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An ultra-rare 1972 Q1 desktop microcomputer with an internal printer was up for auction this weekend. Along with the Q1 was a Q1 Lite (without a printer), and a Q1 desktop micro computer printer, all thought to fetch an approximate $60,000 each.
Rare computers have been popping up in auctions over the last few...
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Intense competition on the TV space has allowed manufacturers and retailers to offer some enticing discounts on high end models, including OLED displays, which are the cream of the crop in terms of image quality. Driving this point home are some big savings that are up for grabs on several of Samsung's OLED TVs...
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Popular hardware monitoring and detection application HWinFO's latest release notes include a handful of very curious entries. As you'll have already guessed from the headline, they're the names of Intel's upcoming graphics products: Battlemage, Celestial, and Melville Sound. The addition of these names to HWiNFO...
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Dell has some awesome deals available for the Memorial Day Weekend on both desktops and laptops. The deals span from a beastly Alienware Aurora R15 gaming desktop, to a more budget friendly XPS desktop.
Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop
The Alienware Aurora R15 gaming desktop comes packed to the gills. From an...
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Before you wrap up the week and fully settle into weekend mode—especially with this being a holiday weekend—do yourself a solid and update your Chrome browser. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, there's a zero day flaw (another one) that, if left unpatched, leaves you susceptible to all kind of things that...
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The teardown experts at iFixIt have gotten their mitts on Apple's recently refreshed 13-inch iPad Air, the 6th generation model with a custom M2 processor inside that was unveiled during Apple's 'Let Loose' event earlier this month, and spoiler alert, DIY repairs are anything but easy. Not that the typical user would...
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Are you a FromSoftware fanatic? Do you hang on the end of every word out of Hidetaka Miyazaki's mouth? If so, you won't want to miss the opportunity to snag a very exclusive Elden Ring-branded Arc GPU, courtesy of a collaboration with Chinese GPU vendor Gunnir. To celebrate the release of Elden Ring's major expansion...
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Ming-Chi Kuo, a supply chain analyst who is familiar with Apple's suppliers claims that he’s seeing evidence about the possibility of a foldable MacBook. According to Kuo, this future MacBook might see a release as early as 2026, which is sooner than the originally speculated release of sometime in 2027.
Apple seems to be working on two
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When building a new PC, it's very likely that your fancy motherboard will feature multiple M.2 sockets. It's almost guaranteed that some portion of these SSD slots will be connected directly to the CPU socket, while others will connect to the CPU via the motherboard chipset. This undoubtedly adds latency, hurting...
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Today the console wars are largely fought between Microsoft (Xbox One X|S) and Sony (PlayStation 5), and you can throw Nintendo (Switch) in there as well. But arguably the first console skirmish of real significance took place several decades ago, with Atari and Intellivision duking it out. Now over 40 years later...
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Google finds itself once again having to explain why its AI is giving out wrong information. This time around, it involves the company’s recently launched AI Overview, which was previously only available to test via Google’s Search Labs.
The tech giant unleashed a plethora of AI news during its recent Google I/O...
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Dell UltraSharp 34 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor U3425WE: MSRP $819, Currently $769.99 The Dell UltraSharp 34 U3425WE is a beautiful, curved Thunderbolt-enabled monitor featuring IPS Black technology, for enhanced contrast and color accuracy, with great viewing angles. Integrated Thunderbolt Hub Tons Of IO Great...
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Stargazers will be able to view six of the Solar System’s planets form a straight line as they take their place in a parade of planets. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will all take part in the parade, with Venus being the only one absent.
While the recent aurora that stretched across much of...
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Apple released iOS 17.5.1 a few days ago to fix a problem where users were seeing old photos that were deleted show back up on their devices, causing plenty of privacy concerns among users online. Unfortunately, Apple’s only remarks for the update mentioned a fix for a “database corruption” without going deeper into...
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Does your gaming PC setup scream decadence at every turn? If so, or if you simply want to bring some crystal-themed RGB luxury bling to your battle station, G.Skill may have exactly what you're looking for—after teasing its Trident Z5 Royal DDR5 memory series earlier this week, it's now official in both gold and...
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AMD's Radeon Anti-Lag has been around since 2019; it's not a new technology. However, the company's attempt to deploy an upgraded version of the driver-based input lag reduction feature late last year was abortive, as users who employed it found that they quickly got banned off of their favorite competitive games. AMD...
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T-Mobile subscribers who have been enjoying their cheap grandfathered plans are getting a rude awakening. The carrier has started notifying some of its oldest customers that their bills are going up, and the increases could be significant for those with multiple lines. The good news is that if you haven't received a...
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Laptop enthusiasts will certainly recall the "AMD Advantage" badge that certifies certain systems with both CPU and GPU supplied by AMD as meeting particular performance metrics and including specific AMD "Smart" technologies. The program technically extends to desktops, too, but it's much more common in laptops...
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NVIDIA may be in the news lately mostly because of its AI prowess, but its GeForce GPUs are still vital to millions of gamers worldwide. The GeForce RTX 5090, the presumed flagship of the upcoming RTX 50 series Blackwell GPU lineup, is looking mighty promising according to some recent rumors.
According to a post...
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ASUS recently teased a refresh of its ROG Ally console that will come with some key upgrades, including more memory, though it won't be an overhaul to such an extent that it will qualify as a second-generation ROG Ally 2. Instead, the ROG Ally X will focus on tweaks based on customer feedback. While we wait for a full...
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While Scarlett Johansson’s voice is off limits, creating an AI voice assistant that sounds like the user is not. Truecaller has partnered with Microsoft to bring a new Personal Voice technology from Microsoft Azure AI Speech to an individual’s voicemail.
Truecaller’s AI Assistant was first introduced in late 2022...
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Only the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a division of the Department of the Treasury, is allowed to print money in the United States. Coming in a close second, however, NVIDIA prints designs primarily for GPU hardware, which might as well be a license to print money in the burgeoning era of artificial intelligence...
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