The big picture: Microsoft’s recent Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004) introduced a number of new features and tweaks including a segment heap memory improvement for Win32 applications to help them manage memory more efficiently. Microsoft’s Edge browser leverages the new technique and according to Redmond, memory usage dropped by as much as 27 percent in Edge in internal testing. Now, Google is working on a similar implementation for Chrome.

As recently outlined by a Google engineer

Forward-looking: At over 16 miles in length, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is an incredible feat of human engineering, but a new super-collider that’s been approved by Cern makes the LHC look small in comparison. Measuring 62 miles in diameter, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) would be four times bigger and six times more powerful than the current particle-smashing machine and cost $23 billion dollars.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as Cern, has

Facepalm: Has your Samsung Blu-ray player been experiencing major problems over the last few days? It’s not the only one. Users report that a range of the devices have stopped working, with the most common issue being boot loops.

The issues started appearing on Friday when angry owners reported the problems on Reddit , Twitter, and Samsung’s own forums . It appears that whatever the cause, it is affecting various models around the world, from the BD-J5700 to the HJ

A hot potato: If you’re a Fortnite player, you might have noticed there’s a sudden lack of police cars on the map following the recent update. The decision is a response to the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across much of the world, though Epic says it wasn’t trying to make a political statement.

Fortnite’s Chapter 2 Season 3 update, which arrived on June 17, brought some major changes, including a large section of the map being flooded with water.

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Highly anticipated: A next-gen Nvidia flagship has been spotted in the 3DMark benchmark database. It’s the first time we’ve seen a GPU in a performance bracket like this – if you discount the below photo that leaked a couple weeks back – with a performance output in 3DMark that appears to be up to 26% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti.

Let’s plunge into the numbers. The GPU achieved a score of 18,257 in the graphics

A hot potato: Disney+, the on-demand subscription video streaming service that launched late last year, is no longer offering new users a free trial to get their feet wet. Up to this point, those who had not previously been a member could try it out risk-free for 7 days before deciding whether or not to commit to a paid subscription.

A spokesperson for Disney told CNET that “the service was set at an attractive price-to-value proposition that we believe delivers a compelling entertainment offering

In context: Sridhar Ramaswamy became Google’s senior vice president for advertising and commerce in 2013. He led the $115 billion branch that was responsible for the ads that popped up on Search, YouTube, and websites with AdSense, for five years. But, fed up with Google’s profiteering and the conflict of interest that had arisen between customers and advertisers, he left the company to build his own search engine.

The breaking point for Ramaswamy came in 2017. The

Rumor mill: Most if not all Apple products released in the recent past had to go through former design chief Jony Ive. But according to new information, in the case of AR and VR, the company wanted to create an all-encompassing experience that required tethering to a hub and an uncomfortable headset. Ive wanted a different kind of AR device that had more mass appeal and didn't require extra hardware, while also letting people be aware of their surroundings when using it.

For years Apple has been exploring ways

In brief: Cyberpunk 2077 followers received some disappointing news yesterday when CD Projekt Red revealed that the upcoming RPG would be delayed by an additional two months. To balance things out, the company has announced a dash of positive news regarding the game's console versions: whether you're playing on PS4 or Xbox One, you'll be able to play your copy on next-gen consoles with no additional purchases necessary.

We already knew that Xbox One copies of Cyberpunk 2077 would