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Best External Drives: Portable Hard Drives and SSDs of 2021

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Any portable drive will let you store, backup, and transport files. But getting the best external hard drive or best portable SSD for your needs is important. An external hard drive or SSD is a do-it-all storage device. It’s a pocket-friendly gadget that lets you carry huge files (or… Read more

SanDisk Extreme v2 Portable SSD Review: Twice the Speed, Better Security

Our Verdict SanDisk’s Extreme v2 packs double the performance of the original and ups the security with hardware-accelerated full disk encryption. This, along with a durable design and five-year warranty, makes the Extreme v2 one of the best 10 GBps NVMe portable SSD for content creators on the go. For Competitive and consistent performance AES… Read more

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 NVMe Boot Enters Beta

Home News (Image credit: Jeff Geerling) How do you boot your Raspberry Pi? The vast majority of us will use a microSD card, some may use a USB drive as a boot device. With the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 we saw a PCIe 1x slot appear on the official carrier board and intrepid hackers… Read more

SK Hynix Envisions 600-Layer 3D NAND & EUV-Based DRAM

Home News (Image credit: SK Hynix) On Monday executives at SK Hynix gave a keynote speech to the IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) where they shared their vision about the company’s mid-term and long-term technological goals. SK Hynix believes it can continue increasing capacity of its 3D NAND chips by increasing the number of layers to… Read more

Intel’s Comet Lake Refresh CPUs Tested

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel is about to launch its enthusiast-grade Rocket Lake processors in the coming days, bringing its latest microarchitecture to the desktop. But Rocket Lake will only be used for its high-end and performance-mainstream Core i9, i7, and i5 families. For its Core i3 lineup, the company will offer refreshed Comet… Read more

Intel NUC 11 Extreme Compute Element to feature up to Intel Core i9-11980HK

João Silva 11 hours ago Featured Tech News, PC Intel’s next generation NUC is coming soon and recent leaks have given us a good look at its planned specifications. The Intel NUC 11 Extreme Compute Element is a small, graphics card-sized PC designed for very compact cases. Despite its size, it looks like Intel won’t be… Read more

Windows 10X reportedly coming H2 2021 for education and business devices

João Silva 12 hours ago Featured Tech News, Operating Systems Back in 2019, Microsoft announced an operating system dedicated to dual-screen devices named Windows 10X. Initially scheduled for a release in 2020, Microsoft changed its focus onto devices with a single screen and changed the release date to H1 2021. Now, a new report suggests… Read more

Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne HD remaster coming to PC, Switch and PS4 in May

Matthew Wilson 12 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Two weeks ago, the upcoming remaster of Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne was rated by the ESRB, indicating a release date announcement very soon. This week, we got official confirmation, with Atlus announcing that the remastered cult-classic JRPG will be releasing on the 25th… Read more

Gotham Knights has been delayed to 2022

Matthew Wilson 13 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming While Rocksteady is working on its co-op Suicide Squad game, WB Montreal has been working on a co-op title of its own – Gotham Knights. While this game was originally going to release in 2021, the studio has realised that it needs more time,… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077’s next major patch will fix police and driving

Matthew Wilson 14 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming While CD Projekt Red initially planned to ship Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.2 in February, a cyber attack on the company resulted in a delay to late March. As we approach the update’s release window, CD Projekt has shared some of the improvements that will… Read more

Gigabyte launches QHD 170Hz M32Q gaming monitor with HDR and KVM switch

João Silva 1 day ago Featured Tech News, Monitors Gigabyte is expanding its line-up of M-series monitors with the new M32Q. As the name suggests, this is a 32-inch QHD monitor, aimed at those who like having a mix of gaming and productivity features. The Gigabyte M32Q comes with a 32-inch SuperSpeed IPS panel with a… Read more

Leo Says 58 – Intel Rocket Lake and Adaptive Boost Technology

Leo Waldock 1 day ago Featured Announcement, Featured Tech News The news embargo has lifted on Intel 11th Gen Intel Rocket Lake-S so we know plenty about feeds, speeds and prices. In addition we have discussed Core i7-11700K after a few hundred CPUs mysteriously went on sale early in Germany and France. Add in the… Read more

Intel explains how Adaptive Boost Technology works on 11th Gen Core i9 CPUs

Home / Component / CPU / Intel explains how Adaptive Boost Technology works on 11th Gen Core i9 CPUs João Silva 1 day ago CPU, Featured Tech News Earlier this week, Intel officially announced its new 11th Gen Core processors, including Core i9 K and KF SKUs with a new frequency boost feature called Adaptive… Read more

MSI announces new Aegis, Codex, Trident and Infinite gaming PCs with Intel 11th Gen CPUs

Home / Component / CPU / MSI announces new Aegis, Codex, Trident and Infinite gaming PCs with Intel 11th Gen CPUs Matthew Wilson 1 day ago CPU, Featured Tech News, Gaming PC Earlier this week, Intel officially announced its “Rocket Lake-S” 11th Gen Core desktop processors. MSI is getting involved with the launch early, updating… Read more

The Evil Within on Game Pass PC is a new port with new features

Mustafa Mahmoud 1 day ago Featured Tech News, PC, Software & Gaming Recently, The Evil Within was added to Xbox Game Pass. In a surprising discovery however, on PC it would appear as though The Evil Within received an entirely new port which includes new features, quality of life updates, and more. As discovered by… Read more