Paul Lilly
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You're not still using your TV's built-in speakers, are you? In all fairness, some of them do actually sound pretty good these days. However, better audio is out there and TCL is aiming tickle your eardrums with superior sound at price...
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It didn't take long at all for PC makers to start injecting AMD's freshly-baked Ryzen 7040HS 'Phoenix' processors into updated product lines. Enter Simply NUC and its Moonstone mini PC family. These miniature systems pack some impressive...
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NVIDIA is gearing up to release its most affordable Ada Lovelace GPU to date a little earlier than expected. Right now that distinction belongs to the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, which technically starts at $399 (there's at least one SKU on sale...
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In just a couple of days, EA Sports will release F1 23 on Windows PCs and consoles. For those who plan to play the Codemasters developed game on a PC powered by GeForce hardware, heads up that NVIDIA has begun pushing out a new Game Ready...
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Computer processors have always been complex feats of engineering, but they're even more so today with fundamental shifts in the design and packaging, such as stacking technologies (Intel's Foveros and AMD's 3D V-cache) and the use of...
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Even though it's barely been out a week, Diablo IV is already one hell of a success. In fact, four days of early access was all it took for the latest installment in the popular franchise to become Blizzard's fastest-selling game of all...
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Microsoft revealed it plans to expand the reach of its Game Pass catalog over to NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud gaming service. It represents a logical partnership, though the entirety of Microsoft's Game Pass catalog will not be available on...
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It wasn't until the Ryzen 7000 series based on Zen 4 that AMD expanded its stacked 3D V-cache technology to higher end SKUs, all the way up to its flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D, a no-compromise chip for gaming and content creation. However, it...
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Original Story (6/6/23 10:01AM ET)
Samsung is less than a week away from opening up preorder availability for what's been deemed the world's first 49-inch OLED gaming monitor, the Odyssey OLED G9. In anticipation of preorder access, you...
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The biggest knock against Apple's Vision Pro headset is the price, which is to be expected to some extent. It's not like Apple has a reputation for churning out value-driven products, not when even a simple polishing cloth costs $19, let...
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If it's been a minute since you've upgraded your desktop graphics card, you're not alone. Far from it—the latest shipment data from Jon Peddie Research indicates that the GPU add-in board (AIB) market fell off a virtual cliff over the past...
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Apple certainly a made an impression with its much-anticipated Vision Pro headset reveal at its WWDC 2023 event this week. What exactly that impression is depends on who you ask. It's only fitting that a mixed reality headset would elicit...
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It was around 10 months ago when SK hynix announced the development of 238-layer triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory, which it markets as "4D" technology, and now it has entered the mass production phase. In doing so, SK hynix paves...
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Apple has opened up preorders for the 15.3-inch MacBook Air that it unveiled at WWDC 2023 this week, but do yourself and solid and don't order one directly from Cupertino if you're interested in one of the baseline SKUs. Otherwise, you'll...
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It took a hot minute but there's finally some competition to leverage the expansion port that Microsoft built into its Xbox Series X|S game consoles. Specifically, from Western Digital with its new and officially licensed WD_Black C50...
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As many expected, Apple finally and officially entered the realm of mixed reality with the unveiling of its Vision Pro headset during WWDC 2023 this week. And also as anticipated, it's not cheap by any stretch of the imagination—there's a...
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Heads up to anyone who's running Google's Chrome browser—and a lot of people are, going by its massive market share—there's another actively-exploited zero-day vulnerability compromising its security. That's a bit of a big deal when you...
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It's fair to say that Apple doesn't have any regrets about pivoting from Intel's x86 silicon to pursue its own Arm-based designs. Apple announced the bold move in June 2020, and now three years later at WWDC 2023, the Cupertino outfit is...
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When it comes to tackling temps, most of attention ends up focused on the CPU and GPU. These days, however, proper cooling is just as important for storage now that solid state drives (SSDs) have become commonplace, and the need for heat...
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There's still no word on when exactly Google will trot out the Pixel 8 series with its fancy Tensor G3 silicon—Google I/O came and went without so much as a teaser, let alone an announcement—but if you're tired of waiting for the next-gen...
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A man from Sharon, South Carolina is under arrest for allegedly robbing a convenience store using a toy pistol from the classic Nintendo game Duck Hunt. Normally the NES Zapper wouldn't have much shot at fooling anyone, but David Joseph...
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NVIDIA released a 'Game Ready' GPU driver earlier this week, optimized for Diablo IV, which coincided with the game's early access release. Unfortunately, it also introduced a screen flickering issue on certain setups, resulting in a rash...
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