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Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 3 Review (Page 1 of 4)

In the past little while, I have found a huge pleasure for story-focused games. One series that has drawn my attention recently has been the Persona series. For those who are unaware, Persona is a spinoff series of Shin Megami Tensei. If you do not recognize either of these titles, all I can say is they are JRPGs. As of now, I have played Persona 5 Royal, and am looking to play through Persona 3 Reload. Something that drew me into the game was...

Corsair iCUE Link LX120 RGB Review (Page 1 of 4)

Recently, I found myself in a frustrating situation when the door control module of my car malfunctioned, rendering the car doors difficult to operate. Hoping for a quick fix, I reached out to the dealership to order a replacement part, only to be informed that the module was on backorder with an estimated wait time of ten weeks. Ten weeks! The reason behind this extensive delay is the ongoing global shortage of electronic components, a...

After Breach, Internet Archive Expects to Return Within 'Days, Not Weeks'

From PC Mag: The Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine have been down for days following a major hack. But the nonprofit says no archived data was lost, even though information on 31 million users was stolen.

“The data is safe,” Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle tweeted on Friday. Users...

Elon Musk Reveals Tesla's Autonomous Cybercab and Robovan

From ExtremeTech: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been making promises about self-driving cars and robotaxis for years, but he's finally showing his cards. Musk has revealed the long-awaited self-driving Tesla taxi, dubbed the Cybercab. It's a compact two-seater with no steering wheel or pedals, operated...

Leak: AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D chips aren’t looking like a leap forward

From The Verge: Somebody goofed — and now AMD’s unannounced Ryzen 9000X3D desktop processors have been partially revealed. But like Intel’s new Arrow Lake desktop CPUs, it doesn’t look like they’ll be a huge performance improvement on their predecessors. If so, that’s a shame given how poorly...

TikTok Lays Off Hundreds of Staff—to Replace Them With AI

From PC Mag: Is AI taking human jobs? It already has been—and is now being used to effectively replace some human moderators at TikTok.

TikTok has confirmed it's laying of "hundreds" of employees globally as part of a broader shift toward AI-powered content moderation. "We're making these changes...

News Windows 11’s 2024 update is now also killing internet connections

From PC World: The list of problems caused by the Windows 11 24H2 update just keeps getting longer and longer. Not only is it causing blue screen crashes and making mouse cursors disappear, but the update also leaves behind a massive cache of undeletable files in its wake.

And now, according to...

Intel LGA1851 socket has a new ILM that helps CPUs run a bit cooler

From Tom's Hardware: Intel's processors in LGA1700 packaging have faced serious criticism for bending and, therefore, insufficient cooling in some cases. With its Core Ultra 200S (codenamed Arrow Lake) processors in LGA1851 packaging, Intel not only moved the CPU hotspot north but also adopted a...

Windows 11’s Snipping Tool gets smart about copying table data

From PC World: Microsoft’s Snipping Tool has become progressively more useful, with the ability to make screen recordings as well as screenshots. Today Microsoft begins testing a new addition: the ability to copy data formatted as a table directly to a spreadsheet.

Put another way, if Snipping Tool...

AMD boosts AI performance in new line of enterprise PC chips

From ComputerWorld: AMD’s big Advancing AI event in San Francisco on Thursday underlined how quickly the microprocessor industry has pivoted to artificial intelligence (AI) as its main sales pitch.

The company offered three hardware announcements across its processor line-up, each appealing to...