Paul Lilly
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Big tech is currently enjoying a virtual license to print money thanks to booming artificial intelligence (AI) demand, with record earnings becoming the norm as of late (though not always). AMD is no exception—the chip designer reported a...
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Has there even been a video game more anticipated than Grand Theft Auto VI? If you're asking me, I'd argue that I looked forward to Thimbleweed Park more than any other title that comes to mind, but the broader consensus overwhelmingly favors the next GTA installment. It's going to be a hit...
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The PC memory market is in shambles thanks to unprecedented demand for chips in the AI sector, and so it was fair to wonder if this would impact the launch timing of Valve's upcoming Steam Machine, due out this year, or next-generation...
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Logitech is out to prove that you don't need to spend hundreds of dollars on a wireless gaming headset, or even a hundred dollars for that matter. The company's new G325 Lightspeed with multi-platform support bucks the general trend of...
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Apple memorabilia tends to fetch exorbitant sums at auction, especially when it's an item containing a signature by Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak, two of company's three co-founders. Even so, a check for $500 signed by both Steves shattered...
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For well over a decade, the DS ranked as Nintendo's top-selling console of all time, with lifetime sales now sitting at a little over 154 million units. Now there is a new king of Nintendo consoles, and it's name is Switch. The...
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Will Drake Maye lead the New England Patriots to another Super Bowl victory against the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday, or will the Seahawks atone for the abysmal decision to pass the ball on the 1-yard line 11 years ago, which led to a...
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The peripherals market is absolutely flush with gaming headsets of all kinds, so how do you make a splash in a sprawling sea of options? You team up with HiFiMAN, which specializes in planar-magnetic headphones, to develop a headset built...
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Apple is taking a partial page from bulk OEM system builders and boutique PC outfits by now offering a similar part-by-part configuration process, rather than the old way of serving up a selection of preconfigured models. The component...
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Are you ready for some football?! The Super Bowl featuring New England Patriots (woohoo!) and Seattle Seahawks (boo!) is just a week away, and if you want to hear every bone-crunching hit, you'll want to ditch your TV's wimpy built-in...
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Philips Evnia is laying claim to what it says is the world's first dual-mode gaming monitor to hit a blistering-fast 1,000Hz refresh rate. While HKC may take umbrage with the claim, Philips Evnia's new flagship 27M2N5500XD is certainly in...
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In just a matter of weeks, NVIDIA's original Shield TV console will turn 10 years old. What makes the milestone particularly remarkable is that even after a full decade of service, NVIDIA continues to dish out Android updates, and it has...
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Not to beat a dead horse (too late), but a memory chip shortage is wreaking havoc on consumer device availability and pricing. That includes graphics cards, the all-important component for a gaming PC, which employ varying amounts onboard...
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Apple's financial results for its fiscal 2026 first quarter shattered expectations, with revenue skyrocketing to a $143.8 billion, up 16% from the same quarter a year ago. It ranks as Apple's best quarter in the company's nearly 50-year...
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If you've been patiently waiting for NVIDIA to release a native Linux app for its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, your wait is now over. After announcing it earlier this month at CES, NVIDIA today unlocked the native app available in...
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Microsoft's earnings for the second quarter of its 2026 fiscal year managed to top expectations on Wall Street, with the Redmond outfit reporting $81.3 billion in revenue, which is a 17% increase from the same period in the prior year. The...
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Maingear is back with another retro-inspired drop and like the Retro95 that launched last summer, the new Retro98 meshes old school styling that will have you reminiscing about those all-night LAN parties from way back in the day, with...
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Samsung is set to make a splash in the U.S. market with release of its Galaxy Z TriFold on Friday, January 30, 2026. How big of a splash are we talking about? A sizable one, like a cannonball from a high-rise diving board, and that's...
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SK hynix is making a major investment on U.S. soil with the formation of an AI solutions firm that it is tentatively calling AI Company (or AI Co.). Most of the finer grain details are light at the moment, though from a high-level...
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At long last, Beijing has given several domestic tech giants its stamp of approval to buy H200 chips based on NVIDIA's Hopper architecture, with the green light coming while NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang was visiting China, Reuters reports...
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For all of the advancements in modern TVs, including brighter and more vibrant display panels (hello, OLED and mini LED), thinner profiles, and more capable built-in smarts, the one consistent weakness is audio. Sure, some TV models fare...
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Micron has committed to investing $24 billion over the next decade to expand its NAND manufacturing complex in Singapore. As part of the massive investment, Micron broke ground on an advanced fabrication facility within the existing...
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