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This HP laptop I tested has a sleek and compact form, but rivals offer better value for money

This HP laptop I tested has a sleek and compact fo...

5 days ago 8

Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage — as-yet-unnamed tool gives users powerful management capabilities at the price of lock-in

Western Digital reveals new software platform to m...

5 days ago 7

How Far Behind is AMD? DLSS 4.5 vs FSR 4 Tested

How Far Behind is AMD? DLSS 4.5 vs FSR 4 Tested

5 days ago 8

Corsair Galleon 100 SD Review: The combo is good, but is it necessary

Corsair Galleon 100 SD Review: The combo is good, ...

5 days ago 7

Researchers use agentic AI to monitor and correct 3D prints — system catches errors in real time, uses modular design to work on different makes and models

Researchers use agentic AI to monitor and correct ...

5 days ago 8

AMD CEO downplays PC memory crunch, saying 'our focus areas are enterprise' — company wants to focus on growing 'higher-end of the market'

AMD CEO downplays PC memory crunch, saying 'our fo...

5 days ago 18

I’ve spent 15 hours in Highguard, but I'm not desperate to play any more

I’ve spent 15 hours in Highguard, but I'm not desp...

5 days ago 19

AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 — CEO says semi-custom SoC ready to 'support launch in 2027'

AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 — C...

5 days ago 20

I tested the JBL Boombox 4 and it's a wonderful party companion — but one minor flaw holds it back from audio perfection

I tested the JBL Boombox 4 and it's a wonderful pa...

5 days ago 14

Purported Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs might bring extra performance with no price premium — early retailer listings show practically no price hike for some Core Ultra 200K Plus chips

Purported Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs might bring extr...

5 days ago 21

China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately three times slower than six-core Ryzen 5 9600X — 3B6000 hampered by low clock speeds in Linux benchmarks

China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately ...

5 days ago 20

I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did

I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffyco...

5 days ago 17

DDR5 RAM begins to stabilize in Germany, January saw only a 0.1% increase in pricing across the month — some kits even saw price cuts as volatility begins to plateau

DDR5 RAM begins to stabilize in Germany, January s...

5 days ago 15

Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase — Power-Optimized HDDs will reduce power by 20 percent

Western Digital doubles the performance of hard dr...

6 days ago 11

Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029

Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with ener...

6 days ago 12

Intel is co-developing new Z-Angle Memory to compete with HBM used in AI data centers — vertically-stacked memory touts 2 to 3x more capacity, greater bandwidth, and half the power consumption

Intel is co-developing new Z-Angle Memory to compe...

6 days ago 8

I watched The Muppet Show on Disney+ and found it charming but old-fashioned –luckily, Sabrina Carpenter mostly saves the day

I watched The Muppet Show on Disney+ and found it ...

6 days ago 8

MSI MAG Pro X870E-P Wifi Motherboard review: Designed for productivity, but not a standout

MSI MAG Pro X870E-P Wifi Motherboard review: Desig...

6 days ago 10

Snag this 4K-capable gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of DDR5 RAM for less than $2,000 — a 26% saving on a powerhouse of a rig equipped with Intel's 24-core CPU and a 2TB SSD

Snag this 4K-capable gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti...

6 days ago 8

Snap up 32GB of Crucial Pro Overclocking RAM for $325.99 — the cheapest available DDR5-6000 kit for hitting AMD's sweetspot

Snap up 32GB of Crucial Pro Overclocking RAM for $...

6 days ago 16

AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last — RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730

AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Ste...

6 days ago 15

SpaceX acquires xAI in a bid to make orbiting data centers a reality — Musk plans to launch a million tons of satellites annually, targets 1TW/year of space-based compute capacity

SpaceX acquires xAI in a bid to make orbiting data...

6 days ago 15

ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC, Python, and serial — Kerbal Space Program Lunar lander powered by 1980s hardware

ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC...

6 days ago 14

Still using or redeploying an older PC during today’s RAM crisis? A new power supply could save you from an insane repair bill

Still using or redeploying an older PC during toda...

6 days ago 15

Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck — following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND

Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next...

6 days ago 36

Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attacks — outfit claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be to blame

Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attac...

6 days ago 9

Frankenstein RTX 5070 Ti with an RTX 2080 Ti PCB breaks world record with extreme modding — card was damaged, salvaged with AMD donor parts and lots of soldered wires and tape

Frankenstein RTX 5070 Ti with an RTX 2080 Ti PCB b...

6 days ago 11

SurferSEO review: AI-powered SEO optimization for all

SurferSEO review: AI-powered SEO optimization for ...

6 days ago 22

I reviewed the Yamaha True X Surround 90A Dolby Atmos soundbar, and its spatial positioning is as good as it gets — but boy does it come at a price

I reviewed the Yamaha True X Surround 90A Dolby At...

6 days ago 21

Intel returns to boxed workstation CPUs with Xeon 600 — Granite Rapids WS delivers up to 86 cores, 4TB of memory, and 128 PCIe 5 lanes

Intel returns to boxed workstation CPUs with Xeon ...

6 days ago 21

Apple concedes it is constrained by TSMC's supply of advanced chips; storage and memory are also in short supply — firm isn't projecting supply conditions beyond the second quarter

Apple concedes it is constrained by TSMC's supply ...

6 days ago 25

Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron team up to block memory hoarding — prices might rise faster, but it could help encourage increased supply long term

Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron team up to block mem...

6 days ago 17

Trump administration plans $12bn critical minerals stockpile to offset China supply risk — initiative to create 60-day reserve of rare earths for electronics manufacturing

Trump administration plans $12bn critical minerals...

6 days ago 23

Fake Samsung 990 Pro passes basic checks but runs slower than a USB 2.0 drive — counterfeit SSDs proliferate as NAND shortage creates the perfect storm for bogus deals

Fake Samsung 990 Pro passes basic checks but runs ...

6 days ago 17

Intel mandates at least 7,467 MT/s RAM speed for Panther Lake — Slower memory will relabel the Arc B370 & B390 iGPUs as generic "Intel Graphics" in Task Manager

Intel mandates at least 7,467 MT/s RAM speed for P...

6 days ago 20

Binning results from 13 Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds prove that the CPU is purely an overclocked 9800X3D from the factory — 9850X3D looks similar to 9800X3D, just with higher voltages

Binning results from 13 Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds prove tha...

6 days ago 11

AI infrastructure surge begins squeezing Apple’s component costs — company considering supplier other than TSMC for lower-end chips, report claims

AI infrastructure surge begins squeezing Apple’s c...

6 days ago 13

Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears on Geekbench with chart-topping scores — Arrow Lake refresh beats the 285K by ~10% across single- and multithreaded tests

Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears on...

6 days ago 12

AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture — replacement for decades-old IDT can improve performance and stability

AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 arch...

6 days ago 7

Raspberry Pi 5 price increases drastically as AI shortage bites, 16GB version now $205 — second price increase in three months, over 70% more expensive than original MSRP

Raspberry Pi 5 price increases drastically as AI s...

6 days ago 10

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is so good you can't tell it's a remake of a game from more than twenty years ago

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is so good you can't t...

6 days ago 9

Modder more than doubles Asus ROG Xbox Ally X's memory with massive 64GB RAM upgrade — advanced soldering and BIOS modification unlock more capacity

Modder more than doubles Asus ROG Xbox Ally X's me...

1 week ago 14

Get a 43-inch Samsung 4K Smart UHD display for $299.99 — at $200 off, the M7 M70F is at its lowest price ever

Get a 43-inch Samsung 4K Smart UHD display for $29...

1 week ago 11

Developer creates 'conversational AI' that can run in 64kb of RAM on 1976 Zilog Z80 CPU-powered system — features a tiny chatbot and a 20-question guessing game

Developer creates 'conversational AI' that can run...

1 week ago 21

Lexar Play SE 4TB SSD Review: The oddball of the bunch

Lexar Play SE 4TB SSD Review: The oddball of the b...

1 week ago 18

Walmart slices $200 off the price of MSI's RTX 5070-powered Katana 15 HX — get crisp visuals and a 165Hz QHD display for just $1299

Walmart slices $200 off the price of MSI's RTX 507...

1 week ago 16

RayNeo Air 3s Pro AR glasses review: A meaningful usability upgrade for already stellar glasses

RayNeo Air 3s Pro AR glasses review: A meaningful ...

1 week ago 16

I tested the Oukitel Industry RT10 - this rugged tablet is packed with features, but it's a shame you need a specialist app for the built-in barcode scanner

I tested the Oukitel Industry RT10 - this rugged t...

1 week ago 10

Jensen Huang warns TSMC needs to 'work very hard' to meet AI demand — Nvidia CEO says its demand alone may force doubling its capacity over the next decade

Jensen Huang warns TSMC needs to 'work very hard' ...

1 week ago 14

I tested the HP OmniBook 7 and I don’t think there’s a better mid-range laptop — but it’s not exactly cheap

I tested the HP OmniBook 7 and I don’t think there...

1 week ago 8