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In June, we told you about a team of tank war-game simmers whobuilt an immersive three-person setupincluding a driver, gunner, and loader. It looks like that same group has taken their rig to awhole new level of immersion, building an enclosed tank sim complete with hatches each team member has to drop through and their iconic CO2-powered gun loading station. The gamers have moved their rig into an enclosure that mimics the inside of a tank, even positioning the various teammates where their respective stations would be....

Entry-level PCs have evolved to the point where we can buy capable systems thatfit in a pocket. Meanwhile, Mini PCs like theSibolan SZBox S69remain attractively compact, but come with high-end mobile processors and allow you to fit your preferred memory kits and storage drives. Aesthetics also matter and it seems the SZBox S69 is built just for that. With efficient CPUs and expandability options like twin M.2 2280 slots, mini PCs like the SZBox S69 can be potent general-purpose systems for the price....

To make anything we need tools, and sometimes the best maker tools can hurt our wallet. Cyber Monday is a great time to grab all the tools that you need (or want) while saving money! We’ve scoured the Internet and found the tools that we would personally use to create our next project. Many of these, we’ve already spent our own money on! Whether you need a new set of screwdrivers, pry tools and spudgers to open that old laptop, a new soldering iron, or fancy a second multimeter, we’ve got the deals for you!...

If you’ve been in the market for a dedicated gaming rig, you’ve got to check out this discount on theAlienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070i gaming desktop. It usually goes for around $2099 but today it’s discounted to $1499 as part of a Black Friday promotion. This saves you $600 off the asking price, netting an RTX 4070i GPU, Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage....

President Donald Trump says he has told Tim Cook to stop building plants in India, calling for more domestic manufacturing of Apple products such as iPhones. As reported byCNBC, he says that Apple plans to increase its production in the United States as a result of his comments. Trump made the remarks at a business event in Doha, Qatar, where he revealed he had spoken to Cook about the issue. When asked broadly about U....

TSMC, the world’s top foundry, is set to delay the deployment of its second fab in Arizona by at least a year compared to the initial schedule, the company said this week. Furthermore, the company is also backtracking on its prior commitments of which nodes the factory would produce, so now it isn’t clear whether the Fab 21 phase 2 will make chips on its 3nm process technology or a different node....

Republican lawmakers in the U.S. have criticized Joe Biden’s government following Huawei’s recent launch of the MateBook X Pro based on Intel’sCore Ultra ‘Meteor Lake’processors,Reutersreports. The product’s debut has reignited concerns over the Chinese firm’s ongoing technology exports, which have been on a trade restriction list since 2019 for sanctions violations. But there is a catch: Donald Trump’s administration has granted Huawei’s export license. The controversy centers around Huawei’s continued receipt of high-tech components from U....

The UK’s Ministry of Defence hasannouncedsuccessful trials of a “game-changing weapon that can take down a swarm of drones using radio waves.” The new vehicle-mounted Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) can devastate a wave of drones from up to a kilometer away (about 1,094 yards) at a cost of only about 10p (13 cents) per downed device. With this news release so close to Christmas, the MoD quipped that the RFDEW could take down a drone swarm “for less than the cost of a pack of mince pies....

System UI provides the User Interface for an Android system. It basically determines how your system interface and navigation look without customization from an application. You might see it asSystem UIorcom.android.system.ui. System UI Tuner System UI Tuner is the functionality that allows users to customize their system’s user interface. A hidden System UI Tuner setting was introduced in Android 6 Marshmallow, which stayed till Android 7 Nougat. Subsequent versions removed this functionality, and now you need to use an app or ADB commands to make it accessible....

Screen mirroring is an easy and fun feature on iOS that lets you display your phone’s screen onto your TV over Wi-Fi. However, the process is not always linear as many minor issues can arise. For instance, your TV may not detect your iPhone, only the audio may stop playing, or it may lag and freeze. So, without further ado, let’s learn why screen mirroring stops working properly and how to fix it....

Most Windows updates come with a plethora of features and patches to addresssecurityissues, making the forced reboot well worth it. Going forward, we might not even need torestart to updateWindows nearly as often. However, a recent update to Windows 11 is causing issues for both business and enterprise users, preventing the machines from upgrading to Windows 11 24H2. A recent blog post fromMicrosoftconfirmed the issue and isolated it to an update released on April 8th....

Windows is not unfamiliar to many common errors, and issues with File Explorer is also one of them. However, there are variations of it. For instance, you might experience the Explorer crashing more often when simply moving or creating a new folder. Or while you’re merely surfing through the folders. Sometimes, it can also crash when opening Quick Access. It might also freeze or close on its own, show the “Not Responding” message, or sometimes won’t open at all....

The Xyber Team launched its Xyber XPC Mini Desktop Computer campaign onIndiegogo. This mini-PC houses a Ryzen 7 8845HS processor with up to 64 GB of RAM and a 1 TB M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD in the body of a Tesla Cybertruck. The company is likely not calling it that name due to copyright infringement, but its mini-PC is an almost faithful representation of the real thing. The Cybertruck mini-PC creatively hides its ports in the rear bumper, where you get a DC-in jack for power, a USA 3....