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The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X will be released on February 7. (Image source: AMD/Xataka)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X engineering sample makes startling initial showing on UserBenchmark

An engineering sample of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X has turned up on UserBenchmark and offered up huge scores that still have room for improvement. The 64-core part was a component in a system that also featured the Prime TRX...

Daniel R Deakin, 31 Jan 2020 12:17

This is the first 2020 SEGA physical game to launch in 100% recyclable packaging. (Source: SEGA Europe)

SEGA Europe announces a switch to 100% recyclable packaging for its physical games

SEGA Europe has pledged to use nothing but recyclables in the original packaging for its hard-copy products in the future. This will take effect with the release of its new PC title, Total War: ROME II. The material in question wi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 30 Jan 2020 22:31

The Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-6780A CPU cannot be upgraded, as it comes in BGA packaging and a dedicated motherboard. (Image Source: 二斤自制)

Chinese CPUs on the rise: Zhaoxin’s KaiXian KX-6780A octa-core to soon launch with dedicated mini-ITX motherboard

The upcoming KaiXian KX-6780A octa-core CPUs should be launched this March, but they will only be available as part of pre-built budget gaming systems, as the chips themselves are soldered and require special motherboards. Prelimi...

Bogdan Solca, 30 Jan 2020 17:59

AMD announces record-breaking revenues for 4Q 2019, RDNA GPU refresh confirmed for 2020

2019 brought the highest revenues in six years for AMD and the red team expects increased 7 nm CPU adoption for 2020 together with increased demand for custom embedded solutions via the release of the next gen consoles. CEO Lisa S...

Bogdan Solca, 29 Jan 2020 16:24

The Pro 560 could be derived from the high-end X570 chipset. (Image Source: NewsBeezer)

AMD extends mini PC support with new AM4 Pro 500-series chipset for budget builds

The official AMD site does not provide exact specs for the new Pro 500 chipsets, but it looks like Lenovo already plans to release some IdeaCentre ThinkCentre models that integrate a Pro 560 chipset. According to the Lenovo spec s...

Bogdan Solca, 29 Jan 2020 15:54

Intel rumored to launch Comet Lake-H and Comet Lake-S as early as March this year. (Image Source: Livemint)

Rumor | Fear of AMD Renoir Ryzen 4000 could prompt Intel to launch Comet Lake-H and Comet Lake-S earlier than anticipated

Intel could be accelerating the launch of Comet Lake-H and Comet Lake-S CPUs to March this year to counter AMD's launch of Renoir Ryzen 4000 APUs around the same time. As per reports, a reduced pricing is also on the cards. The qu...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Jan 2020 15:47

With the help of other major foundries, Intel may finally stabilize its chip production issues by early 2021. (Image Source: VR Zone)

Intel CPU shortages still real, select low-power chips could be offloaded to GlobalFoundries

Rumor has it that GlobalFoundries could offload some of the low-power Intel CPUs, including Celeron Pentium and possibly Core i3 models in order to help with the ever-increasing demand for mid-range and high-end Intel CPUs. Furthe...

Bogdan Solca, 28 Jan 2020 15:33

Both the Corsair Vengeance 6180 and 6182 come with a two-year warranty. (Image source: Corsair)

Corsair introduces the Vengeance 6180 and 6182 gaming PCs jam-packed with AMD goodness

Corsair has revealed a couple of new AMD-powered gaming PCs to its lineup. The Vengeance 6180 and Vengeance 6182 both feature a Ryzen 3000 series CPU in the form of the 8-core Ryzen 7 3700X while graphics processing is carried out...

Daniel R Deakin, 28 Jan 2020 09:36

The new Apple patent envisions the iMac as a single continuous sheet of curved glass. (Image Source: Patently Apple)

Future iMacs could be made entirely of glass and resemble a glorified MacBook

iMacs of the future could be made entirely of a single sheet of curved glass, if a recent Apple patent is anything to go by. According to the patent, the iMac could have a radical design overhaul with a foldable glass keyboard dec...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Jan 2020 00:03

The V50 ThinQ connected to a NexDock 2. (Image source: Somegadgetguy)

LG quietly rolls out a desktop mode to the V50 ThinQ

LG did the unexpected a few weeks ago by releasing Android 10 for the V50 ThinQ early, but it seems that LG UX 9.0 offers more than we had initially thought. The update brings Samsung Dex and Huawei Desktop Mode-like functionality...

Alex Alderson, 27 Jan 2020 20:30

The TV is still the most popular platform for videos. (Source: Philips)

The TV is still the preferred device for content consumption: new report

Today, the world seems filled with screens of high enough resolutions to consume the content they can show regardless of their size or portability. However, a new report shows that TVs have still managed to retain the greatest sha...

Deirdre O Donnell, 27 Jan 2020 19:48

Chuwi releases the HeroBox, a new mini-PC for US$199

Chuwi may be best-known for its Microsoft Surface clones; however, it has decided that it will also do HTPCs now. This Herobox has a Gemini Lake chipset with the Intel UHD Graphics 600 necessary for 4K video playback. It also has ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 27 Jan 2020 18:56

Eve says the Spectrum’s reservation price is a time-sensitive discount

Today, (January 28, 2020) Eve has finally launched the Spectrum, its crowd-developed 27-inch monitor which, as it turns out, has a 240Hz/QHD option. The company has also announced that its current pricing online applies to the fir...

Deirdre O Donnell, 27 Jan 2020 16:47

The ROG Bezel-Free Kit makes your bezels seemingly disappear like magic. (Source: ROG)

Asus ROG Bezel-Free Kit will make your gaming monitor bezels disappear like magic

Gamers who have dual or triple monitor gaming rigs will be keen to check out the latest accessory from the Asus ROG gaming team. The new ROG Bezel-Free Kit (ABF01) is designed to be placed at the corners of one of more monitors to...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 27 Jan 2020 02:04

The HyperDisk can fit on a credit card. (Source: ChargeLabs)

Meet the HyperDisk: the "smallest and fastest portable SSD" on Indiegogo

ChargeLabs has designed the HyperDisk to be a tiny external drive housing super-fast memory. This OEM claims that it has read-speeds of up to 960 megabytes per second (MB/s) and write-speeds of 920MB/s. It comes in 512GB, 1TB and ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Jan 2020 17:35

Intel Rocket Lake-S allegedly has a motherboard in the works. (Source: Intel)

The first evidence of boards for Rocket Lake may have arisen in a recent leak

Comet Lake is the code-name for a possibly imminent series of upcoming Intel CPUs. Accord to some leaks, they will then be followed by Rocket Lake. A leaker claims to have uncovered a reference to a new ATX motherboard that may pe...

Deirdre O Donnell, 25 Jan 2020 19:35

Intel GPUs may feature native ray tracing capabilities. (Image Source: Guru3D)

New evidence for hardware-accelerated ray tracing support in Intel Xe GPUs comes to light

Fresh evidence for hardware-accelerated ray tracing in what is purported to be Intel GPU driver code has surfaced. The driver references several ray tracing features of the DXR API. Although speculation about ray tracing support i...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 25 Jan 2020 13:03

PCs are still the favorite. (Image source: Asia Pacific University)

Game developers are more interested in working with the PlayStation 5 than the Nintendo Switch or Xbox Series X but the PC rules the roost

An interesting survey released by the Game Developer Conference has shown which platforms are the most interesting to developers at the moment. In the console wars, the PlayStation 5 just pips the Nintendo Switch for being the dev...

Daniel R Deakin, 25 Jan 2020 08:50

The Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 Chromax.black maintains the dimensions and performance of the original, while being better suited to use in windowed cases (Source: Noctua)

AMD small form-factor builds now have another stealth CPU cooler option

Small form factor builders who prefer to use AMD processors now have the option of Noctua's ultra-compact NH-L9a-AM4 Chromax.black for their colour themed builds. The Chromax version is better suited for windowed cases where the s...

Craig Ward, 25 Jan 2020 02:15

Austere's new 8K HDMI 2.1 Cable. (Source: Austere)

Austere releases an HDMI 2.1 cable for 8K UHD content

8K is the next up-and-coming thing in display-tech standards. However, devices that support it may only be so effective at showing it without compatible, high-quality cables. The company Austere has put just such a product on the ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 24 Jan 2020 18:25

The unlikely alliance between Matrox and Nvidia is bringing a custom embedded Quadro GPU supporting four 4K commercial wall displays. (Image source: Matrox)

Matrox is back... collaborating with Nvidia?

Is Matrox going to follow Intel's example to rise against Nvidia and AMD in the gaming GPU market? Probably not, as the Canadians are still focusing on professional and enterprise GPU solutions, but it is interesting to see the Ca...

Bogdan Solca, 24 Jan 2020 16:22

The new PNY NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 Passive. (Source: PNY)

PNY releases a passively-cooled version of its Quadro RTX 8000 card

PNY has launched a new version of its 48GB NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 graphics card. This one, however, lacks a fan of any kind. Nevertheless, the OEM asserts that it is still capable of a memory bandwidth of 624 gigabytes per second ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 23 Jan 2020 22:23

AMD's Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors feature Radeon Graphics. (Image source: AMD)

AMD's Ryzen 7 4800H mobile APU spotted surpassing Intel's Core i7-9700K desktop CPU in Time Spy benchmark

A noted data miner has dug out an impressive result for AMD’s Ryzen 7 4800H in 3DMark’s Time Spy benchmark. The Ryzen 4000 series chip from the new Renoir family of APUs amassed a total of 8,350 points in the test, putting it ahea...

Daniel R Deakin, 23 Jan 2020 04:55

The new Comet Lake-S motherboard chipsets will not support the PCIe 4.0 standard. (Image Source: Intel)

Intel drops PCIe 4.0 support for upcoming Comet Lake desktop CPUs, postpones launch to April

Industry insider sources inform that Intel's Comet Lake lineup of desktop CPUs will not provide support for the PCIe 4.0 standard as advertised back in late 2019. Intel's CPU shortages combined with the impossibility to adapt circ...

Bogdan Solca, 22 Jan 2020 16:35

What has AMD got up its sleeve for its "Big Navi" GPUs? (Image source: AMD via Guru3D)

Rumour | AMD is apparently planning 80 CUs and beyond for its 2020-bound "Big Navi" GPUs

The RX 5600 XT has been well received so far, but a new rumour claims that AMD has 80 CU and beyond GPUs planned for this year. The lower-end model in what will supposedly be called the RX 6000 series will target the RTX 2080 Ti t...

Alex Alderson, 22 Jan 2020 13:32

The Impact mini PC based on Kontron motherboard runs on a Core i9 CPU with no fans whatsoever

Aimed at industrial applications where complete silence may be desired, the mini PC encases a Fujitsu mini-STX motherboard in a huge heat sink with configurations up to the octa-core Core i9-9900T.

Allen Ngo, 22 Jan 2020 08:27

The entire Half-Life series is available to download on Steam for free till March. (Source: Valve)

Valve's Half-Life series is free on Steam for the next two months

To help drum up the hype ahead of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx in March, Valve is offering gamers an unbeatabale deal. For the next two months, anyone with a Steam account can download and play each of all previous Half-Life titl...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 22 Jan 2020 02:57

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will launch at US$279. (Image source: AMD)

AMD sees off NVIDIA RTX 2060 price cuts with 10-15% RX 5600 XT performance boost

AMD and NVIDIA are locked in a battle for the midrange currently, with both manufacturers pulling moves to make their cards look more attractive. First we had NVIDIA, which cut the RTX 2060 by US$50, and now AMD has reportedly pus...

Alex Alderson, 20 Jan 2020 12:57

PUBG Season 6 brings in a new Motor Glider. (Source: PUBG Corp)

PUBG Season 6 releasing January 25, brings a new Karakin map, Motor Glider, Survivor Pass, and more

PUBG is getting a new Season 6 update next week. Season 6 offers a new 64-player map, Karakin, which is designed to offer a challenging gameplay and a new hazard called Black Zone in which the map layout changes with every match. ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 19 Jan 2020 14:10

WhatsApp will not display ads any time soon. (Source: WhatsApp)

Facebook abandons its "Ads for WhatsApp" plan

Facebook has encountered serious opposition to its intentions to use WhatsApp for ad revenue-building purposes. Now, a new report has indicated that the social media giant has ultimately dropped its efforts to achieve this aim, wh...

Deirdre O Donnell, 17 Jan 2020 23:09

Microsoft executives unveil the company's new carbon-negating plan. (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft announces its goal of going carbon-negative by 2030

Microsoft's president, Ben Smith, has publicly acknowledged the scientific consensus that is anthropogenic climate change. Accordingly, the executive has announced an initiative by which the company aims to throw its carbon emissi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 17 Jan 2020 21:06

AMD will apparently debut the RX 6000 series this summer. (Image source: RedGamingTech)

AMD RDNA 2: New rumors allege 50% better performance than RDNA 1 with no added power consumption

If you thought that 2019 was good for graphics cards and gamers, then think again. 2020 is already shaping up to be even better than last year, with not only new consoles and RTX 3000 around the corner, but also RDNA 2. AMD's next...

Alex Alderson, 17 Jan 2020 19:21

AMD has a new Radeon driver update. (Source: AMD)

The latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 update brings support for the newest Dragon Ball Z title

AMD has just announced the release of the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition (20.1.2). It confers support for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, as well as Vulkan 1.2. It also fixes a problem for some UE4-based games in...

Deirdre O Donnell, 16 Jan 2020 17:10

PC shipments are up, but only by a small percentage. (Image Source: BusinessKorea)

2019 PC shipments were surprisingly up for the first time in 7 years

PC shipments increased by a small percentage in 2019 and this is mostly due to Microsoft discontinuing support for the venerable Windows 7 OS. 261 to 267 million PC system shipping throughout 2019 are nothing to scoff at, but thes...

Bogdan Solca, 16 Jan 2020 16:09

Windows 7 will no longer be supported by Microsoft. (Image Source: ComputerWorld)

Still can't let go of Windows 7? Here's a hack to further extend your eligibility for security updates

Microsoft has ended official support for Windows 7 on January 14, but many home users and businesses still use it as their primary operating system. Enterprise customers can still avail the option of paying for extended support le...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 16 Jan 2020 09:48

Scalable Intel Xeon Platinum-M series to be depreciated; L-series to take its price-point

Intel has announced a shake-up in its line of Xeon scalable processors. The OEM will cease sales of the M variants of these server-grade SoCs (the Xeon Platinum 8280M, for example) will. However, their L (the Platinum 8280L, and s...

Deirdre O Donnell, 16 Jan 2020 07:00

Lenovo ThinkCentre M90n-1 Nano IoT: A fanless mini PC that can't take the heat

The Lenovo ThinkCentre M90n-1 Nano IoT is a rugged but silent mini PC suited for IT deployments and enterprise use. Unfortunately, the little desktop's performance suffers under load, primarily because of thermal throttling.

Sam Medley, 16 Jan 2020 04:48

Apple's Mac Pro can now be purchased in a rack-friendly form factor. (Image via Apple)

Rack-mount Mac Pro now available, starts at US $6500

Apple has started selling the Mac Pro in a server-friendly rack-mountable form factor. While the internals of the new model are the same as the tower Mac Pro, the rack-mount design runs an extra US $500.

Sam Medley, 15 Jan 2020 22:21

The more affordable B550 and A520 variants of the X570 chipset are expected to be released this spring. (Image Source: Anandtech)

AMD's 600-series chipset expected to launch by the end of 2020

Reports coming from Taiwan and China reveal that AMD will collaborate with ASMedia in order to produce all upcoming motherboard chipsets, including the more affordable B550 and A520 for Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs, as well as the upco...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Jan 2020 16:07

Are you in the mood for new Navi GPUs? (Image source: AMD via PCGamesN)

High-end AMD Navi GPUs appear in new trademark filing

Excited by the prospect of a high-end Navi GPU or two? Well, AMD's partners are seemingly prepping themselves for some new product releases too, with one filing trademarks for four unreleased Navi SKUs at the EEC. We discuss wheth...

Alex Alderson, 15 Jan 2020 14:38

The vulnerability could impact every Windows system released in the past 20 years (Image source: Microsoft)

The NSA reports "extraordinarily serious" Windows flaw to Microsoft: The US military's already received an update

Sources told Krebs on Security that Microsoft is working to patch an "extraordinarily serious" vulnerability, potentially affecting every Windows system released in the last 20 years.

Arjun Krishna Lal, 14 Jan 2020 18:47

The new ZBOX Nano is powered by AMD's Ryzen 3 3200U APU. (Image Source: WCCFTech)

Zotac to release ZBOX Nano mini-PCs powered by AMD's Ryzen and Vega chips

Zotac is the latest company to join AMD's mini PC initiative. For now, there is only a ZBOX Nano barebones model that is powered by the Ryzen 3 3200U APU with integrated Vega 3 graphics and support for up to 32 GB of DDR4-2400 RAM...

Bogdan Solca, 14 Jan 2020 15:58

The Mac Pro failed to make inroads into the cheese grater market (Image source: Apple)

PC makers continue to eat into Mac's dwindling market share

Market research estimates by Gartner and IDC indicate that Apple's share of the PC market continues to decline. With a 7.5 percent share as of Q4 2019, Apple remains the world's 4th largest PC seller. However, it is outsold signif...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 14 Jan 2020 14:42

The Asus Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini is designed for Intel's 'Ghost Canyon' NUC 9 Extreme. (Source: Asus)

Asus creates first 'Mini' RTX 2070 GPU for Intel's 'Ghost Canyon' gaming NUC

Asus has launched its first custom GPU for Intel’s forthcoming ‘Ghost Canyon’ modular gaming NUCs. The new card is a compact version of Nvidia’s RTX 2070 features two Axial-tech fans two help maximize frame rates during play....

Sanjiv Sathiah, 14 Jan 2020 12:40

The i9-10990XE might steal the crown from the Ryzen 9 3950X, but at what cost? (Image source: ExtremeTech)

Intel allegedly prepping monstrous i9-10990XE with 22 cores

A user on the ChipHell forums posted unconfirmed evidence of the Intel i9-10990XE. If the post is genuine, it could mean that Intel's attempting to brute force its way to multi-core dominance with an insane 380W, 22-core, 44-threa...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 13 Jan 2020 19:52

Asus introduced a 360Hz G-SYNC display at CES 2020 (Source: Asus)

Are high refresh rate displays worth your money?

With the incredibly wide range of refresh rate displays available, 60Hz is starting to look like a thing of the past. While high refresh rate displays have numerous benefits, is it really worth it in the long run?

Loki Rautio, 13 Jan 2020 18:31

Update | Do you really need a 240 Hz or 300 Hz laptop display? The common misconception about high refresh rate monitors

No, you don't need a stable 144 FPS to take advantage of a 144 Hz display. For gaming laptops in particular where CPU and GPU power are limited, these 240 Hz and 300 Hz high refresh rate panels are more useful for their wide range...

Allen Ngo, 13 Jan 2020 17:51

FireFox voice gives you Siri-like control over the FireFox browser (Image source: Wikipedia)

FireFox Voice gives you full-browser voice control and Siri-like natural language features

Mozilla adds natural language voice processing to FireFox with the new FireFox Voice feature. Currently limited to desktop, FireFox voice gives you near-total control over the FireFox browser using just your voice and natural lang...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 13 Jan 2020 17:51

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X engineering sample makes startling initial showing on UserBenchmark

SEGA Europe announces a switch to 100% recyclable packaging for its physical games

Chinese CPUs on the rise: Zhaoxin’s KaiXian KX-6780A octa-core to soon launch with dedicated mini-ITX motherboard

Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 360 - digital RGB LED upgrade for a modular AIO

AMD announces record-breaking revenues for 4Q 2019, RDNA GPU refresh confirmed for 2020

AMD extends mini PC support with new AM4 Pro 500-series chipset for budget builds

Rumor | Fear of AMD Renoir Ryzen 4000 could prompt Intel to launch Comet Lake-H and Comet Lake-S earlier than anticipated

Intel CPU shortages still real, select low-power chips could be offloaded to GlobalFoundries

Corsair introduces the Vengeance 6180 and 6182 gaming PCs jam-packed with AMD goodness

Future iMacs could be made entirely of glass and resemble a glorified MacBook

LG quietly rolls out a desktop mode to the V50 ThinQ

The TV is still the preferred device for content consumption: new report

Chuwi releases the HeroBox, a new mini-PC for US$199

Eve says the Spectrum’s reservation price is a time-sensitive discount

Asus ROG Bezel-Free Kit will make your gaming monitor bezels disappear like magic

Meet the HyperDisk: the "smallest and fastest portable SSD" on Indiegogo

The first evidence of boards for Rocket Lake may have arisen in a recent leak

New evidence for hardware-accelerated ray tracing support in Intel Xe GPUs comes to light

Game developers are more interested in working with the PlayStation 5 than the Nintendo Switch or Xbox Series X but the PC rules the roost

AMD small form-factor builds now have another stealth CPU cooler option

Austere releases an HDMI 2.1 cable for 8K UHD content

Matrox is back... collaborating with Nvidia?

PNY releases a passively-cooled version of its Quadro RTX 8000 card

AMD's Ryzen 7 4800H mobile APU spotted surpassing Intel's Core i7-9700K desktop CPU in Time Spy benchmark

Intel drops PCIe 4.0 support for upcoming Comet Lake desktop CPUs, postpones launch to April

Rumour | AMD is apparently planning 80 CUs and beyond for its 2020-bound "Big Navi" GPUs

The Impact mini PC based on Kontron motherboard runs on a Core i9 CPU with no fans whatsoever

Valve's Half-Life series is free on Steam for the next two months

AMD sees off NVIDIA RTX 2060 price cuts with 10-15% RX 5600 XT performance boost

PUBG Season 6 releasing January 25, brings a new Karakin map, Motor Glider, Survivor Pass, and more

Facebook abandons its "Ads for WhatsApp" plan

Microsoft announces its goal of going carbon-negative by 2030

AMD RDNA 2: New rumors allege 50% better performance than RDNA 1 with no added power consumption

The latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 update brings support for the newest Dragon Ball Z title

2019 PC shipments were surprisingly up for the first time in 7 years

Still can't let go of Windows 7? Here's a hack to further extend your eligibility for security updates

Scalable Intel Xeon Platinum-M series to be depreciated; L-series to take its price-point

Lenovo ThinkCentre M90n-1 Nano IoT: A fanless mini PC that can't take the heat

Rack-mount Mac Pro now available, starts at US $6500

AMD's 600-series chipset expected to launch by the end of 2020

High-end AMD Navi GPUs appear in new trademark filing

The NSA reports "extraordinarily serious" Windows flaw to Microsoft: The US military's already received an update

Zotac to release ZBOX Nano mini-PCs powered by AMD's Ryzen and Vega chips

PC makers continue to eat into Mac's dwindling market share

Asus creates first 'Mini' RTX 2070 GPU for Intel's 'Ghost Canyon' gaming NUC

Intel allegedly prepping monstrous i9-10990XE with 22 cores

Are high refresh rate displays worth your money?

Update | Do you really need a 240 Hz or 300 Hz laptop display? The common misconception about high refresh rate monitors

FireFox Voice gives you full-browser voice control and Siri-like natural language features

Lenovo ThinkCentre M90n-1 Nano IoT Review - Silent desktop with crippled performance

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