22 Nov, 2024

The Best CPU for Gaming in 2024

Our picks below will show you the best CPU for gaming. Of course, when shopping for the best CPU for gaming, you’ll want to balance performance and features with your budget. You can also see how all of these processors stack up in our CPU benchmarks hierarchy, and for detailed help on picking the best […]

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CrowdStrike: ‘Content Validator’ bug let faulty update pass checks

CrowdStrike released a Preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR) on the faulty Falcon update explaining that a bug allowed bad data to pass its Content Validator and cause millions of Windows systems to crash on July 19, 2024. The cybersecurity company explained that the issue was caused by a problematic content configuration update meant to gather telemetry on […]

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ASRock IMB-A8000 industrial Ryzen Embedded 8000 mini-ITX motherboard takes up to 96GB DDR5 RAM

ASRock Industrial recently launched the IMB-A8000, an industrial and embedded motherboard in a mini-ITX form factor. As an embedded motherboard, it is powered by AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 series APU which features 8 cores and 16 threads, built with 4nm technology, and including a 16 TOPS AI accelerator. The motherboard supports up to 96GB of dual-channel DDR5-5600MHz […]

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New Epic Games Store free games giveaway arrives with $45 face value

Epic Games’ latest game giveaway is now live. While recent giveaways have focused on providing one free game, this week’s giveaway extends to two titles with a $44.98 face value. The Epic Games Store has updated its weekly game giveaway, which it will honour until July 26. To recap, the storefront gave away Floppy Knights last week, […]

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Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Master X Motherboard Review

Gigabyte’s updated Z790 Aorus Master X ($550) is a definite (though iterative) improvement over the original. You get Wi-Fi 7, 10GbE, EZ Latches all around, 14 USB ports on the rear IO, and some of the fastest memory support for the platform. But $550, it’s not cheap, and the price increase (for all new boards) […]

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SparkFun RTK EVK offers GNSS with centimeter accuracy, WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE Cat 1, and Ethernet connectivity

SparkFun RTK EVK is a fully-enclosed GNSS platform designed for fixed or mobile high-precision positioning and navigation applications with centimeter accuracy thanks to RTK (real-time kinematic) technology implemented with modules from u-blox. About two months ago, Sparkfun introduced the RTK Torch waterproof GNSS surveyor with Unicore UM980 GNSS module with RTK support, ESP32 for WiFi/Bluetooth, […]

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Top 10 Android Apps Not Available On Play Store

It’s no secret that the Google Play Store is the go-to place for Android users to install apps or games. While over 3.5 million apps are on the platform, some of the most amazing open-source apps aren’t available. Here are ten apps you should install right away! App Name Unique Feature Round Sync Merges multiple cloud storage […]

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HP OmniBook X review: 16-hour Snapdragon X power

Long battery life meets premium design in one of the nicer new Arm-powered portables HP’s Omnibook X is an excellent laptop with 16 hours of battery life in our testing. But Windows on Arm still feels more “surprisingly good” than great. And rather than spending $1,199 on a premium Snapdragon X Elite laptop right now, […]

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Microsoft patents a technique to display encrypted documents so only you can see them

It seems to be a better system than AMD’s Privacy View feature but like all of them, it can’t solve one key issue. If you’re working on an important document in a busy environment and don’t want people to see what you’re doing at a glance, then you could use a privacy screen on the […]

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Top RTX 40-Series GPU on Steam: Found in Gaming Laptops, Not Desktops

June’s Steam hardware survey shows ever more RTX 4060 laptop gamers. The latest Steam hardware survey has been released, revealing some intriguing shifts. The standout change is the rising popularity of RTX 4060 laptops among gamers, with a noticeable increase in usage from May to June 2024. Specifically, the survey indicates a 0.74% uptick in […]

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