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Dell sued over Alienware laptop’s ‘unprecedented upgradeability’ claims

Dell is being sued in California over its claims that its Alienware Area-51m R1 laptop would offer “unprecedented upgradeability,” Tom’s Hardware reports. Alienware customer Robert Felter is accusing the company of running a “false and misleading” marketing campaign, in which it promised that the laptop’s core components, including the CPU and GPU, could be swapped… Read more

Apple apparently has a spatial audio event right after today’s WWDC keynote

Apple appears to have planned a dedicated event on Apple Music’s upcoming spatial audio feature for later today. According to a video that MacRumors says was uploaded to Apple Music as a teaser — it’s since been removed — Apple will broadcast a special event called “Introducing Spatial Audio.” The event doesn’t appear on the… Read more

AMD’s Liquid-Cooled Radeon RX 6900 XT Arrives Flexing High Clocks

Home News Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT LC (Image credit: Kabum) AMD’s liquid-cooled Radeon RX 6900 XT appears to be making its way to the retail market. VideoCardz has spotted a Sapphire listing over at a Kabum, a Brazilian retailer. Speculation around the graphics card world is that the Radeon RX 6900 XT LC could… Read more

Noctua’s Colossal NH-P1 Passive Heatsink Arrives For $100

Home News Noctua NH-P1 (Image credit: Newegg) FanlessTech has spotted Noctua’s highly anticipated NH-P1 passive heatsink at Newegg for $100. Noctua hasn’t revealed the highly-anticipated heatsink to the public yet, but Newegg’s listing suggests that an official announcement shouldn’t be far behind. The NH-P1 features a fanless design with six heatpipes that transfer heat from… Read more

Raspberry Pi Detects Satellites With a GPS Module

Home News (Image credit: Andrew Healey) When you’ve worked with the Raspberry Pi, or just microelectronics in general, for long enough, you inevitably end up with a box of spare parts and sensors. Maker Andrew Healey decided to put his box of parts to good use with this satellite detection project. The inspiration began after… Read more

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect Review: Built-in Wi-Fi and BLE

Our Verdict Great hardware with lots of power in a tiny package. The price may put some off but if you need Wi-Fi and the RP2040 then this is the board for you, but for how long? For + Small form factor + Lots of analog inputs + Built-in Wi-Fi and BLE + Built-in microphone,… Read more

Elon Musk tweets that Tesla’s Plaid Plus is ‘canceled’ because ‘Plaid is just so good’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that the automaker’s Model S Plaid Plus is “canceled,” since the basic Plaid is “just so good.” Tesla has been teasing its Model S Plaid since 2019, and Musk said late last month that delivery for the vehicle — which will have top speeds of 200 mph and range… Read more

NASA’s Juno probe will get close to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede on Monday

On Monday NASA’s Juno space probe, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, will get a close-up look at Jupiter’s biggest moon Ganymede, the agency said in a press release. It will be the closest NASA has gotten to the largest moon in the solar system for more than 20 years— Galileo cruised by Ganymede… Read more

Twitter may be close to launching Super Follows, as new research shows what it could look like

Twitter announced earlier this year it was working on a Super Follows feature that would allow some users to charge followers and give them access to extra content. On Sunday, app researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted screenshots of what she says it will look like. According to Wong’s research, which is typically very accurate, the… Read more

New trailers: Roadrunner, Black Widow, Reminiscence

It hit me this morning that there is no new episode of Mare of Easttown on this evening and I felt a little sad, but wow what a finale. Emmys for Kate Winslet and Julianne Nicholson, please (and be sure to read Sophie Gilbert’s excellent analysis in The Atlantic of the way women and mothers… Read more

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

PNY: Chia Coin, NAND Shortage Behind Reduced SSD Warranties

Home News XLR8 CS3030 (Image credit: PNY) PNY recently stepped into the spotlight when the company reduced the endurance of its XLR8 CS3030 SSDs, but apparently without fully informing its customers of the changes or the implications. The decrease in the warrantied write endurance, which was close to 80%, raised many questions – questions that… 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

Apple’s New MacOS Update Reportedly Fixes SSD Wear Issue on M1 Macs

Home News (Image credit: Apple) The researcher who brought to attention an abnormal SSD wearout indicator on Apple M1-based Macs earlier this year believes that the company has resolved the issue with the release of its macOS 11.4 operating system. Apple has never acknowledged the problem, so the company hasn’t provided any official information on the… Read more

Justice Department has charged a Latvian woman it says helped develop Trickbot malware

The US Department of Justice has charged a Latvian woman for her role in allegedly developing the Trickbot malware, which was responsible for infecting millions of computers, targeting schools, hospitals, public utilities, and governments, the agency said in a news release. The DOJ alleges that Alla Witte was part of a criminal organization known as… Read more