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All News for April 2024

MSI's Claw gaming handheld is unique in one specific way that makes it really interesting to a particular class of gamer. That particular class is the hardware geek, and the specific interesting detail is that it is based on an Intel Core Ultra processor rather than one of the AMD Phoenix APUs upon which almost all... Read more...
Samsung T5 EVO Portable SSD: Starting $159 (2TB), $599 (8TB) The recently-released Samsung T5 EVO is a compact, rugged, external USB-C SSD that's well suited to a wide array of use cases. Compact Size Rugged Enclosure Excellent Compatibility Huge Capacity Price Premium Faster, More Affordable Options Available Samsung recently expanded its... Read more...
The Google Play Store is the primary app repository for most Android users, and that makes it a tantalizing target for internet ne'er-do-wells. Google says it takes Play Store security seriously—so seriously, in fact, that it has whipped up a nifty little acronym to describe its approach. Google says that it leveraged... Read more...
We're as curious as the next person about how Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake processors will fare, both in comparison to the company's own Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs and AMD's competing Zen 4 (and eventually Zen 5) chips. But as curious as we are, we're not about to buy an early sample for $14 from a sketchy sale by... Read more...
With the recent influx of new NVIDIA GeForce RTX Super GPUs that hit store shelves, you'd be mistaken to think that the original GeForce RTX 4070 is old news. Apparently there has been a few interesting developments with this older, but still-relevant model. TechPowerUp recently found that some RTX 4070 graphics cards... Read more...
Cooler Master aims to keep gamers cool under pressure with two new gaming chairs touting the company’s COOL-IN technology. The Caliber X2C and Caliber R3C also come with multi-position armrests and the ability to recline from 90 to 180 degrees. The company says the new gaming chairs were designed for unparalleled... Read more...
A 32-old Colorado man who previously worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to 262 months—close to 22 years—in prison for selling National Defense Information (NDI) to a spy from the Russian Federation. Except that the "Russian spy" was actually an undercover FBI agent.  Jareh Sebastian... Read more...
The Federal Communications Commission is bringing the hammer down on the country’s largest mobile carriers after finding that these companies have been illegally selling customer location information. T-mobile, which also received a fine that would’ve been levied against Sprint, will pay $92 million. Meanwhile, AT&T... Read more...
NASA’s Webb space telescope continues to show off its ability to capture objects in deep space in sharp detail with new images of Horsehead Nebula. The new images show the top of the “horse’s mane,” or edge of the nebula, capturing the region’s complexity in unprecedented spatial resolution. The iconic Horsehead... Read more...
Remember when Razer was selling an RGB face mask during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic? The peripheral maker raked in more than $1 million in sales from what was initially pitched as a mask with "replaceable N95 grade filters" but all that money must now be refunded to customers to settle a complaint by the... Read more...
Intel's Raptor Lake processors, including the 14th-generation Core CPUs known as "Raptor Lake Refresh", have been facing criticism among PC gamers over the last few months, and especially the last few weeks, due to instability issues in certain games at completely default, stock settings. This isn't a matter of... Read more...
The Fallout universe has seen a lot of growth in popularity as of late, with the Fallout TV show driving fans to the game series. However, you would be hard-pressed to watch the show or play the games at work, at least if you want to remain employed. Thankfully, there is a way around that, allowing you to perhaps get... Read more...
HTC could be readying replacements for its mid-range U23 and U23 Pro smartphones, according to a couple of sources. The devices will come with Android 14, Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity, and quite possibly the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset. Hold up, HTC still makes phones? According to a Bluetooth Special... Read more...
If you're in the market for Apple's latest generation MacBook Pro, do yourself a favor and avoid paying the full sticker price. That's a sucker's game. You can often find the MacBook Pro with Apple's fancy M3 silicon inside for less than the MSRP, it just sometimes requires patience and/or shopping around. That... Read more...
Researchers at the University of Washington have made a big breakthrough, developing a PCB that is able to be recycled several times over while losing very little material in the process. This development can be a game changer in a world where supply chains are under stress and where the current technology ends up in... Read more...
The ebbs and flows of graphics card availability have been a virtual roller coaster the last few years. It appears that one more NIVIDA GeForce RTX product is joining this unbalanced realm of accessibility, and it's one of the more affordable models to boot.  NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, both in its 8GB and 16GB... Read more...
Congress may pass a new law soon that will ban all DJI drone sales in the United States. DJI has been integral in making drones popular, with its products being utilized for a number of purposes, such as content creation, agriculture, and entertainment. DJI drones have become a favorite among filmmakers, farmers, and people who simply have Read more...
Quietly hinted for the past few months, the MIAD01 5G smartphone from portable audio specialist Moondrop has finally broken cover. Available globally for under $400, the Moondrop phone doesn't just target the budget-conscious, but (as you might expect) also audiophiles with powerful Hi-Fi audio features. Fans of... Read more...
NASA received a deep space laser message from its Psyche spacecraft from over 140 million miles (226 million kilometers) away. The laser message was transmitted by the space agency’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard the Psyche spacecraft. Psyche is on its way to a unique metal-rich... Read more...
Battlestate Games, developer of Escape from Tarkov, went to Reddit to issue an apology to the game’s fans after announcing the way it planned to release the game’s PvE mode. Nikita Buyanov, COO of Battlestate Games, said that he “did not foresee the fact of such a reaction.” It’s because of the community’s feedback... Read more...
Apple is gearing up for its 'Let's Loose' event scheduled for next week (Tuesday, May 7), during which time it will almost definitely announce a refreshed lineup of iPad devices. Speculation has been all over the place, though the latest scuttlebutt is that there's a "strong possibility" that Apple's next-gen iPad Pro... Read more...
With the launch of the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 handheld gaming console looming, rumors and supposed leaks abound. The latest comes from a source that makes 3rd party Switch controllers. In a post on Reddit, GamingLeaksAndRumors shared the latest leak, which seems to confirm an earlier rumor that... Read more...
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