How many M.2 drives is too many M.2 drives? That’s a question this Kickstarter project from Apex Storage (as noticed by Hackster) attempts to answer: the Storage Scaler crams 16 SATA M.2 drives onto one PCIe board. (Image credit: Apex Storage) The crowdfunding campaign has 25 days to go as we write, and has reached…
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Developer and Raspberry Pi enthusiast Kutluhan Aktar is at it again with another impressive Raspberry Pi project. Aktar has created a Pi-powered food scanning system that uses artificial intelligence to create a comprehensive nutrient profile assessment at a glance. We recently covered his Darth Vader cryptocurrency tracker which uses the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller to…
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Hacker group REvil has demanded $70 million in Bitcoin in exchange for the decryption key used to prevent more than 200 companies from accessing critical files and information. The group’s latest ransomware campaign struck on July 2 when an IT management solutions provider called Kaseya said it was investigating an attack on its VSA remote…
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Japanese Electronics producer Elsa has introduced the stealthiest looking RTX 3060 12GB we’ve ever seen called the Elsa GeForce RTX 3060 SAC / L. Featuring a stealthy matte black shroud, and no LED lighting, this card is made for gamers that care about performance and eschew RGB lighting. The Elsa GeForce RTX 3060 SAC /…
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A lot of people are installing the preview build of Windows 11 just to see how it looks and feels. However, after a few hours or days, you may be thinking “what did I get myself into?” It’s a beta OS so there can be bugs. Or perhaps you don’t like some of the new…
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It seems the folks behind the Jupiter Nano open source hardware development board think the Arduino Due microcontroller board is overdue for an upgrade. The board, which is set to start crowdfunding via Crowd Supply, runs a version of Linux and is said to feature a processor that is 10x more powerful than the one…
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Today’s best Pimax Vision 8K X deals Over the years, we’ve looked at many Pimax VR headsets. They all offer similar features, including ultrawide displays, lightweight construction and an adjustable rendering resolution, field of view (FOV) and refresh rates. The Pimax Vision 8K X is the pinnacle of Pimax’s lineup. With dual 4K resolution displays,…
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One of the most confusing Blue Screen of Death stop codes, SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED acts as a backstop to normal error handling. Its Microsoft Docs page says “This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.” In my book that makes it equivalent to either “mystery or unrecognized…
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Today MSI announced the launch of Spatium, a new range of M2 NVMe SSDs which features three models supporting PCIe Gen 3 and 4 for every budget and possible use. All of the drives offer a high TBW and a limited five year warranty. (Image credit: MSI) There are three initial models of Spatium drives,…
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MSI in partnership with Toho Co., Ltd have merged their RTX 3070 with something truly monstrous, the King of the Monsters, Godzilla! The news was spotted by Videocardz and at this time there is no official announcement on the MSI website. (Image credit: Videocardz) Named the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 SUPRIM SE x GODZILLA, this…
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