Paul Lilly
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Amazon is in the midst of its Big Spring Sale event, which started earlier this week on Tuesday, March 25 and runs through Monday, March 31. There are some tantalizing deals to be had, including record low prices for things like the...
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Intel's newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lip-Bu Tan, isn't wasting any time introducing himself to shareholders and the public at large. In an open letter to investors as part of Intel's 2024 Annual Report, Tan offered up a...
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The weekend is when most Americans like to sleep in (at least who work a typical 9-5 shift Monday through Friday), but if you fancy yourself a stargazer who enjoys celestial events, you'll want to set your Nintendo Alarmo clock (or...
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Find me a scammer with scruples and I'll show you where to buy ocean front property in Arizona. Neither exists and I was reminded of this after selling a graphics card on eBay. Selling anything online, be it through eBay, Facebook...
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It only took some 417 years since the invention (if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST (the same telescope that provided a crystal clear...
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Qualcomm is reportedly urging multiple antitrust agencies around the globe to intervene in its dispute with Arm, with the former privately alleging in meetings and secret filings that the latter is engaging in unfair business practices...
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Spring is back in the air and that means an inexplicably strong desire to partake in one of our favorite words beginning with the letter 'S'. Hey now, get your mind out of the gutter! We're talking about SAVINGS, folks! You know, the kind...
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In case you missed it, Dell unveiled some beastly upgrades to its Alienware lineup back at the Consumer Electronics Show, including a new QD-OLED monitor, refreshed desktop configurations, and the return of its Area-51 gaming laptop...
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ASRock says it was able to completely restore functionality of a seemingly damaged Phantom Gaming X870E Nova WiFi motherboard (the same model we reviewed in our X870E motherboard mashup) that burned several contact points on a Ryzen 7...
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23andMe, the popular genetic testing service with DNA samples collected from millions of Americans, announced it is voluntarily filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. News of the pending bankruptcy came mere weeks after 23andMe's board rejected...
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As time goes on, we'll inevitably see more mainstream graphics card launches by both AMD and NVIDIA based on each firm's latest generation GPU architectures—RDNA 4 and Blackwell, respectively. Pertaining to the former, leaks and rumors...
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AMD was quick to debunk a recent report claiming it revealed combined Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 shipments had topped 200,000 units. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. Either way, AMD never shared an actual specific tally. In the...
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We live in some wild times, folks. Pricing on things like eggs and other staples are going through roof, and let's not even get started with the situation on current-generation graphics cards. However, if it's a new big (or semi-big)...
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In today's high-tech world, some toll roads keep the traffic moving by using transponders and cameras, rather than requiring that every driver come to a full stop to shove money into a machine (or into the hands of a gatekeeper). Mistakes...
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Perhaps at one point NVIDIA may have considered equipping its GeForce RTX 5080 with 24GB of VRAM. More than likely, however, MSI's repeated reference to the non-existent SKU is a recurring typo. If so, it raises the question as to why MSI...
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NVIDIA recently unveiled its RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell graphics cards in various forms, all of which serve up some beastly specs to turbocharge modern workstations and servers. One thing NVIDIA did not reveal at its GTC event, however, was...
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The leaks and rumor scene is beginning to paint a more fuller picture of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, the launch of which is reportedly delayed until the middle of next month. It's one of two mainstream RTX 5060...
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Remember when buying an OLED TV came with the kind of sticker shock that would have you contemplating a second mortgage? Thankfully, OLED displays are far more affordable these days. They're still generally pricier than traditional LCD or...
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I'm old enough to remember to when PC monitors weren't exactly known for innovating. These days, however, it's a challenge keeping up with all of the fancy new display technologies and their various tricks. One of the latest innovations...
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Look, we're all familiar with the sorry state of current-generation GPUs, in terms of availability and partner pricing. We'll try our best to refrain from beating that dead horse. Instead, let's discuss the inevitable launch of more...
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We made the trek out to HP Amplify this week (as well as NVIDIA's GTC conference), and while there, we got to to go hands-on with a beastly laptop configuration that is available to preorder. It's the HP Omen Max 16, and as configured it...
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If you're building a new, no-compromise (or low-compromise) gaming PC, a great place to start for primary storage is Crucial's T705. When we reviewed it last month, we called it the "fastest SSD for gamers and creators" thanks to its...
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