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Disney reveals its ‘real’ lightsaber, and it looks extremely cool

Disney has finally showed off a first look at its “real” retractable lightsaber, which the company started teasing in April, with a new video showing the saber in action — and it looks very, very cool. As rumored, the new toy lightsaber doesn’t require any awkward plastic prop blades, instead featuring a retractable light-up blade… Read more

ZTE is selling a $200 phone with wireless charging through Visible and Yahoo Mobile

ZTE is offering a feature rarely seen in the budget class of phones: wireless charging. The Blade 11 Prime is on sale now in the US for $192 through Visible and Yahoo Mobile, two MVNOs that use Verizon’s network. It’s an otherwise fairly unremarkable budget device, with a 6.5-inch 720p display shipping with Android 11…. Read more

eGPU Scaling Benchmark w/ Cooler Master EG200

Dominic Moass 11 hours ago Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics External GPU enclosures have been around for a few years now, most of them using Thunderbolt 3 which provides four PCIe 3.0 lanes. We’ve tested a few solutions over the years, including Razer’s Core X and the Sapphire GearBox, but today we’re taking a closer look… Read more

G.SKILL ENKI 360 AIO Review

Introduction G.SKILL is well known for its system memory and SSDs and has recently expanded into the peripheral market with gaming-oriented keyboards, mice, headsets, and more. It goes without saying that the company is well respected by the enthusiast community due in part to their high-quality memory. Regardless of whether it is their value lineup… Read more

DarkFlash DLH 21 Review

Introduction I would like to thank DarkFlash for supplying the review sample. DarkFlash is relatively new to the case market, having been established in 2016. They do offer quite a few clean, but solid ATX cases in interesting color choices, like pink or “NeoMint,” a gentle light green variant. While their previous products stayed true… Read more

Watch NASA’s mission control track the first flight on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is slated to attempt the first-ever powered flight on another world at 3:30AM ET on Monday. The twin-blade rotorcraft will try to ascend 10 feet above ground and hover in place for 30 seconds while cameras on NASA’s Perseverance rover record the historic attempt from a distance. The four-pound Ingenuity copter landed… Read more

Sony Bravia Core: price, release date, free trial, quality and latest news

Home Advice (Image credit: Sony) Bravia Core is Sony’s high-end movie streaming service. It promises picture quality to rival 4K Blu-ray, the world’s largest selection of IMAX Enhanced movies and the latest box office releases from Sony Pictures. But is it right for you? And how can you get it? Here’s everything you need to… Read more

Sony Bravia Core: price, release date, free trial, quality and latest news

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Bravia Core is Sony’s high-end movie streaming service. It promises picture quality to rival 4K Blu-ray, the world’s largest selection of IMAX Enhanced movies and the latest box office releases from Sony Pictures. But is it right for you? And how can you get it? Here’s everything you need to… Read more

How Disney’s ‘real’ lightsaber patent actually works

A real lightsaber. How is that possible? It’s probably not, of course. But when Disney Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro ended his April 8th presentation by whipping out a never-before-seen retractable lightsaber — no video evidence, mind — Disney and Star Wars fans went wild online. Speculation ran rampant, much of it pointing to a 2018… Read more

Today I learned Disney is making a retractable lightsaber, and I need to see it

To whom it may concern at The Walt Disney Company and / or Lucasfilm: Show me the damn lightsaber. I know you have a real one now. And it’s time to fess up. Let’s backtrack a bit. Yesterday, at a seemingly routine press event for the upcoming launch of Disneyland’s new Avengers Campus area on… Read more

Lenovo’s Legion Radeon RX 6900 XT Pictured: Coming Closer?

Home News (Image credit: WolStame/Weibo) A Lenovo product manager has published the first pictures of its upcoming Radeon RX 6900 XT Legion graphics card. The board looks as monumental as the renders released a few months ago, and the very emergence of the photos may indicate that the product is close to release. Lenovo’s Radeon RX 6900… Read more

Sony launches Bravia CORE streaming service

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Sony has officially launched Bravia CORE, its 4K lossless video streaming service. The bad news? It’s currently exclusive to those with a Bravia XR TV and a very fast internet connection. As we reported in January, Bravia CORE uses Pure Stream technology to serve up the latest box office films… Read more

Sony X90J pricing revealed: successor to 2020’s Award-winning XH90 starts at £1149/$1300

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Sony has announced the UK and US pricing of its X90J range of TVs. Pricing is as follows: 50-inch Sony KD-50X90J: £1149, $1300 55-inch Sony KD-55X90J: £1249, $1500 65-inch Sony KD-60X90J: £1499, $1800 75-inch Sony KD-75X90J: £2299, $TBC The three smaller models will go on sale this month, with the… Read more

Asus TUF Dash F15 review: Pro gaming in a slimline chassis

(Pocket-lint) – The Asus TUF Dash F15 is another of the company’s ultra-thin gaming laptops, which sports some serious specs in a compact, lightweight and portable frame. Available in two colours with a small mix of specs options and some nifty design accents, the TUF Dash F15 is interesting enough on paper, but is it… Read more

Razer May Finally Launch Its First AMD Gaming Laptop

Home News Razer Blade 14 (Image credit: Razer) Razer has been a loyal supporter of Team Blue. However, the tech giant may have finally bitten the bullet and joined up with Team Red. If the recently discovered 3DMark submissions (via _rogame) are accurate, Razer will release the company’s first-ever AMD-powered gaming laptop soon. The mysterious… Read more