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Best Budget Mechanical Keyboards for 2021

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts can spend hundreds of dollars on boards with limited-run backplates, obscure switches,and bespoke keycaps. Some high-end pre-built models, including the best gaming keyboards and best wireless keyboards, can also pass the $100 mark pretty quickly. But that doesn’t mean the joys of mechanical switches are exclusive… Read more

Bezos’ climate fund faces a reckoning with Amazon’s pollution

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the companys sustainability efforts on September 19, 2019 in Washington,DC.Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images People living with Amazon’s pollution see gaps in Bezos’ funding Once he steps down as CEO of Amazon later this year, Jeff Bezos will have more… Read more

Phanteks P360A Review: An RGB Bargain

Our Verdict Phanteks’ P360A is an excellent, affordable residence for a moderate build, and it comes with a whole lot of good-looking RGB too! For So much RGB Includes well-featured standalone D-RGB controller Chart-leading thermal performance Excellent case for simple ATX systems Just $65 Against Materials are kinda cheap No real intake filtration Go to… Read more

Intel 12th-Gen Alder Lake Release Date, Benchmarks, Specifications, and All We Know

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Intel’s 12th-Gen Alder Lake chip will bring the company’s hybrid architecture, which combines a mix of larger high-performance cores paired with smaller high-efficiency cores, to desktop x86 PCs for the first time. That represents a massive strategic shift as Intel looks to regain the uncontested performance lead against AMD’s Ryzen… Read more

Ruark R3

Our Verdict While we thought its radio sources need a little tonal attention, the highlights here are playback from CD, from streaming music services and Bluetooth. For Compact music system Endless paths to music CD and streaming Against Edgy sound on radio sources Variable results for ‘3D audio’ Sound+Image mag review (Image credit: Future) This… Read more

The LG Wing and Pixel 5 have been cleared to use coveted C-band 5G

LG Wing and Pixel 5 owners have something to look forward to: the Federal Communications Commission has approved these devices to use faster C-band 5G frequencies, according to a PCMag tipster. The two phones have joined an exclusive company made up of some of the first devices approved to use the new frequencies. Samsung’s Galaxy… Read more

Redmi Note 9T review: Strengths and struggles

(Pocket-lint) – Each year Xiaomi’s Redmi offshoot – known for its budget phones – updates its latest and greatest with a mid-cycle ‘T’ variant, adding a little more to proceedings. In the case of the Redmi Note 9T the goal was to step beyond the already impressive Note 9 – which we found to be… Read more

FreeSync vs. G-Sync 2021: Which Variable Refresh Tech Is Best Today?

Home Features (Image credit: Shutterstock) For the past few years, the best gaming monitors have enjoyed something of a renaissance. Before Adaptive-Sync technology appeared in the form of Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync, the only thing performance-seeking gamers could hope for was higher resolutions or a refresh rate above 60 Hz. Today, not only do… Read more

A Glitch in the Matrix is quirky, creepy, and way too unreal

In February 2003, a 19-year-old named Joshua Cooke shot his parents to death in their Virginia home. Cooke told his lawyers that he believed he was living in the Matrix, a simulated universe outlined in the 1999 Keanu Reeves blockbuster of the same name. Cooke pleaded guilty, and the defense was never used. But years… Read more

Samsung Galaxy A Series smartphone with rotating camera

Samsung patents a smartphone with a triple camera on the rear. The camera can rotate and enables users to use one of these cameras for taking selfies. Like previous years Samsung is expected to release a wide variety of smartphones this year. The Galaxy S21 series has now been officially introduced, as has the cheap… Read more

After aborted SLS hot-fire test, NASA and Boeing will try, try again

NASA will make another attempt next month to test-fire its massive Space Launch System rocket after its first try was cut short, the agency said Friday night. The rocket’s 212-foot-tall core stage will try to fire its four engines for eight minutes at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The attempt is the last milestone… Read more

This modified 2004 iPod Classic has wi-fi, Bluetooth and Spotify streaming

Home News (Image credit: Guy Dupont (via YouTube)) The iPod Touch is not only the last official surviving member of Apple’s iPod music player dynasty, it’s also the only model Apple ever released with wi-fi connection. But what if the old iPod you’ve got in a drawer somewhere could be modified to add Bluetooth and wi-fi… Read more

How to Buy a Motherboard: A Guide for 2021

Home Buying Guides Choosing the best motherboard is in many ways the most integral part of your PC build, although choosing the best graphics card and best CPU often get more attention. Every part of your PC plugs into the motherboard you choose. Its form factor dictates the size of your computer and how much you can plug into… Read more

Rotel Michi S5 / P5

Our Verdict With the superb construction, elegant design and perfectly natural sound of the Michi P5 and S5 combo from Rotel, the only question left to ask is ‘how much?’ The pair offer awesomely low noise with huge output and do so in a gorgeous package. For Superb sound Prestige appearance Great built-in DAC Against… Read more

AirPods Pro 2 should arrive within the next five months, report claims

Home News (Image credit: Future) Apple’s rumoured plans to release its second-generation AirPods Pro by April have just gained significant traction, thanks to unnamed industry sources cited in a report from Taiwanese publication DigiTimes. The report hones in on flash memory supplier Winbond, stating: “Winbond is also expected to be among the NOR flash suppliers for Apple’s… Read more