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Best coffee grinders 2021: Crush those beans with aplomb

(Pocket-lint) – Coffee. That beautiful, brown, warm life-giving morning juice is delightful. But, if you’ve only ever bought pre-ground packaged coffee from a store shelf, then you’re missing out. Nothing tastes better than freshly ground coffee, and the best way to achieve that is to buy your own coffee grinder and do it yourself. The… Read more

PC Fan Faceoff: Noctua NF-A12x25 vs. Thermaltake ToughFan 12

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) When Noctua came out with the NF-A12x25 fan almost three years ago, it quickly went on its way to becoming arguably the world’s best PC fan. It performed great as an airflow fan, CPU cooler fan, and radiator fan. But bathed in the company’s iconic brown and beige, the… Read more

NASA’s new Mars rover is about to spawn a tiny helicopter

NASA’s Perseverance rover is getting ready to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity on Mars. The four-pound, four-blade rotorcraft will attempt the first flight of its kind on another planet, and in the process, it will test a new mode of mobility that could transform the way we Earthlings remotely explore other worlds. The craft is… Read more

Lenovo studied the blade so poorly it forgot to include one in its Demon Slayer-themed gaming chair

Lenovo isn’t a major player in the gaming chair scene, but its Demon Slayer-themed creation shows that it could easily dice up the competition if it chose to. Per Kotaku, the company has made a limited edition chair that has a holstered katana built onto its side. But before you imagine spinning around in the… Read more

Alienware’s Latest Laptops Debut Cherry MX Ultra-Low Profile Mechanical Switches

Home News (Image credit: Cherry) Alienware and Cherry have partnered to bring new Cherry MX Ultra Low Profile switches to the Alienware m15 R4 and m17 R4, the companies announced today. If it works well, it could be a crucial step in making the experience of gaming on those notebooks more like gaming on a… Read more

Vergecast: NFT mania, the Sonos Roam, and the next Android phones

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast, our chat show discussing the week in tech news featuring our reporters and editors. This week, co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge deputy editor Elizabeth Lopatto about the rise in interest of NFTs. Elizabeth explains… Read more

Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 review: AMD and Nvidia at their best

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 is the gaming laptop to beat. When I tested Asus ROG’s Zephyrus G14 a year ago, I was blown away. Not only was it just over 3.5 pounds — a weight unheard of for a system with both a powerful processor and a discrete GPU — but it ran even… Read more

Case Mod World Series 2020 Winners Showcase Cyberpunk Mantis Blade PC, A ‘Floating’ Tower

Home News (Image credit: AK Mod) When times get tough, modders get modding, and 2020 was no different. Today, the winners of Cooler Master’s Case Mod World Series 2020 modding contest receive their crowns, rewarding some of the most remarkable mods created in a challenging year. The 2020 contest saw 90 entries from enthusiasts across… Read more

Blade & Soul Unreal Engine 4 upgrade coming to the west

Matthew Wilson 1 day ago Software & Gaming It looks like NCSoft is bringing the Unreal Engine 4 upgrade to Blade & Soul worldwide after all. Initially, the UE4 upgrade was only available on a Korean server, but this summer, the developers will be bringing the new features to the full live game in the… Read more

Samsung QE65QN95A

Our Verdict Samsung’s first Neo QLED is a force to be reckoned with, and the greatest threat yet to the dominance of OLED For Superbly bright, punchy and sharp Exhaustive feature set Lovely design Against Artificial boost to dark detail Reticence with extreme contrast Still no Dolby Vision This year looks very much like the… Read more

PSA: this is your last chance to grab these Mario games for your Switch

It’s March, which means Nintendo will soon pull a handful of games released specifically for anniversary celebrations. Switch owners have until the end of this month, March 31st, to grab games before the developer pulls them off the eShop. That includes Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Super Mario Bros. 35, Game… Read more

Lenovo Shows Off Radeon RX 6900 XT, 6800 XT Legion Edition GPUs

Home News Radeon RX 6800 XT Legion Edition (Image credit: Lenovo) Lenovo (via HXL) has teased the Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 6800 XT Legion Edition graphics cards on the company’s Weibo account. The graphics cards are likely an exclusive for Lenovo’s Savior Blade 7000P 2021 gaming PCs, though. It’s unknown if Lenovo… Read more

Will There Be a Desktop RTX 3060 6GB?

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) As tweeted by @Harukaze5719, Palit has added one more indication there may be additional (future) RTX 3060 variants. Palit filed listings for new RTX 3060 model names with the NRRA, and one model in particular showcases the RTX 3060 with 6GB of VRAM. Even before the official RTX 3060 announcement… Read more

The US offshore wind boom will depend on these ships

Photo illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge | Images: Dominion Energy The race is on to build them New offshore wind developments are poised to help the US usher in a new era in energy — but first, they need ships. More specifically, they need massive specialized vessels capable of erecting a skyscraper-sized turbine… Read more

Best gaming laptops 2021: Alienware, Asus ROG, Razer, Acer Predator, HP Omen and more

(Pocket-lint) – The desktop is dead, it would seem – and long gone are the days where a gaming laptop could only be a ridiculously overpowered, heavy and LED-encrusted monster that would take your arm off and crush your femurs should you try to either carry it anywhere or rest it on your thighs. Everyone’s… Read more