VATM Virtuell: Nutzer sollen aus Solidarität Glasfaser bestellen

Auch wer Glasfaser kurzfristig nicht braucht, sollte einen Zugang bestellen, damit der Gigabit-Ausbau in Deutschland vorankommt, forderte eine Staatssekretärin des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums. (Glasfaser, Augmented Reality)

Auch wer Glasfaser kurzfristig nicht braucht, sollte einen Zugang bestellen, damit der Gigabit-Ausbau in Deutschland vorankommt, forderte eine Staatssekretärin des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums. (Glasfaser, Augmented Reality)

Mobiles Bezahlen: Samsung Pay startet voll in Deutschland

Die Betaphase ist vorbei, Samsung startet seinen eigenen Bezahldienst für alle Interessierten in Deutschland. Voraussetzung ist allerdings ein passendes Galaxy-Smartphone. (Samsung, Smartphone)

Die Betaphase ist vorbei, Samsung startet seinen eigenen Bezahldienst für alle Interessierten in Deutschland. Voraussetzung ist allerdings ein passendes Galaxy-Smartphone. (Samsung, Smartphone)

TCL’s first 5G phone for the US is the $400 TCL 10 5G UW

TCL launched a set of mid-range smartphones under the TCL 10 brand earlier this year, but at the time the company said its first 5G smartphone would only be available in select markets. This week the United States becomes one of those markets. The TCL…

TCL launched a set of mid-range smartphones under the TCL 10 brand earlier this year, but at the time the company said its first 5G smartphone would only be available in select markets. This week the United States becomes one of those markets. The TCL 10 5G UW will be available from Verizon October 29th […]

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Nvidia RTX 3070 review: AMD’s stopwatch just started ticking a lot louder

Ahead of Radeon RX 6000 series reveal, we examine Nvidia’s new mid-high RTX card.

Talking about the RTX 3070, Nvidia's latest $499 GPU launching Thursday, October 29, is tricky in terms of the timing of today's review embargo. As of right now, the RTX 3070 is the finest GPU in this price sector by a large margin. In 24 hours, that could change—perhaps drastically.

Ahead of AMD's big October 28 event, dedicated to its RDNA 2 GPU line, Nvidia gave us an RTX 3070 Founders Edition to test however we saw fit. This is the GPU Nvidia absolutely needed to reveal before AMD shows up in (expectedly) the same price and power range.

Inside of an Nvidia-only bubble, this new GPU is a sensation. Pretty much every major RTX 2000-series card overshot with proprietary promises instead of offering brute force worth its inflated costs. Yet without AMD nipping at its heels, Nvidia's annoying strategy seemed to be the right call: the company established the RTX series' exclusive bonus processing cores as a major industry option without opposition, then got to wait a full year before competing with significant power jumps and delectable price cuts.

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PS5 unboxing: Sony’s big, curvy boy stands out in any room

The black-and-white curves on Sony’s new box cut a striking figure.

As you may have heard by now, we have received the PlayStation 5 at Ars' orbiting headquarters, ahead of its official launch on Nov. 12. We're still limited in just what we can tell you about the system itself until that launch gets a little closer. One thing we can talk about, though, is the console's design—that is, the physical shell that houses all those electronics.

Sony's big boy

The most striking thing about the PS5 case (especially the disc-drive-sporting version we received) remains just how big it is. We've known for a while that the PS5 was set to be the biggest console in decades, of course. But it's one thing to know that intellectually. It's another to see it in your home, dwarfing most any other piece of consumer electronics you've ever owned (as you can see in some of these photos).

When you lift the PS5, though, it feels a little lighter than you might expect, given its physical size. At 9.92 pounds, it's slightly less heavy than the (smaller) launch-era PlayStation 3, for instance. And while the PS5 is heavier than the 7.3 pound PS4 Pro, it feels much less dense than that earlier system when lifted.

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