Paul Lilly
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Intel has quietly raised the price of its Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus processors based on Arrow Lake (or somewhat unofficially, Arrow Lake Refresh). Product pages now list the recommended customer price range as...
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The writing is on the wall and it says we are entering a new era of gaming where physical media gets left behind. For the most part, we have already seen it on PC where digital platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store dominate the...
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PC shipments in the U.S. cratered in the first quarter of 2026, marking the largest annual decline since the third quarter of 2023, according to market research firm Omdia. On the bright side, the quarter still saw millions of shipments...
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It has been a minute since we've heard anything about a relaunched GeForce RTX 5050 with upgraded VRAM, and that could be due NVIDIA pausing or outright cancelling plans to release such a card. Apparently NVIDIA has gone radio silent to...
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Sony announced it will no longer release physical game discs for its PlayStation consoles effective January 2028, a controversial move the company claims is partially rooted in "consumer preference." Apparently, Sony has not seen the...
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The display wars are truly never ending and like automobiles, major manufacturers release new models with fancy new technologies every year. So what is the latest buzz? That would be RGB LED televisions. Whereas traditional LED screens...
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In an effort not to bury the lede, no, the Switch 2 is not getting an OLED display upgrade, at least not imminently. However, there is a rumor of an inbound Switch 2 revision that will sport a different LCD panel than what is currently...
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We have all heard that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission, but as Dbrand is finding out, permission still matters. Having not secured it from Valve before forging ahead with its Portal-themed Companion Cube...
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Amazon has completed its latest Prime Day sales event, which Best Buy countered with its week-long Summer Tech Fest that has also concluded. Bummer, right? Not necessarily—if you are in the market for a high-end Android phone, you can...
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In case anyone needs to hear this, there is absolutely no reason to pay scalper pricing for Grand Theft Auto VI preorders on eBay, or anywhere else for that matter. Zero. Zip. Zilch. That is the sort of thing that should go without saying...
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Apple is reportedly urging the United States government to green light the purchase of memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a Chinese semiconductor supplier that is on the Trump administration's blacklist over alleged...
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Scalpers never miss an opportunity to squeeze buyers on eBay for elusive hardware (even including Steam Machine reservations), which the other day included AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition processor, basically a re-release of...
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Well folks, Prime Day is officially over but don't beat yourself up if you missed out on the event. The truth of the matter is, deals are a year-round affair these days, and there are still lots of bargains out there. One in particular...
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Valve has begun sending out email notifications to randomly selected users who have been placed into a reservation queue for its upcoming Steam Machine release, and some recipients are turning their spots in line into thousands of dollars...
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Summer has only just begun, but the reality is the back-to-school shopping season will be here before you know it. You can avoid the frenzy that is come, however, by taking advantage of Amazon's Prime Day discounts. Now is the time to...
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How is it that after all this time, Razer, a peripheral makers notorious for pushing RGB into practically everything, has not released a gaming chair with native RGB lighting? It is a question we need not ask anymore—the new Soma Chroma...
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Microsoft is raising prices of its Xbox Series X and S game consoles once again, marking the third time the company has done so in just over a year. Beginning in August. all Xbox consoles with 512GB of built-in storage will go up in price...
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Amazon's Prime Day sales event will be wrapping up soon, but there is still time to score deals, and we are not talking about faux bargains either. Google's Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro are both on sale at all-time low prices for Prime Day...
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Well, Apple CEO Tim Cook recently (as in, last week) warned everyone that current pricing for the company's product lines were "unsustainable" despite best efforts to mitigate big cost increases on the supply side, and it did not take long...
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ASUS is now accepting preorders for its beastly and fully-loaded ROG Strix Scar 18 gaming laptop in two configurations, one with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 mobile GPU for $4,299.99 and a flagship setup with a GeForce RTX 5090 delivering up...
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Deals are everywhere right now, not just at Amazon. Countering the online retailer's mega Prime Day event, Best Buy is hosting a Tech Fest sale that runs until Sunday, and is serving up discounts on a wide range of electronics, including...
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Hot on the heels of Elon Musk's SpaceX making history with a record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ stock exchange earlier this month, chip giant SK hynix is hoping to raise some major capital—billions of dollars—with...
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