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Apple releases details on Intel’s JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller found on the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro

Last week, the rather cool cats at iFixit ran a complete teardown of the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro. The analysis located Intel’s new JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller, introduced earlier this year as part of its “Titan Ridge” family among the notebooks components. While the specifications for the JHL7540 lists compatibility with DisplayPort 1.4 on […]

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Valve Steam Link app en route to iOS, will allow iOS and tvOS devices to play Mac and PC games

This wasn’t expected, but it’s not a complete surprise either. Still, it could amount to something nifty. Valve Software has announced that it will begin releasing development tools to allow Steam Link and Steam Video apps for iOS enabling gamers to stream a PC or Mac game, or video content bought from the store, to […]

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Enthusiasts combine 2016 MacBook Pro with GTX 1080 Ti card through external enclosure, post impressive results

Ok, this is pretty darn cool. A group of enthusiasts have found they were able to boost the video performance of the Radeon Pro 450 found on the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro by nearly 400 percent via external GPU attachments. External GPU enthusiast site egpu.io has affixed a GTX 1080 Ti to an AKiTiO Note […]

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Nintendo Switch JoyCon controllers usable on Macs, PCs and Android systems

You can use your new Nintendo Switch’s wireless controllers with your Mac. The wireless controllers can be fully utilized by macOS. The units charge via USB-C and has a small Bluetooth pairing button next to the charging port atop the controller. As expected, Nintendo’s JoyCon gamepads can connect to macOS as individual controllers. That means […]

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LG UltraFine 5K monitors experiencing errors within two meters of wireless routers

Well, this is kind of a mess. LG’s UltraFine 5K monitor, which has become something of a spiritual successor to Apple’s Thunderbolt display and began shipping out from the Apple online store this week, appears to be suffering from a major fault wherein it will begin flickering when places within two meters (6.5 feet) of […]