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Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

In the Thermaltake Ceres 500 TG ARGB Snow review introduction, my colleague Aaron talked about a person working at a fast food restaurant who did not know an ice cream cone order included ice cream and actually asked his manager for approval. That was many years ago, and now he is a pharmacy manager at a large grocery chain. I find this quite impressive since getting a Doctor of Pharmacy is no small feat, never mind becoming a pharmacy manager at...

Thermaltake Ceres 500 TG ARGB Snow Review (Page 1 of 4)

Sometimes the obvious is not always so obvious. I was told of a person who was working at a fast-food restaurant. On their first day of the job, a customer asked and paid for an ice cream cone. Normally, this would seem like a pretty regular request, but this person was about to make it interesting. Upon processing the customer’s order, he handed back a single ice cream cone, minus any of the cold soft-serve inside. The customer, bewildered at...

Microsoft to demo its new ChatGPT-like AI in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook soon

From The Verge: Microsoft is getting ready to demonstrate how its new ChatGPT-like AI will transform its Office productivity apps. After announcing and demonstrating its Prometheus Model in its new Bing search engine earlier this week, Microsoft is gearing up to show how it will expand to its core...

Windows could soon control your RGB accessories natively

From PC World: What do you get if you use a gaming PC from Alienware, a keyboard from Cooler Master, a headset from HyperX, and a mouse from Razer all at the same time? You get four different programs and interfaces to control all those blinking RGB lights. Sorry, that wasn’t a punchline, it’s just...

Netflix Password-Sharing Crackdown Widens, and It's Pricier Now

From CNET: Netflix has kicked off its password-sharing crackdown, rolling out new fees in four countries -- Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain -- that charge accounts for sharing their membership outside one household.

And the price is higher than it was in the initial tests.

The company...

CORSAIR Launches iCUE Murals Lighting

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today introduced iCUE Murals Lighting, a groundbreaking software for creating incredibly immersive lighting effects in CORSAIR iCUE. This powerful feature enables you to use images, video, and even on-screen visuals as colorful templates to produce imaginative...

ROCCAT’s Stunning Magma Mini Now Available

From Roccat Press Release: ROCCAT today announced its new Magma Mini 60% Gaming Keyboard has launched. The Magma Mini combines responsive membrane switches, performance features, and durability into a compact 60% form factor. Magma Mini’s top plate is fully illuminated with five programmable zones...

Twitter's Upcoming Change Could Impact Your Favorite Bot

From CNET: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk isn't done charging users who rely on the platform.

The social media service on Wednesday said it would start charging $100 per month for a "basic tier" to access Twitter's application programming interface (API), which developers and researchers use to...

Microsoft Edge’s simple PDF reader is being replaced by Adobe Acrobat

From PC World: Like its rivals, Microsoft’s Edge browser sports a built-in PDF reader that’s bare-bones but functional. You click a PDF link and a tab opens with the document that you can read, search, and lightly annotate. But that experience is getting supercharged: Microsoft and Adobe have teamed...

Recent Windows Patches Break DirectX Apps on Intel Graphics

From Tom's Hardware: Microsoft released some Patch Tuesday fixes last November but has only today admitted(opens in new tab) they have been causing errors with Intel graphics hardware running DirectX or Direct3D applications. The issues were introduced with KB5019980 / KB5019961 for Windows 11 users...