Launched today, myAGV claims to be the world’s smallest compound robot capable of six degrees of freedom. It carries a built-in camera and 360-degree LIDAR to enable autonomous navigation, and it uses a Raspberry Pi 4 as its brains. (Image credit: Elephant Robotics) A joint venture between Elephant Robotics and Huawei, at $700 myAGV is…
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Microsoft is sticking to its guns with Windows 11’s minimum requirements, with Microsoft Program Manager Aria Carley saying in a recent AMA webcast that your PC won’t even allow itself to download the upgrade if it doesn’t meet Microsoft’s standards. Windows 11’s minimum requirements have caused a bit of an uproar ever since they were…
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SK Hynix has announced plans to kick off volume production of DDR5 memory in the coming months. Commercial DDR5 components made by SK Hynix will likely arrive to the market along with Intel’s Alder Lake platform, due to be launched late this year. In addition, the company will start to make 176-layer 3D/4D NAND flash…
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It’s difficult to recommend RTX 30-series gaming desktops deals, as even when they’re on sale, they almost always come with a ridiculous premium cost. But Dell just dropped a several hundred dollar deal on a desktop with all the latest and greatest parts. Alienware’s Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 gaming desktop with an AMD Ryzen 9…
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Amazon has denied a report that claimed it would start accepting Bitcoin payments soon, and in the process, it might have slowed the cryptocurrency’s rebound. UK newspaper City A.M. reported Monday that Amazon planned to accept Bitcoin payments “by the end of the year.” The report’s anonymous source also said “Ethereum, Cardano and Bitcoin Cash…
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Readers of a certain age may remember the SMART Response XE, a handheld computer released for educational purposes in around 2009 but since discontinued. Currently available very cheaply as a result (we’ve seen the opportunity to buy a box of 32 units for less than $300) they are becoming good targets for experimental hacks. Ingenious…
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Sometimes the fight for energy efficiency and low power consumption takes rather ugly forms. High-performance desktop gaming PCs obviously consume a lot of power and their relative power efficiency is lower when compared to that of small form-factor systems. Which is why Dell can no longer ship some of its Alienware gaming desktops to California,…
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AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution (FSR) is a type of rendering technique that looks to boost framerates in games and enable quality high-resolution gaming. It’s also a rival to Nvidia’s DLSS, though the two differ quite a bit in how they function. FSR works by rendering frames at a lower resolution and then using an…
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Keeping your graphics card cool is a sure way to both increase its longevity and potential maximum performance; and if you’ve been wanting to add watercooling to your RTX 3080 or RTX 3090 graphics cards, Alphacool has you covered with a drop-in, all-in-one watercooling solution in the form of the Eiswolf 2. The Eiswolf 2…
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German case, PSU and Cooling mainstay be quiet! have introduced a new budget-friendly quad-heatpipe cooler for system builders with intermediate TDP requirements. The Shadow Rock Slim 2 features a single 135mm Silent Wings fan and large heatsink, offering up an attractive option for those seeking a premium CPU heatpipe cooler for modest to moderate PC…
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