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Lexar ARES RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

I think it is funny the number of practices you adopt from your parents that seems normal until you compare with others. For example, in my parents’ place, all of our mugs and cups are located in one cupboard. When I used to live at my parents, we designated certain cups to each member of the family. We would put all our personal cups in one level, while all the guest cups would go on the level above. This way, everyone in the house knew and did...

CORSAIR Launches MP600 MINI and MP600 CORE XT M.2 NVMe SSDs

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today announced the launch of two new PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drives—the MP600 MINI and the MP600 CORE XT. These drives extend the CORSAIR SSD range to an ultra-compact M.2 2230 form factor, and a new highly competitive combination of price and performance...

AMD announces Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme chips for handheld gaming PCs

From The Verge: On Friday, we told you how AMD is quietly arming a whole new wave of Steam Deck competitors. But the company’s now saying the quiet part out loud: today, it’s officially announcing the AMD Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme, a pair of 4nm processors specifically aimed at handheld gaming...

Apple's 'Resounding Victory' Cedes Small Win for Third-Party Payments

From CNET: In a major blow to Fortnite maker Epic Games, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a previous district court ruling stating that Apple didn't violate antitrust laws by forcing app developers to use the App Store's in-app payment system. The decision on Monday, however, did eke...

AMD motherboards add BIOS restrictions after reports of X3D chips burning out

From PC World: If you’re lucky enough to have one of AMD’s screaming new X3D CPUs designed from the ground up to boost gaming performance, you might want to check your motherboard’s manufacturer for a new BIOS update. After a few isolated reports of Ryzen 7000X3D chips burning out after just a few...

Radeon RX 7600 Rumored to Be AMD’s Next Desktop GPU Release

From Tom's Hardware: AMD’s exclusive board partners are readying their Radeon RX 7600 designs for Computex, according to Igor’s Lab. That means AIBs like ASRock, PowerColor, Sapphire, and XFX should be expected to show their RX 7600 designs at the world’s biggest PC tech show, which kicks off at the...

Twitter claims dead celebs are subscribing to Blue from beyond the grave

From The Verge: After chief twit Elon Musk made good on his promise to remove Twitter accounts’ legacy verification blue ticks last week, numerous high-profile accounts now appear to be re-verified — including a number of dead celebrities.

It’s likely that the re-appearance of their blue ticks is...

Arm to Manufacture Its Own Prototype Chips

From PC Mag: Semiconductor and software design company Arm is planning to manufacture its own prototype chip.

As the Financial Times reports, the Cambridge-based chip designer is currently looking for manufacturing partners to help develop its own processor. The move comes ahead of a planned public...

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Halo White Review (Page 1 of 4)

With the shift in pricing of media sources, my family has opted to cancel our Netflix subscription in favor of Disney+. It was nice to have a change in content as it had felt I had watched the same shows dozens of times and it was simply getting boring. After moving to Disney+, our family has new content that has been unexplored. The whole library felt new, but still familiar. Despite having all this new content, a part of me did miss some old...

YouTube TV is testing significant picture quality improvements

From The Verge: Considering how much it costs, YouTube TV is sometimes knocked by customers for offering only so-so picture quality. This can vary depending on your location or the specific feed that YouTube TV is serving you, but if you scan the YouTube TV subreddit, you’ll see picture quality as a...