If you’re looking for a portable NAS, you’re in luck. TheUnifyDrive UT2 kickstarterstarted on September 25th and the earliest birds can save up to 33% off the retail price. The UT2’s drive is an improvement from the basic design sold in China and the internal hardware should be familiar to those who tinker with efficient NAS projects. This one comes with everything you need from the get go — just put in your own M....
A large 18-inch beast of a gaming laptop, the Acer Predator Helios 18 not only comes with a massive 18-inch screen but also packs some of the most powerful components available in a laptop configuration including an Intel Core i9-13900HX processor and RTX 4080 mobile graphics card with 12GB of VRAM. Not only is this laptop on sale but it’s quite heavily discounted. Available direct from Acer, you can purchase theAcer Predator Helios 18 gaming laptop for $1,999- a massive $500 saving from its original price of $2,499....
Most Halloween-basedRaspberry Piprojects are all about fun ways to interact with them and this one is no exception! Maker and developer Eugene Tkachenko has put together acreepy reaperhanging from his tree that uses the newRaspberry Pi AI Camerato detect trick-or-treaters and deliver a proper spook when they’re nearby. The way the project works is simple in its concept but definitely took a bit of engineering to complete. The idea was to hang a creepy grim reaper decoration from a tree in his front yard....
ThoughtAMD’s Instinct MI300XandNvidia’s B200GPUs were huge? Think again: TSMC is working on a version of its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology that will enable system-in-packages (SiPs) over two times bigger, the companyannouncedat its North American Technology Symposium. These will use 120x120mm monstrous packages and will draw kilowatts of power, the foundry envisions. The latest version of CoWoS allows TSMC to build silicon interposers that are about 3.3 times larger than the size of a photomask (or reticle, which is 858mm2)....
The recently imposed U.S. import duties are designed to affect the vast majority of industries, and the data storage industry is certainly not an exception. Because the underlying technologies of hard disk drives, solid-state drives, tape drives, and storage arrays are so different, the effects of tariffs could be diverse on all of them. And it looks like HDD and SSD makers will suffer the most despite Trump’s 90-day suspension of country-specific tariffs starting April 10, whereas producers of tapes will rejoice, notesBlocks & Files....
The Steam Deck ushered in a new gaming era, where you can enjoy AAA titles while lounging in your bed using a handheld device. It is no secret that gamers and enthusiasts alike are eagerly anticipating a potential Steam Deck 2 with massive improvements in the APU industry over the past five or so years. However,Valvehas clarified that the Steam Deck 2 will likely not be hitting shelves anytime soon until a “generational leap in compute” takes place, as reported in an interview withReviews....
Intel partners have started to deploy BIOS patches for Z890 motherboards featuring the 0x114 microcode coupled with the updated CSME 1854v2.2 firmware. The patches serve as the last piece to Intel’sCore Ultra 200S(Arrow Lake) performance puzzle, with the newer CSME and BIOS combo promising additional single-digit increases in gaming performance. Interestingly, vendors are pushing the update ahead of Intel’s projected timeframe in January, at least if we’re talking about the beta releases (viaHarukazeandHXL)....
The Vertigo Mk1 3D printer is currently on Kickstarter, and what makes it different from other 3D printers is it comes with baked-in auto-eject and bed-clearing features, allowing you to print multiple parts without further human intervention. This project just broke past its funding goal, so now appears to be on solid ground. The team behind the project, Automated Layers, has priced the device at $2,250 for the Hardware Kit onKickstarter....
TheNvidia RTX 5090is in the wild – kinda, the stock levels of these cards were so low that the available units sold out in seconds. Did youattemptto buy one when the card launched on January 30th, 2025? I say this because demand for this new beast of a GPU is extremely high, even with its incredibly high price tag. This is in part due to the 5090 GPU being much sought-after by AI developers as well as flush gamers....
Microsoft Store is an authentic store that hosts millions of software applications. However, during downloading process, it is possible that you may end up getting stuck in the download queue. Or, the apps download very slowly. Most of the time the download slows down due to a poor internet connection. Likewise, the problem can occur due to damaged cache files. So, without any delay, let’s check out the causes and explore the methods to solve the Microsoft store slow download issue....
Printers use CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black) color models to reproduce the colors accurately. If the printer runs low on any of these inks, you may encounter problems getting precise colors on the printout. When your printer is printing pink, the most likely scenario is that the printer has depleted Cyan or Yellow ink, and the Magenta (pinkish-purplish-red color) is dominating the printer. As such, you should check the ink level and refill the ink to resolve the issue....
The wireless signals from our Wi-Fi range only to a certain distance. The farther you go from the source, the lesser the bandwidth and the slower the data transfer will be. Thus, it is necessary to have some means to increase the WiFi range. Earlier, it used to be extended by increasing the gain in the router or by using additional directional antennas. But one of these techniques tends to amplify noise while the other hinders the Omni-directional performance....
Continuing the trend ofWindows 11Insider builds receiving heavy criticism (albeit for different reasons, lately), the June Windows 11 Insider builds thus far have suffered from a persistent high CPU usage bug tied to a specific Service. This issue was originally reported by leginmat90 on Jun 16, 2025 via theMicrosoft Community Forums, and can be manually fixed by end users willing to disable the Microsoft Cross Device Service. Unfortunately for Windows 11 Insiders who actually want to use the Cross Device Service, though,Microsofthas yet to release a fix....
