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Microsoft's attempt to acquire Activision-Blizzard-King has a new lease on life, as the EU gives its seal of approval. European Union regulators say Microsoft offered remedies that alleviate any concerns it may have had concerning the $69...
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A Japanese tech site recently published a review of the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada graphics card. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF is a pleasingly compact and low-power card, which doesn't even need an auxiliary power connector (due to its 70W TDP)...
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You may recall that when the GeForce RTX 4090 first came out (last October), there was some initial concern amid reports of 12VHPWR power adapters overheating and melting. It turned out to be the result of improperly seated cables and it...
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It appears Saturn was not happy that gas giant Jupiter overtook it as the planet with the most moons earlier this year with 95 known natural satellites. Thanks to an international team of astronomers, however, the ringed planet has taken...
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Pilots and their crew are rightfully alarmed by the increasing cases of lithium battery fires (and thus toxic smoke and explosion risks) onboard passenger flights. In fact, reported cases have increased by 42 percent in the last five...
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We've said it numerous times before and it bears repeating at least once more—you rarely should pay full price for an audio product. Speakers, surround sound receivers, earbuds, and headphones often sell for below their MSRP and rank as...
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Sony's PlayStation VR2 headset is available to purchase on Amazon and can be bundled with Horizon Call of the Mountain. The company says it created the headset with "comfort in mind."
The highly-anticipated VR headset is the next-gen...
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NASA's Skylab paved the way for operations in low-Earth orbit 50 years ago this week. The first space station was touted as a "bold concept," and led the way for the International Space Station (ISS) to begin operation in November of 2000.
Skylab began as the Apollo Applications Program in...
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A former executive of TikTok's parent company ByteDance is accusing the company of wrongful termination in a lawsuit. Yintao Yu also says the company took content from rivals in order to bolster its presence in its early days, as well as...
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Believe it or not, Hogwarts Legacy is actually a pretty cool game for anyone who enjoys open-world action titles. If you're a fan of The Witcher III, The Elder Scrolls, or similar open-world titles with RPG elements, it's a fun romp...
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Google announced its new Pixel 7a smartphone during the company's IO 2023 event. With a new Pixel device comes new wallpapers and anyone can grab them now.
In a Google Design blog post, the company interviewed the art director behind...
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Take-Two, the game's publisher, has never released numbers on how much GTA V cost to develop, but estimates are in the range of $250 million dollars. That's an incredible amount of money, but the total is likely much higher given that...
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Samsung Electronics has announced development of the industry’s first Compute Express Link (CXL) 2.0 memory, and the South Korean semiconductor giant worked closely with Intel to ensure optimal support for its Xeon platform.
“Intel is...
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Samsung has been the clear leader in foldable phone technology for the past several years, but it finally has some competition. Google unveiled the Pixel Fold at I/O this week, following months of leaks and speculation. This device aims...
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UK's watchdog Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its final decision concerning Microsoft's attempt to acquire Activision-Blizzard-King late last month. That finding stated the deal had "significant shortcomings," as well as...
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Microsoft is testing a huge wave of new features in its latest preview build for Windows 11, version 22621.1776. The update adds over twelve additional features overall, with some of the largest including Contrast Adaptive Brightness...
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PCIe 5.0 SSDs are the latest component PC DIYers have to strap a fan to, simply to maintain the advertised level of perky performance. Ample evidence of this is already available, but just how bad thermals can affect the latest storage has...
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was originally released in 2015, but developer CD Projekt is still updating the game. The title is up to patch version 4.03, and that version is available for PCs as well as PlayStation and Xbox game systems. That...
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Astronomers spotted an intergalactic explosion 10 times brighter than any recorded supernova (exploding star). The event, called AT2021lwx, was first detected in 2020 and is believed to be the largest explosion ever recorded.
The event...
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In just one quarter of sales, AMD has gone from being within striking distance of claiming a third of the overall x86 CPU market to exceeding it. As it has done for years, and more earnestly since the introduction of Zen, AMD continues to...
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Preorders for the ASUS ROG Ally handheld game console are now live, at least for the higher end variant of the two initial models that will see the light of day this summer. This is the same console that was initially brushed off as an...
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Did you buy a spiffy new PCIe 5.0 SSD? Did you ignore the warning that it requires active cooling and install it in your system in a slot without a heatsink? Are you now facing drive shutdowns (causing system halts) and file system errors?...
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