ExtremeTechLG Mobile’s Demise Was (Sadly) Inevitable — Here's WhyBy ExtremeTechIt’s official: LG Mobile is no more. But LG's decision to stop making phones is (sadly) no real surprise. We look back at how and why we got here, then remember the 10 weirdest, bravest phones LG Mobile ever released.
ExtremeTechSecurity What Is Speculative Execution? - ExtremeTech ExtremeTech - Joel Hruska As discussion of the Spectre and Meltdown flaws continues to dominate the tech news cycle, there has been repeated reference to a specific feature of …
ExtremeTechWhat If Mars Never Lost Its Water?By ExtremeTechThe current model for Mars’ transformation from a wet planet to a dry one relies on sublimation and the long-term damage our sun did to the Martian atmosphere after the planet’s global magnetic field shut down. But what if that’s simply not true? We investigate the latest theory surrounding Mars' evolution, plus round up all of the latest news from the Red Planet.
ExtremeTechSilicon Is the New Toilet Paper: Mounting Chip Shortages, ExplainedBy ExtremeTech“It’s a bit like everyone is crazily buying and hoarding toilet papers in a crisis. Everyone is fighting for resources at the same time, and I don’t see a turning point coming yet.” That was the bleak prediction made by Advantech Chairman KC Liu and he’s not wrong. Chip shortages have been a very persistent reality since the pandemic began and below, we break down all the reasons why buying new GPUs, SSDs and the like may be tough in 2021.
ExtremeTechThe U.S. Air Force Quietly Admits the F-35 Is a FailureBy ExtremeTechAir Force chief of staff General Charles Q. Brown has finally admitted what’s been obvious for years: The F-35 program has failed to achieve its goals. What's more, there's little reason to believe it will ever succeed. Below, we take a closer look at what went wrong and why the aircraft was just compared to... a Ferrari.
