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A method of harvesting energy out of thin air is being developed by a group of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Researchers describe it as the "generic Air-gen effect," as it can use nearly any material engineered with nanopores to collect cost-effective, interruption-free electricity. The... Read more...
Selected journalists and analysts have had the opportunity of some hands-on time with the Meta Quest 3 prototype. Reports seem very positive, with the greatest improvements observed in the areas of mixed reality (video pass-through) and overall performance (new Qualcomm chip). Will the prospect of this upcoming Quest... Read more...
We recently highlighted a whole bunch of gaming laptops that are on sale but if you're looking for a desktop PC instead, no worries, there are plenty of bargains to be had for Memorial Day. Some of these are holdovers from the Amazon Gaming Week event that technically ended yesterday, so who knows how long the... Read more...
There's a lot of fuss over generative AI models like ChatGPT, but these early chatbots are really only the tip of a much bigger iceberg. Generative AI has the potential to permeate many aspects of everyday life. That includes video games, a nearly $400 billion industry by some estimates. But what can generative AI add... Read more...
Arm is announcing its latest CPU and GPU designs, which will power future generations of smartphones, tablets, IoT devices, and even some laptops. Arm licenses these designs to chipmakers like Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, and countless others for integration into their own solutions. We were invited to the... Read more...
Now that AI tech like OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, companies like Apple are trying to play catch-up and build in that type of tech. This also includes Google, who talked a lot about AI at Google IO 2023. Among the tools mentioned, something called Magic Compose was mentioned, which could add a little... Read more...
This Memorial Day weekend is filled with deals on gaming laptops, from an affordable Lenovo Ideapad with an RTX 3050 to an ASUS beast with an RTX 3080. So, no matter your budget, there is likely a deal to be had. Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Laptop The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptop is a great entry-level gaming... Read more...
Now is a great time to consider building a new gaming PC, or to overhaul an existing one. We're in the midst of the Amazon Gaming Week sales event, and with it comes a bevy of discounts on a wide assortment of hardware. Plus we finally have some more affordable modern-generation GPUs to choose from, courtesy of AMD... Read more...
The latest update to CPU-Z, a free and popular system profiling and monitoring utility, adds support for several different CPU and GPU platforms, such as the recently introduced GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and AMD's mobile processors codenamed Dragon Range. What really stands out, however, is preliminary support for a new... Read more...
Dolphin Emulator is one of the most beloved pieces of software among retro-gaming enthusiasts. The emulator, which supports both the original "Dolphin" console (that's the Nintendo Gamecube for you kids out there) as well as the "Revolution", better known as the Wii. This is possible because the two systems share most... Read more...
Google recently announced its AI-powered Search Labs experiments at the company's IO 2023 event. Now, the tech giant is beginning to roll out access to its technology to those who signed up for early access. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the internet with tools such as chatbots and generative AI... Read more...
Well, that was fast—after a mere day on the market, AMD's freshly minted Radeon RX 7600 graphics card has already seen a price cut in Europe. That in and of itself is notable, but what makes it even more intriguing is that the Radeon RX 7600 is the least expensive Radeon RX 7000 series option based on AMD's RDNA 3... Read more...
The summer season of events is kicking off with Memorial Day, where millions of Americans will be breaking out grills and fryers for family and friends. However, if you are one of these people but still need some crucial equipment like an air fryer, now would be the time to snag one, as many great sales are going on... Read more...
If you're a Zelda fan, you're doubtless already playing (or even finished with) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It's a fantastic game, both as a stand-alone title in the Zelda series and as a sequel to 2017's Breath of the Wild, and the things Nintendo has achieved on the puny Switch hardware are... Read more...
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7600: Starting At $289 The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7600 offers a mild factory overclock, LED lighting, and a couple of additional tricks over AMD's reference card. Dual-BIOS Setup Built-In LED Switch Attractive Design Factory Overclocked OC Offers Minor Performance Boost... Read more...
ASRock has delivered a pleasing BIOS update for owners (and prospective buyers) of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX Aqua Extreme OC graphics card. After applying this update, ready to download immediately, owners will experience a further performance boost with this already overclocked ('OC') liquid cooled product. In a... Read more...
It's not often that a new player manages to break into the smartphone market, which has matured to the point that even some legacy players are unable to compete. However, Nothing founder Carl Pei has an advantage as a founder of OnePlus. Nothing launched the Phone (1) internationally last year, but its second device... Read more...
A company backed by Elon Musk, Neuralink, has gained FDA approval to launch its first-in-human clinical study. The company stated on Twitter that it is the result of the Neuralink team working closely with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and represents the first step that one day will allow the technology to... Read more...
If you haven't heard, Naughty Dog's deeply-adored The Last of Us Part 1 is available on PC now. It had a rocky launch—what AAA PC game hasn't, this year—but the developer has been earnestly patching it up and the majority of the issues should be resolved now. That includes crash bugs affecting Intel Arc GPUs, which... Read more...
The bright light from a meteor streaking across the night sky caught the attention of onlookers across north Queensland, before crashing into the ground creating a thundering boom. The spectacle was caught by various cameras throughout the area and shared on social media. People from Cairns on the east coast of... Read more...
External GPU enclosures can change the way you think about buying a laptop, as they have the capability to turn a sleek and slim ultrabook into a veritable powerhouse for gaming. That's the pitch, anyway, from Gigabyte and its Aorus RTX 4090 Gaming Box built around NVIDIA's flagship consumer Ada Lovelace graphics... Read more...
There's an important distinction between a product's announcement and its actual release even if that's not always made clear in a press release or media coverage. We bring this up because MSI has pulled back the curtain on its Spatium M570 Pro, its newest flagship PCIe 5.0 solid state drive. It comes with the claim... Read more...
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