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January 2021 was an eventful moment in the history of the Raspberry Pi.Originally makers of our favorite single board computers, Raspberry Pi LTD came up with its own microcontroller based board, theRaspberry Pi Picoand best of all it was only $4. June 2022 and the surprise update to the Pico came in the form of theRaspberry Pi Pico W, the W representing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and for only $6! At the time of writing, units are available for pre-order, with delivery expected after August 19....

Realtek is typically associated withaudio, multimedia, and networking controllers for budget PCs, but forseveral years, the company has been trying to enter the SSD controller market, challenging established players. At this year’sComputex, Realtek announced that samples of its RTS5781DL controller with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface are now shipping to interested parties, so expect actual drives within the next year. The Realtek RTS5781 is an NVMe 2.0-compliant DRAM-less SSD controller with a PCIe 5....

Rockstar Games finally released a definite release date for the much-awaited Grand Theft Auto 6, and it will leave many fans disappointed. That’s because the publisher announced on theRockstar pagethat it will release the title on July 11, 2025, which is five to six months longer than the anticipated Fall 2025 launch date. If GTA VI stays on schedule, it will be released some 13 years after GTA V, which launched on May 24, 2025....

The Russian government plans to boost supercomputer usage by offering grants to companies that rent them, reportsCNews. This initiative will be instrumental in encouraging businesses and research institutions to adopt high-performance computing. With new supercomputers coming online in the coming years, Russia could increase computational power tenfold by 2030. However, it is unclear how Russia plans to build supercomputers as companies like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia cannot sell their highest-performance AI and HPC processors to Russian entities....

Famous hardware sleuthHarukaze5719shared screenshots of aChiphell forum discussionabout AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9000 X3D processors, rivaling thebest CPUs. Rumors from the Chiphell forums are usually a hit or miss, so treat the information cautiously. The Chinese leaker claims that AMD representatives had reportedly revealed during a Gigabyte X870 press conference that the chipmaker only has the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Ryzen 9 9900X3D, and Ryzen 9 9950X3D lined up. However, the chipmaker will purportedly release theZen 5chips with 3D V-Cache in two phases....

We covered aleaka while back detailing AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Z2 lineup of APUs. The list featured a particular budget-oriented offering based on Rembrandt-R: the Ryzen Z2G or Z2 Go. Today, renowned leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, with a proven track record (viaOlrakat X), alleges that the Z2 Go will be exclusive to Lenovo’s forthcomingLegion Go S handheldand mentions its specifications. In 2023, AMD’s Z1 series took the handheld market by storm....

Your Samsung touchpad can stop working due to improper touchpad configuration or driver issues. But it can also happen because of hardware faults like a loose connection or a damaged device. In some cases, the touchpad may not work at all. And in other scenarios, it will behave in an unusual way. Whatever the situation, we have you all covered in this guide. Whenever you encounter this issue, first, remove all peripherals on the laptop and restart it....

Happy World Backup Day, everybody! Yes, today is the official reminder to think about how all your precious data is backed up. Often overlooked until it’s too late, backing up your photos and videos, or even customer data, is essential. Once lost, it might be impossible to recover, and then it’s gone for good, and the potential losses, financially and emotionally, are hard to think about. Today’s deal is on one ofSeagate’s IronWolf Pro HDDs (24TB capacity) for $399, available from B&H Photo....

It’s best todisable hibernation for an SSDor if you have amulti-boot system. But for asystem with an HDD, keep it enabled instead. When you hibernate your computer, Windows uses a reserved space on the C drive, as ahiberfil.sysfile, to store your current activity. This way you may resume your work from where you left it on the next boot. Starting from Windows 8, the system also uses this space to speed up boot time withfast startup....

Sony’s PlayStation family of game consoles spans five generations and 30 years. To celebrate the anniversary of the launch of the original PlayStation in 1994, Sony on Thursdayintroduceda set of limited edition PlayStation consoles and accessories that come in the original dark gray color. The new family of limited edition PlayStation consoles in the original dark grey color includes the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console with a DualSense controller and a gray cover for disc drive as well as the PlayStation 5 Pro 2 TB system with a DualSense wireless controller,DualSense Edge wireless controller, DualSense Charging Station, and a gray cover for a disk drive....

Sycom has updated its lineup of RTX 40 series GPUs with theRTX 4070 Superand4070 Ti Super, cooled by a massive heatsink equipped with two 120mmNoctuafans (viaNotebookcheck). The company claims these graphics cards are incredibly quiet under load, and may be some of the quietest GPUs on the market (albeit at the cost of size). The GPUs are being sold as part of Sycom’s prebuilt desktops, which start at roughly $1,800....

Many computer users do not clean their PCs or peripherals as regularly as they should. Often, the PC case is only opened when something has gone wrong, which can be easily avoided if you take a few minutes out of your day to do a little PC maintenance now and then. Keyboards can collect all types of debris between the keycaps, and if you own pets or have a home susceptible to a little dust, it doesn’t take long for PC fans and filters to get clogged up too, and this in turn can lead to overheating and poor PC performance....

Mesh routers are among the hottest-selling types of routers in networking, and leading the charge are products based on the Wi-Fi 7 standard. Mesh routers enable you to fully cover your home or office with wireless coverage that would otherwise be impossible with a single, standalone router. Fortunately, numerous manufacturers are producing Wi-Fi 7 mesh routers, offering a wide range of options to choose from. If you prefer seamless integration with your Amazon account and Alexa services, consider opting for theEero Pro 7....