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All News for September 2024

AMD and its partners have released a barrage of motherboards today based on the latest Socket AM5 chipsets. That's the X870, as well as the dual-chip X870E version, if you haven't been staying on top of things. Along with the fancy new mainboards, AMD has also released new AGESA firmware to its partners that promises... Read more...
The Wi-Fi 7 standard brings the tantalizing possibility of improved transfer rates even over the already-speedy Wi-Fi 6E, but much like with HDMI and earlier versions of USB, many of the new features in Wi-Fi 7 are optional. As a result, vendors can still call their Wi-Fi adapters "Wi-Fi 7" even if they don't... Read more...
Astro Bot has managed to win a special place in the hearts of PlayStation gamers, due in part to all the nostalgia it manages to pack in. The game has also won over many critics to become one of the highest rated games up to this point in the year. It’s a game that manages to blend solid, fun gameplay mechanics with... Read more...
Apple hasn’t had much success with its smart home efforts, and it looks like the company is hoping that a revamp with new products and a fresh operating system will turn things around. A report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that Apple is working on homeOS, which will be at the heart of its new home devices... Read more...
Google is heading back to court with Epic, and this time Samsung is coming along for the ride. After winning its antitrust case against the search giant late last year, Epic has again accused Google of antitrust behavior in how it manages apps on the Android platform. However, the Fortnite maker alleges this time that Samsung is colluding Read more...
**Update 10/1/2024 9:30am EDT: According to the Downdetector website, most Verizon customers regained service by 6am today. However, there are still those commenting on the website and social media they are still without service. Verizon did suggest if someone still does not have service, to restart their device... Read more...
Huawei's premium Mate XT Ultimate tri-folding (because regular foldables are so yesterday) smartphone just launched in China, already commanding the tech world's attention for being the first tri-fold display phone as well as the hefty $2,800 asking price. If that ain't rich enough for you, then the limited-run... Read more...
The mid-century Bentley S1 Continental in any form is a very rare piece of automotive history as it is. Finding one for sale takes patience and a large bank account, so imagine what kind of attention one such car previously owned by Alfred Hitchcock (apparently some guy who directed a bunch of movies people like to... Read more...
A comet that has not been seen from Earth in 80,000 years is about to make its grand return. Comet 2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be observable with the naked eye in the northern hemisphere during two viewing periods, with the first being this week. Back in May of this year, the Eta Aquariids meteor... Read more...
There is something to be said about immersion in video games, and how it ties into accessories that you use daily. That being said, Razer has a new $299 piece of immersive kit that may make you vibrate with excitement (get your mind out of the gutter!). The Razer Freyja has been announced at RazerCon 2024, as a neat... Read more...
It's taken a minute, but memory makers are finally starting to approach the DDR5-10000 mark, though they're not quite there yet. They are getting close, however, with G.Skill being the latest to announce yet another overclocked DDR5 memory kit at a blistering-fast speed, the Trident Z5 Royal Neo in DDR5-9000 form... Read more...
A sketchy leak purporting to show a photo of an unreleased 14-inch MacBook Pro refresh touting Apple's custom M4 silicon has found its way to the web, and with it comes possible confirmation of an upgrade to a key baseline specification. Namely, the system memory. If the image is to be believed, then Apple may indeed... Read more...
Phison E31T PCIe Gen 5 SSD: $TDB The new Phison E31T will power a new wave of affordable and efficient mainstream PCIe Gen 5 Solid State Drives, with solid performance, low power consumption and lower pricing, designed for desktop and mobile systems. Good Sequential Transfers Low Power No Heatsink Required (But Recommended) Fast 4K Transfers... Read more...
When Microsoft kicked off the Copilot+ PC era earlier this year, one of the more highly touted features was Recall, which would create a searchable history of everything a user did on their PC. It was immediately torn apart by many security researchers and criticized by many users. This backlash led to the company... Read more...
The historic Polaris Dawn mission was filled with many memorable moments for its crew, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk. So, it is no surprise that crew members were able to capture some epic moments during their time in space, and tey've just shared them with the rest of the world. A SpaceX Falcon 9... Read more...
Astronomers using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope just made a wild discovery of a “blowtorch-like” jet from a supermassive black hole, and it seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. Currently, an international group of astronomers are awaiting a once-in-a-lifetime event, when a binary system in the... Read more...
If you're not keen on spending seven hundred American greenbacks on a PlayStation 5 Pro, how about half that much on a Switch 2? We don't know pricing yet, of course, but a new leak gives us a pretty solid idea of the launch window for Nintendo's next system, and also confirms a few rumored details about the... Read more...
Hype for Intel's second-generation graphics parts is at an all-time high after the release of Intel's Core Ultra 200V processors, codenamed Lunar Lake. Those SoCs include graphics parts based on the same technology that will eventually show up in "Battlemage", the company's next Arc GPUs, and in case you didn't read... Read more...
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is levying a $102 million fine against Meta for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles of integrity and confidentiality. After a five-year investigation, the watchdog found that the social media giant was inadvertently storing user passwords in... Read more...
Yesterday, in New York City, Samsung unveiled new tablets alongside new FE (Fan Edition) devices, including the Galaxy Tab S10+ and S10 Ultra, the Galaxy S24 FE, and the Galaxy Watch FE LTE. While our very own Ryan Whitwam already dove into the specs, availability, and pricing for these products, we wanted to share... Read more...
A new California law will force digital stores to admit users are simply licensing games, and not actually buying them. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the new law (AB 2426), which will come into effect next year. GOG, formerly known as Good Old Games, took a potshot at Ubisoft at the beginning of this... Read more...
As a user of the Apple Vision Pro, I can tell you right away that the device has a long way to go. The technology is impressive, and build quality is top notch, for starters. Where it starts to lose points is in its infamously high starting price and heavy weight. The use case for this device is limited, after being... Read more...
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