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Latest News - July 2021
- Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable Revisited: Refined And Ready
- Paralyzed Man Regains Ability To 'Speak' After Neuroprosthesis Taps His Brain Waves
- Elon Musk Confirms 300 kW Tesla Supercharger Upgrade For Faster Charging, Shorter Wait Times
- Devilish Joker Android Malware Tricks Its Way Into Google Play Store Yet Again
- Intel Hops On Windows 11 Train With First WDDM 3.0 Graphics Driver, A Hat Tip To DG2?
- Intel Core i9-12900K And Core i7-12700K 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU Specs Allegedly Leak
- Phil Spencer Admires PS5's DualSense Controller Which Could Be Good News For Xbox Gamers
- Netflix Eyes Game Streaming Expansion And You're Going To Love The Price
- Windows 10 As A Service Heads For The Cloud With Windows 365
- Razer’s Flagship Blade 17 Gaming Laptop Lands Tiger Lake-H And RTX 3080 Knockout Punch
- Microsoft's July 2021 Patch Tuesday Delivers 117 Critical Security Fixes, Update Now
- Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift Issues Could Be Fixed With This Super Quick And Easy Mod
- Here's Why Destiny 2 Annual Events Need A Major Revamp To Reengage Weary Gamers
- DICE Confirms Battlefield 2042 Crossplay Between PC And Console Platforms
- Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Review: Beastly Big Navi
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Owners Report Of Sudden Green Screen Of Death
- AMD Zen 4 Raphael Ryzen CPUs Rumored To Hold The Line With 16 Cores
- Notorious REvil Black Hat Hacking Group Mysteriously Goes Offline After Kaseya Attack
- PC Gaming Segment Poised For Rebound Following COVID-19 And Cryptomining Onslaught
- EVGA's Upcoming AMD X570 Dark Motherboard Benchmarked Early With Ryzen 5 5600G CPU
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All News for July 2021
A lot can happen as a system is under development, especially with a relatively new family of hardware. Maybe the drivers and BIOS aren't quite tuned for the best possible performance or power efficiency, and sometimes early reviews aren't completely indicative of what a user will experience when they first purchase a laptop, even a new one...
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One of the potentially devastating side effects of strokes is the loss of ability to speak. Researchers for the most part have adopted “spelling-based” systems that allow patients to type out their words one letter at a time. However, researchers have recently discovered other ways for patients to more quickly...
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Tesla has been in the news frequently over the past few months, namely for its new and comically fast Model S Plaid sedan and for the late arrival of the Full Self Driving Beta v9 software. Now, Elon Musk is making headlines for an upcoming upgrade to Tesla's vast Supercharger network.
Tesla's last big Supercharger...
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The billing fraud and SMS-stealing malware known as Joker has returned to the Google Play Store after having its ups and downs dating back to 2017. Researchers now say Joker has a new bag of tricks and can avoid Google’s app-vetting process and sneak onto the market.
Disguised within legitimate-looking apps, Joker...
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Surprising as it may seem, Intel is the first company to release a stable (read: not beta) graphics driver tuned for Windows 11, beating both AMD and NVIDIA to the punch. This kind of aggressive push bodes well for Intel's efforts to infiltrate the modern discrete GPU market, and as far as gamers are concerned...
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There have been lots of leaks pertaining to Alder Lake, the hybrid CPU architecture Intel will launch later this year. As we get closer to launch, the leaks presumably become more reliable, and so we might already know some finalized details about three upcoming SKUs, including what is poised to be the flagship CPU of...
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The console war between Microsoft and Sony is currently in a new generation, with the Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S battling it out against the PlayStation 5/PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. However, the consoles are broadly similar concerning internal hardware, with each sporting an AMD Zen 2-based Ryzen processor...
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Don't look now (er, do look, actually), but Netflix apparently has aspirations of being the Netflix of games! That is to say, it is reported the company wants to expand into video games (as previously rumored) and has brought on some key talent to help lead the effort. Should Netflix pull this off, it could be a major...
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Everything is going to the cloud, it seems, and that now includes Windows with Windows 365. Windows 365 will allow people to stream their Windows experience so you can continue where you left off anywhere on any device starting August 2.
Though virtualization, remote access, and cloud-based devices have been...
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Razer is a company that prides itself on delivering high-performance gaming laptops for enthusiasts, and that continues to be the case with today’s announcement of the refreshed Blade 17. The Blade 17 is the largest laptop in Razer’s portfolio and is now available with the fastest 11th generation Intel Tiger Lake-H...
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After last week's out-of-band update to patch the PrintNightmare vulnerability, Microsoft has now released more vulnerability fixes as part of Patch Tuesday. With this update, the Redmond, Washington-based company knocked out a whopping 117 security issues that garnered a variety of concerns.
Patch Tuesday has become...
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If there is a knock to be had against the Nintendo Switch, it is that reports of drift issues affecting the Joy-Con controllers have been a persistent problem. We have even experienced this ourselves, prompting us to send them off for replacement. The web is home to multiple remedies you can try if you are having...
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Destiny 2 players are likely familiar with the game’s annual events. Events such as the Dawning, Guardian Games, and Solstice of Heroes offer new challenges and loot each year. The purpose of these events is to engage the player base. However, many players are indifferent or burnt out on these repetitive events. This...
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Battlefield 2042 is one of the most anticipated games set for release during the latter half of 2021, and excitement is building. Fortunately, developer DICE continues to drop little nuggets of information about the game, and the latest revolves around crossplay on supported gaming platforms.
Crossplay will be...
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Although the situation is improving, it is still extremely difficult to score some of the latest graphics cards at prices even approaching their MSRPs. With that in mind, we’ve held off on covering some of the hottest GPUs to come through the lab for a while, because the coverage was inevitably (and understandably) met with groans and...
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Given how much a top-tier smartphone can cost, it can be pretty stressful if a problem crops up, especially one that affects the display. To that unfortunate end, some Galaxy S20 owners have complained about an odd white and green screen issue. Those affected claim the issue starts off mild then becomes worse over...
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AMD has been somewhat aggressive in pushing more cores and threads into the consumer segment. As it stands, the technically 'mainstream' Ryzen 9 5950X serves up a generous 16 cores and 32 threads, which not too long ago was the exclusive domain of high end desktop (HEDT) silicon like Threadripper and server silicon...
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It appears that REvil, the threat actor group behind attacks on JBS Global and Kaseya, among others, has gone dark. While this could be a good thing, it may not be worth holding your breath as there are other explanations for REvil “disappearing” in the short term.
Prior to the July 4th holiday in the United States...
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It would be an understatement to say that it has been a rough nine months for gamers looking to purchase new gaming hardware. While the availability of high-end, current-generation processors has, for the most part, stabilized, graphics cards are still hard to find in stock at MSRP. And it's not just current NVIDIA...
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Like many enthusiasts, we are excited to see what kind of performance EVGA can squeeze out of AMD's latest generation Zen 3 processors when its X570 Dark motherboard arrives. There is still no official announcement or release date, just a couple of teasers. It is coming, though, and some early benchmarks have even...
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If all the rumors are accurate, Microsoft will launch its next-generation Windows 11 operating system in October. Windows 11 builds upon the strong foundation that Windows 10 provided but brings some critical functionality and user interface improvements to improve the customer experience.
Now, in a Medium post...
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Yesterday, Microsoft reported that it had detected a 0-day remote code execution exploit being used in the wild against SolarWinds’ Serv-U FTP product. The vulnerability that allowed this exploit has since been patched, but it is still disconcerting, nonetheless.
Tracked as CVE-2021-35211, the vulnerability reported...
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