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Patriot Viper RGB White DDR4-4133 2x8GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

I spent a day test driving some cars with colleague Jonathan Kwan during one of my days off. This included a Tesla Model 3 Performance. To say it was fast would be a bit of an understatement, especially when you first put your foot on the accelerator. I know this is well documented for electric cars, but it was not tangible until I sat in the car and felt my whole body pull back while I was going forward. The sensation of it was really such a...

Cooler Master MasterBox 540 Review (Page 1 of 4)

The other day, I drove to the University of Calgary to pick up my friend. It has been quite a while since the last time I visited my alma mater. The thing is, I would love to visit my old research lab and talk to my professor from time to time if there was no pandemic consideration. For me, doing research in a university environment was a lot of fun. Yes, being a graduate student means a lot of work. I still remember at the first day of my...

G.SKILL Announces New Ripjaws S5 Series Low-Profile Performance DDR5 Memory

From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is announcing the Ripjaws S5 series, an all-new low-profile, high-performance DDR5 memory kit designed for the latest DDR5-enabled platform. Each Ripjaws S5 is created with hand-screened high performance memory ICs that have...

Micro Center leaks specs and pricing for Intel’s new Alder Lake Core i9 CPU

From The Verge: Even though someone managed to secure early purchases of a couple of Core i9-12900K CPUs, we still didn’t have detailed information about Intel’s upcoming line of Alder Lake chips. Now, a sale page has popped up on Micro Center, suggesting the chips will be available for $669.99 when...

Amazon's Alexa Collects More of Your Data Than Any Other Smart Assistant

From PC Mag:Our smart devices are listening. Whether it's personally identifiable information, location data, voice recordings, or shopping habits, our smart assistants know far more than we realize.

A survey on smart assistant usage conducted by Reviews.org showed that 56% of respondents are...

Google cuts subscription-based service fees for Play Store apps in half

From CNET: Effective Jan. 1, Google is decreasing the service fee it collects from subscription-based apps in the Play Store from 30% to 15%, the company announced Thursday via its blog for Android developers. The new rate will be effective for all apps on day one, the announcement reads -- that's a...

ROCCAT’S Vulcan TKL Pro PC Gaming Keyboard Is Coming in Arctic White

From Turtle Beach Press Release: ROCCAT today revealed its Arctic White version of the Vulcan TKL Pro keyboard, adding another option to its award-winning PC gaming keyboard series. ROCCAT unveiled its very first Vulcan mechanical keyboard featuring the Titan Tactile Switch in 2018 at Computex...

Elgato Partners with Snap to Bring Snap Lenses to Mobile Webcam App EpocCam

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato today announced a new partnership with Snap to bring the popular Augmented Reality Snap Lenses to EpocCam, the iOS app that turns your phone into a high-definition webcam for use with PC or Mac. This collaboration marks the first time that Snap Lenses have been...

CORSAIR Launches New PRO Custom Cooling CPU Water Blocks Ready For Intel Alder Lake

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today announced a new PRO generation of performance custom cooling CPU water blocks in the award-winning Hydro X Series: the XC5 RGB PRO and XC7 RGB PRO. Equipped with more than 110 high-efficiency micro-cooling fins and an innovative quad-split flow design, these...

Facebook Messenger now lets an entire group share an AR experience

From The Verge: Facebook Messenger is adding “group effects” that allow everyone on a video call to participate in the same augmented reality experience at the same time. The effects are available now across Messenger video calls as well as Messenger Rooms, the service’s Zoom-like videoconferencing...