An infamous former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower has unexpectedly shared his opinion on the state of the graphics card market. Naturalized Russian citizen Edward Snowden has called the recently released Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 “a monopolistic crime against the consumer” due to its “crippling 16GB.” Imagine his ire if he was… Read more
read more...Edward Snowden slams Nvidia’s RTX 50-series ‘F-tier value,’ whistleblows on lackluster VRAM capacity
By: Tom's Hardware
Incredibly tiny pressure-sensitive mouse can be latched onto a keychain like a sleek car remote
By: Tom's Hardware
Astract Japan has launched CapacMouse Pro, the successor to its previous-gen CapacMouse Neo, for crowdfunding and preordering on Makuake.com, a Japanese crowdfunding platform. CapacMouse Pro is a hyper-compact mouse. The whole unit resembles a car beeper remote more than anything else, but it is complete with two scroll buttons, two side buttons per side, and… Read more
read more...AMD rumored to launch the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D alongside RDNA 4 GPUs in late March
By: Tom's Hardware
Reports suggest that AMD will debut its 16-core and 12-core Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs in late March, coinciding with the launch of its Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards. Citing internal sources, French hardware news website CowCotLand claims that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D are planned for release by the end of Q1,… Read more
read more...It took more than a decade for a surreal RPG to get its final translation
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In 2008, Mortis Ghost made a game with his friend, composer Alias Conrad Coldwood. It was a surreal roleplaying game about a baseball player fighting ghosts called Off. He shared it for free on a French-speaking forum, where it garnered a small audience. One player was a French artist who was inspired to make a… Read more
read more...How to hide files and folders on Windows
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While your Windows computer should be pretty well locked down with a password or maybe even some kind of biometric protection, it’s impossible to guarantee that no one else is ever going to get access to it, whether it’s a thief swiping your unlocked laptop from a coffee shop or one of your kids wanting… Read more
read more...The drone pilot who took out an LA firefighting plane pleads guilty to escape jail
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On January 9th, 56-year-old Peter Akemann flew his DJI Mini 3 Pro drone far beyond the legal limit of his ability to see — and into a Super Scooper water dumping plane fighting the Los Angeles Palisades wildfires, grounding it for repairs after punching a hole in its left wing. Now that authorities have traced… Read more
read more...YouTube’s new Discord-like Communities are rolling out to more creators
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The old YouTube Community tab that’s been around for nearly a decade is getting a new name: Posts. The old YouTube Community tab that’s been around for nearly a decade is getting a new name: Posts. Jan 31, 2025, 11:52 PM UTC Image: YouTube Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle… Read more
read more...Microsoft Paint is getting a Copilot button, too
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Allison Johnson is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Windows Insiders will soon see a Copilot icon in one more place: Paint. Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels will see the new button thanks… Read more
read more...BioWare hit with layoffs as it shifts to next Mass Effect
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Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. BioWare now has fewer than 100 employees after laying off “around two dozen” staffers and shifting others to different projects at EA, Bloomberg reports. The changes follow BioWare’s own “Studio Update” published… Read more
read more...How to stop your MacBook from turning on when you open the lid
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In 2016, Apple started including an auto power-on feature for its new MacBook models that activated when you opened the notebook lid or plugged in USB-C power when the lid was open. This is a cool little convenience if you don’t want the added step of pressing the power button — plus it could get… Read more
read more...Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project
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The latest cancellation casts doubt over Apple’s future AR plans. The latest cancellation casts doubt over Apple’s future AR plans. Jan 31, 2025, 9:08 PM UTC While Mark Zuckerberg and Meta press forward with augmented glasses projects buoyed by its million-selling set of smart Ray-Bans, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says that Apple just pulled the… Read more
read more...Most RTX 50-series GPUs sold out in five minutes at Newegg — entire inventory evaporated in just 20 minutes
By: Tom's Hardware
Yesterday, Nvidia’s RTX 50-series lineup finally hit shelves—at least the few hundred Nvidia produced. Since almost no one has been able to get their hands on a Blackwell GPU, Newegg reports that its RTX 50 inventory sold out in just 20 minutes. You’d be lucky to see a single listing, as it didn’t take five… Read more
read more...OpenAI launches new o3-mini reasoning model with a free ChatGPT version
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Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman teased exactly two weeks ago that o3-mini would ship in “a couple of weeks,” and it’s arriving on time today. OpenAI is launching its latest o3-mini reasoning… Read more
read more...MultiVersus’ next season will be its last
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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. MultiVersus will go offline at the end of its next season, Warner Bros. Games announced on Friday. The free-to-play brawler’s fifth and final season starts on February… Read more
read more...Ugreen’s new wallet tracker is thinner and cheaper than the rest
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Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Ugreen has announced another Apple AirTag alternative with its new Finder Slim wallet tracker. It’s not only much thinner than an Apple AirTag, at just 1.7mm… Read more
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