Day: February 26, 2019

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/26/amd-ryzen-mobile-drivers-finally/

AMD released its Ryzen Mobile APU in October 2017 with the promise of bargain gaming performance, but since then, driver support has been non-existent. Rather, owners have relied on laptop manufacturers like HP and Dell, instead. AMD promised to fix that at CES 2019, and finally made good with the release of its latest Adrenalin drivers. Users will not only get better stability and support, but also 10 percent faster gaming overall and a 17 percent boost in eSports titles.

Ryzen Mobile APUs (code-named "Raven Ridge") promised up to triple the performance of Intel’s eighth-generation integrated graphics. The idea was to give users decent gaming on relatively cheap laptops like HP’s x360 15 . Performance was well short of NVIDIA 10-series laptops, but was not intended to compete with those much higher-priced laptops. For that, AMD released the RX Vega M , which was linked to a CPU from rival Intel on the same module.

Going forward, Ryzen Mobile owners will get their drivers directly from AMD, rather than downloading them from Microsoft and manually installing them. You’ll also get AMD’s Radeon software, allowing you to "configure all your graphics settings, check for updates and provide feedback to AMD," the company notes. It should give those laptops a new lease on life, and their owners considerably more peace of mind.

Via: Tom’s Hardware

Source: AMD

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February 26, 2019 at 05:09AM

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/26/energizer-p18k-pop-big-battery-hands-on-thick-phone/

Energizer has teased a huge array of smartphones for a while. The company that makes the devices, Avenir Telecom, has used that branding to showcase dummy phone models at MWC with stupidly-high capacity batteries several times but I never got to see one of them working. That is, until this chunky azure thing showed up. The P18K Pop (as it’s known) is probably thicker than any battery pack you currently own. It’s basically an 18,000mAH battery with a smartphone stuck on it.

After staring incredulously at a dummy, I heard that Energizer had a working model — it expects to launch it in June. In fact, I used the working sample briefly thinking it was another dummy model for a a hot minute.

But, ahead of the other specs, I’m mostly here to pretty much cheerlead a phone that’s bound to have an incredible battery life, which is not only my major issue with smartphones I own (or have owned) but is going to get even worse when phones are toting tablet-sized displays, double screens or 4K OLED.

The P18K Pop is 18mm thick. In comparison, my iPhone X is 7.7mm deep — making it almost three iPhones thick — at its thinnest point. I really like the deep blue turquoise color on the phone, but when I picked it up I chuckled. Your fingers have to wrap around the entire edge to handle it. It’s so thick. You could definitely hurt someone with it (please don’t).

Otherwise, the major takeaway from the detailed spec sheet is that Energizer is promising fast-charge assistance through USB-C — though they couldn’t offer an "85% charge in 30 minutes" claim like, say, Huawei. According to a spokesperson, you can expect a fully charged P18K Pop in a mere 8 hours. I translate that to mean you could charge the whole thing overnight. Sadly, there’s no wireless charging feature where you could share some of those milliamp hours with a buddy.

The phone that’s attached to that giant power cell isn’t going to blow you away, but there are a few nice touches, like a pop-up selfie camera (thus the Pop suffix), a triple 12-megapixel camera that includes a depth sensor, 12 MP and a seemingly unchanged Android 9.0 OS. (It also has an FM radio built-in. Fun!) It felt a little rough around the (fat) edges, and watching Arun Maini play around with the phone, it didn’t look as smooth as flagship devices. But that is not why I’m talking about an Energizer phone. I just want that battery. Or half that battery. Please. Surely, it’s possible.

via Engadget http://www.engadget.com

February 26, 2019 at 06:39AM

https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2019/02/25/23-emotions-people-feel-but-cant-explain/

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February 25, 2019 at 05:08PM

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February 25, 2019 at 06:49PM