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True to its name, the performance of the Amazon Basics CPU Cooler is basic. But it’s also one of the quietest coolers we’ve tested.

AMD has announced the details of its A620 motherboard for the Ryzen 7000 processors, including a slide deck with more technical details.

The Razer Atlas is a tempered glass mouse pad with a smooth matte smudge-resistant surface that’s micro-etched to work seamlessly with optical sensors. And for some reason it feels incredible.

Pico Bricks is a learning platform with the Raspberry Pi Pico at its heart. Embedded components and multiple programming languages enable learners to tackle projects in their own way.

We round up the best PC hardware hoaxes for April Fool's Day 2023.

Kioxia's and Western Digital's 218-layer 3D NAND device boasts 1Tb capacity, 3.2 GT/s interface speed.

The Voron 0.1 is a scratch built printer for makers looking for a challenge.

Japan follows the U.S. and the Netherlands with curbs against China's semiconductor sector.

Microsoft has announced a new DirectX12 feature that allows the CPU to directly access video memory. Potentially reducing CPU utilization and system memory consumption in games.

G.Skill Has announced five new DDR5 kits, featuring the new 24GB and 48GB capacity modules. One of these kits is rated at up to 8200MT/s making it one of the fastest on the market.

Some great 4TB PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 from WD, Crucial and others are on sale at their lowest prices ever for World Backup Day.

Asus has announced the TUF Gaming A620M-Plus WiFi and Prime A620M-A motherboards, which will be available in April 2023.

Gigabyte takes down claim that Ryzen 7000's successors are due this year.

ADLINK has turned Nvidia's RTX A500 laptop GPU into an external graphics device, giving anyone with a Thunderbolt 3-supported laptop the ability to run Nvidia graphics on their system.

ChatGPT has been tricked into generating batches of Windows 95 keys. Instead of asking for a key(s) directly, a wannabe warez-hound has to ask the AI to generate strings using a natural language formula.

The price of the WD Black SN850X 4TB has been slashed to $299 on Amazon, which brings that cost down to $0.07 per GB. That is the cheapest this drive has ever been by a significant margin.

A man tried to smuggle 510,000 computer parts and devices from low-tax Hong Kong into mainland China. Tech smuggling bust is biggest seen since 2018.

The MSI MEG Z790 Ace is a premium mid-range motherboard loaded with features. You get five M.2 sockets (one PCIe 5.0 x4), flagship-class audio, overbuilt VRMs and a unique black and gold style. But the $699.99 price is tough to take as other, less expensive and similarly equipped options are available.

Explains development of new printer, concerns about open source.

Korean semiconductor industry finds U.S. CHIPS funding requirements a threat to its trade secrets.

Currently, you can get the SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB for just $154, which is a superb price for this fast Gen 4 drive and cheaper than I can recall ever seeing it.

A new report from the Chinese publication MyDrivers claims that Nvidia is cooperating with online retailers to remove fake GeForce gaming graphics cards.

TrendForce sees NAND Flash pricing downturn to continue through 2Q23, with no prospect of turnaround until 4Q23.

Asus' latest ROG XG Mobile (2023) external GPU with a GeForce RTX 4090 has arrived on the retail market.

Samsung expects physical, logical scaling and packaging innovations to enable Petabyte-size SSDs.

A glitch in seemingly all motherboard software has been found that allows AMD's locked Ryzen 7 5800X3D to be overclocked well beyond its capabilities.

380Hz might seem quaint next to 500Hz monsters, but the MSI G253PF still has a lot to offer for esports gamers.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 appears to be primed for a $599 launch price, which some will see as a forgivable $100 increase on 2020’s RTX 3070 MSRP.

The Corsair MP600 Pro LPX is an undistinguished high-end PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD that would work fine in a PlayStation 5 but falls behind its peers in most respects. Get it on sale, if possible.

Tenstorrent discloses its roadmap: Wormhole, Blackhole, Grendel.

U.S. government will spend $50 million to support domestic PCB and advanced packaging facilities.

Micron will further cut investments and reduce workforce due to short-term 3D NAND and DRAM demand uncertainties.

Galax has announced the HOF Extreme 50 PCIe 5.0 SSD, which offers sequential read speeds up to 10 GB/s and features an active heatsink.

The last generation halo-tier card for AMD, the Radeon RX 6950 XT, is a little cheaper today thanks to Amazon reducing the price of the XFX Speedster Merc 319 AMD RX 6950 XT Black Gaming to $659.

Prusa's MK4 is designed for rapid prototyping. Auto bed leveling, hot-swappable nozzles and custom firmware mean every part of this 3D printer is designed for speed and quality.

Philips 45B1U6900C delivers an expansive and seamless double-QHD monitor experience, with several business-focused benefits. An H-suffixed variation features a pop-up webcam.

Written entirely in MicroPython, Pixylatte's clone of the 1982 Atari classic River Raid is played on a Pimoroni Tufty2040, powered by Raspberry Pi Pico

Intel announced several updates to its Data Center and AI roadmap at its webinar today, including a 144-core Sierra Forest chip and the new Clearwater Forest processors that will debut in 2025 with the Intel 18A process.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 appears to have been put through Geekbench tests. If these results are real, it looks like some optimization is still needed.

Intel unveils its latest roadmaps along with a new product and roadmaps at its Data Center and AI Investor Webinar.

Adafruit's latest board nears release and it promises to provide easy digital video from our favorite microcontroller

The Amazon Spring Sale ends at midnight tonight in the UK, but there are still some great last-minute deals to pick up before discounts end.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a dual-screen laptop powered by Nvidia and AMD's latest chips, but what really stands out is how nice its mini LED main display is.

Nvidia's reasonably priced GeForce RTX 4050 and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti to land in May – June timeframe, according to leak.

Overseas retailers have started to list AMD's upcoming budget AM5 motherboards with the A620 chipset.

TrendForce says DRAM prices down 20% in Q1 2023, will continue to fall in Q2 2023.

Valve will end support for Steam on Windows 7 and 8 PCs in January 2024. There are still 1.9% of Steam users on the older operating systems.

Enjoy silky smooth laptop gaming for less with the Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 (RTX 3080) Gaming Laptop for $1,499 at Amazon.

Bringing the power to a 40+ year old vintage computer, the Raspberry Pi provides CPU horsepower and more RAM than the Commodore 64 could ever dream of.