Posts

The Stream Deck is a well-known brand name in the streaming biome and the Stream Deck+ Studio Controller is another entry in the stable of Stream Deck peripherals. Used to control specific tasks on a multitude of compatible programs the Stream Deck helps to enhance your streaming or production game. On sale at Best Buy with a 10% discount on its usual MSRP, you can pick up theElgato Stream Deck+ Studio Controller for the lower price of $179....

Following a German outlet reporting that over fifty of its readers bought supposedly newSeagatehard drives that were actually used, the storage company tellsTom’s Hardwarethat resellers need to buy from certified Seagate partners. A week ago, Heise.de published a story about how one of its readers purchased two Seagate HDDs that were advertised as new, butwere discovered to have been used for over 10,000 hours. Yesterday, the publication posted a follow-up article after receiving emails from over fifty other readers who claimed they had also been ripped off and given used hard drives instead of the new ones they thought they had bought....

According to its officialblog post, Hong Kong Customs recently intercepted a private car and seized 596 Intel Xeon CPUs valued at about $1.5 million. The authorities arrested one 51-year-old male driver as a direct consequence. The official post ends with a firm warning against smuggling and, of course, encourages anyone who sees it to report it. The customs officers found the concealed Xeon processors on both sides of the car’s rear and the trunk’s secret compartments....

Whenever you try deleting a protected partition using the Diskpart Command-line Interface (CLI), it will show an error message saying “Can’t delete a partition without the force protected parameter set.” It is a protection feature on Windows that prevents accidental deletion of the drives that are essential to run the operating system. The protected partitions where this feature applies include: You can check for the type of partition in Disk Management (diskmgmt....

When the Dock does not work, both the display and USB port fails to respond, and the green LED on the corner does not light up. Although it may seem like the faulty power cable is to blame, we cannot rule out other possible causes like HDMI issues, the device being low on power or the device being in an error state. There could be a slew of fixes. Checking the green LED is the easiest method....

Synology has begun selling its newest SNV5400enterpriseNAS SSDs, and the asking prices for what you receive are nothing short of shocking. For a 1.6 TB NVMe SSD at PCIe Gen3 speeds, Synology is asking$535 on B&H Photo Video, while many competing devices retail for around $100. The new SNV5400 family, which also includes 400GB and 800GB models, is one of only a few Synology-branded SSD families compatible with certain Synology NAS models due to the company’s new restrictive compatibility requirements....

Tachyum on Tuesdayannouncedthat it will offer1U and 2U server reference designsbased on its Prodigy processors to OEMs and ODMs to enable them to quickly evaluate the192-core Universal Processorand build their own machines using the new chips. The company plans to sample these server reference designs in Q1 2025, following its planned start of Prodigy chip production in Q2 2024. For now, it is hard to say when or if Tachyum’s Prodigy Universal Processor will hit the market in mass quantities....

The masterminds at Heber Ltd are at it again, unveiling a newRaspberry Pi-based gaming console called theMultiPi. This console is the latest in a line of retro gaming-oriented products from the team. Because the new system is designed to work with our favorite SBC, we know exactly what it’s capable of and how much flexibility you can customize it. They’ve included everything you could think of in the PCB that should make for a seamless gaming experience without the need to tinker much at all....

A Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) social media post boasts of the elimination of tape data storage facilities at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSE). A triumphant Tweet by DOGE says that a million dollars per year will be saved “by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records.” However, many X users, and a Community Notes addition, highlight that despite its apparent elderliness, tape still remains the best choice in a range of data storage scenarios....

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) introduced the USB 2.0 standard on July 09, 2025, meaning this port speed is turning 25 years old today. TheUSB 2.0 standardpushed this interface to the mainstream, especially as it delivered a blazingly fast transfer speed (for its time) of 480 Mbps with its Hi-Speed USB. This was over 40 times faster than the 12 Mbps limit of USB 1.1 and was even faster than Apple’s first implementation of its proprietary FireWire 400 connector....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict With a color-accurate panel, a robust stand, and class-competitive pricing, the ColorPro VP16-OLED is a real winner. Excellent built-in stand Competitively priced Included hood doubles as a case/cover Cons Mediocre integrated speakers 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. Given the wide breadth of portable monitors available on the market, it is sometimes daunting to find the perfect one to suit your needs....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict If you need a 4K OLED portable monitor, the VX1655-4K-OLED makes a strong case for itself. Large 15.6-inch OLED 4K display Excellent color performance Great built-in stand and cable management Nearly $500 Some of the worst-sounding speakers in the segment 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....

If you’re running out of space on your PC for archiving your files, but don’t need or want to deal with setting up a NAS, then an external hard drive is an easy and affordable solution. So, if you’re on the lookout for a great deal to expand your storage capacity, you can get theWestern Digital 14TB Elements Desktop External Hard Driveat just $170 — an all-time low compared to the normal $290, giving you a $120 discount....