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Samsung put the final nail in the box that used to contain a charger

There was a time I would have railed against a gadget maker for daring to ship a phone without a charger. That time was yesterday. Then, Apple was the poster boy for the idea — Apple with its goody-two-shoes rhetoric about saving the environment while continuing to produce an array of proprietary cables and wireless… Read more

Tom’s Hardware CES 2021 Awards: Hot New Hardware for the Year Ahead

Home News (Image credit: Asus, Lenovo, LG, Thermaltake, Razer, MSI, Nvidia, EVGA. iBuyPower, AMD and Shutterstock) Let’s be honest. This wasn’t the CES anyone wanted. We’ve been covering North America’s largest tech show for years, so we can definitively say that, without in-person booths and demos, it’s just not the same. The most interesting things… Read more

Nvidia Mulls Restarting Cryptomining GPU Production

Home News (Image credit: Future) Nvidia is thinking about beginning production of crypto-mining specific Ampere graphics cards that come without display outputs, but first, it needs to find out whether there’s enough mining demand for the latest graphics processors. “If crypto demand begins or if we see a meaningful amount, we can also use that… Read more

Bargains: Get Star Wars Battlefront II Celebration Edition totally free at Epic Games!

As happens every week, today Epic Games has renewed the game that is given away on its website, and this time we find a title from the iconic Star Wars saga , something that many fans of the franchise will appreciate being able to get it completely free of charge forever. Star Wars Battlefront II… Read more

CentOS clone Project Lenix becomes AlmaLinux

According to the manufacturer CloudLinux, the RHEL-based operating system will appear in the first quarter 2021. The CentOS alternative developed under the working title Project Lenix is now called AlmaLinux and will be released as planned by March 2021. The distribution, which is binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), comes from CloudLinux Inc., which… Read more

CES: Samsung Galaxy Book Flex2 5G: Noble notebook with cellular network and bright display

Parallel to the Galaxy S smartphone generation 21 Samsung’s mobile division has also presented its first own notebook with 5G mobile communications in the sub-6 GHz network. The Galaxy Book Flex2 5G is a 2-in-1 device with a bright touchscreen and 360 – Degree hinges with which the display can be folded down on the… Read more

Distributed database: Cockroach Labs secures funding for further growth

Cockroach Labs, provider of the distributed, cloud-native SQL database CockroachDB, was able to double both the number of its customers and sales in the past year, as the company announced in a blog post without disclosing any specific financial data. In order to be able to continue financing the growth, however, Cockroach Labs secured itself… Read more

Samsung Galaxy S21 vs. S21+ vs. S21 Ultra – Pros and Cons

The Galaxy S21 trio is here and it comes with two important discounts. First, we had to wait less than 12 months for it. And second, they are €50 cheaper than last year’s models (€100 in the case of the Ultra). But is it even worth upgrading from an S20 to an S21? That’s a… Read more

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra announced with S Pen support, dual telephoto lenses

The Galaxy S series has been around for over a decade but this year we’re starting to see some major changes as the company reshuffles its portfolio. The division between the S Ultra and the other S-phones has become quite stark, at the same time the division between the S Ultra and Note Ultra has… Read more

Oppo A93 5G listed on Chinese retailer’s website with 90Hz display

Yesterday we learned Oppo is planning to announce the A93 5G as it was listed on China Telecom’s website with full specs and renders. Today, the smartphone was spotted on Chinese retailer TMall’s website in three colors. The TMall listing reveals that A93 5G will pack a 6.5″ FullHD+ IPS display instead of AMOLED panel… Read more

EK X the second: MSI's MPG CARBON Z590 EK X comes with a monoblock

This week MSI 29 has motherboards with Z 590 -, B 560 – and H 510 – chipset officially presented, primarily for Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake S processors are intended. But actually they are not 29, but 30 new boards, provided that the MPG is also coming CARBON Z 590 EK X is added. We… Read more

ASUS ROG Claymore II: The keyboard with removable num pad is wireless

The first version of the ROG Claymore with its removable num pad was already a remarkable keyboard. As the ROG Claymore II, it is now also wireless and has the opto-mechanical ROG RX switches. With the ROG Claymore II, ASUS wants to appeal to players who actually like a compact one Using a keyboard without… Read more

ASUS VivoBook S14: Noble ultrabook with Evo certification

Also the latest generation of the ASUS VivoBook S 14 can come up with a compact and elegant housing and powerful hardware. As part of the digital CES 2021, the new edition has now been presented, which has even earned Intel’s Evo certification. The new ASUS VivoBook S 14 (S 435) is an elegant, light… Read more

ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 and 14: Hardware and secondary display improvements

After ASUS devoted itself to its ROG gaming notebooks yesterday and, among other things, its first 2-in-1 gaming convertible or the new edition of the popular ROG Zephyrus G 14, the ZenBook family was the focus of the digital CES today 2021. The new ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 11 OLED and the ASUS ZenBook Duo… Read more

WindTre scams to customers: the prosecutor's investigation starts, 21 million euros seized

The Italian telephone company introduces itself again before the judge. The charge is a crime of computer fraud. The “zero click” banners that activate paid services in which customers often fall unconsciously have been indicted. The Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office seizes in advance 21, 2 million euros by Lorenzo Tirotta published 14 January 2021 ,… Read more