A new rumor is making the rounds that claim to know something about the iPhone models expected to be launched this year. The rumor claims that Appel will bundle a USB-C charger in with the 2019 iPhone models. The catch is that the iPhone models still use the Lightning port. Therefore the rumor claims that …more
ASUS has rolled out a special edition of its Zenbook notebook computer. The new version is called the ZenBook Edition 30. The notebook has a lid that is covered in Pearl White genuine Italian leather that is handcrafted and stitched. The machine also has Rose gold anodized diamond-cut edges. The 30th anniversary logo is 18K …more
NVIDIA dropped Geforce 436.02 WHQL drivers today at Gamescom 2019 to celebrate the GeForce gaming community during the largest gaming expo on the planet. The special Gamescom Game Ready Driver brings massive performance optimizations for Apex Legends, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, Strange Brigade and World War Z. How massive? NVIDIA is seeing performance jump up by up …more
\Western Digital today introduced a number of WD Black external storage solutions for PC and console gamers at Gamescom 2019 in Germany. The five new storage solutions are aimed at gamers since it allows them to increase the number of games stored locally, improves game portability as well as accessibility. These five new drives join the WD_Black …more
Microsoft has made a significant hire that could help it to turn its ailing Cortana AI around. Microsoft is in the back of the pack when it comes to popularity among voice assistants. The hire it has made is Bill Stasior, who was formerly in charge of Siri for Apple. The move is seen as …more
Amazon is having a big sale as people around the country head back to school. Some of the stuff will work in the dorm room, and some of it might just be stuff you want at home. Anyone can partake in the discounts. Among the items that are on sale are a Fire HD 10 …more
Along with the third season of Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft is also adding new Battle Passes to the game. The first phase of the Battle Pass rollout will be a Mini Battle Pass, and it will be free. That feature will allow the user t earn Battle Points. The Battle Points will be used to …more
Spotify is one of the biggest music streaming services out there. When it rolled out the family plan, people in one of those plans were happy to get the new account type rather than having to pay individually for each family member. Spotify has now announced some changes coming to the Premium Family plan. The …more
Sony has announced four new colors for the PS4 DualShock 4 wireless controllers that will launch this fall. The quartet of new colors will slot into the line up that has seen 25 different colors since the PS4 launched. The new colors include electric purple, rose gold, red camo, and electric blue. The electric purple …more
When Season 10 of Fortnite launched and brought with it the B.R.U.T.E. mech, veterans of the game immediately took offense to the weapon and called for it to be vaulted. Players complained that it was overpowered and hard to beat with some players used to dominating matches being taken out by less skilled players in …more
Sometimes the smart devices in our lives aren’t all that smart. The devices make mistakes, respond to commands that weren’t meant for them, and act strangely at times. This is the case with the June Oven. The device is a small smart oven that can be controlled via an app. Some users have announced that …more
Micron has unveiled its 16Gb LPDDR4X low power, double data rate DRAM. The new memory allows the delivery of up to 16GB of low-power DRAM in a single smartphone. Micron LPDDR4X is also offered in a UFS-based multichip package that addresses the needs of mobile device manufacturers that need low power for extending battery life …more
Apple fans are expected to have to pay up to 10% more than current prices for some electronic items when tariffs go into effect in September. The new tariffs will hit smartwatches, fitness trackers, smart speakers, and Bluetooth headphones starting on September 1. That means that Apple, who is still manufacturing items heavily in China, …more
Gamers who have an original Switch console and want to trade it for a new Switch with longer battery life may want to take advantage of a GameStop deal now. GameStop is offering $225 in trade value for the original version of the console. That is up to $25 more than the normal used console …more
AMD’s new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors that are built on the 7nm manufacturing process helped close the performance gap with Intel when they launched last month. Our testing showed that AMD led many of the heavily threaded tests since they had more cores, but Intel was still the single-threaded performance leader. AMD claimed its new 3rd …more
A 9th Gen Coffee Lake-R Processor For Under $90 Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the Intel Core i3-9100 quad-core desktop processor that was released in May 2019. Intel offers the Core i3-9100 with and without integrated graphics. The base model is the Intel Core i3-9100F without graphics that runs $89.99 shipped and …more
Logitech G513 Carbon RGB Gaming Keyboard Beginning business in October of 1981, Switzerland’s Logitech is one of the largest, most well-known manufacturers of computer peripherals on Earth, with over 9,000 employees worldwide. The Logitech Gaming Division, or Logitech G as it is branded, is responsible for producing peripherals for the PC gaming market. We’ve had …more
SSD prices are quickly falling, but we’ve noticed that portable SSD prices aren’t dropping nearly as quickly. That means you can build your own wicked fast portable SSD enclosure for less than buying an actual portable SSD. The review that we have for you today is on a pair of ORICO NVMe M.2 SSD enclosures. …more
Legit Reviews Gets To Benchmark 10nm Ice Lake Intel recently invited a small number of hardware reviewers out to Santa Clara to be the very first to get a chance to do some hands-on testing with 10th Gen Intel Core mobile processors. Legit Reviews just happened to be one of those sites and we eagerly …more
Corsair Nightsword RGB Gaming Mouse Review Along with the Corsair M55 RGB Pro gaming mouse, Corsair has released their Nightsword RGB PerformanceTunable optical gaming mouse to compete with some of the high-end gaming mice in the market. It has the 18,000 DPI PMW3391 optical sensor, four zone RGB illumination, a comfortable contoured body design, and …more
Can Ryzen 5 3600X For $250 Steal The Show? Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor. This chip will more than likely be one of the most sold Ryzen 3000 series processors due to its rather affordable price point of $249. Under the hood the …more
RTX 2080 SUPER Brings More Cores and Speed The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER just launched moments ago and so has our embargo on the performance numbers for this new desktop graphics card model. The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is replacement for the original RTX 2080. The good news is that the RTX 2080 SUPER Founders Edition …more
$250 Will Get You 6-core 9600K CPU As we wait for our AMD Ryzen 5 3600X processor to arrive for testing we wanted to and take a look at its main competitor, the Intel Core i5-9600K 6-core processor. The Intel Core i5-9600K is currently priced at $249.89 shipped, which is slightly lower than the $279 …more
Corsair M55 RGB Pro Gaming Mouse Review The M55 RGB Pro optical gaming mouse is a new entry-level gaming mouse from Corsair. It includes standard features like RGB illumination and software customization via the Corsair iCUE software. It also has the PMW3327 optical sensor with a DPI range of 200 – 12,400. With its ambidextrous …more
CORSAIR Force MP600 Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD The wait is finally over, PCIe Generation 4.0 has arrived thanks to AMD’s X570 motherboard chipset. Intel has been dominating CPU and next generation peripherals advancement for so many years that frankly, was completely unexpected for AMD to leapfrog its competitor. PCIe Gen 4 What …more
Most of our readers know that the vast majority of PC games are designed for your mainstream 4-8 core processors. As the processor manufacturers have been rapidly increasing core counts that hasn’t directly translated into better performance. When AMD first introduced their Ryzen Threadripper series of processors in 2017 with up to 16-cores and 32-threads …more
I noticed a number of sites and channels are reporting that the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread processor can be run at full clock speeds with just 1.00V on the CPU VCore. That sounds pretty damn impressive and I just had to give it a try here to see if that is possible and …more
AMD Goes 7nm on Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs Last week AMD Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors based on the Zen 2 architecture finally came to market. AMD launched six new desktop processors of which five are available today. Of the processors that are out today they range in price between $199 to $499. The six model …more
Toshiba Memory to Rebrand as “Kioxia” in October Unique brand name combines Japanese word for “memory” and Greek word for “value” SAN JOSE, Calif., July 18, 2019 – Toshiba Memory America, Inc. announced today that it will officially change its name to Kioxia America, Inc. on October 1, 2019. The name Kioxia (kee-ox-ee-uh) will be …more
SPECTRUM MOBILE EXPANDS ‘BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE’ OPTIONS SAINT LOUIS – May 30, 2019 – Charter Communications, Inc., today announced an expansion of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program to all of its sales channels. Now, customers can activate select iPhones and Samsung devices on Spectrum Mobile by visiting Spectrum Mobile retail store locations …more
PCI-SIG Achieves 32GT/s with New PCI Express 5.0 Specification The organization doubles PCI Express 4.0 specification bandwidth in less than two years May 29, 2019 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time BEAVERTON, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PCI-SIG today announced the release of PCI Express (PCIe) 5.0 specification, reaching 32GT/s transfer rates, while maintaining low power and backwards compatibility with …more
AIDA64 v6.00 Released – SHA3-512 Benchmarks and AMD Matisse Optimizations BUDAPEST, Hungary – May 21, 2019 – FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 6.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 6.00 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for corporate IT technicians …more
TSMC Unveils 6-nanometer Process 7-nanometer Enhancement Combines Performance/Cost Advantage with Fast Time-to-Market Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – April 16, 2019 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its 6-nanometer (N6) process, which provides a significant enhancement of its industry-leading N7 technology and offers customers a highly competitive performance-to-cost advantage as well as fast time-to-market with direct …more
Jabra Launches Elite 85h Headphones With SmartSound: Exclusive AI Technology for Intelligent Adaptive Audio – Best-in-class headphones sets new standards with maximum battery life, custom engineered 40mm speakers and advanced six-microphone call technology for crystal-clear sound – SmartSound technology: AI for adaptive sound environments – Digital Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation for total calls and music immersion – 100 percent hands-free …more
RAZER BLADE 15 UPDATED WITH NEW NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX GRAPHICS World’s smallest 15.6” gaming laptop, available with up to GeForce RTX 2080 GPU with Max-Q design, delivers high framerates and quick renders IRVINE, Calif. – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, announced today a new range of the Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model gaming …more
NETGEAR Advances the Smart Home Experience With New Technologies Introduced at CES 2019 LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), the leading provider of networking devices that power today’s smart home and small businesses, has been named a CES® 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree for a range of new products across the company’s …more
LAS VEGAS, NEV., JANUARY 7, 2019 – Cooler Master, a global leader in designing and manufacturing innovative gaming peripherals and computer components, will be showcasing its new line up of wireless peripherals including the MH670 gaming headset, MM831 gaming mouse, SK621 65-key travel size keyboard, SK631 60% layout keyboard, SK651 full-layout keyboard, and the GS750 …more
Today, AMD announced a number of exciting additions to its mobility line-up, encompassing all notebook segments, including: 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Mobile Processors powering ultrathin and gaming notebooks, AMD Athlon 300 Series Mobile Processors powering mainstream notebooks with the fast and efficient “Zen” core, and Optimized 7th Gen AMD A-Series processors elevating performance …more
Qualcomm Introduces The World’s First 7 Nanometer PC Platform —Designed from the Ground up for the Next Generation of Computing Experiences, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx is the Most Extreme Snapdragon Ever, Bringing Breakthrough Innovations to PC Design— HAWAII — December 6, 2018 — During the third day of the annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm Technologies, …more
Qualcomm Announces New Flagship Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform – A New Decade of 5G, AI, and XR —World’s First Commercial 5G Mobile Platform is Sampling to Customers Now and Excepted to Support Premium Multi-Gigabit Smartphones in the first half of 2019— HAWAII — December 5, 2018 — During the second day of the annual Snapdragon Technology …more
Verizon and Samsung to release 5G smartphone in the U.S. in first half of 2019 NEW YORK – Verizon and Samsung announced their plan to bring one of the first commercial 5G smartphones to market in the first half of 2019. The companies will unveil a proof of concept, powered by the upcoming flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon …more
SK Hynix Inc. Announces 1Ynm 16Gb DDR5 DRAM Seoul, November 15, 2018 – SK Hynix Inc. (or ‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) announced that it has developed 16Gb (Gigabits) DDR5 (Double Data Rate 5) DRAM, the industry’s first DDR5 to meet the JEDEC standards. The same 1Ynm process technology used for the recently-developed 1Ynm 8Gb DDR4 DRAM …more
