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Google reportedly ran secret ‘Project Bernanke’ that boosted its own ad-buying system over competitors

Google reportedly ran a secret project called “Project Bernanke” that relied on bidding data collected from advertisers using its ad exchange to benefit the company’s own ad system, The Wall Street Journal reported. First discovered by newswire service MLex, the name of the project was visible in an improperly unredacted document Google had filed as… Read more

XGIMI Mogo Pro+ Projector Review

Introduction I would like to thank XGIMI for supplying the sample. There has been quite a history of compact projectors hitting the market, with some so tiny as to fit in one’s palm. However, most tend to suffer from some form of limitation in terms of portability, brightness, interface or audio. XGIMI presented an interesting… Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900 Blurs The Line Between Performance And Value

Home News AMD Ryzen 5000 Processor (Image credit: AMD) Hardware detective Tum_Apisak has spotted AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900 in a new benchmark. The 12-core processor appears to be a complete monster, but it’s a shame that the chip is exclusive to OEMs. Coming out of TSMC’s 7nm furnace, the Ryzen 9 5900 is just like… Read more

THX Onyx is an MQA-supporting USB DAC promising quality music on the go

Home News (Image credit: THX) If portable audio has been shaped by anything other than advancing headphones technology in recent years, it’s the arrival of portable DACs – pocketable ‘middleman’ devices that connect between a phone or laptop and a pair of headphones to improve sound quality. We’ve had laptop-friendly AudioQuest DragonFlys and the more… Read more

Intel Core i5-11400F Review – The Best Rocket Lake

Introduction Intel last week debuted the 11th Gen Core “Rocket Lake” desktop processor family, and we had launch-day reviews of the Core i9-11900K flagship and the mid-range Core i5-11600K. Today we bring you the Core i5-11400F—probably the most interesting model in the whole stack. The often-ignored SKU among Intel desktop processors among the past many… Read more

Apple Arcade finally got the boost it needed

Last week, Apple Arcade received its biggest update since launching back in 2019. More than 30 titles were added to the subscription service, including much-anticipated games like Hironobu Sakaguchi’s roleplaying epic Fantasian. But while the quantity and quality of titles added were impressive, the most important part of the announcement was a change in direction…. Read more

Alienware’s M15 R5 is its first AMD-based gaming laptop in over a decade

Alienware has announced the latest revision to its flagship gaming laptop lineup, the 15-inch Alienware M15 R5. It’ll start shipping on April 20th in the US, costing $2,229.99 to start. The company is going big with its messaging that it’ll host AMD’s fast Ryzen 5000 H-series processors (up to the octa-core Ryzen 9 5900HX) and… Read more

Intel Ice Lake Xeon Platinum 8380 Review: 10nm Debuts for the Data Center

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s long-delayed 10nm+ third-gen Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors mark an important step forward for the company as it attempts to fend off intense competition from AMD’s 7nm EPYC Milan processors that top out at 64 cores, a key advantage over Intel’s existing 14nm Cascade Lake Refresh that tops out… 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

XPG Pylon 550W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The Pylon 550W by XPG achieves high overall performance, and is equipped with a quality fan that’s uncommon in this price range. For + Full power at 40 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + FDB fan + Build quality is high enough + Low inrush current with 115V + Highly efficient 5VSB… Read more

Pixel 5 reportedly gets big GPU performance boost with new update

Google has started rolling out the April Android security update for Pixel phones, and it looks like it’s brought some performance improvements to the most recent devices. Google says the update includes “performance optimizations for certain graphics-intensive apps and games” on the Pixel 5 and 4A 5G, and, as noted by XDA Developers, some testers… Read more

Ryzen 9 5900HX Unites With Radeon RX 6800M In The Ultimate AMD Laptop

Home News ROG Strix G15 (Image credit: Asus) Asus is apparently preparing what could be the ultimate AMD gaming laptop. According to a CPU-Z posting, the new iteration of the ROG Strix G15 will arrive with a lethal combination of AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900HX (Cezanne) processor and Radeon RX 6800M graphics cards. The unreleased laptop… Read more

Engineers Sneakily Upgrade Apple M1 Mac Mini With More Storage, RAM

Home News (Image credit: DuanRui) Apple’s computers have been notorious for their lack of upgradeability, particularly since the introduction of Apple’s M1 chip that integrates memory directly into the package. But as spotted via Twitter, if you want to boost the power of your Mac, it may be possible with money, skill, time and some… Read more

Epic just made streaming Fortnite easier than ever with a new Houseparty integration

Epic is further stitching together its various platforms with a new Fortnite integration for its social video app Houseparty that lets you stream your gameplay to friends. The integration builds on an existing one that uses Houseparty’s video chatting capabilities to bring live video chat into Fortnite, and now this essentially does the reverse. That… Read more

LG had few smartphone hits, but it’ll still be missed

The LG V30.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US smartphone market just got more boring If you’re reading this on a phone, chances are, LG didn’t make it. The Korean tech giant has been losing money and market share with its smartphone division for years, so it wasn’t a surprise when it… Read more