Paul Lilly
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Amazon is hosting its Big Spring Sale with explosive savings on hardware that, incidentally, coincides with what NASA has declared the start of the 2026 fireball season. What do the two events have in common? Not much, though the bargains...
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Heads up sky-gazers, fireball season is upon us! That's according to NASA, which notes that we're now in peak fireball season, a time period that typically runs from February through April. During that time, exceptionally bright meteor...
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More often than not, if an RMA makes the news cycle, it's because something went horribly wrong. Sometimes those wrongs are corrected, like when ASUS revamped its return policy, but wouldn't it be nice if a company got it right on the...
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It did not take long for MacBook Pro models sporting Apple's brand new M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon to go on sale. Announced earlier this month, both the 14-inch and 16-inch variants are discounted during Amazon's Big Spring Sale event, and...
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A new study focusing on shadow AI, security gaps, and device instability has found that systems running macOS are far more stable than PCs with Windows installed, resulting in significantly fewer application crashes and being less prone to...
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Microsoft has been quietly removing references to its viral 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign and lest there was any doubt about why, the company confirmed in a statement the reasoning behind its decision to move on. Simply put, new...
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One of the major selling points of AMD's Ryzen processors for the desktop is the chip designer's commitment to socket longevity. To put it into perspective, socket AM4 introduced with AMD's original Zen processors is turning 10 years old this year and is still seeing platform support with...
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Major changes are afoot at Xbox, which has already seen a big shakeup to top management with the departures of Phil Spencer, the long-time face of the brand, and former Xbox President Sarah Bond. Microsoft elevated Asha Sharma to Executive...
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It's still early, but the MacBook Neo may be the biggest threat to Windows laptops to date, particularly in the current climate that has seen certain PC component prices soar. A possible challenger could come in the form of Intel's...
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If you have a glass of apple juice handy, pour one out for Apple's Mac Pro desktop, which is now discontinued. While there was not a public announcement, Apple made quick and quiet work of scrubbing the Mac Pro from its website, having...
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Sony confirmed that another round of price hikes is headed to its entire PlayStation 5 console lineup, as well as the PlayStation Portal. The new prices will go into effect on April 2, 2026, the day after April Fools' Day and less than...
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Sometimes it makes sense to look at an older generation processor to build a PC around, particularly if you're looking to maximize your budget. We bring this up because AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X based on Zen 4 is selling for an all-time low...
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Intel's hardware partners are starting to unleash new laptop configurations built around the Core Ultra Series 3, otherwise known as Panther Lake, that was introduced at CES earlier this year. One of those partners is Razer with a refresh...
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After months of benchmark leaks, the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus was a no-show when Intel unveiled its first Arrow Lake Refresh processors, which saw the launch of the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus on the desktop (see our...
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I'm continually amazed by how comparatively big and cheap today's TVs have become versus the early days. Heck, I remember 55 inches being on the bigger side for a flat screen, and expensive to boot. My, how times have changed! The latest...
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Once upon a time, Mozilla's Firefox browser was super popular, accounting for a nearly a third of the global browser market at its peak. That has not been the case in a very long while (well over a decade), though Mozilla is hoping its...
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At Intel Pro Day, the chip maker unveiled its latest round of vPro processors based on Panther Lake, otherwise known as the Core Ultra Series 3 with vPro. As with past iterations, these new chips take aim at business PCs and IT admins with...
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Between your smartphone, smart TV, wireless router, and a plethora of other gadgets in your home, there's a near 100% chance at least one of your devices is running silicon based on an Arm design or Arm IP. There's also a 0% chance that...
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Although it was never in doubt, Apple confirmed plans to host another Worldwide Developers Conference online several weeks from now. In addition, Apple says it will hold a special event in-person for developers and students at Apple Park, which will take place on the first day of the five-day...
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LG Display is on a mission to vastly improve laptop battery life with a new LCD panel equipped with its Oxide 1Hz technology. Now in mass production, this first-of-its-kind panel is capable of dropping down to a 1Hz refresh rate when the...
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Forget for a moment that PC memory and storage prices are getting out of control. If you're building a new gaming PC or upgrading and existing one, you could do a lot worse than assembling a system around AMD's spunky Ryzen 7 9800X3D (see...
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The big news today is that reviews of Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus processors are live, including our own, and of course these Arrow Lake Refresh parts slot into the same LGA 1851 socket as their regular...
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