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Latest News - February 2021
- Here’s Samsung DeX Wirelessly Connecting A Galaxy S21 To Windows In Cross-Platform Harmony
- Reddit Stops Attempted Moderator Movie Deal Coup In r/WallStreetBets Drama
- $69 Million Bitcoin Heist Continues To Elude Authorities Denied Of Culprit’s Password
- Chinese Crypto-Miners Now Hoarding GeForce RTX 30 Laptops To Crunch Ethereum
- 2.5 Geeks: Deciphering RTX 30 Laptops, Alienware m15 R4, Ryzen 5000 Optimization And More
- Hear Super Mario World's Soundtrack With Glorious Uncompressed Audio Thanks To Dataminers
- SpaceX Now Touts 10,000 Starlink Users As Its Satellite Internet Constellation Rapidly Expands
- Robinhood Finally Lifts GameStop Trading Restrictions After Shares Crash Below $100
- Updated: Plex Media Servers Unwittingly Being Used In Amplified DDoS Attacks Warns Security Firm
- Razer's Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma Brings Speed, Connectivity And RGB Bling To PCs
- Cyberpunk 2077 v1.12 Hotfix Released By CDPR To Fix Troubling Security Vulnerability
- Moon Studios CEO Apologizes After Flaming Devs Like CDPR For Deceptive Game Hyping
- Google Chrome 88 Patches This Active Zero-Day Security Exploit, Update Immediately
- ASRock EEC Filing Seemingly Confirms Radeon RX 6600 XT With 12GB GDDR6
- Xiaomi's Latest Quad Waterfall Phone Concept Has A Sleek Wraparound Display And No Ports
- Intel Trumpets Single-Threaded Perf Edge Over AMD With Tiger Lake-H35 Mobile CPUs
- Apple's Mixed Reality Headset Rumored With Dual 8K Displays And Eye-Tracking
- Google Yanks Great Suspender Extension From Chrome Web Store Over Malware Threat
- CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077 Mods Warning Just Scratches The Surface Of Deeper Game Code Issues
- NVIDIA Celebrates GeForce NOW’s 1-Year Anniversary With 14 New Games And Killer Streaming Stats
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All News for February 2021
Samsung has long dreamed of the modern smartphone extending its usefulness to more PC-like use cases, such as functions you might otherwise drive on a desktop or laptop. To that end, the company has poured resources into DeX, a Chrome OS-like interface that works remarkably well with a traditional keyboard and mouse...
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The events on the /r/WallStreetBets subreddit that occurred over the past few weeks were nothing short of chaos, degeneracy, and, in the purest definition of the word, awesome to watch unfold. What transpired culminated in the subreddit achieving mainstream media recognition with its community growing exponentially...
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German authorities are sitting on a cryptocurrency gold mine that was obtained from a convicted fraudster. In this case, the man was sentenced for secretly installing cryptocurrency mining software on victims' computers, during which he managed to amass over 1,700 Bitcoin.
Luckily, German police managed to capture...
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Between the bots and scalpers, silicon production shortages, and yes, even cryptocurrency mining (again), gamers are having a tough time buying the latest PC and console hardware. As it applies to the latter, Ethereum is on a sharp rise, having quadrupled in value over the past three months. While depressing, it is...
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In this episode of Two And A Half Geeks we'll discuss the dizzying array of GeForce RTX 30 laptop GPU SKUs, how to sift through them, and our experience with the new Alienware m15 R4 with GeForce RTX 3070. We'll also share key Ryzen 5000 desktop CPU performance optimization tips and discuss AMD's new Ryzen 5000 Mobile...
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Super Mario World is something of a cornerstone game that millions of players have enjoyed over the years. While it is an awesome game, it certainly had some limitations when released 30 years ago. One of these limitations was the amount of storage available, so some things like music had to be highly compressed to...
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Since the first launch in 2019, the Starlink satellite network has steadily been growing. Once it had enough satellites in Earth orbit, SpaceX introduced the beta program, which has grown immensely as well. Now, in an FCC filing to become a telecommunications carrier, Elon Musk’s company disclosed that it has 10,000...
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A little over a week after Robinhood first began limiting trading for shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME), the company has now reversed its decision. Robinhood's initial move drew considerable backlash from the very same everyday investors that it claimed to support, and has even drawn negative attention from lawmakers and...
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Plex is a widely popular platform that allows you to curate all your media on a home server and stream it either within your home or over the internet to other PCs, Macs, smartphones, or tablets. Over the years, Plex has grown to include features like Live TV, podcasts, and even retro gaming to broaden its appeal to...
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Thunderbolt 4 docks are not exactly plentiful, but the options for consumers did just grow by one with the introduction of Razer's Thunder 4 Dock Chroma. It is packed with ports to expand your desktop or laptop connectivity options, be it a Windows or Mac system, and of course it offers up RGB lighting, because this...
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Earlier in the week, user PixelRick discovered a vulnerability in Cyberpunk 2077, leading to code execution on a system via malicious data files. While modders were initially blamed for the risk, it turns out that the issue stemmed from poor coding on CD Projekt Red’s part. Now, the Poland-based games company has...
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Thomas Mahler, the founder and chief executive officer of Moon Studios, has issued an apology for a recent rant comparing some game developers to "snake oil salesman," calling them out for hyping and promising absent features for big title releases. He brought up a few high profile examples, including Cyberpunk 2077...
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Google has begun pushing out an update to its Chrome browser to patch a zero-day vulnerability that is potentially being exploited by hackers in North Korea. If you use Chrome—and many people do, as it wields the largest market share of all browsers—you should apply the update at your earliest convenience (and right...
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Up to this point, every Radeon rumor has been centered on AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 6700 series. That all changed today. For the first time, there is strong evidence to suggest a Radeon RX 6600 series is in the pipeline and will be releasing soon. And interestingly enough, the Radeon RX 6600 XT may end up with the same...
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When it comes to the "future" of smartphone design, some manufacturers are looking towards innovative displays to stand out from the crowd. Xiaomi has decided to plot its own course with the new Quad-curved Waterfall Display Concept Smartphone.
While it's common to see flagship smartphones with gently curved...
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Earlier this year at CES, two competing mobile processor families were announced. AMD is looking to grab headlines with its 7nm Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 family, while Intel is aiming for gaming dominance with its 11th generation Tiger Lake-H35 series. Both are sure to deliver strong performance gains over their...
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While virtual and augmented reality are cool technologies, they have not quite taken off as expected for several reasons. One of the biggest factors would be the cost of buying and using VR and AR, but what if that added cost came with stellar specs and a big brand name to back it up? Enter Apple: manufacturer of...
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The Great Suspender extension is sounding more like the "The Great Suspension" after actions taken today by Google. But first of all, what is The Great Suspender? Well, it's a browser extension that tames some of Google Chrome's most odious habits. It can automatically deactivate tabs that have been used infrequently...
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Yesterday, we reported that CD Projekt Red sent out a warning that was effectively against "downloading mods", but it appears that we did not have the full story from the developers of Cyberpunk 2077. According to users on the CD Projekt Red forums, the Cyberpunk 2077 devs are partially to blame for what seems to be...
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NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud gaming service first went into beta way back in September 2015, but it wasn't until February 4th, 2020 that it was finally ready for its official public launch. So that means that today is GeForce NOW's first birthday and NVIDIA is celebrating with a few announcements for this week's GFN...
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The world may never go completely back to the way it was before the Coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe. As we collectively pick ourselves by the bootstraps, Microsoft is preparing for a future in which remote work is the new normal and not necessarily the exception, and has launched what it calls the...
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ADATA has been consistently expanding its line-up of XPG, or Xtreme Performance Gaming branded hardware, targeting PC enthusiasts and gamers. The XPG family now consists of everything from micoSDXC cards all the way on up to full gaming systems and notebooks. XPG's SSDs (Solid State Drives), however, are arguably...
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