Asus 24-inch FHD 165 Hz gaming monitor is on sale for $109

Today atAmazon, you’re able to find theAsus TUF gaming VG247Q1A monitorfor one of its best prices. It usually costs around $159, but right now, it’s discounted to just $109. According to CamelCamelCamel, this is the lowest price the Asus TUF gaming VG247Q1A monitor has been listed for over at Amazon. The Asus TUF VG247Q1A monitor is affordable, but it offers gamers plenty of quality specs. It’s AMD FreeSync Premium certified, which ensures things like a dense resolution, high refresh rate, and low framerate compensation (LFC) support....

May 2, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Erin Woods

Asus leaks its ROG NUC 2025 on social media ahead of CES debut — compact gamer-focused RTX 50 and Core Ultra 200 mini PC on the way

Asus’s upcoming ROG NUC 2025 mini PC has been revealed a bit ahead of schedule. The new computer’s appearance and existence were reportedly leaked in a social media teaser video early this morning on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), before being swiftly removed. According to the leaked hype post, the Asus ROG NUC 2025 will be powered by an Intel Core Ultra 200-series processor. It is expected to be Intel’s top-of-the-line Core Ultra 9 285H, the natural successor to the Core Ultra 9 185H found in the 2024 ROG NUC....

May 2, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Kyle Burton

Asus ROG Swift PG248QP 540 Hz gaming monitor review: Raw speed and performance

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. Grayscale, Gamma and Color The PG248QP ships with a calibration data sheet, but I could not replicate its values without calibrating. The Racing mode is the best starting point for adjustment. Grayscale and Gamma Tracking Our grayscale and gamma tests use Calman calibration software fromPortrait Displays....

May 2, 2025 · 4 min · 787 words · Christina Mclaughlin

Best Full Tower PC Cases for ATX & E-ATX Builds in 2022

Full-tower cases suit extremely complex gaming and productivity PC builds. Their spacious interior allows for mounting large PC parts, installing massive storage drives, and DIY custom liquid coolers. Some will evensupport dual motherboards and dual PSUfor dual system builds. Others cater to specific needs like efficient airflow,showcasing, and silent operation. In this guide, I’ll help you choose the ideal full-tower pc case for your build. It includes buys tips and my best recommendations for different budgets....

May 2, 2025 · 10 min · 2094 words · Jacob Powell

Best Resin 3D Printers 2025

The list in brief1.Best Overall2.Best for Print Farms3.Best High-Res4.Best for Beginners5.Best Resin for Business6.Best Splurge7.Best Large Format8.Best Medium Format9.Shopping Tips As 3D printing continues to become cheaper and more accessible, resin 3D printers have become a popular choice for anyone interested in making highly-detailed models that wouldn’t be feasible using a filament-fed, FDM 3D printer. These MSLA (Masked Stereolithography) resin 3D printers typically have a single axis of motion, and this simple mechanical system means these machines can regularly be found for less than $300....

May 2, 2025 · 16 min · 3341 words · Bryan Morales

BrainChip unveils AI NPU that consumes less than a milliwatt

BrainChip hasunveiledthe Akida Pico ultra-low-power (less than a milliwatt) neural processing unit (NPU) that can be used as an AI accelerator for battery powered, compact intelligent devices, such as hearing aids, noise-cancelling earbuds, and medical equipment. The Akida Pico NPU can be implemented as a standalone chip, or incorporated into an existing design. BrainChip’s Akida Pico is an NPU IP that features 150,000 transistors without memory that integrates an NPU, DMA, and AXI bus matrix to connect to other parts of a processor or a microcontroller....

May 2, 2025 · 3 min · 505 words · John Rivera III

Can’t Clear Your Browser History? Here’s How to Fix it

Sometimes, the option for clearing browser history may be grayed out. Or your browser may not delete its history even after selecting the option. Some permission settings can force restrictions on the browsers. It gives the user very limited access to managing browser history. Still, this issue is very simple to manage. You will likely need to tweak around a few settings or, worst-case scenario, reinstall the browser. Not that bad, right?...

May 2, 2025 · 5 min · 1006 words · Connie Tucker

China developed its very own Neuralink — Neucyber brain interface comes from a neurotechnology firm

On April 25th, Chinese company Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology unveiled its own brain-computer interface (BCI) called Neucyber, which has been used to give a monkey control over a robotic arm [h/tReuters]. Xinzhida Neurotechnology is backed by the Chinese Community Party, but consideringexisting reports of less-invasive brain interfacesthan Neuralink, it’s not unlikely that Chinese researchers could develop a Neuralink-adjacent brain implant. It seems that the market for brain interfaces is set to be competitive, especially whenever Xinzhida Neurotechnology and Neuralink are both able to safely use them with humans....

May 2, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Brandon Shaw

Cooling chips with lasers: Innovative cooling method removes heat precisely from hot spots, recycles heat into energy

A startup called Maxwell Labs, with support from Sandia National Laboratories, is working on a new technology that will cool high-performance computing hardware with lasers, reportsThe Register. As heat dissipation has become a major challenge for modern data centers, various cooling methods have been tried and deployed in recent years. For years, the industry has relied on air cooling; then, big companies began to experiment with liquid cooling, tried both warm water cooling and chilled water cooling, tested immersion cooling, and even planned to deploy it in the coming years....

May 2, 2025 · 4 min · 699 words · Mike Brown

Corsair Void Wireless v2 Review: A solid mid-range option

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Void Wireless v2 sounds surprisingly good across all types of media, and it’s only $120. Lightweight, comfortable Looks pretty good — gamer-y but not unattractive Sounds great Flip-up mic is a little inconvenient No wired connection Buttons are kind of a mess 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....

May 2, 2025 · 11 min · 2322 words · William Smith

Dell reportedly cuts over 12,000 jobs as it seeks to 'streamline' its structure and boost profitability

Delllooks set to joinIntel in announcing massive layoffsof up to 10% of its workforce. The news comes viaBloomberg, withPCMag giving a figureof around 12,500 affected employees. The big players in the tech industry are at times notorious for churning through employees, and Dell’s layoffs were described as a “bloodbath” by former employee Ian Armstrong, and the company has cut around 25,000 jobs in the past year.Why is this happening? According to an internal Dell memo, executives “aim to grow faster than the market by seamlessly meeting our customers and partners online, virtually, or in person to unlock the value of modern IT and AI for their organizations”....

May 2, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Brad Briggs

Dell's own Black Friday in July summer sale strips $350 off price of the Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor, AW3225QF deal gives Prime Day a run for its money

The Alienware AW3225QF is a large 32-inch gaming monitor that packs some serious specs, and also has an impressive list of extra features to boot. It’s easy to see why this gaming monitor would be a welcome addition to any PC gaming setup. With a 4K resolution and ample pixel density on its 32-inch QD-OLED screen, the Alienware AW3225QF is a great piece of kit, but it does come with a fairly hefty price tag, so it’s awesome to see such a large discount in Dell’sBlack Friday in Julysummer sales event....

May 2, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Michelle Carter

Dev repurposes Kindle as a portable E Ink monitor — provides instructions for the jailbreak

A developer has jailbroken anAmazonKindle eReader tablet and repurposed it as a portable E Ink monitor. Twitter/X userAdhityaafelt compelled to undertake this project after a laptop screen cataclysm this weekend. Instead of throwing the offending clamshell computer in the trash, Adhityaa says they “did the obvious thing and jailbroke my Kindle to use it as a monitor.” E Ink monitors are notoriously pricey, so being able to repurpose an affordable Amazon Kindle Paperwhite as a portable model would appear to be a winning (life) hack....

May 2, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Amanda Owens