Proxima Studio/Shutterstock In recent years, IR blasters have become a standard part of smart TV systems, but it’s not always clear just what these devices are or do. For starters, the IR in the name stands for infrared, which is a type of harmless radiation invisible to the human eye. Infrared radiation is the universal…
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Miljan Živković/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As their name implies, Consumer Reports is a consumer-friendly and consumer-trusted product review site. In the wake of uncomfortable truths about using Ring cameras and the risk of government agencies gaining access to home security camera footage, Consumer Reports put together a…
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José Adorno/BGR It won’t take long for Apple to introduce iOS 26.4 to all users, as it just seeded beta 4. With rumors suggesting that the new Siri features might be introduced with iOS 26.5, this means there is also no reason for the company to stay too long in this beta cycle. After all, it…
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Thanks to the country’s low cost of labor, lots of companies turn to China to manufacture their products. However, many of the products manufactured in China can’t be sold there, especially gaming devices like the Steam Deck, and it’s not due to the device’s prices or price hikes. Selling a foreign video game or gaming…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has defended DLSS 5 yet againHuang says he can understand where gamers are coming from, and doesn’t ‘love AI slop’ himselfHowever, Huang clarifies that DLSS 5 ‘doesn’t change anything’, rather it enhances every frame in gamesNvidia has been on the receiving end of a major backlash from gamers since its DLSS…
The buyer of an RTX 5090 in India got a nasty surpriseThey paid over $3,000 for a GPU box that contained laundry detergentThis was from a third-party seller on Amazon, and it’s a timely reminder to avoid the temptation to buy expensive goods from such sourcesSomeone who reportedly bought an RTX 5090 GPU from Amazon…
Processors could be in line for major price hikesRumor has it that Intel and AMD are increasing CPU prices due to a supply shortage, and this could end up as serious as the situation with RAMStorage prices are also heading up sharply, and device makers are having to rethink plans — with a handheld even…
Technology is accelerating crime, and making it more global and more harmful, the head of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said today. Graeme Biggar, the NCA’s director general, said criminals are now able to operate in loose networks and buy in to crime and money laundering services. “Technology has given scale and reach to…
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Amazon has a deal on a 32GB DDR5 RAM kitIt’s $55 off (with a 14% discount)However, that reduced price is actually 2.5x more expensive than this RAM was only four months ago, making it clear how bad things have becomeIf you wanted an at-a-glance look at just how bad the RAM pricing crisis has got,…
Work to translate the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology’s (CFIT’s) Digital Company ID blueprint into practical, real-world deployments of reusable digital identities for UK businesses is bearing fruit as the project reaches its latest milestone. The CFIT this week unveiled the outcomes of its Digital Company ID Coalition at a showcase event at which…
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