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- Multiple AMD Ryzen Zen 4 7000-Series 3D V-Cache SKUs Rumored For CES 2023 Debut
- Delete These Malware-Laden Google Chrome Extensions With 1.4M Collective Downloads Now
- You Should Know How To Activate Your Phone's Lifesaving Emergency SOS Features
- Rumors Suggest The Next iPhone SE Will Take On A Familiar Form With Larger Display
- Here Are The Titles Coming To Xbox Games With Gold Subscribers In September
- Heads-Up PC Builders, AMD Ryzen 7000 Memory Speeds May Tank With These Configs
- NetEase Has Acquired Heavy Rain Developer Quantic Dream For First European Studio
- NVIDIA Infuses OBS With AI-Powered Stream Features For 10th Anniversary 28.0 Update
- LG Announces Its First Flexible Curve TV That Automatically Bends With Remote Control
- Hackers Are Using NASA's James Webb Telescope Images To Disguise Malware Payloads
- AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Squares Off With Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake In Benchmark Leak
- Sleek Pixel Watch Counts Down To Launch As Pricing Rumors Emerge
- What AMD's EXPO DDR5 Memory Hype Is About And How To Know If Your RAM Supports It
- NASA's Space Telescope Captures Amazing Shot Of Einstein Ring 12B Light Years Away
- Noctua Claims A Little Dab'll Do Ya For AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU Thermal Paste Application
- Add Some Expression To Your Google Docs With New Inline Emoji Support
- Sony's PlayStation 5 Gets Lighter With Rumored New AMD Chip For Improved Production
- AMD Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 Launch: Speeds, Specs, All You Need To Know And An RDNA 3 Surprise
- Samsung Is Reportedly Testing Google’s 3rd Gen Tensor Chip That Will Power Pixel 8
- PSU Manufacturers Can Skirt ATX 3.0 Tolerance Testing By Skipping This Feature
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All News for August 2022
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is a fascinating product. Cache capacity is a specification largely ignored by enthusiasts for many years, and yet the extra 64 MB of L3 cache is what allows the 5800X3D to best its higher-clocked sibling in games. AMD's announced Zen 4 CPUs don't include models with 3D V-Cache, but we've heard...
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We frequently write about Android malware smuggled onto the Google Play Store in the form of what appear to be legitimate apps. However, the Play Store isn’t the only Google-run app store with a malware problem. A new report by McAfee Labs identifies five extensions on the Chrome Web Store that contain malicious...
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In an emergency, your smartphone can help you far beyond just dialing 9-1-1. Modern smartphones are increasingly including safety features like panic-button style triggers, automated location sharing, and even triggers to record and share video. These features are designed to both help you in the moment and to help...
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An Apple iDevice tipster of some repute has shared a dollop of interesting information about the next ‘affordable’ iPhone. It is claimed that the iPhone SE 4 will mark a step-change in this popular series. It will bring a move to a significantly larger screen which bears an uncanny resemblance to the iPhone XR. We...
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Out with the old and in with the new. Xbox Games with Gold subscribers are definitely getting something new this September. Microsoft has announced the four new titles that Games with Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will gain access to in the month of September.
The games players will be granted for "free" with...
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We always caution folks against putting too much stock in manufacturer numbers. Companies always want their product to look like the best, right? Now, AMD's been pretty honest after getting burned by spurious marketing in the past, but recent Ryzen 7000 numbers look pretty darn good. So, what's the catch?
We won't...
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NetEase, best known for its mobile gaming fortune, has acquired French developer-publisher Quantic Dream. This marks the Chinese company's first venture into the European market, as it looks to expand its reach worldwide.
Chinese internet and online gaming service provider NetEase announced today its acquisition of...
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It is hard to believe, but Open Broadcaster Software, more commonly known as OBS, has been around for ten years already. The project has grown from a mere alternative to paid software, like XSplit or vMix, and has become the go-to favorite solution for many streamers worldwide. It has attracted the attention of major...
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LG announced its first bendable OLED TV, which allows for up to 20 levels of curvature. The 42-inch OLED is capable of bending into a curved (900R) TV via a remote control developed by the company.
Gamers have been enjoying the immersion curved monitors can deliver for a while now. But what if you could have a...
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) came online this year after more than 20 years of design and development. It's a real watershed moment for astronomy, and unfortunately, yet another way for internet ne'er-do-wells to distribute malware. Security researchers have identified a new malware campaign that has...
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Ah, Geekbench. While the benchmark app is occasionally controversial—particularly where comparisons against Apple hardware are involved—it makes for a reasonably solid benchmark with consistent and relevant results, within the same platform. AMD just announced its new line-up of Ryzen 7000 series CPUs and the Ryzen 9...
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Google unveiled the design of its upcoming Pixel Watch at Google I/O earlier this year, but left pricing and release date information sparse. The company simply stated that the smart watch is coming some time this fall. However, an anonymous tipster claiming to have inside information has passed along some details to...
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Memory is important for Ryzen. Well, memory's important for computers, period, but the specific performance of your PC's main memory is particularly pertinent for Ryzen systems, as enthusiasts are well-aware. Memory overclocking could be a cumbersome on Socket AM4 motherboards, so to sidestep that whole issue, AMD's...
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver amazing images from deep space. One of the latest is a colorized image of what is known as an Einstein Ring.
JWST began sending full resolution images from deep space back in early July. Since then, it has dazzled with images of a Cartwheel Galaxy...
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Noctua has shared guidelines for applying its latest NT-H2 thermal paste. Seasoned PC enthusiasts and DIYers might feel they don’t need any thermal paste application guides; however, this guide is one of the first to explain how to apply the grey gloop to AMD’s ‘8-legged’ AM5 socketed Ryzen 7000 CPUs.
Many PC...
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Have you ever felt like that document you wrote just doesn't have the right oomph? Perhaps your story isn't providing quite the right emotional representation. At the very least does it feel inefficient to do so? Well, Google Docs is coming to the rescue for you because now it has easier inline Emoji...
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The PlayStation 5 is getting lighter, as Sony looks to ramp up production of the popular gaming console. Along with being lighter, it is thought the new PS5 will also house a new AMD 6nm processor.
Just last week, Sony announced it would be increasing the price of its extremely popular PlayStation 5. Now the...
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AMD just concluded its “together we advance_PCs” livestream event, during which CEO Dr. Lisa Su and other members of the executive team unveiled the company’s launch plans for the upcoming Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series and its associated platform. We were lucky enough to be on-hand for the announcements and have...
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Information obtained by GalaxyClub indicates that Samsung may already be testing Google’s third-generation Tensor chip. Since Google doesn’t have its own semiconductor fabrication plant, the company turned to Samsung to manufacture its first-generation Tensor chip. Google seems to be sticking with Samsung for the...
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Just like the PCIe 5.0 specification, Intel's ATX 3.0 spec introduces a number of new measures intended to support upcoming graphics cards with extremely high power draw. Among those are some stringent tests that products have to pass before the manufacturers can call them "ATX 3.0"-compliant. Unfortunately, vague...
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Amazon is holding a celebration called Android Days which carries significant savings on popular smartphones. For today and tomorrow – August 29th and 30th – shoppers can score discounts to the tune of hundreds of dollars. Here are some of the highlights below from Samsung, Moto, OnePlus, and Google.
First up, the...
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Google has been steadily improving the enterprise side of its business offering known as Google Workspace lately. The latest update to these Google tools revolves around the meeting platform, aptly named Google Meet. The most eye-catching part of the update is support for a new keybind. Users will be able to hold...
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