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As if we didn't have enough leaks about Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs, today we see another online retailer listing prices. That's right, Canadian retailer shopRBC has listed pricing for five Arrow Lake CPUs. Previously we saw the supposed UK pricing thanks to the retailer LambdaTek briefly listing it on their...
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AMD's introducing a whole new class of products with the Strix Halo SoCs. These processors integrate CPU, GPU, and NPU into one package, and that's not novel. What is novel, at least in the x86 world, is the amount of each component included in the part. A full 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, a massive 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units...
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During a recent interview with the New York Times, legendary ex-Apple designer Jony Ive confirmed that his company, LoveFrom, is spearheading the design of a mobile device in collaboration with OpenAI. The goal is to create a device that “is less socially disruptive than the iPhone,” with the use of AI.
There are...
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While the feature set of Apple's latest set of iPhones isn't exactly setting the world on fire, it has managed to spark a match under the DIY mavens over at iFixIt. That's because the company has surprisingly managed to make this generation some of the most repair-friendly iPhones in memory—all the more surprising...
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Some owners of Apple’s new iPhone 16 Pro models have reported issues with the screens being unresponsive at times on their shiny new smartphones. While the issue may be frustrating, there is hope it can be fixed with a future update.
Apple’s latest iPhone 16 models began hitting the hands of consumers this past Friday, with the highly anticipated
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It may be only a week away from its official announcement, but new leaked specifics on Samsung's Galaxy S24 FE (Fan Edition) potentially gives us more insight into final specs and what it may cost here in the U.S. In its highest 256GB variant at least, the price puts the FE too close to the regular S24 for comfort, Nonetheless, let's break
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Elon Musk made a bold claim on X that SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. Musk noted that if all uncrewed missions land safely on the Red Planet, crewed missions are possible in four years’ time. However, according to Musk, that timeline could be threatened by the bureaucratic...
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As computer technology rapidly improves, so does the need for more power. With both GPUs and CPUs getting more power hungry the last few years, power supplies are the key component to keep them going. Seasonic has introduced its Prime PX ATX 3 power supply series, for both current use cases and massive future...
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The OnePlus 13 release is just around the corner, but there's a reliable rumor that the flagship will be available with up to 24GB LPDDR5X of RAM. That will both make the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4-powered phone in the U.S. to boast that kind of memory, more so than anything Apple, Google, or Samsung currently...
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We're well into the back-to-school season at this point, and if you put off buying a laptop in hopes that some better deals would materialize, you're in luck. That is, if you're looking for a relatively cheap workhorse for general purpose computing chores, like researching projects and hammering out reports. For under...
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No, that's not a typo in our headline—we know the difference between "scents" and "sense" and intentionally opted for the former. It's applicable in this case, as ASUS posted an interesting laptop model over on Weibo, a huge social media site in China, called the Adol 14 Air Fragrance Edition. As the model name...
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If you've been conisdering the purchase of a PC gaming handheld, but are not sure which one is the right machine for you, we totally understand. There are a whole bunch of PC-based handheld gaming systems out there right now, and if you don't stay abreast of this stuff, it can be hard to keep up.
If you look at the...
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The summer heat may be coming to an end, but hot deals on home electronics and other tech gadgets such as OLED TVs, laptops, and headphones are still sizzling ahead of Amazon Prime Day, which is only a few weeks away. Check out a few deals from brands like LG, Sony, Apple, and JBL while they last.
LG 55-inch OLED...
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There's an old saying with social media: the users are the product. That used to mean that if you posted on a service like Reddit, then your data would be sold to advertisers, either individually or in aggregate. That has only become more true with the advent of AI, as companies race to acquire the data necessary to...
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Scientists who conducted a six-year study of the Thwaites glacier, often dubbed the “doomsday glacier,” say the outlook for the massive iceberg is “grim.” The research team, using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots, determined the iceberg is melting at an accelerating rate which could put it on an irreversible...
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We wouldn't blame anyone for being indifferent with the state of the PC hardware market right now. The most recent GPU hardware launch was in January, and while we've seen new CPUs drop from AMD, they didn't exactly set enthusiasts' hearts ablaze. What we need is a paradigm shift, a truly new product that hasn't...
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Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 Pro lineup might be struggling to generate sales during the opening weekend of pre-orders, but battery testing by Geekerwan shows a big boost to battery life that might entice potential buyers to make a move. Specifically, the iPhone 16 Pro Max looks like it might be king of the hill in...
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The Tor Project is seeking to allay fears that its veil of privacy has been pierced. A new report on German efforts to remove illicit content from the Tor network spiked fears that law enforcement had devised a way to unmask users of the service. According to the project, the attacks leveraged in the German case don't...
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A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report accuses social media and video streaming sites of engaging in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize personal information, while failing to adequately protect children and teens.
The government’s battle with social media is nothing new. The US Senate...
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NASA’s Webb telescope tells an elliptical and spiral galaxy to say “Cheese!” The image is a composite of images, combining observations from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of a pair of galaxies collectively known as Arp 107.
The pair of galaxies, located 465 million...
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Apple has launched iOS 18 for iPhone, and it comes packed with notable changes. Noticeably absent is the much ballyhooed Apple Intelligence, however. If you are updating to iOS 18, there are a few tweaks that you may want to do. This will apply to both current models, as well as those receiving their new iPhone 16...
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In just two months from now, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will take flight on Windows PCs and Xbox Series X|S game consoles. For those who intend to pilot the gamer on the former platform, we now know what kind of hardware you'll need for your gaming cockpit. The minimum specifications are pretty tame by today's...
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