It’s been less than a year since Samsung took another step into the world of QLC drives with the 870 QVO, a 2.5 inch SSD that’s got higher capacity and slightly improved performance over typical SATA drives. Now the 870 QVO has hit a new low price, with the 2TB version specifically costing just $179.…
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Today’s best Roccat Kone Pro deals When it comes to the shape of your best gaming mouse, you may prefer an ambidextrous design that’s symmetrical in shape or opt for an ergonomic mouse, which typically curves in a way that caters to the right-handed gamer’s thumb. The Roccat Kone Pro (and wireless Kone Pro Air)…
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Analysts are predicting widespread DDR5 adoption will occur in 2022, starting with the server markets and enterprise world, according to a report by Micronews. Then in 2023, we will finally see widespread DDR5 adoption in the mainstream market, with phones, laptops, and PCs fully utilizing the technology. More specifically, estimates have it that we will…
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The latest unconfirmed rumor coming out of China is that Nvidia has reportedly adjusted its production strategy to inject more GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards into to the market. It comes from Board Channels, a forum meant for employees at board partners and distributors in China. If accurate, the news will come as music to…
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Most models of Raspberry Pi are overpowered for many robotic projects but the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller and accompanying RP2040 chip really seem to fit the bill. Proving that case today is Chris Parrott who has developed his own Raspberry Pi RP2040 Robot PCB. This palm-sized robot project is called Hex Mecanum. It features a…
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We were big fans of the Raspberry Pi 400 when it launched at the end of last year, so it’s good to see that support will be added into the mainline Linux kernel with the upcoming release 5.14, as spotted by Phoronix. (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Although effectively a Raspberry Pi 4 trapped in a…
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Amazon Prime Day is happening on Monday, June 21 and Tuesday, June 22, which means you can expect a truck load of deals across gaming PCs, laptops, hardware, accessories and tech in general. And we know it can be easy to get lost in the sea of content our incredibly talented team writes over these…
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Some thought that it was an April Fool’s joke that went too far but the relationship between the hot console and the chilled beer repository is a complex one, and the comparisons just won’t go away. So imagine our excitement when we saw the Xbox Twitter account confirm that Microsoft is working on a fully…
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Twitter user Kepler has discovered a new AMD patent that details moving tasks (threads) between different types of cores in a heterogeneous processor. In other words, the patent lays the groundwork for a microarchitecture that resembles Arm’s big.LITTLE design that uses clusters of ‘big’ high-performance cores paired with ‘little’ efficiency cores. AMD files over a…
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Bitcoin is about to get a significant upgrade. A proposal called Taproot finally received the 90% approval rating it needed to start the Speedy Trial phase before officially joining the Bitcoin Core software at the heart of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Core developer Gregory Maxwell proposed Taproot in January 2018 in a bid to make Bitcoin…
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