Paul Lilly
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It's pretty wild to think that gamers (and probably scalpers) are camping out for a graphics card launch days before it releases to retail, yet it's happening. If you don't feel like pitching a tent in front of Micro Center as some have...
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Like Apple's various other hardware offerings, its AirPods (including its newest AirPods 4) receive periodic updates to introduce new features and squash the occasional bug. Unlike devices like the iPhone and iPad, however, Apple hadn't...
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Give it enough time and we'll inevitably see NVIDIA flesh out its recently unveiled GeForce RTX 50 series lineup with more models targeting lower price points. How much time? Perhaps not much if some fresh listings at the Eurasian Economic...
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A lot of gamers are looking forward to the day when Nintendo finally releases its Switch 2 console, especially after it was teased in a first-look showcase trailer earlier this month. Do you know who else is looking forward to the upcoming...
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In case you missed it, the Philadelphia Eagles dismantled the Washington Commanders with relative ease, while the Kansas City Chiefs came up clutch in a close game to eliminate the Buffalo Bills from the NFL playoffs. Now that the stage is...
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Anticipation is running high for the retail release of NVIDIA's newest flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, but if history is any indication, cards could be hard to come by at MSRP. At least in the early going. We're already...
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We've come a long way since the days when hulking PC towers were both the norm and a symbol of how much power you wielded on your desktop. In the modern era, manufacturers are able to cram quite a bit of computing muscle inside a...
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AMD is taking a patient approach to launching its Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 after introducing the cards at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month. The company followed this up a couple weeks later by...
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Sony, one of the biggest proponents of the Blu-ray format, announced that it is ending production of all Blu-ray disc media. Same goes for MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes. The Blu-ray pioneer also...
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As we stated in our GeForce RTX 5090 review, NVIDIA's new flagship graphics card for gamers is "unchallenged at the top of the consumer GPU market," even if the biggest performance gains over the GeForce RTX 4090 come from AI-assisted...
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In a letter to shareholders, Netflix gloated about a whole bunch of positive metrics as outlined in its fourth quarter for 2024, including record growth to the number of paid subscribers—Netflix added 19 million new subscribers, marking...
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As more and more electronic devices enter the household, I've developed a slightly irrational fear that a faulty cable or power adapter will overheat, catch fire, and burn everything to the ground. I don't obsess about the possibility, but...
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After teasing its next-generation Switch 2 console during a 'first-look' showcase trailer earlier this month, Nintendo has opted to save the more juice bits for its next Nintendo Direct event, including details like specs, pricing, and...
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The stage is nearly set for Super Bowl LIX. Come Sunday, February 9, we'll see the winner of the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills go up against the winner of the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles. It figures to be an...
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If you managed to score an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, first of all, kudos to you on procuring what's been a highly elusive chip (thanks, Intel!) and a great one to build a gaming PC around. That said, you might be wondering if you'll...
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Nintendo teased some design elements of its upcoming handheld console refresh during a recent 'first-look' Switch 2 showcase trailer, one of which includes a closer look at the retooled Joy-Con controllers. They're physically bigger...
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Hot on the heels of NVIDIA unveiling its GeForce RTX 50 series in both mobile and desktop form, OEMs and hardware partners have followed suit with product refreshes of their own, and they're starting to appear at retail. We saw this with...
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Remember when Duracell launched a high-end laptop, then Rayovac countered with a budget alternative? Yeah, neither do we. That means Energizer getting into the laptop game is not a 'Hold my beer' moment, but perhaps it will spark a battle...
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In a support document, Electronic Arts (EA) announced plans to shutter its Origin launcher in a few months, which raises the questions of what will happen to game libraries and accompanying mods. The good news is, your account and games...
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Mark our words, this will be the year that we'll finally see a DDR5-10000 (or faster) memory kit offered at retail. It's only a matter of time, especially now that Clock Unbuffered Dual Inline Memory Modules (CUDIMMs) have entered the...
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We're just a few weeks into 2025, or as Microsoft recently called it, the "year of the Windows 11 PC refresh." The comment came in a blog post in which Microsoft made a pitch to rid yourself of your crusty old Windows 10 (or earlier)...
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At first glance, the processor in the photo above appears to be a genuine Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. It sports AMD's uniquely-shaped integrated heatspreader (IHS) with grooves exposing the PCB on all four sides, it's labeled as a Ryzen 7...
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