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I’ve spent a month rocking with the CRKD Gibson Les Paul Guitar Controller and it's taken me back to the golden era of rhythm games

I’ve spent a month rocking with the CRKD Gibson Les Paul Guitar Controller and it's taken me back to...

2 months ago 56

HP's Omen 16 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and 2K 165Hz display is $550 off right now — all-time low pricing and a free copy of Battlefield 6

HP's Omen 16 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and 2K 165Hz display is $550 off right now — all-ti...

2 months ago 47

Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market

Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 point...

2 months ago 51

Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign

Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers u...

2 months ago 48

AMD lists mystery Radeon 9060 XL model in ROCm documents, but it is more likely to be a typo than a new SKU

AMD lists mystery Radeon 9060 XL model in ROCm documents, but it is more likely to be a typo than a ...

2 months ago 33

Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first power outage in 30 years – all the RGBs went out

Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first ...

2 months ago 49

Creality Hi Combo Review: Catching up with Color

Creality Hi Combo Review: Catching up with Color

2 months ago 70

Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready

Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams —...

2 months ago 56

Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and require a reboot after virtualization reset bug, also impacts RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and...

2 months ago 89

TP-Link Deco BE68 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Class-leading 6 GHz performance and competitive pricing

TP-Link Deco BE68 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Class-leading 6 GHz performance and competitive pricin...

2 months ago 75

New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for Windows

New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for ...

2 months ago 49

Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised

Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables c...

2 months ago 48

Lost Soul Aside is Final Fantasy meets Devil May Cry... and some jank

Lost Soul Aside is Final Fantasy meets Devil May Cry... and some jank

2 months ago 28

Burger King hacked, systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain’ – hackers 'impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices,' also exploited other RBI brands like Tim Hortons and Popeyes

Burger King hacked, systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain’ – hackers 'i...

2 months ago 50

Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age

Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a...

2 months ago 55

This WiZ smart bulb may not be the brightest, but its colorful LED filament puts a modern twist on a vintage classic

This WiZ smart bulb may not be the brightest, but its colorful LED filament puts a modern twist on a...

2 months ago 67

NBA 2K26 feels like a course correction from last year’s controversial changes

NBA 2K26 feels like a course correction from last year’s controversial changes

2 months ago 43

Intel APO update boosts gaming performance by up to 14% in select titles — 15 new games added to the support list

Intel APO update boosts gaming performance by up to 14% in select titles — 15 new games added to the...

2 months ago 71

AMD calls AI ‘underhyped’ at IFA Berlin — chipmaker says the ‘perfect PC’ comes first

AMD calls AI ‘underhyped’ at IFA Berlin — chipmaker says the ‘perfect PC’ comes first

2 months ago 55

I tested the AI-enhanced Geekom A9 Max mini PC - and the superb performance makes it a must-have pro-grade office machine

I tested the AI-enhanced Geekom A9 Max mini PC - and the superb performance makes it a must-have pro...

2 months ago 64

Score a 4 terabyte PCIe 4.0 SSD for a mere 5 cents per gigabyte — WD's SN7100 is just $210 on Amazon right now

Score a 4 terabyte PCIe 4.0 SSD for a mere 5 cents per gigabyte — WD's SN7100 is just $210 on Amazon...

2 months ago 46

Microsoft offers a one-year free Microsoft 365 subscription to college students — eligible users get 50% off the monthly plan after the first year

Microsoft offers a one-year free Microsoft 365 subscription to college students — eligible users get...

2 months ago 58

Nvidia says 'We never deprive American customers in order to serve the rest of the world' — company says GAIN AI Act addresses a problem that doesn't exist

Nvidia says 'We never deprive American customers in order to serve the rest of the world' — company ...

2 months ago 44

$9 Goodwill PC find earns congratulations from enthusiasts — the machine could be a great eSports or nostalgic gaming powerhouse with the right upgrades

$9 Goodwill PC find earns congratulations from enthusiasts — the machine could be a great eSports or...

2 months ago 31

AMD launches Ryzen 5 9500F, claiming up to 24% faster than Ryzen 5 7500F in gaming — Zen 5 chip launches as a China-exclusive for now

AMD launches Ryzen 5 9500F, claiming up to 24% faster than Ryzen 5 7500F in gaming — Zen 5 chip laun...

2 months ago 34

AMD prototype Radeon AI Pro R9700 found by 'a friend,' posted to Reddit — a real-life reference design model of AMD's artistic render

AMD prototype Radeon AI Pro R9700 found by 'a friend,' posted to Reddit — a real-life reference desi...

2 months ago 63

I reviewed the xTool F2 Ultra dual laser engraver and the more I used it, the more I fell in love

I reviewed the xTool F2 Ultra dual laser engraver and the more I used it, the more I fell in love

2 months ago 49

Romance scammer posing as a stranded astronaut swindled an 80-year-old woman out of $6,700 — fraudster claimed they needed funds for oxygen supplies

Romance scammer posing as a stranded astronaut swindled an 80-year-old woman out of $6,700 — fraudst...

2 months ago 43

Anthropic to pay $1.5B over pirated books in Claude AI training — payouts of roughly $3,000 per infringed work

Anthropic to pay $1.5B over pirated books in Claude AI training — payouts of roughly $3,000 per infr...

2 months ago 95

Google Pixel 10 review: perfectly fine

Google Pixel 10 review: perfectly fine

2 months ago 44

Sword Of The Sea is a technicolor trip of a game from the makers of Journey

Sword Of The Sea is a technicolor trip of a game from the makers of Journey

2 months ago 31

SAMA P1200 Platinum power supply review

SAMA P1200 Platinum power supply review

2 months ago 41

Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD review: laser-powered HAMR recording tech revitalizes the enterprise HDD market

Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD review: laser-powered HAMR recording tech revitalizes the enterprise HDD mar...

2 months ago 31

Amazon Echo is reportedly an internet vampire that uses gigabytes of data per day despite being unused, says owner

Amazon Echo is reportedly an internet vampire that uses gigabytes of data per day despite being unus...

2 months ago 45

I tested this digital audio player and its sound dominates almost any rival, but there's a catch

I tested this digital audio player and its sound dominates almost any rival, but there's a catch

2 months ago 38

First look: Dyson’s Spot+Scrub Ai robot seeks out stains

First look: Dyson’s Spot+Scrub Ai robot seeks out stains

2 months ago 52

I reviewed this 25-inch portable monitor - I just wish it lived up to its huge potential

I reviewed this 25-inch portable monitor - I just wish it lived up to its huge potential

2 months ago 37

Qualcomm CEO says Intel ‘not an option’ for chip production — yet

Qualcomm CEO says Intel ‘not an option’ for chip production — yet

2 months ago 41

OpenAI widely thought to be Broadcom's mystery $10 billion custom AI processor customer — order could be for millions of AI processors

OpenAI widely thought to be Broadcom's mystery $10 billion custom AI processor customer — order coul...

2 months ago 61

I reviewed this UGreen charger and it’s phenomenally convenient thanks to this one ingenious feature

I reviewed this UGreen charger and it’s phenomenally convenient thanks to this one ingenious feature...

2 months ago 49

Anthropic blocks Chinese-controlled firms from Claude AI — cites 'legal, regulatory, and security risks'

Anthropic blocks Chinese-controlled firms from Claude AI — cites 'legal, regulatory, and security ri...

2 months ago 50

Ryzen to the top: How AMD innovated in the gaming CPU market

Ryzen to the top: How AMD innovated in the gaming CPU market

2 months ago 39

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 gaming laptop is $300 off at Best Buy — RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB RAM, and 240Hz OLED screen can be yours for $1,600

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 gaming laptop is $300 off at Best Buy — RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB RAM, and 240Hz...

2 months ago 37

Synopsys adds generative AI for chip development with Synopsys.ai Copilot design software

Synopsys adds generative AI for chip development with Synopsys.ai Copilot design software

2 months ago 56

Expansion card lets you insert 512GB of extra DDR5 memory into your PCIe slot — CXL 2.0 AIC designed for TRX50 and W790 workstation motherboards

Expansion card lets you insert 512GB of extra DDR5 memory into your PCIe slot — CXL 2.0 AIC designed...

2 months ago 40

Intel’s bitcoin-mining Blockscale chips return from the dead, being given away for free — 256,000 Intel Bonanza Mine ASICs donated by Jack Dorsey’s Block, will be distributed to DIYers and open-hardware projects

Intel’s bitcoin-mining Blockscale chips return from the dead, being given away for free — 256,000 In...

2 months ago 27

Anker brings beastly 14-port dock, plus new compact chargers and portable batteries to IFA

Anker brings beastly 14-port dock, plus new compact chargers and portable batteries to IFA

2 months ago 26

Jaguar Land Rover production stopped for four days and counting due to ransomware attack, company has now officially shut down — teenaged hackers from Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters take responsibility

Jaguar Land Rover production stopped for four days and counting due to ransomware attack, company ha...

2 months ago 60

Wi-Fi signals used to measure heart rate accurately — relies on signal variations caused by the beating heart to determine BPM

Wi-Fi signals used to measure heart rate accurately — relies on signal variations caused by the beat...

2 months ago 48

Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis

Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buil...

2 months ago 39