There’s a new entry into the world of mini PCs designed for gaming. Geekom has launched a new liquid-cooled system with a discrete GPU — the Tecno X Geekom Megamini G1 —on Kickstarter. The firm says that the compact new gaming machine, a collaboration with Chinese smart-device maker Tecno, is the world’s smallest PC to boast a liquid cooling system. Inside, there’s an Intel Core i9-13900H CPU and Nvidia RTX 4060 Laptop GPU – both attached to a custom liquid cooling apparatus....

A heatsink is an essential component of your PC’s thermal management. You might be cleaning your PC regularly with a can of compressed air every once in a while, but if you have ignored the heatsink for too long, dust and dirt can build up inside the fins which are not accessible normally. If there is too much dust and dirt build-up, your heatsink will not be able to dissipate heat normally....

Both Android smartphones and iPhones have built-in wireless technology that allows printing without the need to install additional printer drivers. Android phones utilize the Print Service plugin, while iPhones use AirPrint. Furthermore, Android phone users have the option to connect their phone to a printer using an OTG cable. Additionally, for both platforms, you can also use the printer app from your manufacturer for more systematic and personalized printing. Connect Android SmartPhone to Printer to connect your Android Smartphone to a printer, you should first connect both of them to the same Wi-Fi network....

As your laptop’s hard disk gradually gets filled up and used over time, storing new files in it will cause disk fragmentation. This significantly slows down the rate of retrieving data from your hard drive. In severe cases, it can cause performance drops, freezes, and even hard drive failure. So, you should defrag your laptop’s hard disk to rearrange those fragmented data in an organized and contiguous manner. In a Windows laptop, you can use the in-built Microsoft Drive Optimizer application to automatically or manually defrag your device....

Last week, I accidentally installed something unstable on my iPhone. Right then and there, my phone started having issues. To begin with, a new message appeared on my home screen sayingmy device is running in safe mode. I tried restarting but that did not help. It would just enter safe mode again. It took me a while on the internet to find out the solution to my issue. I also learnt how safe mode can be a useful tool to solve a misconfigured iPhone....

Is Discord showing a blank screen on startup? Or did it just went blank out of nowhere? Usually, your discord app goes blank, in three of the following colors. And each is speculated to have a different meaning, Officially, however, we haven’t heard anything from Discord about what’s causing this problem. Thankfully, we can fix this annoying issue withminor tweaks in Windows & Mac settingsstated below. Why Does My Discord Just Go to a Blank Screen?...

Error code: STATUS_BREAKPOINT occurs when your browser isn’t able to handle the website’s request for various reasons. It mostly occurs in chromium-based browsers like Chrome. While a reload will remove this error, the issue is sure to persist. Many users have frequently experienced the error at irregular intervals. If you face this issue once or twice, it may not be much of a problem, but if the error appears too many times, it can start affecting your browsing experience....

The ping command is a utility command that is used to troubleshoot errors in the network connection. However, while trying to execute the ping command you might have come across the error message “PING: transmit failed. General failure.” The error message usually occurs when the system can’t send or receive data packets. Or, it could be because of the wrong TCP/IP or DNS settings. As a result, you will have slow or no connection to the internet or the local network group....

By default, most smartphones have a camera on the lock screen for you to conveniently take a quick snapshot without unlocking the phone. It’s helpful at times when you are in a hurry and don’t have time to open and launch the camera app. However, it can become a privacy issue as anyone can take photos on your phone without knowing your device’s passcode. While you cannot keep your phone with you at all times to prevent someone from taking pictures, we walk you through different settings to help you disable/remove the camera from your lock screen....

Earlier this week, iFixit released a PSA on whether or not game cartridges can be fixed by blowing into them, per the traditional retro gamer’s mindset— and while they do indeed conclude that cleaning tools are better than simply blowing on the cartridge, there is more nuance to cartridge-blowing than theiFixit blog postmay lead some to believe. First and foremost, though, let’s discuss why iFixit and other parties it cites—as well as Nintendo long before them—warnagainstblowing on cartridges to dislodge dust and other debris from their enclosures....

Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 5 225H from the Arrow Lake-H mobile family has been tested at Geekbench (viaBenchleaks), delivering moderate uplifts compared to its predecessor in theCPUandiGPU(OpenCL) departments. However, even this sizeable uplift is still insufficient to leapfrog Lunar Lake, which sits comfortably at the top of the table at much lower power limits. The Core Ultra 5 225H is the successor to the Core Ultra 5 125H. It features 14 cores (four P + eight E + two LPE) and 14 threads alongside 18MB of L3 cache....

Intel has made significant strides in implementing High-NA EUV lithography by installing two High-NA litho machines, developing custom reticles as well as all-new optical proximity correction, andprocessing 30,000 wafers. However, major hurdles remain: the $380 million – $400 million tool cost and potential necessity to overhaul photomask supply chain limits economic viability of the technology. Furthermore, a single High-NA EUV exposure costs 2.5 times more than a single Low-NA EUV exposure, which raises further questions about economic feasibility over the next few years, reportsSemiAnalysis....

Intel has begun to send formal notifications to 1,300 employees at its Gordon Moore Park facility, saying that they only have until next month to stay in their position. This massive job cut is part of the company’s plan tocut more than 15% of its workforceas part of its plan to help turn around aftersuffering massive losses. According to a report byThe Oregonian, this reduction-in-force will affect more than 5% of the Intel workforce in Oregon, and would make it one of the largest layoffs in the state’s history....