The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) announced yesterday the cancellation of Computex 2021’s onsite exhibition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the many companies that show off their upcoming products at the event will have to do so via #COMPUTEXVirtual, an online gathering set to start on May 31. TAITRA said in the announcement that “another wave of coronavirus pandemic across the world” means “the majority of the show's stakeholders, including international exhibitors, visitors, and media, cannot join the show due to border control.” At that point it makes more sense to simply cancel the event entirely. The decision comes much earlier—and is more definitive—than TAITRA’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The council initially said it would push Computex 2020 from June to September; it didn’t officially cancel the event until mid-June. Many other event organizers were faster to respond to the pandemic’s spread. Computex 2021 was also … [Read more...] about Computex 2021 Cancels Onsite Exhibition as COVID-19 Makes Travel Impossible
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World’s Fair 2.0: The mission to resurrect the greatest tech expo of all time
The Twitter header image belonging to Cameron Wiese is a black-and-white photograph of the Unisphere, an enormous, spherical, stainless steel representation of Earth created as a centerpiece for the 1964/1965 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. Over two six-month stints across a couple of years, the Unisphere was seen by more than 50 million people who visited the World’s Fair’s 650 acres of displays, pavilions, and public spaces, bringing together citizens, cities, nations, and corporations for a tantalizing glimpse at the future. The Unisphere served as a symbol of humanity’s shared home and, perhaps, of our ability to bend its resources to our will. At various times during the World’s Fair, a performer wearing a Bell Aviation’s Rocket Pack jetted past the massive globe, highlighting humankind’s ability to rise above any and all challenges. Still located in Flushing Meadows, the Unisphere is the height of a 12-story building. In Wiese’s header … [Read more...] about World’s Fair 2.0: The mission to resurrect the greatest tech expo of all time
Stress Testing Just Became a Lot Easier for AMD Graphics Cards
AMD's latest Radeon driver update, Adrenalin version 21.3.1 , adds several new features to team red's graphics cards, but the biggest update is a new stress testing utility that allows you to check the stability of your overclocked AMD graphics card right from the Adrenalin software. When you install the 21.3.1 driver, the new stress test option should be available to you called "Performance Tuning Stress Test." According to AMD, Adrenaline has also been updated to help novice overclockers with newer temperature gauges and easier-to-understand performance readouts, PC Gamer reported. AMD also said it added more indicators to show where performance is being limited on your best graphics card . We aren't sure how much better this stress test is compared to stress testing your graphics card in popular games and applications like 3DMark, Superposition and your favorite graphically demanding video game. But it is nice that you can now stress test right from the Adrenaline … [Read more...] about Stress Testing Just Became a Lot Easier for AMD Graphics Cards
Best cheap gaming laptop deals for March 2021
It wasn’t long ago that PC gamers were generally skeptical of laptops marketed as gaming machines. Times have changed, however, with mobile computer hardware coming a long, long way over the past few years. The result is that today’s best gaming laptops are both highly capable and surprisingly affordable. That’s music to the ears of any gamer, casual or serious, who’s shopping for a portable gaming computer on a budget. If you count yourself among that crowd, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got all the best cheap gaming laptop deals of the week right here: Today’s best cheap gaming laptop deals Expires soon Gateway Creator Series Laptop (Ryzen 5 CPU, GTX 1650 GPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $599 $899 This laptop is a great option for a gaming upgrade. With its spacious 15-inch display, GRX 1650 graphics, and Ryzen 5 processor, it will be able to handle all but the most demanding of tasks. Buy at Walmart Expires soon Dell G5 15 … [Read more...] about Best cheap gaming laptop deals for March 2021
Best cheap gaming PC deals for March 2021
As good as gaming laptops may be nowadays, every true PC gamer knows that none of them can compare to a proper desktop battle station. You can build a desktop PC yourself, of course, but that’s not really going to save you all that much money — time is coin, after all — and good luck even finding a good GPU in this market. Be that as it may, if you need a new gaming machine and you’re on a budget, we can help. We’ve smoked out the five best cheap gaming PC deals and rounded them up right here. Best of all? These gaming desktop computer deals each ring in at comfortably under a grand. If you just need a solid PC for gaming and aren’t married to a desktop, however, then go ahead and give these gaming laptop deals a look as well. Today’s Best Cheap Gaming PC Deals HP Pavilion Radeon Vega 8 Desktop PC — $400, was $550 Alarco GTX 650 Gaming PC — $500 CyberPowerPC Gamer Master RX 570 Gaming PC — $630 Asus ROG Strix GTX 1650 Gaming PC — $750, was $800 HP … [Read more...] about Best cheap gaming PC deals for March 2021