Showing posts from February, 2022

Alienware AW720M mouse review: An ambidextrous wireless win

Enlarge / Alienware AW720M. (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: Alienware AW720M Sensor Optical (model not disclosed) Connectivity options USB…

Read more

Lenovo announces the first Arm-based ThinkPad

Enlarge / Lenovo ThinkPad X13s. (credit: Scharon Harding) Lenovo's ThinkPad X13s will be the first ThinkPad to use an Arm-based processor, Qualcomm's Snap…

Read more

Lenovo brings 16:10 trend to the small screen

Enlarge / Lenovo ThinkVision M14d. (credit: Scharon Harding) We've been watching PC screens   get taller , especially those of laptops, and now Lenovo is brin…

Read more

Reddit’s iOS and Android app gets its biggest update in years

Enlarge / The Reddit iOS app icon. (credit: Getty Images | Yuriko Nakao ) The Reddit mobile app doesn't often get big updates, but this week was an exception,…

Read more

Driver that promised faster Ethereum mining for Nvidia GPUs is full of viruses

Enlarge / The EVGA RTX 3060, as posed in front of some sort of high-tech honeycomb array. (credit: EVGA / Nvidia) Both Nvidia and AMD have made changes to their g…

Read more

New Roccat mouse lets you program up to 29 different inputs

Enlarge (credit: Roccat/Amazon ) For power users, gamers, and those seeking a highly functional mouse, more buttons is beneficial. Roccat wants to appeal to such p…

Read more

All-new touch-friendly taskbar comes to latest Windows 11 preview

Enlarge / Touchscreen devices like the Surface will benefit from some of the new features in the latest Windows 11 preview builds. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Mic…

Read more

Intel NUC 12 Extreme review: Alder Lake makes for a pricey, portable powerhouse

Enlarge / Intel's NUC 12 Extreme kit. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel’s NUC Extreme mini PC kits have always been hard to recommend. It’s true that they’re …

Read more

Apple will add fifth US English Siri voice in iOS 15.4

Enlarge / The back of the iPhone 13 mini. (credit: Samuel Axon) There are already four American-accented English voices for Siri, but Apple will add a fifth in iO…

Read more

Pixel 7 leaks show Google finally has a consistent phone business

Enlarge / Behold the Pixel 7 Pro. It looks just like the Pixel 6. (credit: OnLeaks x Smartprix ) The Pixel 6 is just a few months old, but the first leaks of the …

Read more

Companies selling fake reviews are “tarnishing” brand, Amazon says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) After being pressed by the media and government organizations about paid reviews on its site, Amazon is taking its fight against c…

Read more

Logitech G413 SE mechanical keyboard review: Affordable, but not cheap enough

Enlarge / Logitech G413 SE mechanical keyboard. (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: Logitech G413 SE Switches Long Hua Brown Keycaps PBT plast…

Read more

Apple’s AR/VR headset isn’t just a prototype anymore, sources say

Enlarge / An augmented reality demo by Apple, using a smartphone instead of a headset. (credit: Apple ) Apple's mixed reality headset has moved beyond the pro…

Read more

If you’re still on Windows 3.1, Windle is the best way to get in on the Wordle craze

Enlarge / Windle is a clone of Wordle meant to fit in with old Windows games like Minesweeper and Chip's Challenge . (credit: Dialup.net ) If you thought t…

Read more

The Galaxy S22’s 45 W charging doesn’t actually improve charge times

Enlarge / The Galaxy S22 Ultra. It has a pen. (credit: Samsung) Just like the Pixel 6 before it, the Galaxy S22 seems to be claiming some misleading battery-cha…

Read more

Spotify Car Thing is a $90 thing that plays Spotify in your car

Enlarge / Spotify's Car Thing thing in a car. (credit: Spotify ) Spotify is entering the hardware market with Car Thing, a smart music player meant to sit on …

Read more

Inside “Project Tinman”: Peloton’s plan to conceal rust in its exercise bikes

Enlarge / A Peloton stationary bike for sale at the company's showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) As Peloton’s stock pr…

Read more

In a strategic shift, Roku plans to make its own TV sets

Enlarge / A Roku streaming box. (credit: Ars Technica) TV-streaming platform Roku is looking to expand beyond dongles and software deals to make its own TV hardwa…

Read more

Report: Qualcomm will support AV1 video codec in 2023

Enlarge (credit: Qualcomm ) Protocol reports that Qualcomm will finally jump on the AV1 video codec bandwagon next year. AV1 is the web's next open, royalty-f…

Read more

HP and Lenovo Chromebooks expected to support Steam

HP's Pro c640 G2 enterprise Chromebook is expected to get Steam support. (credit: HP ) HP, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus are expected to be among the first companies t…

Read more

Want to delete Spotify? These are the alternatives

Replacing Spotify used to be difficult, but its competitors have caught up in many areas. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Spotify is the dominant streaming music plat…

Read more

Is Firefox OK?

Enlarge / The Mozilla building, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in San Francisco, California, Mozilla is the maker of the web browser Firefox. (Photo by Santiago Mejia/San Fr…

Read more
Load More That is All