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Sony will ship its final Blu-ray recorders this month — exit from Japanese market the end of an era for the segment

Sony will ship its final Blu-ray recorders this mo...

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Save $458 on this AMD 9850X3D, X870 motherboard and 32GB of RAM bundle at Newegg — start your AM5 PC build for less than $800

Save $458 on this AMD 9850X3D, X870 motherboard an...

1 day ago 9

RTX 5090 kicks off the Chinese New Year early with fireworks — $3,299 dream GPU upgrade becomes a fiery nightmare

RTX 5090 kicks off the Chinese New Year early with...

1 day ago 9

A monitor light bar is the most underrated upgrade you can make to your setup — but not all of them are born equal, so here’s how to choose one that fits you

A monitor light bar is the most underrated upgrade...

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Microsoft turns to superconductors for distributing power to its AI data centers — zero-resistance cables could reduce power losses and produce zero heat

Microsoft turns to superconductors for distributin...

1 day ago 3

Wix website builder review 2026

Wix website builder review 2026

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South Korean exchange's $40B Bitcoin mistake casts pall over country's fledgling crypto legislation — staffer fat-fingered 620,000 BTC instead of Korean Won

South Korean exchange's $40B Bitcoin mistake casts...

1 day ago 3

Wix Studio review 2026

Wix Studio review 2026

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I tested the Philips turntable with a CD player squirrelled away in its plinth and honestly, for this money it's hard to argue with the versatility

I tested the Philips turntable with a CD player sq...

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AMD's future 'Medusa Halo' APUs could use LPDDR6 RAM — new leak suggests Ryzen AI MAX 500 series could have 80% more memory bandwidth

AMD's future 'Medusa Halo' APUs could use LPDDR6 R...

2 days ago 10

Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from the AI boom, twice as much as contract chip manufacturers — forecasts suggest that 2026 revenue will skyrocket thanks to data center demand

Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from th...

2 days ago 10

Ayaneo Next 2 Windows handheld goes official with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — also features massive 116 Whr battery, and a starting price of $1,799

Ayaneo Next 2 Windows handheld goes official with ...

2 days ago 7

White House mulling tariff exemptions for Big Tech — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, other AI hyperscalers to be spared worst of import duties with U.S.-Taiwan deal

White House mulling tariff exemptions for Big Tech...

2 days ago 7

Intel's top-end Nova Lake desktop CPU said to devour up to 700W in PL4 — claimed power draw close to double Arrow Lake

Intel's top-end Nova Lake desktop CPU said to devo...

2 days ago 5

Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates to plug security holes before they happen — if you bought a PC last year, you should be set

Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates t...

2 days ago 4

Alphabet is doubling its capital expenditure to a staggering $180 billion in 2026 — earnings suggest that the company's AI investments may be paying off

Alphabet is doubling its capital expenditure to a ...

2 days ago 6

Oakley Meta HSTN glasses for as little as $339.15 for a limited-time only

Oakley Meta HSTN glasses for as little as $339.15 ...

2 days ago 5

Zettlab D6 Ultra NAS review: Ironically, AI might not be the best feature of this network-attached storage device

Zettlab D6 Ultra NAS review: Ironically, AI might ...

2 days ago 4

Harvard researchers develop novel 3D printing method for soft robotics — rotational multi-material method creates muscle-like structures that can be programmed to twist, lift, or bend

Harvard researchers develop novel 3D printing meth...

2 days ago 6

TSMC's board approves $45 billion spending package on new fabs — record sign off signals aggressive expansion to grow capacity

TSMC's board approves $45 billion spending package...

2 days ago 10

Mario Tennis Fever is a fun and wacky tennis game, if not quite a Switch 2 exclusive smash

Mario Tennis Fever is a fun and wacky tennis game,...

2 days ago 7

Romeo is a Dead Man is a hyper-violent sci-fi trip that’s as gripping as it is mystifying

Romeo is a Dead Man is a hyper-violent sci-fi trip...

2 days ago 10

Atlantic.net review

Atlantic.net review

2 days ago 7

Vibe coding Nothing’s apps is fun, until you try to make them useful

Vibe coding Nothing’s apps is fun, until you try t...

2 days ago 4

Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial Motherboard Review: Carving out a new top-notch flagship for Asus

Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial Motherboard Revie...

2 days ago 5

G.Skill settles with plaintiffs following $2.4 million class action lawsuit over advertised memory speeds, denies all wrongdoing — company will have to change its packaging and be clearer about overclocking and BIOS adjustments if approved

G.Skill settles with plaintiffs following $2.4 mil...

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Corsair's Scimitar Elite SE wireless gaming mouse hits a low of $79 — built for MMO gaming and Stream Deck integration

Corsair's Scimitar Elite SE wireless gaming mouse ...

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AMD's open-source openSIL firmware is being ported to Zen 5 motherboard early — replacement for AGESA shows up ahead of Zen 6

AMD's open-source openSIL firmware is being ported...

2 days ago 5

This $899.99 Acer Nitro gaming laptop with Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU is a budget 1080p powerhouse — 16-inch rig boasts huge 32GB DDR5 RAM, fast 180Hz refresh rate, and a 512GB SSD

This $899.99 Acer Nitro gaming laptop with Nvidia ...

2 days ago 4

Life support build: Breaking all the rules to build a productivity PC beast

Life support build: Breaking all the rules to buil...

2 days ago 4

Logitech's Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse introduces electromagnetic induction tech, cutting down on latency and adding new features — $179 mouse adds 'Haptic Inductive Trigger' system that allows users to pick actuation levels

Logitech's Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse introdu...

2 days ago 4

I tested the BenQ PD2706QN for 3 months - and it's a beautifully color-accurate QHD designer monitor poised to surprise you with its quality

I tested the BenQ PD2706QN for 3 months - and it's...

2 days ago 11

John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM

John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as as a...

3 days ago 10

Haworth Fern office chair review: Incredibly premium ergonomics with great all day comfortability

Haworth Fern office chair review: Incredibly premi...

3 days ago 9

Load-balancing Ampinel adapter can save an Nvidia connector meltdown — new adapter is finally on sale after three-month delay

Load-balancing Ampinel adapter can save an Nvidia ...

3 days ago 10

Intel's new platform for Nova Lake chips leaked, up to 48 PCIe lanes and all-new chipset — 900-series motherboards with LGA1954 socket arrive in late 2026

Intel's new platform for Nova Lake chips leaked, u...

3 days ago 7

I tested the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 Gen 1 - a fresh spin on my favorite portable business laptop

I tested the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1 Gen 1 - a...

3 days ago 6

Ultra Ethernet: The data-center interconnection of tomorrow detailed

Ultra Ethernet: The data-center interconnection of...

3 days ago 4

Torvalds confirms Linux Kernel 7.0 is almost ready for release, bringing many performance improvements with it — desktop use and gaming may see boost, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hopes to use as default Kernel

Torvalds confirms Linux Kernel 7.0 is almost ready...

3 days ago 11

Claimed 1,100% increase in AI-driven layoffs in 2025 might be misleading — firms accused of exaggerating AI performance to downplay poor business performance

Claimed 1,100% increase in AI-driven layoffs in 20...

3 days ago 10

I tested the Lenovo ThinkVision P27Q-40 - and it's the IT manager’s dream display, allowing for fleet control at scale, reliability by users, and ease of use for all

I tested the Lenovo ThinkVision P27Q-40 - and it's...

3 days ago 11

I tested the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6 - a featherlight business laptop that's good for on-the-go productivity and only let down by the screen

I tested the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6 - a feather...

3 days ago 7

TP-Link Omada SG3218XP-M2 review: TP-Link is moving the bandwidth dial with a switch for Wi-Fi 7 PoE access points

TP-Link Omada SG3218XP-M2 review: TP-Link is movin...

3 days ago 4

Don't miss this amazing XFX Mercury RX 9070XT GPU deal for just $649.99 — the cheapest AMD Radeon GPU in its class by $69

Don't miss this amazing XFX Mercury RX 9070XT GPU ...

3 days ago 3

Striking a perfect balance between budget and performance, the Chuwi CoreBook Air impressed me with its work-focused features

Striking a perfect balance between budget and perf...

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I tested out the LG UltraFine 6K Evo 32U990A - a 6K monster of a monitor with 21 million pixels but also a few flaws

I tested out the LG UltraFine 6K Evo 32U990A - a 6...

3 days ago 7

I tested the Dell Pro Max Tower T2 - a powerful desktop workstation for engineering and AI

I tested the Dell Pro Max Tower T2 - a powerful de...

3 days ago 5

I spent more than 50 hours smashing through Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, and it's a solid action-filled remake with significantly improved combat — but it can't quite compare to its predecessors

I spent more than 50 hours smashing through Yakuza...

3 days ago 7

AI.com's $85 million Super Bowl ad campaign falls foul as traffic crashes servers — the campaign allegedly cost $15 million for the ads, $70 million for the domain name

AI.com's $85 million Super Bowl ad campaign falls ...

3 days ago 9

Freshsales CRM review

Freshsales CRM review

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