What just happened? The Folding@home project has reached another milestone, passing a massive 2.4 ExaFLOPS of combined performance. That’s more than the top 500 supercomputers combined, and 15 times faster than the world’s most powerful supercomputer: IBM’s Summit.

The Pande Lab at Stanford University has been running the Folding@home project for almost twenty years. The distributed compute network utilizes volunteers’ spare CPU and GPU power, combining the resources of thousands of home systems to understand better

Why it matters: Google has announced that it will be temporarily reducing the quality of videos captured by its Nest cameras to help ease the new pressure being put on the internet. With so much of the world now under lockdown, more people are using internet-connected devices than ever before, and networks are groaning under the strain.

"In response to community issues caused by COVID-19, we're temporarily adjusting your camera quality and bandwidth in an effort to conserve internet resources," Google wrote in an

In context: Amazon has been facing a bit of a double-edged sword situation as of late. On the one hand, it has exploded in popularity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but on the other, keeping up with all that demand -- while keeping employees and customers safe -- has proven extremely challenging.

To keep the matter under control, Amazon has made a couple of important changes lately. In an effort to meet demand, it's started a 175,00

Highly anticipated: Chinese phonemaker OnePlus today revealed the latest flagship devices in its smartphone lineup: the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. During an hour-long livestream, the corporation showcased the smartphones' specifications, new features, their design, and -- of course -- their price tags.

We'll cover each of these topics in turn for both the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro while pointing out any model-specific features as needed. First, let's talk design: overall, you aren't going

Let's do something different: Tech giants have been tweaking their advertising policies ahead of the 2020 election, with Twitter banning political ads altogether. Reddit, on the contrary, has chosen a different approach that combines increased transparency and gives people a way to interact with political ads.

If you go by the last official count , Reddit has over 430 million monthly active users. Given the controversy around raising money from Chinese investors and the looming 2020 election, the company has been trying

In context: Sony has long given away two free games (or more) per month to PlayStation Plus members. It's a decent perk to make the $60 per year subscription cost more reasonable. It also helps users build their game libraries and discover games they might not have otherwise purchased.

Now, for the first time, Sony is giving away two games to everyone regardless of whether or not they are PlayStation Plus subscribers. Starting on Wednesday, April 15, the company is rolling out its Play

The big picture: Using sensory inputs to manipulate dreams may seem forward-looking but the concept isn’t new. Thinkers like Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla reportedly took naps with a steel ball in their hand. When they fell asleep and the ball hit the floor, it had the same effect as modern methods and would open their minds while between the conscious and subconscious state.

Dreams are among the most fascinating aspects of life. They’ve captured our imagination for generations yet still, we don’t fully understand

Why it matters: Google's rumored "Whitechapel" SoC looks to be an attempt to emulate Apple and gain greater integration between software and hardware. This also could put a dent in Qualcomm's near monopoly on smartphone processors and clear the way for more innovation in the mobile SoC market.

Current Pixel phones (and most Android smartphones in general) are all powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs. It looks like Google may take the Apple route and ditch Qualcomm in favor of its own custom-designed silicon per a report

Why it matters: In a move that caught many off guard, Apple and Google announced an effort to create a standardized means of sharing information about the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Utilizing the Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) technology that’s been built into smartphones for the last 6 or 7 years and some clever mechanisms for anonymizing the data, the companies are working on building a