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Just look at this amazing Pac-Man history book

Pac-Man celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, and to commemorate the occasion, Cook and Becker is releasing a history book later this year — and it looks incredible. While there’s a standard hardcover version of the book for $39, which is called Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon, you can also buy a $99 special edition… Read more

What if you could see even more tabs?

Vivaldi is releasing version 3.6 of the Vivaldi browser with a great and terrible power today: you can now create two-level tab stacks, so that grouped tabs can become pseudo-workspaces for whatever you get up to in your browser. Vivaldi first introduced the feature as an experiment in December 2020, but now you can officially… Read more

Intel Bulks Up Engineering Leadership With Returning Technologist Sunil Shenoy

Home News (Image credit: Intel ) In yet another sign that Intel’s efforts to rebuild its engineering corps might be swift under the new incoming CEO, Intel announced today that Sunil Shenoy, a 33-year Intel veteran who left the company in 2014, will be returning to the company as the senior vice president and general… Read more

Elon Musk’s shot at Amazon flares monthslong fight over billionaires’ orbital real estate

The satellite feud between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon spilled out into the open on social media this week, after brewing for months in meetings with regulators. It’s only the latest spat in a new race among billionaires for a slice of a $1 trillion telecommunications market. Musk and Bezos, the two richest… Read more

EU group calls for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift investigation

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is calling on the European Commission to investigate Nintendo Joy-Con drift complaints. The BEUC group represents more than 40 consumer organizations across the European Union, and the umbrella organization says it has received nearly 25,000 complaints from consumers across Europe about faulty Joy-Con controllers. “According to consumer testimonies, in 88… Read more

Nvidia is making buying a gaming laptop more confusing

Gaming laptops that have Nvidia’s powerful RTX 30-series graphics chips inside are now shipping. I have a first look at MSI’s 2021 GS66 Stealth with the RTX 3080, and my colleague Monica Chin published two reviews for launch day: the Asus ROG Flow X13 (with its detachable RTX 3080 eGPU) and the MSI GP66 Leopard… Read more

Tile review: Pro, Mate, Slim and Sticker compared and reviewed

(Pocket-lint) – Tile is the name in Bluetooth trackers, dominating a market that it invented, with few rivals. It’s a clever system which allows you to ‘tag’ your devices with a Tile and then track them, to help avoid loss. The Tile ecosystem expanded in 2019 and now offers four different models to suit different… Read more

Micron: 1α Process Technology to Reduce Costs By Up to 40%

Home News (Image credit: Micron) Micron on Tuesday announced its new 1α fabrication process for DRAM. Initially, the company will use it to make DDR4 as well as LPDDR4 memory, but over time it will be used to produce all types of the company’s DRAM. The manufacturing technology promises tangible decreases in DRAM costs, but… Read more

Sony’s creator-focused Xperia Pro arrives in the US priced at $2,499

The Xperia Pro, Sony’s first smartphone with 5G in the US, is launching today for $2,499.99. Sony is targeting the device at professional users, who it hopes will use its HDMI input to turn the phone into an external camera monitor and its 5G connectivity to quickly upload or live-stream footage. Sony says it currently… Read more

Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: Ampere and a Blazing Screen

Our Verdict The Gigabyte Aorus 17G pushes out solid RTX-30 series performance while offering a mechanical keyboard. For 300 Hz Screen Physical Mechanical Keyboard Against Not much faster than prior-gen laptops Slightly dim screen Slightly low color gamut Ampere has finally landed on laptops, with Gigabyte’s 2021 refresh of the Aorus 17G in particular representing… Read more

Asus TUF Dash F15 Review: RTX 3070 Meets Intel H35

Our Verdict The Asus TUF Dash F15 is an attractively thin gaming clamshell with an eSports-ready screen. But you can squeeze more frames out of other RTX 30-series laptops. For Decent battery life Fast screen Successful software-based noise cancelling Easy upgrades Against Frame rates could be better No webcam Flat keyboard Gaming laptops are trying… Read more

Alienware m15 R4 Gaming Laptop Review: RTX 30-Series Performance, Eye-Popping Color

Our Verdict The Alienware m15 R4 packs plenty of RTX 30-series performance in an attractive design with an amazing screen. For Sleek design Strong performance Snappy Keyboard Vibrant optional OLED Screen Against Warm temperatures Relatively short battery life Nvidia’s RTX 30-series “Ampere” graphics cards have been burning up the desktop market since they launched last… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD whipped the covers off of its Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ mobile chips at CES 2021, but today marks the official launch and AMD has unveiled the deep-dive details of the SoC that brings the Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time. The new chips will power… Read more

MSI GP66 Leopard review: substance over style

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. If you’re looking for a gaming rig that’s a step above the budget price point but still more affordable than the flashiest PCs on the market, you’re looking for MSI’s Leopard line. With a starting price of… Read more

MSI’s GS66 Stealth proves the RTX 3080 can handle QHD just fine

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. I had hoped that MSI’s GS66 Stealth for 2021 would look and feel a little different than last year’s model — not that the 2020 version was particularly busted in any major way. In fact, the previous… Read more