Atlanta-area startups: Apply now to the pitch-off to win a spot in the Battlefield 200 Atlanta, Georgia has emerged as one of the buzziest new hubs in the nation, with booming enterprise, cybersecurity and SaaS sectors, as well as a slew of investors looking to back the hot new startups coming from the city. Some well-known companies from Atlanta include Calendly, Kabbage, One Trust and FullStory — all unicorns, by the way. Many, like Calendly, passed through Atlanta Tech Village, wh ...read more

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Something to look forward to: An ambitious effort to remake Morrowind within Skyrim's engine still has no release date after a decade of development. To raise interest and hopefully recruit more volunteers, the modders released a 20-minute gameplay video showcasing the mod's unique visual and gameplay changes to mark the 21st anniversary of Morrowind's original release. Modders released a le ...read more

When selecting a motherboard for your newly purchased Ryzen 7000-series CPU, you will encounter three main options: X670, B650, and the newest entry-level addition, A620. But what do these names mean? How do X670E and B650E boards differ from X670 and B650 ones? Which should you choose for your system? This guide will provide all the answers and more. The designations X670, B650, and A620 refer to the motherboard's chipset – the chip (or two chips) that connect the CPU to other components in ...read more

In June 2022, six Boeing 737s—fully loaded with tents, food, satellite Internet equipment, drones, geophysical survey gear, drilling equipment, and a team of experienced geologists—flew to a remote airstrip in northern Quebec. The geologists were hunting for major deposits of the minerals needed to power a clean-energy future. Given the mix of cutting-edge scientific computing and old-school bravado, it was as though they were channeling Alan Turing and Indiana Jones simultaneously. Our ...read more

Writing a crisp summary for a board meeting requires input from multiple stakeholders and more than a little bit of research. People often treat it like an unpleasant chore, but done properly, these sessions are an opportunity for founders to hone their storytelling skills, engage their team and squeeze more value out of investor relationships. Amy Cheetham, a partner with Costanoa Ventures, shared 11 board slides with TC+ that show effective ways to convey accomplishments, pipeline details, hi ...read more

Reviewers Liked Gaming laptop in tablet form, high performance Port for XG Mobile Interface with RTX 4090 Notably more powerful than the previous generation with demanding loads and games Reviewers Didn't Like Few maintenance/upgrade options Runs a little warmer and louder than the previous model Mediocre battery life Direct Competitors and Related Products Our editors hand-pick these products using a variety of criteria: they can be direct competitors targeting the same marke ...read more

Actual 3D holograms may be achievable in a projected medium that aren’t blurry or fuzzy but still appear to have real depth, according to a new study. The researchers, based in China and Singapore, exerted a new level of control over the hologram projection’s scattering medium.Much like flying cars or warp-speed travel, holograms are a kind of technology that was overpromised by science fiction but underdelivered in reality. Today this technology is advanced enough to resurrect pop stars, l ...read more

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: After spending 45 years in space, the Voyager 2 mission is still going strong. Energy supply isn't what it used to be, though, so NASA is working on new "tricks" that can extend the mission of the everlasting space probe even further. Launched on August 20, 1977, just 16 days before its twin Voyager 1, the Voyager 2 space probe is now cruising outside the protective bubble of ...read more

At the 2023 IAB NewFronts event Tuesday, NBCUniversal revealed four new ad formats for brands to expand their advertising reach with Peacock Premium subscribers, including AI-powered shoppable ads, among others. The company also announced two new original films set to arrive soon on the streaming service. The first ad format that grabbed our attention was Must ShopTV, which allows viewers to buy products that appear in Peacock content. For instance, the knives and cutting boards featured in “ ...read more

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: Researchers estimate that today's worldwide data creation rate sits at more than 325 million terabytes per day. So how much time do we spend actually consuming it? A recent study answers that question by analyzing the average amount of daily screen usage by country. Spoiler alert: it's a lot more than most of us realize, and it's definitely more than we'd like to admit. Elec ...read more