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To appreciate the subject of this post, you're going to have to take a trip back to 1993 with us. The gaming scene on the IBM PC had been growing rapidly for a few years, championed by graphics-heavy games taking advantage of the explosion...
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With the tumultuous GPU market of the last several years, gamers are absolutely in need of some great sale prices. Be wary, however - there's an enemy in our midst. Along with various legitimate sales, we often find a plethora of scams...
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Just a few years ago, Huawei was ascendant. The Chinese megafirm was on-track to become the world's largest smartphone maker, and then it was slapped with trade restrictions by the US government. This cut it off from some of vital...
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It's a rallying cry frequently heard among certain groups ever since the "Occupy" protests: a demand for corporations to "pay their share" of tax obligations. The truth and fairness of these demands is still debated to this day by people...
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If you regularly browse Reddit for PC hardware discussions, you may notice a slightly alarming trend. NVIDIA's RTX 4090 may be a graphics powerhouse, but it's had a bad omen following it since release: melted power adapters. On sub-Reddits...
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Twitch has finally provided a way for streamers to block banned users from being able to view their livestreams. While streamers now have the power they have been asking for, there are a few things that they need to know moving...
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Korean chip design company AD Technology has announced that it's making a server CPU for an as of yet undisclosed client, but the company did mention a pretty important point: this chip will be fabbed on Samsung's 3nm node. Thus far...
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The United States Space Force has declared a temporary halt on all use of web-based AI tools among its ranks, citing data security concerns as the key reason. The ban will possibly be lifted once more guidelines around AI usage can be...
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NASA engineers and flight control teams are reviewing data and video associated with a coolant leak that postponed two US spacewalks initially scheduled for today and October 20, 2023. The leak is from a backup radiator on the...
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Hot on the heels of releasing the Arc A580 for gamers on a budget, Intel has released a new WHQL-certified Arc GPU driver (version 31.0.101.4887) that's tuned for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III beta, as well as Total War: PHARAOH and...
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A researcher out of Amsterdam is asserting in his recent study that our love and growing dependence on all things AI (artificial intelligence) will draw enough electricity to power a country the size of Sweden in less than five...
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Amazon's second Prime Day of 2023 has concluded, but as it turns out the best bargain for a gaming desktop was not a Prime Day deal, or even a discounted PC for that matter. Instead, it's a sub-$900 setup with some surprising hardware...
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Threat actors and malicious hackers have been targeting gamers with malware for quite some time, as they can be easy targets who download and run strange things from the internet all the time. Such was the case with a trojanized Super...
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With the recent acquisition of Fakespot, Mozilla is looking to improve Firefox's user experience by tracking fake reviews on popular online shopping sites such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. Reports reveal that Mozilla has integrated...
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Folks who have been around the hardware scene for a while will likely recall that NVIDIA used to release new GPUs every year, even if they weren't necessarily a new architecture. This went on for quite some time, but in the last decade or...
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Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro: Starting at $699.99 and $999.99 Google's latest Pixel phones are the smartest smartphones in town, and there's better battery life, brighter displays, new cameras, sleeker designs, new AI features, and more...
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If you saw that headline and thought, "but wait, DDR5-7200 has been around a while now," remember that almost all of the DDR DIMMs that you buy as an end user are overclocked. When you buy a G.SKILL or Teamgroup memory kit that's rated for...
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Adobe shared a sneak peek at its upcoming AI-powered Stardust project that aims to make photo editing a breeze during its MAX conference this week. Stardust is powered by Firefly Model 2 and is available to try out now.
Adobe has been...
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The technological cold war between the US and China has seen massive trade restrictions placed on electronics, particularly high-end GPUs for datacenters but even components as basic as memory. This has naturally led the US and China to...
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Earlier in the year, Google implemented support for passkeys in its products to help move folks away from traditional passwords. In theory, this should make people more secure and have an easier time signing into their accounts, and as...
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Amazon Prime Day deals are underway, and gamers have reason to rejoice as gaming laptops are on the list for big savings. Save on great deals from companies like ASUS, MSI, and Acer.
ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 Gaming Laptop
The ASUS ROG...
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Do you know what would have gotten my 15-year-old me totally jazzed? Having my own home arcade rather than lugging a fistful of quarters to the local co-op joint (RIP Malibu Grand Prix in Rowland Heights, CA). I'm a fistful of decades...
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