Your eyes don’t deceive you: theBazzite-powered EmuDeck Machine Mini PC launched today onIndieogogois a few logos and steps removed from a Sega Dreamcast— though it’s larger, with each size of its “square” measuring 8.7 inches compared to Dreamcast’s longest side measuring 7.75 inches. The EmuDeck Machine, in both its EM1 and EM2 configurations, includes four USB Type-A slots occupying the front “controller” ports of this Mini PC, half USB 2 and USB 3, judging by their color....

Elon Musk’s digital ambitions are set to encompass one of the oldest and most established forms of communication on the internet—email. Musk first told a Twitter/X user,“It’s coming,“when asked about an email offering in February this year. This week, he hinted at stripped-downthread-lessXmail, in stark contrast toGoogle’s popular Gmail. With its roots dating back to 1975, electronic mail, now better known as Email, is engrained within most connected device users. It continues to live and prosper even in the age of messaging apps, and that is probably due to several key factors....

Apple’s entry-level MacBook Air notebooks based on M2 processors were heavily criticized for their low-performance solid state drives, as the company decided to cut costs and sacrifice parallelism. However, we have some good news for those interested in Apple’s latest M3-based MacBook Air laptops,discoveredbyVadim YuryevfromMax Tech- as Apple’s entry-level laptops now offer decent data transfer speeds. Nevertheless, their performance is still slower than a decent off-the-shelf PCIe 3.0 x4 drive....

As the error itself states, you may encounter the “Excel cannot open the file because the file format or file extension is not valid” because of an incorrect or unsupported file format or extension. When you run into this issue, you can no longer open or edit your files. As MS Excel is mostly used by students and professionals, Excel failing to open a file can be quite problematic. If you’ve found yourself in a similar situation, allow this article to guide you around the issue....

If you are seeing “this app has been blocked by your system administrator”, there’s a chance your device believes the application contains malicious software. This can be valid if the application download sources are relatively suspicious. So, how to fix this issue? Let’s explore the many causes of this error and how we can solve it easily. What Causes “This App Has Been Blocked by Your System Administrator” Error Below, you can find some of the most common reasons for this pop-up notification....

Released last year in 2023, the Crucial T700 SSD is still one of the fastest available SSDs currently available on the consumer market. Prices of SSDs have also gone up or held steady since the low prices of the flash memory slump when overproduction saw some of the best prices for the most popular M.2 SSDs in recent memory. Today’s deal is just $8 off of its lowest-ever price, with this limited-time offer bringing the T700 nearer that of its Gen 4 brethren....

Nvidia has added an adaptive refresh rate to GeForce Now, called “Cloud G-Sync.” Contrary to Nvidia’s nomenclature, this update supports not only GeForce-powered Windows PCs but also Apple PCs with supportedApple Silicon,Intel CPUs, and evenRadeon Pro GPUs. Nvidia’s cloud-based G-Sync solution works withReflextechnology to reduce system latency. Variable refresh capabilities are accomplished through Nvidia’s native GeForce Now app, which tells the monitor what refresh rate it should be running based on in-game frame rate....

Happy Memorial Day weekend, hope you’re all having a great long weekend. Here’s a pretty sweet deal on a full-sized mechanical keyboard that’s perfect for a bit of budget retail therapy or as a gift for a budding gaming setup that’s not going to drain the wallet. At this price, it could easily be one of thebest budget mechanical keyboardscurrently available. Roccat’s Pyro full-size mechanical keyboard is on sale for just $34at Best Buy....

GoogleGemini decided to call off a chess match against the ancient 1.19 MHz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder aboutwhat happened to ChatGPTandMicrosoft’s Copilot. Citrix Architecture and Delivery specialist Robert Jr. Caruso, now well known for his AI vs Atari Chess challenges, revealed Gemini chickened out, in a chat withThe Register. As was the case with the ChatGPT andMicrosoft’s Copilot chess challenges, Caruso reveals that Gemini was initially brimming with confidence regarding its Chess prowess....

Since the16-pin connectorwas introduced and later revised, melting adapters and PSU/GPU-side connectors on some of Nvidia’s mainstream GeForce gaming GPUs have been rampant. Two of MSI’s recently launched high-wattage PSUs interestingly feature two12V-2x6connectors while providing only one standard 8-pin connector (viaOC3D). Unless you get a 12V-2x6 to 8-pin adapter, these PSUs are incompatible with most modern-day GPUs from AMD, Intel, and even Nvidia (RTX 30 and prior), apart from a fewspecific variants....

Modern GPUs for AI and HPC applications come with a finite amount of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) built into the device, limiting their performance in AI and other workloads. However, new tech will allow companies to expand GPU memory capacity by slotting in more memory with devices connected to the PCIe bus instead of being limited to the memory built into the GPU — it even allows using SSDs for memory capacity expansion, too....

On December 10, at the 38th Chaos Communication Congress (38C3, essentially a German tech conference for various hackers and other community members), hacker Benjojo discussed how he had successfully pushed Toslink traffic, generally limited to 10 meters over 143 kilometers. Then, yesterday, fellow hacker Manawyrm demonstrated IP-over-Toslink based on what that demonstration proved [h/tHackaday]. The speeds are…not incredible since this cable isn’t meant for this, but that it’s possible at all is still cool....

Yesterday,Half-Life 2received a 20th Anniversary Update on Steam, bundling content from the graphics demo expansion Lost Coast, as well as Episodes One and Two. This content was made free to claim until November 18. For other contents of The Orange Box bundle, which still includes all these titles standalone for certain mods, as well asPortalandTeam Fortress 2, the entire bundle can be bought for just $1.99 until November 22. Most Half-Life 2 mod support will now be rolled directly into the main game alongside the Episode One and Two expansions, including all the Achievements once included with those formerly standalone titles....