Paul Lilly
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Between your smartphone, smart TV, wireless router, and a plethora of other gadgets in your home, there's a near 100% chance at least one of your devices is running silicon based on an Arm design or Arm IP. There's also a 0% chance that...
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Although it was never in doubt, Apple confirmed plans to host another Worldwide Developers Conference online several weeks from now. In addition, Apple says it will hold a special event in-person for developers and students at Apple Park, which will take place on the first day of the five-day...
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LG Display is on a mission to vastly improve laptop battery life with a new LCD panel equipped with its Oxide 1Hz technology. Now in mass production, this first-of-its-kind panel is capable of dropping down to a 1Hz refresh rate when the...
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Forget for a moment that PC memory and storage prices are getting out of control. If you're building a new gaming PC or upgrading and existing one, you could do a lot worse than assembling a system around AMD's spunky Ryzen 7 9800X3D (see...
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The big news today is that reviews of Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus processors are live, including our own, and of course these Arrow Lake Refresh parts slot into the same LGA 1851 socket as their regular...
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Gamers in the European Union are getting a revised version of Nintendo's popular Switch 2 console that will make battery replacements a cinch, according to a Japanese news report. Assuming the report is accurate, the special hardware...
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Apple's colorful and budget-conscious MacBook Neo is bringing in new users to the Mac ecosystem in record numbers, with CEO Tim Cook announcing on X that "Mac just had its best week launch week ever for first-time Mac customers." And it's...
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Microsoft is taking criticisms over the direction of Windows 11 to heart and vowing to make several key changes going forward, including fewer AI distractions as it rethinks its strategy.
In a blog post to Windows Insiders, Pavan...
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There is plenty of reason to believe that AMD is getting ready to add a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor to its lineup, and perhaps the most telling evidence yet is a press release by ASRock that shouts out the not-yet-released chip. According...
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Savvy shoppers know that a surefire strategy to save some coin in the land of tech is to wait for a new generation product to emerge, and then pounce on the inevitable discount offered on the item it's replacing. Now is one of those...
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You can be forgiven for having forgotten all about Amazon's ill-fated Fire Phone. It released a long time ago and despite an initial flurry of sales, it wasn't all that long after launch that Amazon held a fire sale of its Fire Phone due...
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Mini PCs have grown in popularity over the last several years, even with Intel handing off the reins of its NUC to ASUS. These days, we're seeing a bunch of AMD-powered mini PCs. They've sort of become a dime a dozen, though Arctic has...
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Building a PC in this economy is not for the faint of wallet or purse, not when memory and storage prices are ascending the way they have been. That said, there are still budget-oriented parts out there, and Corsair's new 3200D mid-tower...
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When an apparent Medusa Point APU based on AMD's next-generation Zen 6 architecture found its way to Geekbench earlier this week, the big news was the amount of reported L3 cache. Well, whoever is uploading benchmark runs of the mystery...
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It's been nearly 20 years since Sony released the PlayStation 3, which at the time ran $499.99 for the 20GB model and $599.99 for the 60GB model. If you've held onto one for that long, your splurge continues to pay off, as Sony is still...
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When it comes to audio products, a bit of patience can be the difference between paying the full MSRP or scoring a deal and saving a bit of money. You don't necessarily even need a lot of patience. To wit, Apple's latest-generation AirPods...
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Samsung and AMD have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their strategic collaboration on next-generation AI memory, including cutting-edge high bandwidth memory for AMD's not-yet-released Instinct MI455X accelerator that was...
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AMD saw Intel refresh its Arrow Lake processors with faster clock speeds, a new optimization trick, and claims of giving gaming a boost and may have said, 'Hold my beer'. According to a popular leaker on X with a positive track record, AMD...
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We often say that paying full price for audio gear is a sucker's game, but the same applies to a variety of electronics, including monitors. Even gaming displays with big, fancy QD-OLED panels are no exception. Don't believe it? Just check...
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Your AirPods Max headphones are now officially obsolete and you might as well throw them in the garbage. We're just kidding, of course! Don't do that; they're still capable, though they have been replaced by Apple's new flagship...
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Intel is adding a couple of Plus models to its Core Ultra 200HX series lineup for laptops, and while the press release doesn't explicitly designate the new CPUs as Arrow Lake Refresh, terminology it used for its desktop-bound Core Ultra...
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To borrow and tweak a line from The Outer Limits, there is nothing wrong with your monitor, do not attempt to adjust the picture. You also haven't stepped into a time warp. I checked the calendar and it is indeed 2026, though that wasn't...
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