Samsung Considers Colossal $200B Investment In 11 Texas Fabs As CHIPS Act Vote Advances

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Samsung Considers Colossal $200B Investment In 11 Texas Fabs As CHIPS Act Vote Advances]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2022 02:04 pm [Samsung Considers Colossal $200B Investment In 11 Texas Fabs As CHIPS Act Vote Advances]( Samsung has shared a massive spending proposal with the Texas Controller's office that could see the South Korean electronics giant invest $200 billion over the next couple of decades on a dozen new chip manufacturing plants. Interestingly enough, the proposal comes shortly ahead of a key vote on the US CHIPS Act that's already been approved [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [These Malicious Android Apps On Google Play Infected 300K Devices, Delete Them Now]( By Lane Babuder on Jul 21, 2022 01:59 pm [These Malicious Android Apps On Google Play Infected 300K Devices, Delete Them Now]( It's that time again, time for the listing of apps that you might have downloaded that contain malware or methods in which to plant malware on your phone. Specifically for those who utilize Android and the Google Play Store these apps flew under the radar just long enough to wreak havoc on at least 300,000 devices. We sure hope your device [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Minecraft Dev Mojang Slams The Door Shut On Blockchain And NFTs]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 21, 2022 01:54 pm [Minecraft Dev Mojang Slams The Door Shut On Blockchain And NFTs]( The world of NFTs has encroached the realm of Minecraft, and devs are not happy about it. In an attempt to provide players with a safe and inclusive experience, Mojang has decided to not allow blockchain technologies in its popular world-building game. As NFTs have grown in both popularity and use, companies have been having to decide whether [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD's Next-Gen Flagship RDNA 3 GPU Die Might Be Much Smaller Than You Think]( By Zak Killian on Jul 21, 2022 01:51 pm [AMD's Next-Gen Flagship RDNA 3 GPU Die Might Be Much Smaller Than You Think]( 520 mm²—that's the size of the Navi 21 GPU used in the Radeon RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, RX 6900 XT, and RX 6950 XT. Even though it's dwarfed by NVIDIA's biggest GPUs, that's still a seriously sizable chip. Rumors had placed the top-end RDNA 3-based part in the Radeon RX 7000 series at a slightly larger size, circa 600 mm², but that number is complicated [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Pixel 6a Review: A Mid-Range Smartphone Win For Google]( By Nathan Wasson on Jul 21, 2022 01:04 pm [Pixel 6a Review: A Mid-Range Smartphone Win For Google]( An important distinction in the eternal iPhone versus Android debate is that the iPhone is a specific brand of phone with its own operating system, iOS, while Android is only an operating system that runs on a wide variety of different phone brands and models. That said, Google, the driving force behind Android, does make its own phones and... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Study Finds Playing Video Games Enhances Brain Activity And Improves This Critical Skill]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2022 12:28 pm [Study Finds Playing Video Games Enhances Brain Activity And Improves This Critical Skill]( Video games sometime get a bad rap. Politicians like to link them to real world violence, despite studies suggesting otherwise, and you have heard growing up that too much gaming will rot your brain. Will it really, though? A new study claims playing video games has the exact opposite effect, leading to enhanced activity in certain regions [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Massive Neopets Data Breach Exposes 69M Accounts To Hacker Seeking A Bitcoin Payday]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2022 12:05 pm [Massive Neopets Data Breach Exposes 69M Accounts To Hacker Seeking A Bitcoin Payday]( A hacker is attempting to sell what they claim is stolen source code and a database of more than 69 million user accounts from Neopets, a popular virtual pets website that launched all the way back in 1999. The official Neopets account on Twitter has posted a message saying it is investigating the data breach and "strongly" recommends that [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [How To Enable Discord Voice Chat On Your Xbox Series X And S Console]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 21, 2022 11:53 am [How To Enable Discord Voice Chat On Your Xbox Series X And S Console]( Xbox and Discord have come together to make communicating with your teammates across various platforms much easier. Discord Voice Chat is making its way to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles, rolling out to Xbox Insiders first, with everyone else to follow soon. Being able to communicate with a group of friends in game can be crucial [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Galaxy Owners Flip Out Over Foldable Android Phones As Demand Skyrockets]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2022 11:04 am [Samsung Galaxy Owners Flip Out Over Foldable Android Phones As Demand Skyrockets]( The market for foldable smartphones is expanding, and in a big way, according to figures shared by Samsung. Having played an instrumental role in pushing foldable Android phones into the mainstream, Samsung says we are fast approaching the moment where these kinds of devices are graduating from niche status and becoming widespread. Numbers [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA's Space Telescope Shatters Record For Oldest And Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 21, 2022 11:00 am [NASA's Space Telescope Shatters Record For Oldest And Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen]( Less than a week after the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released, a group of scientists have revealed that the telescope may have located a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago. The galaxy could date back to just 300 million years after the Big Bang (just a baby, in cosmic terms), placing it about 100 million [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Sony Reveals Spider-Man Remastered PC Specs, Special Features And Eye-Popping Trailer]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 21, 2022 09:53 am [Sony Reveals Spider-Man Remastered PC Specs, Special Features And Eye-Popping Trailer]( After announcing last month that Marvel's Spider-Man would shed its PlayStation exclusivity and join the PC realm in August, Sony has now offered up some additional details, including what special features are included and what kind of hardware you'll need to run the game in all its ray-traced glory. Sony also shared a dazzling trailer with [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Says Arc Graphics Cards Will Kill All Competitors On Price Vs Performance]( By Zak Killian on Jul 20, 2022 05:02 pm [Intel Says Arc Graphics Cards Will Kill All Competitors On Price Vs Performance]( One of the key characteristics we've seen so far in Arc graphics card benchmarks is a predominant softness in DirectX 11 titles versus those using the newer DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs. The latter two APIs are much lower-level interfaces, giving game programmers greater control over the hardware. As a result, there's a lot less overhead between [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel-Powered Gunnir Arc A380 Photon Gets Overclocked And Gains Up To 60% In Games]( By Zak Killian on Jul 20, 2022 03:21 pm [Intel-Powered Gunnir Arc A380 Photon Gets Overclocked And Gains Up To 60% In Games]( If you're reading this post, then you're surely already familiar with the Gunnir Arc A380 Photon graphics card that we've posted about several times before. This is the first and foremost add-in-board partner card for Intel's Arc family of GPUs, and it's currently making the rounds of tech hardware journalism. 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