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Increasing production of aluminum platters indicates that either Showa Denko and/or its partners have found a way to use them with HAMR HDDs, or the Japanese company expects aluminum platters as well as PMR and MAMR technologies (with or without shingling) to be used for years to come even for higher-end nearline hard drives that.  … [Read more...] about Showa Denko To Boost Output of Hard Drive Media

It also supports both PCI Express (PCIe) and NVMe technologies. PCI Express offers greatly improved speeds and versatility compared to older SATA-based SSDs — an important feature to watch for when buying solid-state drives for newer computers. NVMe is a similar protocol that offers the most advanced ways to transfer storage data between the SSD and the computer. Together, PCIe and NVMe make the best combination for high-performance drives, and the Samsung 970 EVO Plus is an excellent example. … [Read more...] about The best SSDs for 2021

Shashua claimed that its Responsibility Sensitivity Safety (RSS) framework is one of the company’s top achievements because society will not accept any lapse of judgment with a computer. With autonomous vehicles, it has to behave with human judgment because it will interact with humans. And the idea of being careful — yielding when you don’t have the right of way — isn’t mathematically defined. With RSS, it defines mathematically what it means to “be careful” when driving. The framework takes the worst-case scenario based on the assumptions that have been defined with regulators. It’s a rule-based kind of thinking to define what is reckless and what is careful, Shashua said. The theory has to be fully transparent. … [Read more...] about Everything Intel has announced at CES 2021 so far

Potential solutions: Go to Settings > Devices and make sure that Bluetooth is toggled on and that you haven’t accidentally hit a function key or manual Bluetooth switch that turned it off. Make sure that your Bluetooth accessory is fully charged and that you are following the pairing process. Sometimes you have to hold down a button to make the device discoverable. Check with the manufacturer for details. There’s a reasonable chance that this is a driver problem. You’ll want to check with the manufacturer that you have the latest driver, especially if you’re jumping straight from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 to 10. A few people have reported that uninstalling the driver for the device you’re having an issue with, rebooting your machine, and then letting Microsoft automatically detect it and install the driver will do the trick. Problem: Cortana isn’t working Window’s 10 Cortana virtual assistant can perform a variety of tasks, but only if she … [Read more...] about 11 of the biggest problems with Windows 10, and how to fix them

Parallels Desktop 15 When it comes to delivering the Windows experience to Mac users, Parallels Desktop 15 is, well, unparalleled. The latest incarnation of the software is compatible with the most recent version of MacOS, allowing you to emulate Windows XP, 7, 8, and 10 as a guest operating system (although since support has ended for Windows XP and 7, you’ll want to be careful what you do with those). You can also conveniently run Mac and Windows applications side by side without rebooting, while also providing tools for quickly moving files between operating systems, launching programs directly from your Mac dock, and accessing cloud storage. … [Read more...] about The best virtual machines for 2021