Paul Lilly
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ASUS is celebrating 20 years of its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand by launching an upgraded version of its ROG Xbox Ally X handheld. The new ROG Xbox Ally X20, as it's called, trades the regular X model's 7-inch IPS-type display for a...
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It's not taking long for device makers to embrace NVIDIA's entrance into the consumer PC market with RTX Spark, an Arm-based chip introduced at Computex and designed to power a new wave of systems for the agentic AI era. Count Microsoft...
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The PC handheld space is suddenly topsy-turvy with Valve jacking up the price of its Steam Deck by as much as $300. Valve's price increase in the wake of an AI-driven shortage of key components like memory and storage effectively turned...
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Cooler Master and G.Skill have joined forces on fan-cooled memory modules that they plan to showcase at Computex next week. In the meantime, we get some teaser shots posted to X of the MasterDimm AC DDR5 memory, as it's called, which is...
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A big sale on Bose audio gear is happening right now, with significant savings on a range or products including earbuds, headphones, soundbars with Dolby Atmos support, and portable speakers. If you're looking to get a head start on...
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Shares of Samsung are surging after the South Korean chip maker revealed it has begun shipping samples of its 12-layer HBM4E to major customers around the globe, giving it temporary bragging rights over rivals Micron and SK hynix. The...
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MSI just sent a message to every other monitor maker to the effect of, 'I see your dual-mode display and raise you to triple mode!'. In doing so, MSI is laying claim to the industry's first triple mode gaming monitor, the MPG OLED...
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Are you ready for Wi-Fi 8? Probably not, especially given how fast new and updated Wi-Fi protocols are emerging these days. Nevertheless, companies are moving full steam ahead into next-generation wireless territory, including TP-Link...
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Acer is expanding its laptop family with two new models based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon hardware, the Swift Spin 14 AI and Aspire Go 15, the latter of which is the first out of the gate to feature Qualcomm's new Snapdragon C platform...
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Qualcomm is expanding its Snapdragon lineup with the introduction of Snapdragon C designed to give laptop makers a more affordable hardware platform to build around in the Windows ecosystem. According to Qualcomm, Snapdragon C delivers "incredible all-day battery life" for entry-level laptops...
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Pour one out for the golden era of affordable handheld PC gaming, because the Steam Deck's biggest strength to date, pricing, just became the same weakness as the many competitors it spawned after Valve raised pricing by as much as $300...
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Acer is one of the first out of the gate with a gaming handheld designed around Intel's new Arc G-Series system-on-chip (SoC) silicon. The Arc G-Series is basically Panther Lake optimized for handhelds, and it is what underpins Acer's new...
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It took a minute (and by that, we mean several months), but 8BitDo's customizable Ultimate 3E wireless controller for Xbox and PC gaming is now available to preorder for $149.99. You can also use it to play games on Android and Apple...
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NVIDIA is retiring its classic Control Panel after two decades and moving the same GPUs settings into the official NVIDIA app that debuted in 2024. The company confirmed the shift in the release notes for its latest 'Game Ready' driver...
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Scammers are taking advantage of the immense hype surrounding the upcoming launch of Grand Theft Auto VI with fake websites targeting potential victims. These sites dangle exclusive beta keys and pre-release installers that do not actually exist, according to NordVPN's Threat Intelligence...
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Are you looking for a good deal on a set of wireless earbuds? Woot has you covered with a huge discount that slashes Samsung's Galaxy Buds 3 FE nearly in half over the MSRP, and undercuts street pricing by a fairly significant margin as...
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Computex officially kicks off next week, but as is customary with events like this (and CES), hardware makers are already touting awards. Such is the case with ASUS and its ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, a flagship router for gamers based on the...
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Ahead of next week's Computex event, AOC is showing off a new 1080p gaming monitor with a blistering-fast 1,000Hz refresh rate. The unveiling comes one week after LG raced out of the gate with an UltraGear model that it billed as the...
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Best Buy is wrapping up its Memorial Day weekend sales event later today, but if you are quick, you can still score a bargain on a new laptop. We found intriguing deals on a range of systems, including gaming laptops and Arm-based...
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OnePlus may be about to give Android users on the hunt for an iPad mini rival some bragging rights over their Apple device-owning brethren. Word on the web is OnePlus is readying a compact slate featuring an 8.8-inch OLED display with a...
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Smoke usually indicates a fire and there are plenty of smoke signals pointing to NVIDIA's rumored N1 and N1X chip plans, the latest of which comes from Lenovo. Over at one of the OEM's Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) sign-in...
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A deal that is listed as "selling fast" on Amazon has brought Samsung's still-excellent Galaxy S25+ down to an all-time low price for Memorial Day weekend. If you are in the market for an Android smartphone, this one deserves serious...
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