If history is any guide, your next notebook’s new processor launched today, as Intel unveiled a fresh lineup of 12th-gen Core CPUs for laptops—specifically the chips codenamed Alder Lake-P for mainstream notebooks, and Alder Lake-U for ultraportable PCs and tablets. Intel ships about 80 percent of all notebook PC processors each year, meaning that you’ll…
Razer It’s a good day to upgrade your typing and gaming experience. Amazon is selling the Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition Chroma v2 for $60. That’s $80 off of the price listed on the Amazon page. We haven’t reviewed the TE build of the Chroma v2, but Razer keyboards tend to be quite good. To get…
Sabrent It’s a great d ay to get a good amount of excellent NVMe storage at a solid price. Amazon is selling the 1TB Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus SSD with heatsink for $153. That’s $27 off the usual price and the all-time low for this bundle. In our review of the Rocket 4 Plus, we…
Virtual reality is booming the market. The technology has been used in a variety of different sectors and has great potential. The…
An Apple AirTag was used to stalk a Sports Illustrated model. Thieves are placing AirTags on cars to track them home, where they can later be stolen—or you could be tracked. If you’re like me, you may have been freaked out by those recent headlines pushed your way. But since a lot of headlines can be…
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A hot potato: Robot dogs could find new use as part of the United States border force. The quadrupedal machines are being trialed as sentries in land across the southern border, which can be an inhospitable area for humans due to its harsh landscape, extreme temperatures, and other threats. The United States Department of Homeland…
The big picture: If all the hype and buzz around a metaverse future seems difficult to grasp, then you’re not alone. Microsoft too, it appears, is struggling to realize its vision of the metaverse. Leadership of the company’s mixed-reality and HoloLens divisions has been unable to adopt a clear strategy, resulting in low morale, confusion…
While the internet argues about whether Microsoft’s blockbuster $70 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard is a good thing or a harbinger of a dangerous future, Microsoft’s other big-stakes acquisition just released some very welcome news indeed: The Bethesda launcher is being killed off. Say it with me, and say it with heart: Hallelujah. “We’re saying…
Anyone who uses a PC should have an external drive. It’s a handy way to back up your important data or store your overflow, and it can transport or transfer files between devices. It just makes good sense. As a rule of thumb, you will always have the need for more storage, and an external drive…
