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Sony has sold 7.8 million PS5 consoles so far

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News Sony just released its quarterly earnings report, giving us a look at how well PlayStation has sold during its first full quarter on the market. At this point, Sony has sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles, boosting gaming revenues to new heights. By the end of… Read more

How the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. inspired a wave of real-world Chernobyl tourists

A virtual world leads to IRL excursions By Darmon Richter Apr 29, 2021, 12:32pm EDT Illustration by Alex Castro At the entrance to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, 35 years on from the worst nuclear disaster in history, a yellow souvenir van sells T-shirts, key rings, and glow-in-the-dark “Chernobyl condoms,” all branded with gas… Read more

Ducky Mecha SF Radiant (Emerald) Review – Iridescent Aluminium!

Introduction Our previous Ducky keyboard review was over a year ago, and the human malware that has been affecting us for most of the time since has resulted in interruptions to planned coverage of the brand’s Shine 7 and Year of the Rat keyboards. With the latter now sold out and the former in the… Read more

Acer Predator Apollo DDR4-3600 MHz CL14 2×8 GB Review

Introduction High performance memory kits have evolved over the last few years, both in styling and technology. Styling has shifted to heavier heat sinks, LED light bars, and fancy RGB control software. The technology has done what it inevitably will by producing greater speeds and densities at generally lower cost as DDR4 has matured. The… Read more

Logitech Now Shows Your Mouse’s Carbon Footprint on its Packaging

Home News (Image credit: Logitech) Logitech announced on Earth Day that it has updated the packaging on several of its mice and keyboards to offer information about each product’s environmental impact. The company said it would start to display this data, which it compared to the nutrition facts label found on many foods, in June… Read more

That Was Then… NAD 3020

Home Features (Image credit: NAD) If we were to make a list of the most important stereo amplifiers of all time, there’s every chance that NAD’s original 3020 would feature. It is widely claimed to be the best selling integrated amplifier ever, which would be reason enough for it to rate highly on our list,… Read more

Ryzen 5000 Mobile RAM Guide: The Best RAM For AMD Ryzen Laptops

Home News AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile Memory Scaling (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’ll dive in deep on the best memory settings for your Ryzen mobile laptop. Sequels don’t always live up to the originals, and that’s true even in the processor world. In AMD’s case, however, it’s the complete opposite. The Zen microarchitecture has… Read more

Xgimi Horizon Pro is a 4K portable projector aimed at a luxury lifestyle

Home News (Image credit: Xgimi) Burgeoning projector specialist Xgimi has launched a pair of flagship portable projectors for the more luxury end of the mini machine market. The Xgimi Horizon and Xgimi Horizon Pro are designed for indoor room-to-room use and mark a new range for this 2013-created company. The Xgimi Horizon Pro is a… Read more

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has left Blizzard

Jeff Kaplan, the most public face of Blizzard’s team shooter Overwatch, has left the company. In a letter posted today, Kaplan said that “it was truly the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to create worlds and heroes for such a passionate audience. I want to express my deep appreciation to everyone at… Read more

Corsair One a200 Review: Liquid-Cooled Ryzen and RTX 3080

Our Verdict With a Ryzen 9 5900X and an RTX 3080, both liquid-cooled for quiet operation in a compact case, Corsair’s One a200 is easy to recommend–if you can afford it and find it in stock. Just know that your upgrade options are more limited than larger gaming rigs. For + Top-end performance + Space-saving,… Read more

Watch NASA’s mission control track the first flight on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is slated to attempt the first-ever powered flight on another world at 3:30AM ET on Monday. The twin-blade rotorcraft will try to ascend 10 feet above ground and hover in place for 30 seconds while cameras on NASA’s Perseverance rover record the historic attempt from a distance. The four-pound Ingenuity copter landed… Read more

Microsoft is giving away a custom Flight Simulator PC that won’t play Flight Simulator at max settings

If I were the Microsoft marketing executive pitching a once-in-a-lifetime giveaway of an incredible custom-built Flight Simulator PC, I would do two things: 1) I would probably make it look like a full jet engine, not half an exposed jet engine, to avoid reminding people how airplanes can rarely (but terrifyingly) fail: 2) I would… Read more

Silicon Power Shoots For The Sky With New Xpower Zenith RAM

Home News Xpower Zenith RGB (Image credit: Silicon Power) Silicon Power has launched a new series of DDR4 memory kits under the company’s Xpower gaming brand. Consumers will be happy to know that the Zenith memory kits are available in both RGB and non-RGB flavors. Designed to compete with the best RAM on the market,… Read more

F9 gets a fast and furious new trailer ahead of its June 25th debut

F9 — the imaginatively named ninth film in the increasingly physics-defying Fast & Furious franchise — has a new trailer, arriving almost a full year after its original May 2020 release date. Warning: potential spoilers for things that have already been widely revealed in the first trailer below. F9 will see a whole roster of… Read more

A robotic spacecraft just latched onto an active satellite in orbit

A robotic spacecraft from Northrop Grumman latched onto an old communications satellite in deep orbit and extended its lifespan by five more years. The Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) marked Northrop’s second successful docking of an object in space. The mission is part of the company’s efforts to kickstart an industry of life-extension services for dead,… Read more