Zak Killian
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Ever since we first saw the rumored specifications for AMD's Ryzen AI MAX processors—back when they were simply known by the code name "Strix Halo"—the first thought we had was "this thing would make an awesome living-room PC." Framework...
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No, that headline isn't clickbait: in the midst of a graphics card market that continues to be an absolute disaster, ASUS is out here pitching a four-year-old GPU as “the best budget graphics card we offer in 2025 for gamers who prefer...
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Back in September, Intel launched the Xeon 6900 series, which represented the top end of the Granite Rapids family with up to 128 Redwood Cove P-cores. Now, the rest of the Xeon 6 series has officially arrived. These parts are likewise...
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Flash memory is over and done, right? It's time to move on to new storage-class memory technologies. Not so fast, says the flash memory industry, as it debuts new advancements that prove Flash has plenty of life left. Last week, we...
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The picture above is not a Photoshop job—or at least, if it is, we didn't make it. It comes from a Taobao listing for a listing that Google assures us is "RTX4090 Graphics Card Adapter 16PIN 180 Degree Graphics Card Power Steering Head...
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For years, predicting when quantum computing would become practical has been difficult, largely because of fundamental challenges that had no clear solutions. Those timelines may need to be advanced considerably, though; Microsoft has...
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Back in March of 2022, we reported on the then "next-gen" update for GTA V that brought massive tech upgrades to the game while also delivering a solid amount of new content for the Online mode. Even back then, we wondered when this update...
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The beauty of the PC platform is its backward compatibility. The whole reason that x86 and Windows have survived as long as they have is because they have largely preserved compatibility with old software. "Nuts to that," says NVIDIA, who...
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AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ Powered ROG Flow Z13: Starting At $2,299.99 Our first AMD Strix Halo-based machine isn't flawless, but it impresses in many ways, including performance, AI horsepower, style and efficiency. Solid All-Around Performance Eye-Catching Stylish Looks Surprisingly Good Keyboard...
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If you read this website regularly—or even if this is your first time here—it's almost a given that you use or have used Windows Notepad at some point. It is one of the most basic text editors possible—or at least, it used to be. Microsoft...
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Despite persistent rumors that Intel's discrete GPU ambitions are dead in the water, a new rumor suggests otherwise. According to well-known leaker Raichu, Intel's upcoming third-generation Arc "Celestial" GPU is still in the works and may...
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So the Superbowl is over and Valentine's has passed. Did you watch a movie with your sweetie? How was the watch party for the big game? If either event got you thinking that it's time to upgrade your TV viewing experience, well, you're in...
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SanDisk just held its first Investor Day since being spun off from Western Digital, and while most of the event was the usual financial talk, the company also gave a glimpse into its R&D priorities. Like nearly every tech company right...
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A new FromSoftware game is plenty of cause to get hardcore gamers hyped, even if it's a spin-off title like Elden Ring Nightreign. Unsurprisingly, the response to the call for participants in the pre-release "Network Test" for the game was...
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Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more melting power plugs on GeForce graphics cards. Well, you already know from the headline, but just to say it...
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A Danish Redditor posted up a thread last night called "So this just happened" with a picture of his scorched Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. You can clearly see the heat damage to the bottom of the CPU; some of the landings have come off of...
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There's a thermal noise problem in quantum computing, and it comes from an unlikely source: the wiring used to interface with the qubits. You see, electrical signals traveling across wire generate heat, and quantum bits or "qubits" have to...
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Well, not your thoughts, probably, but Meta has unveiled a new AI-powered brain scanner that can apparently translate thoughts into text. That's according to the company itself, which posted two research papers and a blog about it. The...
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Chinese hardware manufacturer Colorful is stirring the pot with a bold new teaser for its upcoming "CVN Series" motherboard, which features an unusual PCIe quick-release system. The teaser image highlights a rocker switch labeled "ON" and...
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In the slightly-bowdlerized words of GTA San Andreas protagonist Carl Johnson, "Aw, crap. Here we go again." Virtually anyone reading this site will well remember the unfortunate failures of 12VHPWR connectors on GeForce RTX 4090 cards...
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If you've ever had some time to kill and tried to entertain yourself by downloading a few games on your phone, you'll already be familiar with the phenomenon -- every few stages, a full-screen video ad pops up, and you can't skip it for at...
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Specifications for Intel's next-gen mobile processors might have just surfaced in a new leak from leaker Jaykihn, a reasonably well-regarded source for Intel leaks. While unconfirmed, the details give us a possible look at what's coming with Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake, two upcoming CPU...
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