Paul Lilly
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The quarterly rebound the PC industry was hoping for just crashed into a brick wall of economic realities and component bottlenecks. According to preliminary data from International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide PC shipments plummeted...
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Corsair is aiming to level up its audio lineup—and your arsenal of PC gaming peripherals—with the launch of its HS80 v2 Max Wireless, a cordless headset that promises up to 110 hours of battery life on a single charge via 2.4GHz wireless...
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NVIDIA isn't just selling the key hardware driving the modern AI boom, it's also bankrolling the public research infrastructure built on top of it. At the "Science: A New Golden Age" summit in Washington, D.C., NVIDIA CEO and co-founder...
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For years, smart lock adoption has faced one stubborn mental roadblock, which is dead battery anxiety. While most keyless deadbolts force you to carry an emergency mechanical key or hunt around for a 9V battery to jump-start external...
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Amazon just wrapped up another sales bonanza with its two-day Prime Big Deal Days event coming to an end. There were some genuine bargains during the multi-day sale, though don't fret if you missed out. There are still some lingering...
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It's only fitting that Microsoft waited until Throwback Thursday to introduce the world to XP, though it's not an operating system like the Windows XP of old. Following massive commercial wins with Amazon's Fallout television series and...
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We're going to let you in on a little secret: audio products often have wild markups. Shocking, right? Okay, maybe not but for anyone who needs to hear it, paying full price for an audio product—headphones, earbuds, speakers, and so...
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Following weeks of chatter surrounding corporate restructuring and studio shakeup amid a 100-day reset plan, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma brought the focus back to the firm's hardware strategy during a recent town hall with Microsoft gaming...
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Back when we first covered TDM's 2-in-1 Neo headphones on Kickstarter during a CES unveil, it stood out as one of the most intriguing hybrid audio concepts on the crowdfunded landscape. A pair of wireless over-the-ear cans designed to...
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Tired of mousing around with a subpar rodent? If so, then it's time to shop for an upgrade, and there are several gaming mice on sale right now as part of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event that runs all day today and tomorrow. The...
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Seven years after the launch of the Elite Series 2, the next iteration of Microsoft’s premium controller appears to be sitting in the wings. Configurations and 3D component files for an unannounced pro-grade controller codenamed Edessa...
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Are you ready to shop? And could you use a new gaming PC or monitor? If the answer is an emphatic 'Yes' on both accounts, then fortune smiles on you today, as Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event is officially underway, having started just...
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Have you been waiting for laptops flexing Qualcomm's Arm-based Snapdragon X silicon alongside premium OLED displays to drop into true budget territory? If so, head over to Best Buy and check out the retailer's deal of the day, which...
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Amazon is giving its Kindle e-reader family a comprehensive hardware overhaul, after having also overhauled its Fire TV Stick lineup. Moving away from the all-plastic design of past generations, the redesigned Kindle lineup leans into...
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As development budgets continue to swell, won't anyone think of the poor game publishers? Warhorse Studios co-founder Martin Klima sure hopes so. In a recent interview with PC Gamer, the co-founder of the studio behind the Kingdom Come series said publishers are "scared to death" to raise game...
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TP-Link is jumping feet first into the next generation of wireless networking by opening up preorders for the Archer 8 Ultra, the world’s first consumer router built on the not-yet-ratified Wi-Fi 8 (IEEE 802.11bn) protocol. Powered by...
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Following the announcement that Microsoft would be slashing hundreds of jobs across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the Xbox Gaming Studios management and central functions layer, it was fair to question if the company might...
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If you are in the market for a new TV, do yourself a favor and check out Best Buy's sale on Google TV models. Several models are marked down by hundreds of dollars (compared to MSRP), and if you're hunting for just a cheap set for a guest bedroom or dorm room, you can even find models priced...
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If your entertainment center looks like a chaotic nest of tangled cords sprawling every which way from your television, Amazon has some relief on the way. Amazon just refreshed its Fire TV Stick 4K streaming dongle, and unlike past models...
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Firefox has ceded plenty of market share to competitors over the years, namely to Google's Chrome browser but also to Microsoft Edge (formerly Internet Explorer for my fellow old hats), but that has not stopped Mozilla from forging ahead...
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When Google pulled back the curtain on its new Googlebook hardware category, the company said that the first wave of models would start at $1,299. If you thought that was too expensive, you'll be happy to know that some models are...
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Framework has finally revealed when its beastly small form factor (SFF) desktop will be up for grabs. Starting Wednesday, September 30, preorders will open for the high-end Framework Desktop equipped with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495...
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