ComputersNews

Razer made wireless versions of its most popular accessories

September 22, 2020
Razer is moving deeper into wireless territory. It has released its first major collection of wireless gaming accessories. The lineup includes versions of some of Razer’s most popular products, namely the BlackShark V2 headset, the DeathAdder V2 mouse and the BlackWidow V3 keyboard. The company claims its HyperSpeed wireless tech offers latency of just 195 microseconds — it suggests that’s…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Sidewalk Labs launches Mesa, an AI platform designed to help commercial buildings save energy

September 22, 2020
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs urban tech division today detailed a commercial building kit dubbed Mesa that uses real-time data and automation to optimize energy usage. Sidewalk claims it’s able to cut waste and cost while simplifying installation and management. Commercial buildings have an outsized environmental impact, Sidewalk Labs notes, making up for nearly 30% of greenhouse emissions from…
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GamingNews

Xbox’s Bethesda acquisition is evidence of blockbuster gaming’s volatility

September 22, 2020
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is acquiring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim publisher Bethesda for $7.5 billion. And it’s difficult to overstate how much this changes gaming. The easiest way for me to think about this is that Xbox just bought one of the only other companies that actually has a major media presentation during E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show) each year. This has…
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MobileNews

iOS 14 jailbreak available for older devices; some newer ones likely

September 22, 2020
An iOS 14 jailbreak is now available for older devices, and the team says that it will likely support some newer ones soon. It’s from the team behind the ‘unpatchable’ checkm8 exploit which enabled a jailbreak for almost every iPhone from the iPhone 5s to the iPhone X … The previous checkra1n jailbreak was based on a hardware vulnerability found in almost every Apple A-series CPU up to…
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