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Best speaker stands 2021: budget and premium

Home Best-buys Best Speaker Stands Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best speaker stands you can buy in 2021. We’d argue there’s really no such thing as bookshelf speakers. Even if that’s how yours were advertised, it’ll take a sturdy pair of speaker stands to have them sounding their best. You needn’t… Read more

OnePlus 9 to launch on 23rd March with 5G and Hasselblad camera

Home News (Image credit: OnePlus) The OnePlus 9 will launch on 23rd March, OnePlus has confirmed. The firm has sent out invites to an online-only event that kicks off two weeks tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10am EDT, or 2pm GMT. It has also confirmed some of the phone’s features. For starters, there will be more than… Read more

Russian intelligence reportedly used fake news sites to spread misinformation about coronavirus vaccines

Four online publications linked to Russian intelligence agencies have been spreading false or misleading information about coronavirus vaccines, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an official at the US Department of State’s Global Engagement Center. The sites, identified as New Eastern Outlook, Oriental Review, News Front, and Rebel Inside, have emphasized the side effects of… Read more

Microsoft starts testing Edge Chromium browser on Xbox

Microsoft has started publicly testing its new Edge Chromium-powered browser on Xbox consoles. Xbox testers in the Alpha Skip-Ahead group can now access the new Microsoft Edge on Xbox One or Xbox Series S / X consoles. While full mouse and keyboard support is still missing, the browser works as you’d expect with an Xbox… Read more

Biostar Injects Some Juice Into AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT

Home News Biostar Radeon RX 6700 XT (Image credit: Biostar) Evidently, not all reference Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics cards will arrive with the same clock speeds — Biostar (via VideoCardz) has listed a reference design that flaunts a small factory overclock. Biostar refers to the graphics card as “VA67T6TEL9 Ver. RX6700XT M,” although it’s… Read more

Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo Review

Introduction We have with us the Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo, the company’s top custom-design RTX 3080 offering available in the North American market. The AMP Holo is positioned a notch above the RTX 3080 Trinity, which we had a chance to review last year. For the most part, the card retains the design… Read more

Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo Review

Introduction We have with us the Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo, the company’s top custom-design RTX 3080 offering available in the North American market. The AMP Holo is positioned a notch above the RTX 3080 Trinity, which we had a chance to review last year. For the most part, the card retains the design… Read more

MSI announces Gaming and Mech series Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics cards

João Silva 1 day ago Featured Tech News, Graphics Following on from AMD’s RX 6700 XT announcement stream last night, MSI revealed its line-up of custom-cooled solutions. Besides an AMD Reference design model, MSI will also be releasing Mech and Gaming series Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics cards. Featuring the company’s Twin Frozr 8 thermal… Read more

Hall of Fame Extreme RTX 3090 Gets Modified With a 1000W TDP

Home News (Image credit: YouTube) At least on paper, the RTX 3090 Hall of Fame Extreme is one of the most powerful graphics cards you can buy today. But for some people, that isn’t enough. A hardware reviewer in China has managed to install a custom BIOS for the RTX 3090 HOF with a 1,000… Read more

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Specs, Pricing, and Launch Date Revealed

Home News We now have official specs for the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, yet another poorly kept secret in the land of GPUs you can’t actually buy. We’ve been expecting Navi 22 to join the ranks of the best graphics cards and land somewhere near the RTX 3060 Ti in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy… Read more

Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) review: the write stuff

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Calling the 2021 Motorola Moto G Stylus the best budget stylus phone feels a bit like a backhanded compliment. There’s more or less just one other contender for that title, the LG Stylo 6, which is too… Read more

AMD is bringing Smart Access Memory’s frame rate boosts to Ryzen 3000 processors

The bar has just been lowered (in a good way!) for Resizable BAR, the PCI-Express graphics feature that lets CPUs directly access a GPU’s onboard memory to improve gaming frame rates. That’s because AMD just announced it’s bringing the tech to its last-gen Ryzen 3000 series processors, not just the new Ryzen 5000 chips that… Read more

Best smart sprinkler controllers 2021: Water your garden the easy way with these automatic schedulers

(Pocket-lint) – Whether you want to save money or water – or both – employing a top smart sprinkler controller is the easiest way to improve your irrigation system. Installing one not only means your pipes and valves will be able to operate more efficiently, but you also get the added bonus of never having… Read more

Samsung QN95A Neo QLED 4K TV review: Mini LED makes its stunning debut

(Pocket-lint) – Samsung’s Neo QLED TVs employ a revolutionary new LED backlight that’s significantly smaller and more efficient than previous generations. This enables the manufacturer to squeeze extra LEDs behind the panel, allowing for increased dimmable zones and greater precision. This approach is generally referred to as Mini LED, and should not be confused with… 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