500 Hz PC monitor prototype is fastest panel ever
Enlarge (credit: BOE/Sina.com ) Monitors with high refresh rates are able to depict fast-paced action more smoothly than standard 60 Hz monitors. Today's scree…
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Showing posts from January, 2022
Review: MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software—for better or worse
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The MNT Reform, a boxy laptop built around maximally open-source hardware and software. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Specs at a glance: MNT Reform …
Read moreKeychron Q2 mechanical keyboard review: Enthusiast luxury at a decent price
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The Keychron Q2. (credit: Scharon Harding) Not everyone appreciates the luxury of a mechanical keyboard. Many are happy with the flat keys that come wit…
Read moreApple now allows unlisted apps on the App Store
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple has added a new feature for app developers that should prove useful for internal tools and other kinds of applications that are…
Read moreSeagate starts shipping enormous 22TB hard drives to “some customers”
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Seagate) While NVMe SSDs focus on getting faster, good old spinning hard drives are intent on getting larger. Tom's Hardware reports that har…
Read moreFirst “OLED EX” TVs announced, promising brighter high-contrast picture
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Philips OLED807. (credit: TPVision) Philips has revealed the first TVs to use LG's new type of OLED panel, OLED EX. The Philips OLED807 line of 4K H…
Read moreGoogle says “tablets are the future,” wants to hire Android tablet leadership
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Pictured: The future. (Actually this is the Motorola Xoom from 2011.) (credit: Motorola) How serious is Google going to be about Android tablets? The co…
Read moreApple just had the biggest holiday quarter in its history
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The back of the iPhone 13. (credit: Samuel Axon) Neither a global pandemic nor a supply chain crunch can stop Apple, based on the company's Q1 2022 …
Read moremacOS 12.3 will break cloud-storage features used by Dropbox and OneDrive
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Apple ) If you're using either Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive to sync files on a Mac, you'll want to pay attention to the release notes for…
Read moreGoogle relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Jericho (modified)/Google/Ron Amadeo ) There is hope for users of Google's "legacy" free G Suite accounts. Last week, Google announc…
Read moreRGB keyboard feature renews hope for RTX Chromebooks
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge It has been two years since Google sparked dreams of PC gaming coming to Chromebooks. We've yet to hear word on when we'll be able to frag on Chrome…
Read moreApple fixes major bugs in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS software updates
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple released several new operating system updates to the public: iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3, macO…
Read moreHuawei manages to launch the P50 internationally—at ridiculous prices
Harsh Dhankhar
The Huawei P50 Pro in several colors. It's time for a wellness check on Huawei, everyone's favorite beat-up Chinese smartphone vendor. The company is d…
Read moreMajor Windows 11 update, with taskbar tweaks and Android apps, coming in February
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will be tending to some of the unfinished parts of Windows 11 in an update next month, according …
Read moreChromebooks may borrow the Pixel’s battery-preservation trick
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Getty) You can never have enough battery life, but keeping your device's battery at a constant 100 percent can degrade its life span. Many lap…
Read moreNvidia RTX 3050 review: For an overpriced 1080p GPU, this could’ve been worse
Harsh Dhankhar
EVGA's entry-level Nvidia RTX 3050, priced at $249. [credit: EVGA / Nvidia ] Until something changes, we will assume the worst about the supply-and-demand …
Read moreGoogle drops FLoC after widespread opposition, pivots to “Topics API” plan
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Vivaldi's graphic on FLoC. (credit: Vivaldi ) After widespread opposition from the rest of the Internet, Google is killing its "FLoC" pla…
Read moreNew Logitech mechanical keyboards are conservative in looks and price
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Logitech G413 SE mechanical keyboard. Logitech introduced two mechanical keyboards to its lineup on Monday. Shipping in February, the boards are part of…
Read moreTesting Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake laptop CPUs: Many cores make light work
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Intel's 12th-generation Core chips are coming to laptops. (credit: Intel) We were impressed with Intel's top-tier 12th-generation desktop chips …
Read moreHere’s what Apple might announce at a spring event this March
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The 2020 iPhone SE. (credit: Samuel Axon) It doesn't seem like that long ago that Apple announced a plethora of new iPhone, Apple Watch, and MacBook…
Read moreLatest Intel Arc GPU leaks: 3070 Ti-ish speeds, 5 different options for laptops
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Intel's upcoming Arc GPUs. (credit: Intel ) Intel hasn’t said much about its upcoming Arc dedicated GPUs since announcing their branding and a hand…
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