Two new builds for Windows 11’s Insider Preview rings are here, with the beta channel receiving build 22000.184 and the dev channel taking hold of build 22454. The new beta channel build is a very very minor update, with just a couple of bug fixes. The new dev build, on the contrary, has extensive bug…
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Class action law firm Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is looking for owners of Apple’s latest MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops with cracked screens to make “potential legal claims against” Apple on their behalf. In other words, it sounds like they’re gearing up for a class action lawsuit. A number of reports about cracked screens on…
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It’s not uncommon to find touch screen computers in the dashboard of modern vehicles but if yours doesn’t have one, you’re not out of the game just yet. Developer David Burgess recently created his own from scratch using a Raspberry Pi and detailed the process along the way. To power this automotive Linux machine, he’s…
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AMD’s upcoming Ryzen processors based on its Zen 4 architecture are predicted to bring numerous performance improvement’s to the company’s next processors. According to a report from Igor’s Lab, AMD has also improved its power delivery and thermal output reading for Raphael. As the report notes, AMD has been working to improve overall problems with…
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Corsair is releasing a newly upgraded version of the MP600 Pro called the MP600 Pro XT. This new Gen 4 NVMe SSD can reach up to 7,100 MBps in sequential read speeds and up to 6800 MBps in sequential write speeds. The MP600 Pro XT will be available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB flavors, with…
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AMD today announced a new bundle for qualifying systems packing both the company’s Ryzen CPUs (3000 or 5000 series) and Radeon graphics cards (RX 6000 family). The bundle includes digital download codes for Far Cry 6 (releasing October 7) and Resident Evil Village as well as a 3-month trial for Xbox Game Pass. Both desktop…
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InnoGrit has introduced its first controller designed for performance-mainstream SSDs that combine high performance and relatively low cost. The Rainier QX SSD controller is a cheaper version of the company’s flagship IG5236 ‘Rainier’ controller that still features a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, fewer NAND channels, but supports ultra-high NAND interface speeds. As a result, drives…
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According to in-depth testing from HardwareBusters, it appears that the new cooler that ships in the PlayStation 5 actually performs better than the original, adding yet more controversy to what has become an ongoing saga. We’ve previously reported about the new revision of the PlayStation 5 console that hit the market with a smaller and…
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VMWare said this week that it would initiate public technology preview for its hypervisor, designed for systems based on the Apple M1 system-on-chip. The new VMware Fusion hypervisor lets users run Microsoft’s Windows on the latest Macs, but it has a number of limitations. Michael Roy, Product Line Manager for desktop hypervisor products such as VMware…
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An international team of researchers has developed an SSD security solution that acts at the controller firmware level, meaning the feature is baked right into the storage device to detect out-of-the-ordinary activity that signals a ransomware infection and its attempt to encrypt your data. According to the researchers, the method degrades performance slightly, to the…
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