
Stop. Don’t buy that new Windows laptop or tablet. Don’t pull the trigger unless you’re getting a truly amazing deal. Because today, Intel’s launching its latest processor — Skylake — and you’re may want one in your next PC.
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This Tiny 3G Chip Will Pump The Internet Into Anything
It might not look much, but this is the world’s smallest 3G chip — and it could help bring internet connectivity to even the tiniest of devices.
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Carbon Nanotube Transistors That Will Save Moore’s Law Are Coming In 2020
Our world of amazingly tiny electronics is about to get even tinier. After a decade of research, IBM says it will bring carbon nanotube transistors to market by 2020. The company is now readying the technology to take over from silicon transistors, and that opens up a lot of exciting doors.
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Pomegranate-Inspired Batteries Hold 10x The Juice
A team of Stanford scientists recently made a breakthrough. After years of trying to create a new generation of lithium-ion batteries that use energy-efficient silicon to hold a charge, they found the secret to the winning design in an unlikely place: pomegranates.