Paul Lilly
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When IBM's Watson defeated two of the greatest Jeopardy players of all time with a $1 million pot up for grabs, we applauded. And when AI started beating up flesh and blood players at games like Quake III Arena and Gran Turismo, we stood...
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Mushkin has released a new flagship solid state drive (SSD) line, the Redline Vortex series, and not only is it the fastest NVMe drive in the company's garage, it's one of the speediest SSDs ever made. Well, on paper, anyway—we haven't...
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AMD is certainly busy these days with product launches at all ends of the spectrum, and we love to see it—competition is alive and well in the tech space. That also means there is plenty to talk about. Back in January, we sat for a chat...
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You have to spend money to make money, right? Intel continues to embrace the concept as part of its ongoing IDM 2.0 strategy, having today announced it is committing up to 80 billion euros (around $88 billion in US currency) over the next...
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In the current landscape, just tracking down a GPU that's in stock and selling for its regular price feels like winning a prize. However, you can actually win a high end graphics card for real (as in, not pay for it), GeForce RTX 3090...
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One of the best features of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S has arrived on PC and will eventually pay dividends to owners of fast storage devices. Microsoft's DirectStorage API, announced in 2020, is now shipping as a public software...
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Spring is in the air and you know what that means, right? If you guessed new products from AMD, then pat yourself on the back (and thank a teacher, because you clearly read our headline). The much-anticipated Ryzen 7 5800X3D with its...
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Today is March 14, otherwise know as Pi Day (because it's 3/14, or 3.14, get it?). You may not have had any kind of celebration planned, but why not treat yourself to a PC peripheral deal for the occasion? To help you do that, we've...
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I was pleasantly surprised by Apple's recent iPad Air announcement, with the 5th generation model getting the same spunky M1 processor that's found in the iPad Pro (and 5G connectivity too boot, albeit just sub-6GHz). The Mac Studio with...
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Let's take a moment to pause and appreciate the fact that TV makers are starting to take gamers seriously. LG has been a driving force with its early implementation of HDMI 2.1 connectivity (the specification's full feature set, mind you)...
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It has been quite the busy month for customs authorities in China. In two separate incidents, agents seized thousands of improperly labeled XFX-brand graphics cards worth millions of dollars and 160 Intel Alder Lake processors as multiple...
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Flagship phones are nice and all, but not everyone is willing or able to spend top dollar on cutting edge hardware with all the bells and whistles. Thankfully companies like Apple and Samsung (among others) don't ignore the mid-range...
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Need a new tablet? Apple this week unveiled its latest iPad Air model, the first in the line to feature an M1 processor (just like the iPad Pro) and it's now available to preorder. The M1 upgrade makes it an enticing proposition. If you're...
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Do you know how many hours you spent playing video games last year? Valve does (if you use Steam), and when added together with every other Steam user, the collective tally came to 38 billion hours, a 21 percent increase over 2020. That...
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Valve is making relatively quick work of going through its entire Steam catalog and testing for compatibility with its Steam Deck handheld, then assigning a rating (Verified, Playable, Unsupported, and Unknown). The list of games verified...
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The first Super Nintendo World theme park in the United States is currently under construction at Universal Studios Hollywood and will open to the public in 2023, Universal announced on Twitter. This follows the launch of a Super Nintendo...
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Apple is making some big performance claims related to its newly minted M1 Ultra chip, which is essentially a pair of M1 Max chips fused together. Will they stand up to scrutiny in the reviews circuit? Only time will tell, but as we wait...
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Good news for anyone who's been wanting to test run NVIDIA's top GeForce NOW RTX 3080 cloud gaming tier, but were reluctant to spend $99.99 on a six-month subscription. Now you don't have to. NVIDIA today added a single month membership...
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The state of 5G is improving in the United States, both in terms of average download speeds and overall availability. To what extent depends on where you live, naturally. Illinois, for example, leads the way with an average 5G download...
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What happens when the universe gets indigestion? Massive bubbles form at the middle of the Milky Way, and then astronomers and scientists get to debate what it all means. They've been doing exactly that when, in 2020, the X-ray telescope...
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It seems increasingly likely NVIDIA will launch its GeForce RTX 3090 Ti on March 29, some two and a half months after teasing the new flagship consumer graphics card at the Consumer Electronics Show. We don't have any first-hand knowledge...
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Having trouble getting TikTok to load on your smartphone? It's not just you. The social networking service that turns videos into viral sensations (some more worthy than others) suffered some kind of outage this morning, as panicked users went in search of answers on Twitter. The good news is...
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