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The refrain in the DIY PC community has been clear for a few years now: if you're doing PC gaming, you need an AMD 3D V-Cache CPU. The degree of necessity is exaggerated—at normal resolutions and settings, you're generally GPU-bound...
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If you missed out on Woot's previous sale on Alienware laptops, this is your chance to take a mulligan, provided you're okay with going the factory reconditioned route and are not looking to set any benchmark records. Those qualifiers out...
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Unveiled at IFA 2026 in Berlin, Minisforum has officially announced the MS-S1 Max-P495, an ultra-compact mini-workstation designed to put serious local AI horsepower on your desk. Powered by AMD's flagship Gorgon Halo chip, the Ryzen AI...
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Grand Theft Auto VI has reached stratospheric levels of hype after Rockstar dropped an extended look of the game on Netflix last week. Sony is looking to capitalize on that excitement with two limited edition DualSense controllers that...
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Say a sad goodbye to unlimited Xbox cloud play, folks, because Microsoft will soon be enforcing strict monthly playtime caps for Xbox Game Pass subscribers while simultaneously opening up cloud access to non-subscribers.
Beginning this...
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The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo Mercury mission that left Earth some eight years ago has finally entered its arrival phase, shedding its propulsion module to begin a months-long orbital insertion of its two science...
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Sony's flagship WH-1000XM6 headphones for the mainstream market feature some of the best active noise cancellation (ANC) around, even more so than the excellent WH-1000XM5 that came before them. The newest model also introduces an upgraded...
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Artificial intelligence is now radically reshaping the landscape of physics, generating experimental layouts that outperform traditional human engineering while sparking questions about the nature of scientific inquiry.
A publication in...
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Sony and LEGO are tapping into 1990s nostalgia with the upcoming release of a near 1:1 scale brick-built replica of the original PlayStation console that debuted in the U.S. in 1995 (and 1994 in Japan). Unveiled during the latest State of...
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Google has issued an emergency security update for desktop Chrome users across Windows, Mac, and Linux to address a dozen high- and medium-severity vulnerabilities. One of them is a zero-day flaw that Google confirms is being actively...
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Having spent a few hours in direct, deep performance and image quality testing, I'm here to tell you the unvarnished truth about NVIDIA's DLSS 5 neural rendering for GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. Today's the day that you too can officially...
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Microsoft has announced that starting with October's Patch Tuesday update, Windows 11 will automatically enable Memory Integrity on all eligible PCs where the feature is currently turned off. Also known as Hypervisor-protected Code...
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Plex, a popular option for hosting and streaming personal content, is urging users to update their media servers and desktop app as soon as possible. The most up-to-date versions the company just released contain a multitude of fixes and...
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From now through to September 7th, Best Buy is running its annual Labor Day sale, which includes some massive savings for Chromebooks, particularly mid-range and high-end Chromebooks that are typically more expensive than more mainstream...
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Lenovo made many announcements at IFA 2026 this year, which include new ThinkCentre, ThinkBook, and ThinkVision desktops, laptops, and monitors targeting a wide array of use cases, front high-end enterprise PCs to AI development.
The...
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Lenovo is leaning heavily into self-expression for its IFA 2026 consumer lineup. Instead of the usual gray and silver colorways that PC makers have traditionally produced, Lenovo partnered with the Pantone Color Institute to offer its new...
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NVIDIA is locking in the release window for its Arm-based RTX Spark platform. At IFA 2026, the company confirmed that RTX Spark Windows PCs spanning compact desktops and thin-and-light laptops will arrive in just a few weeks with designs...
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SteamDB, the oh-so-useful community-driven database that tracks concurrent players, pricing histories, and backend updates for PC gaming's largest storefront, has been acquired by modding titan Nexus Mods. But what does that mean for the...
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Sony and Microsoft are pushing back against consumer class action lawsuits demanding that they pass the government's multi-million-dollar tariff refunds back to buyers. Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared certain import...
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Huawei has pulled the curtain back on its latest lineup of wearables, introducing further advancements into clinical-grade diagnostics and rugged outdoor tracking over the previous generation.
With the Huawei Watch D3, the watch...
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What was reported as an industry rumor last week is now official. NVIDIA has formally announced it has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the open-source AI community's primary hub, for $12.93 billion and change ($12,930,300,000, to be...
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Dell's Alienware gaming brand has emerged as one of the leading vendors catering to gamers looking for legitimately high-end displays with real gaming chops in the last several years. The firm's got three fancy new monitors for us to talk...
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