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How to Fix CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED Errors in Windows

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED is one of the few Windows BSODs (Blue Screens of Death) that anyone can provoke at will. If you kill the process named svchost.exe in Windows 10 (right-click in Task Manager, and pick “End process tree” from the pop-up menu), it will immediately cause the machine to crash… Read more

Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed Review: Premium-Priced Space-Saver

Our Verdict The Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed hits the sweet spot between functionality and size, clearing up desk space while offering a premium design and functionality. But it’s pricey compared to some fantastic 65% keyboards, and its keycaps can get uncomfortable during heated gaming. For + Efficient form factor + Dongle, Bluetooth or cable… Read more

Anda Seat T-Pro 2 Series Review: Big Chair for Big People

Our Verdict The Anda Seat T-Pro 2 is a high-quality alternative to more expensive chairs for big and tall gamers. Shorter players aren’t a good fit, but this fabric-clad chair stays clean while feeling offering durable support. For + Built like a tank + Fabric covering doesn’t get as sweaty as faux leather alternatives +… Read more

Intel: 3.2TB Optane SSD P5800X Due This Year

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s Optane SSD P5800X introduction late last year included four models with different capacities. So far, the company has brought the 400GB, 800GB, and 1.6TB SKUs to market, but the flagship 3.2TB model still isn’t available and Intel recently removed the product listing from its website. That is a bit surprising because… Read more

Jack Dorsey would rather give you a bitcoin wallet than Twitter features worth paying for

Twitter Blue — the social network’s first subscription product that adds an undo button to tweets among other minor additions like changing the color of icons and adding folders for bookmarks — launched on Thursday. It’s limited to Canada and Australia for now but has already garnered attention for lacking the features people would be… Read more

Alienware to Return Abducted GPU Cores to m15 R5 Laptop With vBIOS Fix

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Alienware is addressing an error affecting the Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 that limits CUDA cores on models with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card. “We have been made aware that an incorrect setting in Alienware’s vBIOS is limiting CUDA Cores on RTX 3070 configurations,” the company told… Read more

Alienware M15 R5 Ryzen Edition review: the right parts at a high price

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The new Alienware M15 R5 Ryzen Edition is a slight undoing of progress, depending on how you look at it. As many gaming laptops are going thinner, this one is heavier and thicker than previous generations. Its… Read more

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth makes the end of the world a little cozier

Gus may have antlers like a deer, but he’s a puppy dog at heart. The main character of Netflix’s new series Sweet Tooth, based on the comic by Jeff Lemire, is a young boy struggling to survive in a world ravaged by a pandemic. But while the world around him descends into chaos, Gus, played… Read more

Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect

Apple’s annual developer extravaganza, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), is coming up fast, kicking off with the keynote presentation on June 7th at 1PM ET. Like last year, WWDC will be an entirely digital and online-only event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the keynote, that means we can likely expect another tightly produced… Read more

Record Store Day 2021’s official beer is available today – and it’s for charity

Home News (Image credit: Meantime, Record Store Day) Record Store Day 2021, which brings together over 250 independent record shops across the UK, is gearing up for two big drops on Saturday 12th June and Saturday 17th July. And for the first time, Meantime Brewing Company is proud to become the ‘Official Beer Partner’ for… Read more

Google Pixel Buds A-Series review: Sounds familiar

(Pocket-lint) – Google has announced a new version of the Pixel Buds, its true wireless headphones that originally launched in 2017 – the first-gen weren’t all that, though, while the second-gen Buds 2 stepped things up a little in 2019. The third model belongs to the A-Series, picking up on the A series that we’ve… Read more

Alder Lake Chipsets Will Not Support PCIe Gen 5.0

Home News (Image credit: Photoshop) It appears that Intel’s 600 series chipset — built for Alder Lake — will not support the Gen 5.0 standard, per a report from HardwareTimes. According to a PCI-SIG certification, Intel’s future Alder Lake-supported chipsets will max out at Gen 4.0 speeds running in an x4 configuration, meaning the only… Read more

RTX 3070 Ti Benchmark Results Leaked for Ashes of The Singularity and Geekbench

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) We have our first glimpse at the performance of Nvidia’s recently announced GeForce RTX 3070 TI, thanks to two leaked benchmark runs from Ashes of the Singularity and Geekbench 5. They were brought to our attention by @leakbench on Twitter. However, the benchmark results are about as vague as it… Read more

For Apple TV Plus to succeed, it has to be everywhere — even Android TV

This week, Apple brought its Apple TV app to many new Android TV devices — not just the Nvidia Shield. And Apple was smart to widen that support — the expiration date for free trials of Apple TV Plus is swiftly approaching, with many customers about to see their subscriptions end July 1st. That gives… Read more

Amazon will stop testing most employees for weed

Amazon is relaxing its policy around employees using weed, according to a new blog post, and will no longer enforce marijuana drug tests for any employee who isn’t also regulated by the Department of Transportation, like a delivery driver. In the past, Amazon used positive tests as a reason to disqualify applicants during the hiring… Read more