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Intel is sunsetting the Pentium and Celeron brands for low-end laptop parts. Low-end laptop processors will apparently just be called "Intel Processors" now. Simple enough, we suppose. The tearless electric retina of the BenchLeaks bot has spotted the first benchmark for one such processor, and it is apparently known... Read more...
Universal Studios Hollywood's Super Nintendo World is slated to open in February of next year, just a few months before the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The highly-immersive and interactive theme park will include a Mario Kart ride, a Toad-inspired cafe, and other features inspired by Super Mario video... Read more...
Last week we highlighted half a dozen affordable stocking stuffers that are sure to bring holiday cheer to any geek. As the season of deals rolls on, this week we're rounding up discounted PC gaming peripherals, with bargains to be had on mice, keyboards, and headsets from the likes of Logitech, Razer, and others... Read more...
An international team of researchers is calling a stunning fireball from the most distant region of the Solar System a game changer. The meteor that was spotted over Alberta, Canada last year is challenging the currently favored Solar System formation models. The Oort Cloud is a group of celestial bodies that begin... Read more...
Gamers fueled by nostalgia have received some sad news today. Epic Games has decided to remove several titles that are based on what it defines as "out-of-date online services" from all storefronts. There is some good news though, as gamers are likely getting a free game out of it. The announcement came yesterday... Read more...
CD Projekt Red released its next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt earlier this week, with players on PC being treated to an exclusive Ultra+ graphics setting. Unfortunately, some PC players are also experiencing a range of quirky performance issues after the update, even on systems equipped with high-end... Read more...
Tesla's major year-end update for select EVs called the 2022 Holiday Update includes support for Steam Games and (drum roll, please) a $350 1TB SSD. Yes, you read it right. Deemed the "Holiday Update" as far back as 2019, it is Tesla's way of gifting new features for its line of electric vehicles. This year, owners... Read more...
At Qualcomm’s annual tech summit in Maui which took place recently, the company introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a chip that will soon power the mightiest of Android smartphones. Obviously, this flagship mobile platform delivers a wide array of performance and efficiency improvements, plus cool new features... Read more...
Dell introduced an initiative to bolster the sustainability of its laptops last year. These efforts yielded a prototype laptop dubbed Concept Luna. Concept Luna features a radical change to how Dell builds its laptops, with a focus on making components immediately accessible, replaceable, and reusable. Dell is now... Read more...
Industry-awarded projector and laser TV brand XGIMI has announced its upcoming MoGo 2 Pro projector. It will be showcased at the upcoming CES 2023 event next month. CES 2023 promises to deliver a wide array of new technology being announced by companies. XGIMI will be one of those exhibiting new products, with one... Read more...
Joint research conducted by cybersecurity firms Checkmarx and Illustria has revealed a massive phishing campaign that flooded open source repositories with over 144,000 packages. Unlike many other campaigns that involve the distribution of software packages, this newly discovered campaign didn’t attempt to distribute... Read more...
While the actual experience of using a high-end Samsung Galaxy phone may not be all that different from using an iPhone, that's only really true in the US. Samsung's fancy phones sold in the US use powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs that may not always outrun Apple's bespoke processors, but they're pretty darn fast... Read more...
It's that time of year again, the time of giving, building, and destroying. That's right, Fortnite's Winterfest is here. Along with it, there are some awesome in-game loot items for players to unwrap for the season. Let's check out all the pertinent details... The latest update to the latest chapter of the popular... Read more...
TikTok from Chinese megafirm ByteDance has turned short-form video into a social media phenomenon, making Twitter look pretty dumb for canning Vine a few years back. The skyrocketing popularity of TikTok has some security experts and political leaders concerned. As a Chinese company, the Chinese government has access... Read more...
Apple's iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates bring a plethora of new features, which include the Freeform app, the new Apple Music Sing app, and the return of external display support to M1 and M2 iPad Pro tablets. Many device updates are filled with mundane security and bug fixes. However, Apple's most recent updates... Read more...
Little PCs like Intel's Raptor Canyon NUC 13 Extreme are absolutely awesome, but you aren't going to be fitting a GeForce RTX 4080 in one of those things. You might get away with a Radeon RX 7900 XTX, but it'll still be a snug fit—and that a pretty good-sized chassis, as small-form-factor machines go. If you want to... Read more...
It's only a matter of time before Intel fleshes out is lineup of 13th Gen Core processors based on Raptor Lake. There's a still a mobile onslaught coming, and on the desktop it's expected Intel will soon unveil its first non-K CPUs within the Raptor Lake range. As we wait, some impressive benchmark results of those... Read more...
In order to celebrate the release of it's asteroid toolkit, the European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a challenge to find a mystery asteroid. The Christmas asteroid poses no threat to Earth, but the agency says it does not know much about 2015 RN35, which presents an opportunity for learning more about... Read more...
Ever since NVIDIA made the unusual move of "unlaunching" the 12GB version of its GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, speculation has run rampant that it will ultimately return but with a new moniker, that being the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Adding to the growing piles of leaks and rumors, it appears as though PNY has confirmed... Read more...
The cuteness of kittens is widely recognized and appreciated on the internet, but there’s nothing cute about the Iranian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) known as “Charming Kitten.” Also known as TA453 or APT42, this threat group has been conducting cyber espionage at the behest of the Iranian regime since at least... Read more...
A researcher at the cloud security company Lightspin recently discovered a flaw in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Public Gallery that threat actors could have exploited to delete or modify container images with billions of downloads. The leveraging of an exploit in this manner would... Read more...
If you've been eyeing up a new system based on Intel's 13th-generation Core series (codenamed 'Raptor Lake') but balking at the high prices of Z790 motherboards, don't fret—Intel may have some relief on the way. The B760 chipset is rumored to be coming along early next month, but it might not save you as much as you... Read more...
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