Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Brightness and Contrast To read about our monitor tests in-depth, please check outDisplay Testing Explained: How We Test PC Monitors.We cover brightness and contrast testing onpage two. Uncalibrated – Maximum Backlight Level The C34A1R is a very bright monitor. It doesn’t have a zone dimming feature, so field and window patterns will measure the same....

WithBlack Fridayright around the corner, we’re starting to see excellent deals on wireless routers. One particular deal that caught our eye is on theTP-Link Archer GE800,a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router aimed at gaming enthusiasts. The Archer GE800 has an MSRP of $599, and when we reviewed it back in September, it had a street price of $469. However,Amazonis currentlyselling the Archer GE800 for just $399, representing a 33% discount off the MSRP....

Two Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged scheme to illegally export a semiconductor dicing machine to a Chinese tech company. One of the two, Han Li, 44, was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, while Lin Chen, 64, is believed to be in China. The charges and arrest are the latest developments in a protracted trade war between China and the U.S. over advanced computer processing. Between May 2015 and August 2018, Li and Chen allegedly made plans to obtain a DTX 150 Scribe and Break machine from Dynatex, a high-precision silicon wafer dicing tool....

The chairman of the ‘Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’ John Moolenar, and the ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthihave formally requestedthe Commerce Department and other agencies to investigate Chinese-made networking devices, particularly those made by TP-Link, regarding the potential cybersecurity risk they pose due to their unusual degree of vulnerabilities and other reasons mentioned in the letter. The letter mentions that TP-link manufactures multiple Wi-Fi products, including routers, and hence, it is concerning, given the documented vulnerabilities found in its Wi-Fi routers....

Despite these sanctions,2023 saw China import a record amount of semiconductor manufacturing tools. In that light, many U.S. firms seemed to have thought that being at a China-based conference would have reflected poorly on them, given how sensitive the topic is for Washington. The U.S. government probably wants to reduce the presence of U.S. companies at the conference, though these moves could backfire if it forces China to become self-reliant on making its own tools....

The U.S. government has extended the tariff exemptions on graphics cards, motherboards, and even SSDs imported from China for another year, now lasting until June 19, 2025, reportsPCMagciting representatives from the U.S. Trade Representative and anew document. This extension contradictsprevious indicationsthat Trump-era tariffs on these components would be reinstated. In 2018, the U.S. government under former president Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on certain products made in China. This included graphics cards, motherboards, SSDs, and other products that rely on printed circuit boards....

The U.S. government is scaling down Intel’s proposed $8.5 billion federal chips grant to less than $8 billion, partly due to a $3.5 billion contract Intel secured to produce chips for the Pentagon, reports theNew York Times. The company will still receive more money from the government than any other chipmaker funded under the CHIPS and Science Act — Intel’s recent woes clearly still worry the U.S. government. Earlier in the year, the Biden administration committed nearly $20 billion in grants and loans to Intel to help Intel expand its manufacturing operations in the U....

No display on boot is mainly caused by hardware issues such as damaged cables or loose connections. Fixing these is as simple as using different cables and re-seating your components. But these aren’t the only reason why this happens. Our concise guide covers all the main culprits that cause No Display on Boot and detailed instructions to fix them as well. What Causes No Display on Boot? The most common reason why you have No Display on Boot isfaulty cablesandloose connections....

Lenovo laptops primarily beep in three situations, The first type of beep indicates an invalid key combination warning as the laptop tries to interpret the simultaneous keystrokes as a key combination. The second situation is also a simple alarm denoting the respective action and does not affect your system in any way. you may disable both of these beeping features by changing your BIOS settings. You need to access the BIOS (F1 or F2 key) and go to the Configuration or Config tab to find such options....

Amidst the controversy aroundWindows 11’s new (mostly-unwanted) Copilot+ features, a developer on Twitter has taken the discussion a step further by revealing that one of the flagship new features, Recall, doesn’t require the presence of a powerful NPU after all. This makes sense, though, considering Recall’s main functions seem to be automated screen captures and the ability to search through those screen caps' text — two things that modern hardware has been capable of for a while, now....

Microsoftis adding its first major key to the standard Windows keyboard layout in 30 years. Ina blog post, the company announced a new Copilot key for Windows 11 PC keyboards, automatically bringing up Windows' flagship AI feature.In a brief video, the firm introduced the design of what is set to become a new standard addition to our PC keyboards. We’ve already seen the key onDell’s new XPS line, and Microsoft suggests we’ll see the new key on more laptops announced in thelead up to CES, as well as at the show....

Secure data storage manufacturer iStorage hasannouncednew versions of its encrypted desktop hard drives, thediskAshur DT3anddiskAshur DT2. Both drives offer PIN authentication and hardware-level encryption. They will now be available with up to 26TB capacity, making them suitable for users looking for high-capacity storage with enhancedsecuritymeasures. The diskAshur DT3 is notably the world’s first encrypted hard drive currently undergoing certification for FIPS 140-3 Level 3, an updated U.S. standard for cryptographic security....

The keyboard is undoubtedly the most-used peripheral in our day-to-day life. Whether you’re chatting with a friend, playing a game, or organizing data in your Excel sheet, you won’t be able to continue doing this if the input device stops working. As with any other laptop, Dell users have complained about their keyboard running intermittently or not working at all! While liquid spill is one of the common causes, you could also experience this problem due to other hardware/software-related issues....