The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is a product of the times, delivering a reasonable overall package, but with somewhat lackluster specs and performance given the price. It’s by far the most expensive ‘mainstream’ part we’ve seen so far, though such discussions are basically meaningless in the wake of ongoing GPU shortages. Look at our…
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Taiwanese computer hardware giant, Gigabyte, has suffered a ransomware attack (via The Record) by the RansomEXX hacking group. Not only did the group manage to get into the Gigabyte headquarters server, but they have stolen as much as 112GB of confidential data. The hack, which took place last week was perpetrated by RansomEXX, a group…
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In the world of CPU cooling, be quiet! has been busy lately. We recently tested (and liked) the company’s Shadow Rock Slim 2 budget air cooler. Now the company is adding to its Dark Rock series with a high-end cooler defined as a top flow (downdraft) ‘TF’ model, aptly called the Dark Rock TF 2.…
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According to the latest report coming from a Taiwanese market intelligence firm, TrendForce, we have information that contract prices of PC DRAM are expected to decline resulting in anywhere from a 0-5% decrease in asking price for the fourth quarter of 2021. A while back, we reported on TrendForce’s prediction for the third quarter of…
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Get $38 off the Logitech G Pro wireless gaming mouse at Amazon, which takes it down to just $91.99. We’ve written about this premium, ambidextrous gaming mouse as a deal before, but even we didn’t expect the price to fall this low! Logitech G Pro wireless gaming mouse: was $129.99, now $91.99 at AmazonThe Logitech…
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We’ve all read the reports: Blue light can play a role in sleep issues. It’s also been mentioned as a factor in skin damage, too. Fortunately, not only can you enable a blue-light filter on your smartphone, you can do so in Windows 10, too. In fact, the process is incredibly easy—setup takes just a…
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Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Young, who has been acting as the de facto head of the Samsung conglomerate since his father suffered a heart attack in 2014, is set to be released from prison on parole this Friday after serving 6 months of a 30 month sentence. This follows international pressure from US companies, as…
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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (Image credit: Chiphell) A very interesting Radeon RX 6600 XT has popped up over in the Baidu Tieba ( via Chiphell) forums. The Navi 23-based graphics card, which will fight for a spot on the list of best graphics cards, appears to hail from a new AMD Add-in-Board (AIB) partner.…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that it reached a $10 million settlement with the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange, which allegedly offered an unregulated platform for trading digital assets between July 2017 and November 2019. The SEC said that some of the cryptocurrency exchange’s employees “stated internally that they wanted Poloniex to be…
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Microsoft has today announced that the company is finally pushing Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is in beta, to the Xbox app for Windows. More specifically, it is available for Xbox insiders. Microsoft’s xCloud project is a game streaming service powered by Xbox consoles in the company’s data centers. Currently, over 100 games are supported if…
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