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- Intel Balanced Builds Pair High-Value Core CPUs With Arc GPUs For Budget Gaming Bliss
- Modder Removes Radeon RX 7900 XTX Power Limit And Trades Blows With An RTX 4090
- Blizzard Gives Up On Original Vision Of Long-Awaited Overwatch 2 PvE Hero Mode
- Motorola Hypes Razr Flip Phone Launch Event And A Glorious Return To The US Market
- HP Dragonfly Pro Review: An AMD Ryzen 7 Laptop That Delivers
- Help The DoJ Find This Russian Ransomware Hacker And You Could Score A $10M Bounty
- NASA's AI DAGGER Model Would Give You 30 Minutes To Prepare For A Killer Solar Storm
- Is Your PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil GPU Overheating? Here's A Fix
- Your Google Accounts, Including YouTube, Could Be Purged Unless You Do This
- Most Americans Fear AI Is A Threat To Humanity And This Poll Proves It
- Logitech Teams With iFixIt On Self-Repair Program For These 11 Mouse Models
- WhatsApp Unveils Chat Lock Feature To Bring Enhanced Security To Your Private Messages
- Leaked Gigabyte Roadmap Suggests 600W CPUs Are Coming Sooner Than You Think
- Your DNA Can Now Be Collected From Thin Air Raising Privacy Alarm Bells
- Solidigm SSD D5-P5430 Review: Speedy, Dense Data Center Storage
- MediaTek Might Integrate NVIDIA GPUs Into Next-Gen Mobile Chips To Battle Snapdragon
- NASA's Webb Telescope Discovers Water In A Rare Comet And Scientists Are Stunned
- Telly Wants To Give You A 55-Inch 4K HDR Smart TV For Free But There's A Catch
- Google Explains Sudden Battery Drain Issue On Android Devices And Issues A Fix
- ASUS Backtracks On Voided Warranty Policy For AM5 Motherboards With AMD EXPO
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All News for May 2023
It's one of the most basic axioms of building a PC: make sure you have enough CPU for your GPU. That goes both ways, though; if you're building a gaming PC, there's no point spending out hundreds of dollars for a high-end CPU when you're going to slap a mid-range or mediocre GPU into it. This rings true even more now...
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AMD repeatedly told us (and thus, the world) that the Navi 31 GPU die used in the Radeon RX 7900 XTX was "architected for 3 GHz." That may be true, but in the real world, top-end RDNA 3 parts rarely exceed 2.6 GHz under a sustained, heavy load. As a result, the RX 7900 XTX generally falls behind the GeForce RTX 4090...
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When Overwatch 2 was announced back in 2019, the developers unveiled big plans for the game, including the addition of a high-quality PvE gaming experience that would broaden the game’s scope well beyond its PvP assets. However, according to a new live stream from the Overwatch 2 developers, the core PvE experience...
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Motorola was early to the foldable game with the Razr brand, but it didn't stick with it initially. Samsung has since surpassed Motorola as the undisputed king of foldable phones, in both tablet and flip phone form factors. Moto is teasing the next phase of its foldable journey, however, announcing that the expected...
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HP Dragonfly Pro 14: Starting At $1399.99 The HP Dragonfly Pro is a premium 14-inch laptop built on a very solid foundation of AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors, and its build quality, performance and battery life are exceptional. Excellent Fit, Finish And Design Great Performance Fantastic Battery Life Excellent...
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The Justice Department has issued a warrant for a hacker accused of participating in conspiracies to deploy three ransomware variants, and anyone who helps nab him could get a reward of up to $10 million. The alleged ransomware attacks were against law enforcement agencies in Washington D.C., New Jersey, and others...
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An international team of researchers used AI to identify relationships between solar wind measurements from heliophysics missions and geomagnetic perturbations observed at ground stations across the globe. The result was a computer model called DAGGER (Deep Learning Geomagnetic Perturbation), which can predict...
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PowerColor has admitted that a “small percentage” of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil graphics cards have an issue that results in a significant delta between the average GPU temperature and the hot spot temperature. The firm has already made a helpful statement on the issue, but many will be happy to fix the problem...
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Beginning in December of this year, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, all in the name of privacy and data protection. Here are the details and some easy steps to keep your account(s) from being purged.
While Google services integrates data security measures against spam...
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There's been a lot of discussion over whether the field of artificial intelligence should be regulated, and even calls by some prominent tech leaders to temporarily pause giant AI experiments so we, as flesh and blood humans, don't shoot ourselves in the foot. And if some of the biggest names in tech are concerned...
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Logitech is teaming up with the gadget repair surgeons at iFixIt to make it easier for consumers to extend the life of their peripherals. The two companies hope to achieve this by offering spare parts and support for repairs that extend beyond the relevant warranty period, and by working together to develop repair...
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Meta (Facebook) is introducing a new security feature to its WhatsApp chat service that allows users to lock messages behind an additional layer of security, even while the app is open. Meta designed this feature for situations where a phone might be used by multiple people (say taking photos at a party), and the...
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Yes, you read that headline correctly, and no, it's not an error. Six-hundred-watt CPUs are on the way, at least according to a leaked slide supposedly from Gigabyte. Put down the albuterol inhaler, though; we're not talking about a 600W CPU in your desktop PC—at least, not unless you regularly run top-end server...
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) research may not be a field many are familiar with, but one that everyone might want to start paying attention to. A new study shows that while it's intended to track wildlife, it can also be used to collect high-quality human eDNA from something as mundane as a footprint on the beach.
It...
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Solidigm SSD D5-P5430: $0.08 - $0.10 per GB (Estimated) The new Solidigm SSD D5-P5430 features the company's latest QLC NAND flash memory, with read speeds up to 7GB/s and capacities topping out at over 30TB. High Capacities Priced Lower Than D7-Series Array Of Form Factors Strong Performance Not Ideal For...
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Supply chain sources in Taiwan have indicated that NVIDIA and MediaTek are going to snuggle-up to produce premium mobile SoCs. The plan may be to give MediaTek's products a graphical and AI processing uplift, allowing the firm to better compete with the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung in the flagship mobile and mid to...
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Scientists took NASA's Webb telescope on a treasure hunt in the asteroid belt, and ended up finding as many questions as answers. Solar system scientists identified water vapor on Comet Read, an important clue in solving how water came about on Earth, but it was missing another key component: carbon dioxide.
NASA's...
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The going rate for a 55-inch 4K smart TV is around $280 and up, with some models costing several hundred dollars more depending on the features and quality of the panel. But what if you could get one without spending a dime? A startup called Telly is hoping that the allure of a no-cost 4K smart TV with HDR support...
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Following complaints from Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series users concerning sudden battery life and overheating issues following the May 2023 security update, Google has quickly rolled out a back-end fix that requires no action from the user.
Yesterday we reported on a growing issue of some Pixel 6 and 7...
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If you follow hardware news at all, you are surely aware of the "exploding CPU" issue surrounding the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and certain Socket AM5 motherboards, particularly (but not exclusively) those from the ASUS ROG family. If you're not familiar, that's basically the gist of it right there: certain motherboards, when...
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Your options for selecting a solid state drive with a PCI Express 5.0 interface are few and far between, and even more so if you whittle down candidates to ones that are actually in stock. Don't despair, though, as more hyper-fast SSDs are coming soon. One of them is Patriot Memory's Viper PV553, which is due for a...
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Skullcandy has upgraded its classic Crusher ANC headphones with new bass-centric capabilities, almost triple the battery life, and something rare in this inflationary, supply-restricted world—a much lower price.
At almost 4 years old, the OG Crusher ANC was overdue for an overhaul. Today, Park City, Utah-based...
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