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Updated 2025-06-27 23:00
15 of my favorite tech gadgets and accessories are on sale for $50 or less ahead of Prime Day
Prime Day is a great time to get an affordable tech gift or something that will help make your tech world a bit better. Here are 15 great products (most of which I own) that you can get for under $50.
Buckle up! Apacer launches seat belt for RAM sticks — protection for DIMMs from vibration damage
Apacer, a memory and storage manufacturer, has announced a new seat belt" rugged retention strip to hold DIMM modules in place for Edge AI" use cases subject to heavy vibrations, including long transit hauls.
Eleegoo Neptune 4 Pro, our top-rated 3D printer, is now $240 at Newegg
Elegoo's Neptune 4 Pro drops to $240 at Newegg, saving you $122 off a fantastic 3D printer.
Benchmark maker comments on the scarcity of Qualcomm Copilot+ PC tests in the wild — only 56 Windows-on-Arm devices benchmarked in the last 30 days
PassMark Software seems unimpressed by the number of Copilot+ PC tests that it has seen in the wild since the new platform launched. The long-established benchmarking observed that, over the last 30 days, 22,000 Windows x86 machines were put through its CPU test suite, yet only 56 Windows-on-Arm machines have been benchmarked.
Nvidia RTX 4070 reaches all-time low of $499 before Prime Day — an excellent deal on one of our favorite graphics cards
Nvidia's RTX 4070 ranks as one of our favorite graphics cards, offering an excellent blend of performance and features. It's currently on sale for $499, matching the lowest price we've seen since the card launched in early 2023.
Portable 15.6-inch 1080p monitor falls to lowest price ever at $65.99 — and it's an IPS display
The KYY K3 hit $65.99 prior to Prime Day and features a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS display and a nifty smart cover/stand
Dell S3222DGM, our top-rated gaming monitor, drops to all-time low of $229
The 32-inch, curved monitor operates at 165 Hz and has incredible contrast.
Microsoft Surface Pro (2024) review: Copilot+ flagship is beautiful, but AI features are shrug-worthy
The Microsoft Surface Pro (11th Edition, 2024) is a beautiful, long-lasting Arm PC with an OLED screen, but accessories make it very expensive, and there are still a few app incompatibility issues.
AMD's latest integrated graphics perform like an eight-year-old Nvidia midrange GPU — Radeon 890M achieves GTX 1070 performance in Geekbench and lags behind GTX 1650 Super by 15%
AMD's latest Radeon 890M RDNA 3.5 flagship posted identical results to a GTX 1070 in Geekbench's Vulkan benchmark.
Samsung's fastest consumer SSD has a different endurance rating in other countries — TBW listing could be a typo, though
Samsung's 990 Pro 4TB SSDs have different TBW ratings in the U.S. and Poland, but that could be a typo.
AMD deep-dives Zen 5 architecture — Ryzen 9000 and AI 300 benchmarks, RDNA 3.5 GPU, XDNA 2, and more
AMD revealed the deep-dive details of its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 Granite Ridge' and Ryzen AI 300 series Strix Point' chips at its Zen 5 Tech Day.
Asus showcases its first Intel Lunar Lake laptop — ExpertBook P5 (P5405) detailed
Asus has published a detailed overview of an upcoming Intel Lunar Lake laptop. The new Asus ExpertBook P5's key attractions are laid bare in this pre-launch expose.
HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 gets AMD Ryzen AI 300 chips and Thunderbolt 4
HP's new OmniBook Ultra uses AMD's Ryzen AI 300 chips for 55 TOPS of AI power. It also has Thunderbolt 4.
First PC emulator arrives on iOS App Store, delivers i486 or PowerPC fun on your iPhone, iPad or Vision Pro
Despite Apple's initial rejection of the emulator app and the developers' initial decision to give up, UTM SE was approved and released on the App Store Sunday. The 'retro PC emulator' allows you to run classic operating systems, software, and games on the iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro.
BlueAnt Soundblade Review: Pretty and loud
The BlueAnt Soundblade is an under-monitor soundbar.
Laptop fire caused American Airlines jet to be evacuated
A laptop fire on a passenger jet precipitated a dramatic emergency evacuation on Friday. American Airlines Flight 2045 was getting ready to fly from San Franciso to Miami when the cabin started to fill with smoke - it was coming from the rear of the plane, from a laptop bag.
AMD's new Zen 5 flagship gets benchmarked — Ryzen 9 9950X Engineering Sample isn't as impressive in Blender at maximum power settings
An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES gets a full suite of Blender benchmarks at different PPT/TDP targets.
Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD's top gaming CPU, hits all-time low price
This 16-core, 32-thread behemoth is now just $469.
Asus revises its entry-level Nvidia gaming GPU again — Dual RTX 4060 V3 becomes even more compact
Asus gave the Dual RTX a cleaner, sleeker look and smaller fans in its third iteration.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 4060 gaming laptop is now $1099 at Best Buy
Over at Best Buy, you can find the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop over at Best Buy for just $1099 instead of its going rate of around $1599.
Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries
And yet, these two high-tech giants also lead the industry in terms of green energy adoption.
Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled
Google Gemini AI is malfunctioning or lying to Google Drive users about privacy controls, and it hasn't gone unnoticed.
Nvidia RTX 50 graphics card family TDPs 'leaked' by Seasonic
Seasonic's PSU wattage calculator has suddenly become surprisingly interesting. Specifically, Seasonic's data appears to show the TDPs of the upcoming Blackwell architecture gaming cards from the RTX 5090 at the top, all the way down to an RTX 5050.
Valkyrie AL125 CPU air cooler delivers IPS screen and RGB lighting frills for under $20
Valkyrie has just released its AL125 CPU air cooler to retailers in China, where it is now on pre-sale. The new tower-style cooler packs in many frills for its sub-$20 pricing, featuring a built-in IPS display and an RGB fan.
Print your own ITX desktop PC case — enthusiast shares free download for 3D model SFF case
User WhoIsLudwig shared the 3D files, allowing nearly anyone to download, print, and build their retro-inspired SFF PC case.
Huawei officially opens its 2,600-acre R&D center in Shanghai, will accommodate over 35,000 scientists and engineers
The Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center opened early July 2024 to host over 35,000 Huawei scientists, engineers, and other personnel.
Research team working on building a DNA hard drive within three years — aims to build a working DNA micro-factory for data archiving
The DINAMIC project aims to build a DNA microfactory that can store data reliably, sustainably, and affordably.
Ryzen 9 7900X3D drops to $309, an all-time low, but quantities could be limited
Antonline via eBay is selling the chip for $85 less than other vendors.
China's telco companies are gradually shifting to Chinese CPUs — telecom giants switch hundreds of thousands of their servers to homegrown CPU platforms
China's telco giants are increasing their procurement of G-series servers, which are based on CPUs carrying a Chinese badge yet are based on American and U.K. ISAs or even developed in the U.S.
Developer ports Windows NT to Power Macintosh systems — firmware and boot loader now available
You can use the newly released firmware and loader to test running Windows NT on your Power Macintosh.
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 delivers Intel-beating single-core performance — Zen 5 chip jumps ahead of the Core Ultra 7 268V and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 hit 2,879 points in single-core Geekbench 6 benchmarks, making it a top-performing laptop chip in single-core performance.
Best PC Builds for Gaming 2024: From $500 Budgets to $4,000+
Whether you're spending $500 or $4,000 on components, we've picked out the perfect parts for your next PC build.
Warframe devs report 80% of game crashes happen on Intel's overclockable Core i9 chips — Core i7 K-series CPUs also have high crash rates
Warframe developers sound off on Intel's ongoing 13th Gen and 14th Generation CPU instability issues.
Goldman Sachs says AI is too expensive and unreliable — firm asks if 'overhyped' AI processing will ever pay off massive investments
Goldman Sachs interviewed several experts to offer contrarian views on the future of AI, plus they looked at the challenges the technology faces if it wants to grow indefinitely in the future.
US government announces first CHIPS Act research and development beneficiaries — $300 million awarded to three R&D facilities
The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act budgets up to $11 billion for R&D and will soon award the first $300 million for three facilities.
Former Tesla AI Director reproduces GPT-2 in 24 hours for only $672 — GPT-4 costs $100 million to train
The project started as an educational video, but the developer got stuck on a few things, so 'raged-quit' and decided to rebuild GPT-2 from scratch.
Apple's renewed push for Mac gaming relies on its whole ecosystem to attract users
Apple doesn't have the library that PC gaming offers, but with an ecosystem and a chip architecture shared across platforms, being in the ecosystem can have some benefits.
How to write code for your Raspberry Pi Pico in your web browser with ViperIDE
Volodymyr Shymanskyy's ViperIDE is a great tool to write MicroPython and CircuitPython in the browser. It works with many different machines, including the Raspberry Pi Pico.
Pineboards HatDrive! Nano Review: Low-cost, high-speed storage for your Raspberry Pi 5
Pineboards latest PCIe add-on board for the Raspberry Pi 5 is a low-cost NVMe storage option that pulls no punches. We get all of the features and speed of NVMe, for the cost of a coffee and sandwich!
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Engineering Sample gets a full suite of Blender benchmarks at various TDPs, showcasing major efficiency improvements
An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X engineering sample gets thoroughly benchmarked in Blender.
Preliminary HBM4 specs point to major performance uplift for GPUs — transfer speeds up to 6.4 GT/s across a 2048-bit interface
JEDEC publishes initial specifications for HBM4: up to 1.64 TB/s per stack, loads of configurations.
Enthusiast claims to have obtained an early Ryzen 7 9700X — warehouses stock AMD’s latest Zen 5 CPUs in preparation for distribution to brick-and-mortar retail stores
Reddit user ElectricalEmployer22 posted on r/pcmasterrace that they just got the AMD Ryzen 7 9000-series processors in store.
Arduino starts selling a new Plug and Make kit for electronics beginners
Arduino has released an easy-to-use kit that helps you build 7 different projects to give budding electronics makers another option to start learning the craft.
Game publisher claims 100% crash rate with Intel CPUs – Alderon Games says company sells defective 13th and 14th gen chips
Frustrations are running at an all-time high regarding Raptor Lake stability issues. Game studio Alderon Games reports that nearly all of its Raptor Lake machines are either crashing or suffering from stability issues.
Software engineer achieved free plane Wi-Fi at a terrible cost — PySkyWiFi bypasses firewall but is limited to plain text endeavors
Software engineer Robert Heaton develops and shares PySkyWiFi, a solution for achieving free plane Wi-Fi with horrible but amusing caveats.
You can use a Raspberry Pi to control this flip display
Makers and developers Kelly and Kathy have assembled a flip display with a camera that tracks your body for an interactive experience.
Nvidia's latest RTX 4070 Ti Super AD102 GPUs are in stores now — custom models start at $819
Newegg has the Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid OC and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super WindForce Max OC in stock.
Backup your data for only 1 cent per GB with Seagate's 14TB external HDD
If you want a lot of storage, for a reasonable amount of money, and it doesn't have to be lightning-fast, then there's still a place for older HDD backup drives in your inventory.
Linus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86
Linus says RISC-V development will likely make the same mistakes that the x86 and Arm chips made during their development cycles.
Softbank takes over AI processor designer Graphcore
Softbank acquires Graphcore, an AI processor developer, as it preps a push into AI datacenters.
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