Paul Lilly
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We may never truly know just how close NVIDIA came to actually releasing a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 20GB of GDDR6X memory (versus the actual configuration that we reviewed), but there is new evidence to suggest it was at least a...
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We've long been impressed by Apple's Mac mini systems and its M-series silicon (see our M1 Mac mini review from 2020 for reference), but like anything else in the hardware space, issues can pop up. Case in point, some M2 Mac mini owners...
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Nintendo is making history with the Switch 2, it's latest-generation handheld game system that raced to more than 3.5 million units sold in a mere four days, making it the company's fastest-selling console ever. It also outpaced every...
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Summer has virtually arrived (officially, the summer season starts on June 20 this year, but close enough, right?), and while you might be planning vacations and cookouts, you can also get a jump on the back-to-school shopping season that...
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Intel is putting a bunch of Arc Alchemist GPUs on the chopping block, including both desktop and mobile models. The one that stands out the most is the Arc A750, which is also the most recent one to be included in Intel's Product Change...
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It's been nearly a year since we first spied a reference to an AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D processor, a chip that until now has not officially existed. That just changed, though, with AMD adding a product page to its CPU database, and with it...
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PNY is expanding its portable storage lineup with its new Duo Link V3, a blazing-fast flash drive that you can plug into both USB Type-A and USB Type-C ports. All you have to do is swivel the connector port to select whichever USB...
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Anker is recalling over 1 million power banks with potentially defective lithium-ion batteries that pose a fire safety risk. The popular accessory maker said it initiated the recall "out of an abundance of caution" and is working with the...
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Graphics card pricing has reached unprecedented levels these days, thanks to a combination of an artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush, rabid demand by gamers, uncertainty over tariffs, and generally tomfoolery on the part of add-in board...
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It's almost Father's Day and if you find yourself scrambling for gift ideas, we have you covered. We've rounded up a bunch of deals on items that are likely to bring a far bigger grin to your dad's mug than an actual mug, or a tie or...
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If you're like me, you spend part of your morning sifting through your inbox to separate the important stuff from the deluge of junk mail that fills it up each and every day (including Gmail accounts, despite Google's best efforts). Even...
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There is a bit of mystery and intrigue surrounding NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5050 GPU, and a handful of early retail listings (as well as a leak by Acer) of gaming laptops outfitted with the mobile variant either shed light on the...
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It's hard to believe that Razer has left a segment of the gaming keyboard market untapped, given how many different models it offers (like the recently-introduced Joro for road warriors). However, up until now, it has never released a...
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Folks, it's official—the Switch 2 is Nintendo's fastest-selling console of all time with more than 3.5 million units sold in the four days following its June 5 launch. Nintendo revealed the staggering stat in a press release, which follows...
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Maingear might be best known for its elite lineup of custom desktop configurations like the Apex Force we reviewed a couple of months ago, but don't sleep on the boutique builder's laptop lineup. That's especially true of its newest model...
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Sorry students, but you'll have to rely on an alternative artificial intelligence (AI) model to write your term paper instead of ChatGPT (including the Pro tier) this morning, because the service is in the midst of a major outage. Or better yet, write your paper the old fashioned way—putting...
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First-party game controllers are not exactly cheap these days, and that's true for pretty much all platforms, including Sony's PlayStation 5. Fortunately, they also tend to go on sale from time to time. It doesn't happen as much for the...
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Once again, Samsung is teasing an upcoming foldable with yet another animated silhouette image, providing a second glimpse of a new Galaxy device that is "thin, light, and built to last." More than that, Samsung claims its next...
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Okay, here's the situation, your parents went away on a week's vacation and...wait, my brain went elsewhere for a moment and it's not even throwback Thursday! The actual situation (which as nothing to do with DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh...
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Gigabyte is rolling out an ultra-burly desktop built around AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors, though curiously enough, it opted to stick with the previous generation Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000 series lineup rather than the...
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Your monitor might be fast, even exceptionally speedy with a crazy-high refresh rate. But can it hit 720Hz? The answer is no, because no monitor on the market can achieve such a blistering refresh rate. Not yet, anyway, but perhaps soon—a...
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Following weeks of anticipation filled with leaks, rumors, and teasers, Microsoft and ASUS have jointly revealed the first official Xbox gaming handhelds called ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. At first glance, it may seem like these are...
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