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Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 review: Ring’s best doorbell yet

Ring’s new $249.99 Video Doorbell Pro 2 is the best video doorbell yet from a company that has nearly become a household name for video doorbells. It has an excellent field of view and video quality; plenty of customizable features for notifications and recording zones; and speedy performance, whether that’s sending alerts to your phone… Read more

Computex 2021 Cancels Onsite Exhibition as COVID-19 Makes Travel Impossible

Home News (Image credit: Grzegorz Czapski / Shutterstock.com) The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) announced yesterday the cancellation of Computex 2021’s onsite exhibition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the many companies that show off their upcoming products at the event will have to do so via #COMPUTEXVirtual, an online gathering set to start… Read more

LG Gram 16 review: Large-yet-lightweight laptop delivers big

(Pocket-lint) – The LG Gram 16 is never going to make sense to some people. For many, a large-screen laptop has to be a super-powered desktop-replacer. And if it’s not, why does it exist? LG’s Gram series has quietly challenged that view for the last few years. And the LG Gram 16 should make this… Read more

How to get the best picture and sound from your PlayStation 5

Home Advice (Image credit: Sony) Despite still being in its relative infancy, Sony’s PlayStation 5 games console is already serving up some stunning gaming experiences. The shift up to more consistent true 4K graphics at both 60Hz and, remarkably, 120Hz is joining forces with wider, better use of high dynamic range and the impressive efforts… Read more

MSI MEG Z590 Ace Review: New Ace in Town

Our Verdict Priced at $499, the MEG Z590 Ace is a premium option for Intel’s new platform. But with four M.2 sockets, Wi-Fi 6E, robust power delivery, plus premium audio and styling, it delivers on the feature front. Just be aware when running AVX-512 loads with the power limits unlocked temperatures skyrocket. For + Robust… Read more

Intel Core i9-11900K Review – World’s Fastest Gaming Processor?

Introduction Intel today launched its 11th Generation Core “Rocket Lake” desktop processor family led by the Core i9-11900K—this is its long-awaited review. With the Core i9-11900K, Intel wants to respond to the AMD Ryzen 5000 series, which snatched overall performance leadership away from the company. Rocket Lake is Intel’s first attempt at improving per-core (single-threaded)… Read more

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 electric crossover will be Motional’s robotaxi

Lyft and Motional have selected the Hyundai Ioniq 5 for their forthcoming autonomous ride-hailing service. Motional, which is a joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai, said the Ioniq 5 was chosen because it represents a “convergence of mobility’s two most transformative technologies — electrification and autonomy.” Motional hasn’t said how many vehicles it would acquire,… Read more

Bose Frames Tempo review: the specs to beat

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It’s still fair to call audio sunglasses a niche category, but with Bose offering several models, Amazon in the game, and counting recent announcements from Razer and JLab, it’s certainly a growing one. There are people out… Read more

Taiwan Water Rationing Could Hurt GPU, Display Panel Production

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) The ongoing drought in Taiwan has already affected the production of chips such as GPUs and DRAM as well as other components in the country, as we reported several times over the past few weeks. Apparently, the situation is getting worse as local authorities plan to start rationing water supply starting in April. For… Read more

NZXT N7 B550 Review: NZXT Meets AMD

Our Verdict NZXT’s N7 B550 is a solid entrant into the AMD motherboard space. The heavily shrouded appearance looks good and the board is plenty capable with a ton of USB ports on the rear IO. Priced at $229.99, it’s a good basis for a B550 Ryzen rig. For Capable 12-Phase, 50A Power Delivery Wi-Fi… Read more

Need a GeForce RTX 3000 GPU? GameStop Can Hook You Up

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) As reported by PCMag, GameStop has undertaken a new business venture. The renowned video game retailer has started selling computer hardware on its online store, including Nvidia’s elusive GeForce RTX 3000 (Ampere) offerings that are among the best graphics cards that money can buy — or rather cannot buy…. 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

Intel to Outsource Some Key CPU Production for 2023 Chips to TSMC

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel made several big announcements about its 7nm tech at today’s Intel Unleashed: Engineering the Future event and divulged that it expects that the majority of its products in 2023 to still be produced in-house using its own manufacturing technology. But there’s a caveat: The company will also release CPUs… Read more

Intel Fixes 7nm, Meteor Lake and Granite Rapids Coming in 2023

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s new CEO Pat Gelsinger made several big announcements about its 7nm tech at today’s Intel Unleashed: Engineering the Future event, revealing that the company has solved the primary issues that have resulted in an untenable delay to its 7nm products. As a result, Intel will tape in its first… Read more

PC Fan Faceoff: Noctua NF-A12x25 vs. Thermaltake ToughFan 12

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) When Noctua came out with the NF-A12x25 fan almost three years ago, it quickly went on its way to becoming arguably the world’s best PC fan. It performed great as an airflow fan, CPU cooler fan, and radiator fan. But bathed in the company’s iconic brown and beige, the… Read more