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Apple’s most affordable iPad is down to $299 at select retailers

At $329, Apple’s eighth-generation iPad is the most affordable tablet offered by the tech giant. But if you want to save some additional cash, you can buy the base model, which includes 32GB of storage, for only $299 at Amazon in space gray only (in stock March 28th). Walmart is price-matching the e-commerce giant, but… Read more

Olimex Teases New Raspberry Pi Pico Emulation Board

Home News (Image credit: Olimex) The range of Raspberry Pi Pico accessories keeps growing, and the latest is from Olimex. In a render teased via Twitter, Olimex appears to be working on their own breakout board with a focus on emulation, and it looks like they have crammed in everything we could need for a… Read more

iFi Zen Can

Our Verdict If you’re after an affordable injection of clarity and detail for your wired headphones, iFi has it in the Can For Expansive, detailed, sound High-end feature set Classy build and finish Against A little sonically polite Often when the What Hi-Fi? team receives a new product for review, we like to pit it… Read more

You Can Take This Unbreakable SSD Swimming With You

Home News ECLLPSE (Image credit: Indiegogo) The ECLLPSE, touted as an unbreakable storage device, is actually a high-speed SSD the comes in the form of a conventional thumbdrive. Yanko Design claims the drive is both indestructible and waterproof (though there are obviously some caveats to those claims) and has started an Indiegogo campaign to bring… Read more

Galax Launches White GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

Home News (Image credit: Galax) Extravagant DIY builds have long become mainstream, so many people are looking for hardware that matches design of their existing rigs. Those with a snow-white PC want to use white components, which are sometimes hard to find. Of the many GeForce RTX 3060-based graphics boards announced thus far, there is… Read more

AMD Will Announce the Radeon RX 6700 XT On March 3

Home News Radeon RX 6000 Graphics Card (Image credit: AMD) AMD will reveal a new Radeon RX 6000 graphics card during Episode 3 of its “Where Gaming Begins” event on March 3 on 11 AM US Eastern. Although the chipmaker didn’t specify which model, it’s likely going to be the much-awaited Radeon RX 6700 XT…. Read more

Gigabyte’s GeForce RTX 3060 Just Became The Fastest So Far

Home News Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (Image credit: Gigabyte) The Gigabyte camp has added a new rendition of the GeForce RTX 3060 to its arsenal. Barring any subsequent models, the Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD) appears to carry the flagship tag of Gigabyte’s custom GeForce RTX 3060 models, and is… Read more

Lenovo Unveils P40w-20 5K Curved Ultra-Wide Monitor with Thunderbolt 4 & Intel AMT

Home News (Image credit: Lenovo) Lenovo has introduced its new ultrawide business display designed primarily for office use. The ThinkVision P40w-20 features a Thunderbolt 4 interface (along with other inputs) and comes with a built-in hub with multiple USB ports and a GbE connector. In addition, the monitor fully supports Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT), which is… Read more

Vaio Z Laptops Reinvented: Molded Carbon Fiber Chassis, Starts at $3,579

Home News (Image credit: Vaio) Formerly under the Sony umbrella, Vaio’s Z-series notebooks are known for combining high performance with a light weight and sleek look. From time to time, Vaio redesigns these machines to offer something that its rivals do not, and this week it introduced its all-new Vaio Z-series notebooks in the U.S…. Read more

Apple reportedly developing magnetic battery pack for iPhone

Apple is reportedly developing a new iPhone charging accessory in the form of a battery pack that magnetically attaches to the rear of the device using MagSafe, Bloomberg reports. Although some prototypes have a rubber exterior, the battery pack isn’t thought to act as a protective case like previous iPhone battery accessories from Apple. Alongside… Read more

3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 Comes Back To Life Better Than Ever

Home News 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 (Image credit: Mod Labs) As spotted by HotHardware, Anthony, a hardware enthusiast from the Mod Labs forums, has recreated 3dfx Interactive’s renowned Voodoo 5 6000. The company never released the Voodoo 5 6000 to the public, but the skillful enthusiast managed to revive the fallen graphics card through some… Read more

Raspberry Pi Taps Into Brewery Management

Home News (Image credit: Arithmech Analytics) New Orleans-based Danger Shed wanted to know how much beer they had in their inventory, so with the help of a Raspberry Pi 4 and some Python code, they developed their own inventory application, Keg Punk! Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Arithmech Analytics) Image 2 of 4 (Image… Read more

XPG Pylon 650W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The XPG Pylon 650 is a top offering in this efficiency and wattage category. For Full power at 40 degrees Celsius Good overall performance Build quality is high enough Low inrush currents Highly efficient 5VSB rail FDB fan Long cables and 2x EPS connectors Compact dimensions Low EMI emissions Compatible with the Alternative… Read more

Best Thunderbolt 3 docks 2021: Top docks for maximum performance

(Pocket-lint) – Thunderbolt is a super-speed technology first invented by Intel. While it initially used Mini DisplayPort connectors, it now uses USB-C and is, essentially, a super-speed version of it. Thunderbolt 3 is part of the upcoming USB 4 standard, but many of us don’t have the new USB-4 ports on the recent MacBooks. What… Read more

Pimoroni Pico Unicorn Review: RGB Light Show for Your Pico

Our Verdict An excellent introduction to using add-ons with the Raspberry Pi Pico. For Easy to install Simple MicroPython library Great fun to code Against Blocks access to the GPIO Pimoroni’s “Unicorn” boards have been part of the Raspberry Pi story since the Unicorn HAT came out in 2014. For their latest iteration, Pimoroni has… Read more