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Summer is nearly upon us (just a few more days until the official start of the season) and with its comes an annual tradition from Amazon that now dates back a full decade. We're of course talking about Prime Day, the massive sales bonanza that sees the online retail giant discount millions of items over the course of...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual yet cool feat: successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar eclipses in space with its Proba-3 mission. This all comes down to precise formation maneuvering that enables the two-satellite system to create totality as needed, hence providing solar...
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Remember when reports surfaced that Intel had allegedly scrapped plans to launch a so-called 'Big Battlemage' GPU to compete with more performant options from AMD and NVIDIA? That was in late March. It didn't take long to cast doubt on the rumor, as barely a month later, a high-end Battlemage G31 GPU was spotted in a...
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A few months ago, a group of cybercriminals, Scattered Spider, launched sophisticated cyber attacks that bypassed key security infrastructures of several retail companies in the UK. The group has become even more notorious and has reportedly launched a new wave of attacks targeting insurance companies in the United...
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At Computex 2025 a couple of weeks back, AMD revealed its latest CPUs and GPUs for high end desktops (HEDT) and the professional workstation market, the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 and Radeon AI Pro 9000 series. As you’re probably aware, the Threadripper 9000 series and latest Radeon AI Pro are based on the Zen 5...
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OnePlus is bringing a couple of interesting products to the United States and Canada this summer, including its flagship Buds 4 that already launched in China. In addition, it's introducing a smaller version of its Watch 3 in a new 43mm size option, which OnePlus says is in response to feedback it received asking for...
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For high-end gaming PCs, many users will immediately flock to AMD's CPUs with 3D V-Cache, but for an entry-level machine, you can often do better for the money with prior-gen Intel hardware. A good example is the ten-core Core i5-12600K at $149, which gives you very similar performance to a Ryzen 5 7600X in games, yet...
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If you woke up thinking that this timeline couldn't get any weirder, here's today's dose of unreality for you. There's now a Trump Mobile MVNO, and it's firing all barrels on launch with an unlimited usage phone plan and even its own smartphone.
The announcement comes on the 10th anniversary of President Trump's...
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NASA scientists embarked on a mission to find signs of interaction between Uranus' magnetic region and the surfaces of its four largest moons using the Hubble Space Telescope. During the mission, they found evidence of darkness on the "leading side" of the moons, which unexpected.
For some context, Uranus' four...
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CD Projekt Red is a busy studio these days. It just recently released a solid port of Cyberpunk 2077 on the Nintendo Switch 2, it’s deep into production of The Witcher 4, and has already announced that Cyberpunk 2 is in the early stages of development. Yet the developers still had time to show off an impressive tech...
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The highly anticipated Android 16 update, which freshly rolled out to Google Pixel phones last week, has quickly become a source of frustration for a growing number of users. Reports are flooding in across social media platforms like Reddit and X, detailing debilitating bugs that render gesture navigation and...
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Public safety advocacy groups are sounding the alarm after a recent independent test of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software showed alarming failures, with a Model Y repeatedly blowing past stopped school buses with flashing lights and stop signs, en route to striking child-sized mannequins. The demonstrations...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is the latest next-generation console to release into the wild, continuing the success of its predecessor. The big difference between the Switch 2 and other consoles like Sony's PlayStation 5 is in its portable nature. This spells many potential issues with durability, since the likelihood of...
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Ten years ago, Bethesda Game Studios surprised the world with a charming, outwardly simple free-to-play mobile game that quickly became a global phenomenon. Today, Fallout Shelter celebrates its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of vault-building, dweller-managing, and wasteland-surviving for over 230 million players...
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We may never truly know just how close NVIDIA came to actually releasing a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 20GB of GDDR6X memory (versus the actual configuration that we reviewed), but there is new evidence to suggest it was at least a consideration. Over on eBay, a seller sold an alleged GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition...
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Noting the world's need for quality sleep and rested bodies, audio maker Soundcore has launched the Sleep A30 smart ANC earbuds (or earphones, if you're pedantic). Touted as the world's first smart ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) sleep earbuds, the A30 promises an unparalleled journey into peace and tranquility...
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We've long been impressed by Apple's Mac mini systems and its M-series silicon (see our M1 Mac mini review from 2020 for reference), but like anything else in the hardware space, issues can pop up. Case in point, some M2 Mac mini owners are now left with a high-tech brick because their units are no longer powering on...
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Phison E28 SSD Controller - MSRP TBD The Phison E28 PCIe Gen 5 SSD controller is the follow-up to the company's popular and speedy E26, which will power the next wave of enthusiast-class, high-performance, more efficient solid state drives. Excellent Performance Improved Power Efficiency Lower Power Not Retail Ready...
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Nintendo is making history with the Switch 2, it's latest-generation handheld game system that raced to more than 3.5 million units sold in a mere four days, making it the company's fastest-selling console ever. It also outpaced every other console launch to date, regardless of manufacturer. To say it's a popular item...
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X3D versions of AMD's Zen 6 are still at least a full year away, and while Intel's Panther Lake mobile chips look compelling for later this year, the company's Nova Lake next-generation desktop CPUs won't be until the middle of next year—and they may not be the most compelling choice for gamers if the Core Ultra 200...
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Summer has virtually arrived (officially, the summer season starts on June 20 this year, but close enough, right?), and while you might be planning vacations and cookouts, you can also get a jump on the back-to-school shopping season that is right around the corner. And if it's a Mac system you've considering for the...
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After years away from the video game industry, Konami seems to be back in full force. The publisher has been working with several studios to mine its valuable back catalog, with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater due to hit later this year. Now, the company is looking to continue its success story by remaking the...
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