The DJI Matrice 30 drone is a professional piece of kit through and through. The standard M30 features a 48-megapixel 1/2" CMOS sensor camera with 5x-16x optical zoom, a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera and support for 8K photo 4K/30FPS video resolution. There’s also a laser rangefinder that can supply precise coordinates of objects up to 1,200 meters away. The M30T variant adds a radiometric thermal camera to the mix. IP55 protection enables the M30 to operate in harsh environments including high winds, heavy rain, high altitudes and extreme temperatures ranging from -20C to 50C....

The latest official drivers were used for all configurations and we overclocked the Intel Core i7 920 processor to 3.70GHz in an attempt to remove any CPU bottlenecks. We used Fraps to measure frame rates during a minute of gameplay from the campaign mode. The level is titled “The Lady Killer: Part 3.” Duke Nukem Forever was tested at three resolutions: 1440x900, 1680x1050 and 1920x1200. Other quality settings include Motion Blur, Film Grain and Post Special Effects, while Texture and Shadow detail were both set to Ultra....

Now, AirPods work great if you already are in Apple’s ecosystem of devices, they will pair easily and mostly work seamlessly within that walled garden when you go from one device to another. Move to an Android phone or Windows laptop, and the experience is no better than your average competitor. Another factor to consider is that standard AirPods are decent but not great audio devices, so a less expensive alternative is definitely in order....

Thankfully, the installation process is quite simple so novice users shouldn’t have any trouble putting the Liva together. The quick installation guide suggests installing the M.2 Wi-Fi card onto the BAT-Mini motherboard first. The Wi-Fi card and the screw to fix it in place are in separate packets. Also note that the entire PC comes with just a single screw. Once the Wi-Fi card is installed the antennas need to be placed in the correct locations within the plastic housing....

While we don’t expect anyone is going to purchase the Liva to carry out HD encoding, we were interested to see how it performed. Surprisingly, the system matched AMD’s A4-4000 while it was 3fps slower than the Celeron J1800. With 31.3fps the was able to convert the 720p file slightly faster than typical playback. ECS’ box struggled with the x264 HD Benchmark, delivering just 8.7fps in the second pass test and 1....

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, has supported Musk’s Twitter ambitions since the early stages. As an equity co-investor, Binance joins the ranks of Musk’s other partners, including Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management, Andreessen Horowitz, and Brookfield. Analysts questioned Binance’s commitment to the investment following Musk’s hesitations earlier this year. In a June Bloomberg interview, Zhao clarified his company’s position, stating his support would only remain if Musk followed through: “…If he’s off, we’re off....

Even for a massive gaming behemoth like Epic, $2 billion is a lot of money. For reference, Fortnite generated $5.1 billion in revenue during 2020 (the last year such data was publicly available). Obviously, Epic has more sources of income than Fortnite alone, but it’s still one of their biggest cash cows. Sweeney claims Sony and KIRKBI’s collective investment will allow Epic to “accelerate” its work to build the “metaverse,” the ever-nebulous concept of a shared virtual world inspired by the likes of Ready Player One’s Oasis....

Just like the so-called 2.75G EDGE standard was developed to provide speeds several times faster than 2G data (GPRS) before 3G could be deployed, current implementations of WiMAX and LTE are largely considered a stopgap solution that will offer a considerable boost while WiMAX 2 (based on the 802.16m spec) and LTE Advanced are finalized. Both technologies aim to reach the objectives traced by the ITU, but are still far from being implemented....

Meta will soon allow select Facebook users to have up to five profiles tied to a single account. As part of an upcoming test, some users will be allowed to create up to four additional profiles. Users won’t be required to attach their real name or identity to the extra accounts. The idea is that users can maintain different profiles for different purposes. For example, your master account could be used to interact with close friends and family as you do today....

FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed raising the definition of broadband speeds to 100Mbps for downloads and 20Mbps up. She also suggested adopting a plan to update the standard to 1Gbps/500Mbps at some point in the future and that the commission’s broadband deployment analysis takes more factors into account, including affordability, adoption, availability, and equitable access. The FCC uses the broadband definition to determine what areas in the US don’t have adequate internet services and to direct government funding where it is most needed....

The latest game publisher to add kernel-level cheat protections is EA. The new EA Anti-Cheat (EAAC) debuts in the upcoming FIFA 23 for PC later this month. Senior Director of Game Security & Anti-Cheat Elise Murphy explained that it would eventually roll out to all of EA’s multiplayer competitive titles. Murphy says this low-level, highest-privileged software operating in the kernel space is necessary because cheating software has become very good at cloaking itself from user-level mitigation by employing similar means....

The latest in this privacy-focused effort comes out of France, where the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) has fined Google 150 million euros ($170 million) and Facebook 60 million euros ($68 million) for making opting out of cookies too confusing for users. In addition to the fines, both companies have 90 days to make changes that allow cookies to be rejected more easily or face a €100,000 per day fine....

Although the Shinobi is missing many features found on pricier cases, we were pleased to see that BitFenix included a CPU cutout in the motherboard tray. It also provides excellent cable management for a mid-tower, with plenty of room for excess wires behind the motherboard tray. Folks hoping to install a water-cooling kit will be happy to hear that the Shinobi has a pair of rear-mounted holes for half-inch hoses....

The Gainward GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost averaged just 23.3fps at 1920x1200 when testing Sleeping Dogs, making it 11% slower than the Radeon HD 7850 but 28% faster than the 7790. The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI setup was 8% faster than a single Radeon HD 7950 and 33% faster than a GTX 660 Ti. Despite that they were still 13% slower than the Radeon HD 7850 Crossfire cards....

The US Congress is taking its sweet time with the CHIPS Act, despite numerous calls from the Silicon Industry Association to unlock more funding for projects that bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US. As a result, companies like Intel and TSMC are struggling to stay on schedule with their expansion plans. Fortunately, more and more companies are exploring ways to bring additional manufacturing capacity to the US. The latest example is GlobalWafers, which just unveiled plans to build a $5 billion factory in Sherman, Texas....

In a letter recently sent to US dealers, GM North American President Steve Carlisle outlined changes impacting three high demand products: the 2023 GMC Hummer EV, the 2023 Cadillac Escalade-V and the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. GM will limit the transferability of warranties on these models if the original owner resells the vehicle within the first 12 months of ownership. Specifically with the Corvette and Escalade, the bumper-to-bumper, powertrain, sheet metal, tire, and accessory coverages will be voided....

Despite two-factor authentication not being a foolproof security measure, it is nonetheless considered more effective than simply using a password for protection. Google has been one of the proponents of this sign-in mechanism, which it calls two-step verification (2SV). The company had also set a milestone of auto-enabling this feature for millions of Google accounts by the end of last year. The bet seems to have paid off (somewhat), given that Google has since found a 50 percent decrease in the number of account breaches....

Part of the problem, of course, is that many of the most advanced technologies are complex, and it can be very difficult to bring them to life. But an even more common problem is that pre-existing requirements aren’t fully explained, or the number of steps required can prove to be much more challenging than first appears. To put it simply, “the devil is in the details.” This is true of many cloud and AI technologies....

Cranking the textures to their maximum setting saw the required VRAM exceed 3GBs so we needed to turn on the ‘ignore suggested limits’ option in order to test graphics cards with less than 3GB of memory buffer. At 2560x1600 we still saw very playable performance from the R9 290X and GTX 970. In fact, both were only around 2fps slower when compared to the performance seen using the normal textures....

Last week brought news that Best Buy had received a restock of Ampere products, but the only way you could buy one of the RTX 3000 cards was to be a member of its Totaltech program. The $200-per-year subscription service offers perks such as free delivery and installation, free Geek Squad tech support, and access to exclusive Totaltech member prices, the latter of which appears to cover the locked GPUs....