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Latest News - October 2021
- Twitch Blames Embarrassingly Massive Data Leak On A Server Configuration Error
- Today's Epic Free Game PC Building Simulator Lets You Imagine GPUs Are In Stock
- Alleged NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Flagship Specs Leak And It's A Power-Hungry Beast
- Busted Car Thieves Use A Fake Game Boy In Real Life $250K Grand Theft Auto Ring
- Intel Alder Lake Poses For The Camera In Official Chip Fab Runway Tease
- Xbox Series X Restock Events Are Happening Today, Here's Where And When
- Samsung Backs Innovative CXL PCIe 5 Memory Module With An Open Source AI Dev Kit
- NVIDIA Offers The EU Concessions To Bolster Blockbuster Arm Buyout Bid
- Intel Validates Kingston DDR5 Memory For 12th Gen Alder Lake Platforms
- AMD Confirms Reduced Ryzen And EPYC Performance In Windows 11, Patches Incoming
- Update: Twitch Source Code, Passwords, Creator Payouts, And More Leaked In Huge Security Breach
- Intel's Core i7-12700K Alder Lake CPU Dances With DDR4 And Z690 In Leaked Benchmarks
- Here's How To Trick Windows 11 Into Installing On Unsupported Hardware
- Canon's Wild Dual Fisheye EOS R Lens Primed For Creating Immersive 8K VR Content
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 3 And Z Flip 3 Quickly Reach Critical Sales Milestone
- TSMC Alleges Some Customers Are Hoarding Chips Creating Artificial Shortages
- Intel Could Bolster Its Chip Tech Arsenal With New Paid Software And Services
- Corsair Preps For Alder Lake By Teasing High-Performance Vengeance DDR5 Modules
- Far Cry 6 With Ray Tracing And FSR Performance Review: Bring On The Eye Candy
- Here’s How To Get Your PC Ready For Windows 11
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All News for October 2021
This week has seen its share of headlines concerning data breaches and leaks. Late last night Twitch reported on its blog page that its data breach was "due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party.”" They went on to say that they are working with...
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Do you remember what it was like to build a gaming PC from the ground up...with a discrete graphics card, no less? Yeah, neither do I, quite frankly. But we can all be reminded of the satisfaction that comes from constructing a rig with the immersive PC Building Simulator, an addictive sim that has you repairing and...
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It may seem hard to believe, but NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 3090 is already over a year old. The GPU shortage has definitely messed with our sense of time, as it relates to how long certain products have been on the market. Be that as it may, the top card on the Ampere totem pole is nowhere close to being long in...
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In a story that could have been ripped right out of a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game, brazen car thieves in Yorkshire, England were caught using a device disguised as a...wait for it...Game Boy to steal vehicles. The gadget was used to bypass the car’s security systems and to crank the engine.
The three men stole five...
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We have seen photos of Alder Lake and its accompanying LGA 1700 socket before this point, but never one that wasn't part of a leak. That changes today. In anticipation of Alder Lake's imminent arrival, Intel vice president Gregory Bryant shared a picture of a pair of Alder Lake CPUs, held up by an engineer in one of...
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Today may be the day that you finally get your hands on an elusive Xbox Series X. GameStop has confirmed that the cutting-edge console has been restocked and will soon be available for purchase. Here is everything you need to know about the GameStop Xbox Series X restock event.
The restock will occur today...
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Back in May, Samsung unveiled a high-tech gadget for data centers called the CXL Memory Expander, essentially a memory expansion device that utilizes the newer Compute Express Link interconnect standard. As with most hardware, however, the clever device is only as good as the software. To address that fact, Samsung...
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In case you've been out of the loop the last ten years, processors based on the Arm ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) have basically conquered mobile computing and much of the IoT, and they're making inroads into areas typically dominated by other ISAs (like X86), too. Due to its relatively-permissive licensing, Arm...
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When Joe Gamer is building a PC, he probably doesn't even look at qualified parts lists, like memory QVLs. Products made to a given standard typically "just work," at least to a good-enough degree for general use, and don't need to be individually validated. Things are different in the business world, though. There...
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If you are an enthusiast that recently upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and have noticed some performance degradation, you’re not alone. Although we’re not sure why these issues didn’t rear their heads earlier during the Windows Insider testing phase, AMD confirms that its Ryzen and EPYC processors are affected...
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It hasn’t been a good week for some of the biggest names in tech. After having its dirty laundry aired for the world to see on Sunday night, Facebook (along with WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram) went down hard for nearly seven hours on Monday. Today, it’s Twitch’s turn to drown in its sorrows, as a new report claims...
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We're not quite at the point where Alder Lake leaks are irrelevant, because if past rumors are true, we still have a couple weeks to go before Intel formally introduces its first 12th Gen Core processor lineup. Then after that, retail availability (and perhaps embargoes on performance data) is purportedly scheduled...
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Could it be true that even Microsoft is not a fan of its strict requirements for installing Windows 11? Namely its insistence that eligible PCs support Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0, and have a processor that falls within its list of compatible chips from AMD and Intel? It's probably (definitely) not true, but...
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There had been rumors that Canon was working on a rather unique lens, but we now have official confirmation. Canon just announced their upcoming RF5.2mm F2.8 L Dual Fisheye Lens whose purpose is to capture VR footage. The intention of the product is to make viewers feel as if they are “part of the story that you...
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It’s been a mixed year for Samsung when it comes to smartphone sales. The company launched the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra in January 2021, but sales have been lackluster. According to research from Counterpoint Research, Galaxy S21 family sales were down 20 percent through its first six months...
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There are many factors that play into the chip shortage that continues to affect the market for all kinds of various electronics, from graphics cards and game consoles, to certain smart automobile features and everything in between. Some of the reasons include rabid demand for cutting edge hardware, manufacturing...
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We all know Intel is getting ready to release Alder Lake, a hybrid architecture that will evolve into future designs, including Raptor Lake and Meteor Lake. And of course there are new chipsets on the horizon, like Z690. But hardware is only part of the equation. Software is an important revenue stream as well. And as...
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The big event where we expect Intel to announce its 12th generation Alder Lake processor family is just three weeks away. Lenovo has already spilled the beans on its Legion 9000K gaming desktop PC in the lead-up to the launch, while pricing from numerous ASUS motherboards has leaked.
The latest company to jump on the...
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The raid on this fort is reminiscent of infiltration missions in Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag A whole new crop of blockbuster games are lining up for a big holiday shopping season. Ubisoft didn't really intend for that to be the case for Far Cry 6, but early this year the COVID-19 pandemic had other plans. The game...
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Windows 11 is now available. Assuming your system meets the minimum system requirements – which isn’t a given, even if your rig is happily humming along with Windows 10 -- you’re likely to receive a notification via Windows Update that a free Windows 11 upgrade is ready and available for installation.
As was the case with Windows 10, Microsoft
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It's October 5th, which means Windows 11 is out. Naturally, that's set off a chain reaction of other release both hardware and software. Drivers could reasonably be mentioned in either category, though. Yeah, anyway—there's a new Radeon driver for Windows 11.
Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.10.1 is out and has official...
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Passwords have become part of our everyday life. It seems everything requires one and we are often left scratching our head trying to remember if it was “password123” or “123password”. Having a strong password, however, is the first line of defense for our digital lives.
Google is sharing how it is making your...
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