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Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black Review (Page 1 of 4)

Happy New Year! I do not know what is currently on your mind, but I am going to be bold and make a guess that while none of us are completely sure what 2021 has in store for us, we are all glad 2020 is finally over. What was initially supposed to be a few weeks of lockdown turned out to be all of us still living far from normal lives thus far. At this point, our only glimmer of hope is almost completely founded on the COVID-19 vaccine returning...

Cooler Master MasterBox NR200 Review (Page 1 of 4)

Happy New Year! With a new year ahead of us, I just want to thank our readers who have stayed with us throughout the last year and look forward to what is in store for us here at APH Networks. During these holiday seasons, you often see sales on products and this is no different with video games. Several years back, I purchased a truck simulation game called Euro Truck Simulator 2. The gist of the game starts of with you as a truck driver and...

Ticketmaster will pay $10 million for hacking rival ticket seller

From The Verge: Ticketmaster has agreed to pay $10 million for breaking into a competitors’ network. The company and its parent Live Nation admitted to hiring a former employee from rival ticket seller CrowdSurge, then using his knowledge — including old usernames and passwords — to learn CrowdSurge...

Amazon to buy Wondery, injecting Amazon Music into a hot bidding zone for podcasts

From CNET: Amazon will acquire podcast publisher Wondery, the latest tech giant investing in podcasts in the hope of popularizing its streaming services (and, by extension, the hardware sells you to access them). But Amazon, which operates the Amazon Music audio service, said Wondery's programming -...

Samsung’s One UI 3.0 update starts rolling out to Galaxy Note 10 devices

From The Verge: Samsung’s One UI 3.0 update has started hitting older Samsung devices, starting with the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10 Plus, according to SamMobile. The update, which brings Android 11-specific feature changes and some small visual and interface tweaks to Samsung smartphones, is...

Google Tests 'Short Video' Carousel of Instagram, TikTok Clips

From PC Mag: In a bid to keep people inside its ecosystem as long as possible, Google is testing a mobile feature that surfaces TikTok and Instagram videos in a dedicated carousel, according to TechCrunch.

The "Short Videos" carousel aggregates clips from other platforms, namely Tangi, Indian...

Amazon delivered billions of items during 'record-breaking' holiday season

From CNET: Amazon is taking a look back at some of its highlights from 2020, a year when it saw huge profits amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a blog post on Monday, the online retail giant said it had a "record-breaking holiday season" with its "biggest-ever customer savings, small business growth...

Apple Watch leak offers rare glimpse inside ‘Ultra security program’

From The Verge: New images and video purporting to show an Apple Watch prototype, concealed by a security case that resembles a tiny iPod, offer a rare look behind the product-development curtain of the notoriously secretive company built by Steve Jobs. First teased a few months ago by Twitter user...

New FAA Drone Rules Require Operators to Broadcast Their Location

From PC Mag: The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday revealed two new rules for unmanned aircraft—including remote identification of all FAA-registered drones.

Remote ID provides identification of drones in flight, as well as the location of their control stations, ensuring national security...

LG QNED Mini-LED TVs with quantum dots are its best non-OLED TVs for 2021

From CNET: CES 2021 is coming up soon but LG just couldn't wait to introduce the TV world's latest four-letter word. The manufacturer, best known for excellent OLED TVs like the CX series, is coming out with a new line of televisions called QNED. Based on the more-common LCD TV technology instead of...