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Less than a week remains untilNvidia’s keynoteatCESwhere it is expected to reveal the Blackwell series for desktop PCs. Followingpreliminary listingsfrom Acer featuring upcoming RTX 50 GPUs, iBuyPower too has joined in the action with Nvidia’s RTX 5080 at the heart of its forthcoming pre-built, spotted bymomomo_usat X. While we managed to grab a few screenshots before the listings were taken down, information regarding pricing and performance remains scarce. Nvidia has decided to reviveGeForce LANafter 13 years in the form of a 50-hour marathon preceding the long-awaited RTX 50 unveiling....

Asus has just dropped a massive discount on three of its 2025 ROG Strix G16 laptops, including a whopping saving of$600 on the RTX 5080 model, now $2,399. New for 2025, the trio all boast a 16-inch display, with internals provided by Intel and Nvidia. Amazon Prime Day is entering its third of four days, making new deals harder to come by. According to our price tracking, these three laptops (a 5080, 5070Ti, and 5060 model) are all newly-discounted for day three....

There are two variants of remotes available for Samsung TVs — the older variant with infrared control and a newer one with Bluetooth control. Regardless of the remote you use, either of them can run into problems at times and refuse to work. It generally occurs when the batteries are dead, or if the remote has unpaired itself from the TV. While you may fix issues with smart remotes simply by resetting and re-programming them, fixing problems with IR remotes require a bit of exploration....

Major AMD graphics AIB partner Sapphire launched the PureRadeonRX 7700 XT Frostpunk 2 Edition video card onNewegg. This mid-range GPU, priced at $449.99, features 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM but has a higher core clock of 2,226 MHz and a unique port configuration of two HDMI 2.1 and two DisplayPort 2.1 ports. Sapphire also gave the card ARGB lighting instead of the original one, which had only red LEDs. Aside from that, it comes with a code for the Deluxe Edition of Frostpunk 2 — slated to arrive on September 21 and priced at $75 on launch....

By now, SSD platform companies have already introduced high-end solutions for drives with a PCIe 5.0 interface, so now it is time to bring this technology to mainstream solid-state drives. At the upcomingComputex 2025trade show in Taipei, Silicon Motion plans to demonstrate drives based on its SM2504XT controller with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface that promise to wed leading-edge performance with mainstream price points. The Silicon Motion SM2504XT is an NVM 2....

Getting accurate data from yourRaspberry Piis easy using thevcgencmd commandbutthis projectfromSkatterBenchermeasures every aspect of our favorite single board computer and handily records it to a CSV file. The project’s creator noticed a lack of comprehensive telemetry tools, noting that others had created their own projects for specific data (just likeour project.) Skatterbencher wanted a tool that worked more like HWiNFO, a tool to monitor and record telemetry data during a stress test....

Korean news organization JTBC recently discovered through anin-depth investigationthat KT Corporation, one of the largest telecom providers in South Korea, deliberately infected over 600,000 users with malware over their use of torrent services. The issue began in May 2020 when Webhard, a Korean cloud service provider, was inundated with user complaints of unexplained errors. The company discovered that its Grid Program, which relies on BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing, had been compromised....

One of the holy grails of emulation is to create a viable Steam Deck SD device, for playing old Nintendo DS games.Retro Handheldsrecently took a look at the topic, and provided details of its own Deck DS modding project. There are challenges with the project, and we’ll look at some of the other Steam Deck DS alternatives as well.Note that while the mod is called bot Steam Deck DS and Deck 3DS, “DS” is considerably more accurate since no 3D is at work here....

Tachyumsaidthis week it had completed the final build of its Prodigy FPGA emulation system, which is an important milestone for any design. In addition to that, the company said that it would delay the start of production for itsuniversal 192-core Prodigy processsorsfrom 2024 to 2025, but stressed that it still expects general availability of servers featuring its processors next year. “Reaching this point of our development journey prior to tape-out and volume production of Prodigy processors next year is extremely gratifying,” said Dr....

If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your SSD, it’s best to go for a high-quality option, with a high capacity. SSD performance can affect everything from your operating system to gaming and content creation experiences. You don’t have to spend top dollar on the fastest SSD to get a good experience, however. For example, we’ve come across a great deal today on theSamsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD. It debuted with a price tag of $479 but right now you can pick it up for just $289....

If you are still computing in a workspace without hardware dials, Ploopy might have a solution for you. This USB desktop accessory adds an adaptable tactile rotary encoder to your input peripheral arsenal. Claimed to be both high precision and high resolution, thePloopy Knobis now available for pre-order at CAD$49.99 ($36.75). Ploopy differentiates its Knob from rival devices in a few compelling ways. Makers and computer freedom advocates will probably warm to the Knob’s 3D-printed, totally open-source design, but at Ploopy’s ticket price it is delivered ready to roll (scroll?...

I’m pretty careful with all my tech and treat it well. But, no matter how much care and attention I pay to my mouse pad, it inevitably gets filthy from skin oils or the occasional slight drink spill. To extend the life of my mouse pads, I’ve washed them by hand, letting them soak and then hanging them outside to dry. This works well for a while, but eventually they succumb to the stains and the cloth wearing out, especially where your mouse wrist is placed....

AMD’s newestRX 9070 XTand RX 9070 graphics cards are setting the gaming world on fire, or they would be if not for limited supply and MSRP markups. For the lucky few who managed to get their hands on the cards, the 9070 XT can seemingly edge past Nvidia’s RTX 5080 in real-world performance, thanks only to undervolting the card. YouTube overclockersDer8auerandAlva Jonathanhave shown off the most impressive boosts on the RX 9070 and 9070 XT this week....