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SilverStone Permafrost PF240-ARGB Review (Page 1 of 4)

In the automobile industry, cooling is an important aspect to be considered when designing a new engine. Intuitively, a cooling system should be able to take out the heat from the block so the vehicle can operate at the right temperature. An air-cooled engine such as the one you can find from an old Volkswagen Beetle uses air as the medium to transfer heat from the engine to the atmosphere. Aside from the air-cooled mechanism, a liquid-cooled...

Corsair iCUE QL120 RGB Review (Page 1 of 4)

If there is one thing I really enjoyed about New York, it was the amount of good food we had. Whenever I travel with my friend, he is much more interested in the food places than I am, especially as I actually do not snack around too much. As such, while I looked for all the attractions to visit, he was in charge of finding food places nearby. We ended up trying a whole lot of different things from various places.

FCC won’t punish Verizon and T-Mobile for exaggerating their coverage maps

From The Verge: Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular overstated their 4G coverage in rural communities across the country, a Federal Communications Commission investigation determined on Wednesday. Despite the Commission’s findings, it will not punish the carriers in any way.

Throughout its...

Microsoft Found 44M Accounts Using Breached Passwords

From PC Mag: Microsoft has discovered 44 million user accounts are using usernames and passwords that have been leaked through security breaches.

As ZDNet reports, the vulnerable account logins were discovered when Microsoft's threat research team carried out a scan of all Microsoft accounts...

IoT devices need built-in security standards, UL says

From CNET: When you buy a new lightbulb, you know that it's energy efficient and will last for a while because of an Energy Star label on the package. But when you buy an internet-connected lightbulb, there's almost no way of telling if it's secure from hackers.

Underwriters Laboratories, the...

VIPER GAMING by PATRIOT Unleashes VPR100 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 RGB Solid State Drive

From Patriot Press Release: VIPER GAMING by PATRIOT, a trademarked brand of PATRIOT, is pleased to announce the official launch of the VPR100. The new m.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 RGB solid state drive offers capacities available from 256GB up to 2TB. The VPR100 is targeted to deliver uncompromising speed...

Craigslist, founded 24 years ago, is finally getting its first official app

From The Verge: There’s something about the brutal simplicity of Craigslist that’s always suggested an admirable caution. But even then you’d have to admit the company has been slow to get on the app game. Now, more than a decade after apps became A Thing with the App Store’s launch, Craigslist has...

Sprint Contractor Leaks 261K Phone Bills, Bank Statements

From PC Mag: A total of 261,300 documents containing the personal information of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon subscribers from as far back as 2015 have been made publicly available by a Sprint contractor.

As TechCrunch reports, the leak consists mainly of phone bills, which include the name...

In bid against Apple, Pablo Escobar's brother launches $350 foldable phone

From CNET: Roberto De Jesús Escobar Gaviria, the brother of late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, is going toe-to-toe with the $1,500 Motorola Razr, $1,980 Samsung Galaxy Fold and $2,400 Huawei Mate X by releasing a foldable phone: the Escobar Fold 1. It's a whole lot cheaper at $350, coming...

Amazon launches new battery-powered Echo exclusively for India

From The Verge: Amazon has launched a new Echo smart speaker exclusively for the Indian market. The Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition is a compact speaker with 360-degree sound and, unusually for the Echo line, a built-in rechargeable battery. Amazon says the 4,800mAh capacity should be good...