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Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)

Our Verdict It might be aimed primarily at creative types, but the new iPad Pro 12.9 is also the best tablet there’s ever been if portable cinema is your thing For Stunning picture quality Great sound with headphones Hugely powerful Against Expensive for a tablet At this stage, each new iPad feels like an incremental… Read more

Homemade Synth as Easy as Pi

Home News (Image credit: Simon Martin/Raspberry Pi Foundation) Guitars are 3,000 years old and the piano dates back to 1700, so musical instruments are facing a serious crisis of modernity. Why not, then, create your own, new, musical instrument, and show Mozart what for? This is precisely what design engineer Simon Martin has done, by… Read more

Royal Kludge RK84 Review: Lots of Features, One Serious Flaw

Our Verdict The Royal Kludge RK84 offers a compact design with wired, Bluetooth and 2.4-Ghz connectivity, and hot-swappable key switches. However, the 2.4-GHz option is nearly unusable and the software is awful. For + Sturdy construction + Compact design compared to traditional tenkeyless keyboards + Hot-swappable switches + Three Bluetooth profiles + USB 2.0 passthrough… Read more

HP Elite Dragonfly Max Review: A Pricey 5G Follow-Up

Our Verdict The HP Elite Dragonfly Max has a bright display and long battery life, but its performance could be stronger, and it has a very high price, even for a business-class laptop. For + 5G option + Bright Display + Long Battery Life Against – Middling Performance – Expensive even for a business-class computer… Read more

Roccat Kone Pro Review: An Ergonomic Win

Our Verdict The Roccat Kone Pro is a very comfortable ergonomic mouse with a unique look and shape that’s more considerate of the ring and pinky fingers than most rivals. Its mundane plastic can easily attract moisture, dust and fingerprints. But once you download the mouse’s software, there’s a lot of programmability. For + Cozy… Read more

Sharkoon SKILLER SGK30 Keyboard Review

Introduction TechPowerUp prides itself on covering in great detail products from brands big and small, and the first product review from Sharkoon was among our earliest ever! Over time, we have examined Sharkoon cases, mice, and accessories. However, it took until today to get the first Sharkoon keyboard review up. Part of this delay has… Read more

Here’s everything we know about Halo Infinite’s free multiplayer

343 Industries gave us a first glimpse at Halo Infinite’s free multiplayer mode yesterday, and now we’re getting even more information on how the weapons, armor, and sandbox experience will work. Halo Infinite is launching on Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, and PC later this year, allowing friends to play the free multiplayer… Read more

Raspberry Pi 400 Support Added to Linux Kernel

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) We were big fans of the Raspberry Pi 400 when it launched at the end of last year, so it’s good to see that support will be added into the mainline Linux kernel with the upcoming release 5.14, as spotted by Phoronix. (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Although effectively a… Read more

OnePlus Nord CE 5G review: Hardcore, you know the score

(Pocket-lint) – OnePlus has be on something of an exploratory journey over the past 12 months or so. Rather than delivering one or two phones at a time and launching them both globally, it took a more regional approach. That meant while some markets got the original Nord, others – like the US – didn’t,… Read more

How to Build an RP2040 Powered Shortcut Keyboard

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The number of keystrokes we record in a day is huge. From messaging apps to coding or writing that next novel, the sheer number of key presses is hard to calculate. But what if we could save a little time and our aching joints by creating a shortcut keypad?… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Library Supports VGA Video Output

Home News (Image credit: Miroslav Nemecek) Developer Miroslav Nemecek has created a Raspberry Pi Pico Library capable of outputting high-res video via VGA. The new project is called PicoVGA, and it’s already available for you to download and tinker with. The developer released the library just this week, and it comes pre-loaded with a series… Read more

Thermaltake Argent H5 Stereo Review: Simple Is as Simple Games

Our Verdict Thermaltake’s Argent H5 Stereo boasts solid build quality, clear sound and a no-nonsense approach that will either meet your needs or leave you wanting more. For + Very comfortable, snug fit + Affordable + Excellent sound out of the box + Attractive, minimalist design Against – 3.5mm only – Mic doesn’t filter out… Read more

Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E. 13 Keyboard Review – 90% Love

Introduction Mad Catz has had a reputation of sorts, hasn’t it? It’s a shame that we have not covered the brand during its early years, as we only have a single review prior to the brand’s return in 2018 and the massive rebranding exercise in 2020. Indeed, the Mad Catz of 2021 is quite different… Read more

Tiny Keyboard With Pico Controller Looks Like Just Our Type

Home News (Image credit: 40% Keyboards) With perhaps the exception of Android phones and CPU coolers, technology gets smaller all the time, but our fat human fingers are slightly terrified to discover the PiPi Gherkin (as spotted by Hackaday), a positively pint-sized Raspberry Pi Pico powered plank surely sent to increase our rate of typos… Read more

Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3 review: Duet redux

All in all, Asus’s Chromebook Detachable CM3 is a nice package. It’s a 10.5-inch tablet with magnetically-attached fabric cover and kickstand. It’s $389.99 as tested, which means it’s priced far below all kinds of convertible Chromebooks. I’m not the first to make this comparison, but it’s a slightly more expensive, and slightly fancier version of… Read more