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Acer Joins the Polling Rate Race With 2,000 Hz Predator Cestus 335 Gaming Mouse

Home News (Image credit: Acer) Acer is joining the likes of Razer and Corsair in pushing gaming peripherals that changes the rate at which your mouse sends data to your PC. Most gaming mice offer polling rates of 1,000 Hz max, meaning it sends a report to your PC telling it of your mouse’s position… Read more

Q-Wave Systems Release Industrial Controller for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

Home News (Image credit: QwaveSystems) Raspberry Pi Compute Modules are all very well, but by design they lack a few things usually found on a single-board computer, such as video output, or any other ports for that matter. This is because they’re designed for use in industrial applications and are to be plugged into custom… Read more

Acer’s Predator Triton 500 SE has a new 16:10 Mini LED display

There’s a new Acer Predator in town: the 16-inch Predator Triton 500 SE. It has a new subtle design with a touch of RGB as well as the latest chips from Intel and Nvidia. It also has a feature that I am much too excited about: a 16:10 display. Put this next to the previous… Read more

HTC Vive Pro 2 review: The ultimate virtual reality experience

(Pocket-lint) – The HTC Vive Pro 2 has arrived – and you could easily be forgiven for thinking it’s virtually the same VR headset that the company released back in 2018. That’s because outwardly it hasn’t changed much from the original, aside from some colour changes on the front faceplate. However, under the hood things… Read more

SanDisk’s new card reader dock is all I could ever want and more

Western Digital, owner of the SanDisk brand, has announced a new product called the Pro-Dock 4, and it’s all I’ve ever wanted in a card reading solution: it lets you mix and match four card reading modules, which can all be read simultaneously, and connect them all to your computer using a single Thunderbolt 3… Read more

This is what the new M1X Mac Mini could look like – thinner with better ports

Thanks to intel gathered by popular tipster Jon Prosser, we may have an early glimpse at Apple’s next Mac mini. What you’re seeing are preliminary renders based on rumors. The standalone computer will be much smaller thanks to the use of the next-generation Apple Silicon chipset – the M1X (working title, could very well be… Read more

Microsoft and Qualcomm to release Windows on ARM mini-PCs

Back in 2016, Microsoft began working with Qualcomm to get Windows 10 working on ARM chipsets. This resulted in a number of Qualcomm Snapdragon powered laptops, but there is still more work to be done to drum up developer support. To tackle this, Microsoft and Qualcomm are teaming up again to release ARM64 mini-PCs for… Read more

Valve Reportedly Making a Switch Style Mini-PC Codenamed “SteamPal”

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock and Valve) Valve is allegedly jumping back into hardware, working on a handheld PC similar to the Nintendo Switch, according to a new report from Ars Technica. The publication spoke to “multiple sources familiar with the matter,” who have confirmed that “the device has been in development for some time.”… Read more

Eero 6 and Pro 6 owners are now getting Apple’s HomeKit security features

Owners of Amazon’s Eero 6 and Pro 6 routers will now be able to isolate their HomeKit IoT devices from the rest of their home network and the wider internet, thanks to a new integration with Apple’s HomeKit that’s now rolling out (via MacRumors). The new feature is coming as part of a firmware update,… Read more

Qualcomm Debuts Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows on Arm

Home News (Image credit: Qualcomm) In an attempt to get more developers to build software for Windows 10 on Arm, Qualcomm is debuting a Snapdragon Developer Kit. The company announced the small desktop PC today ahead of Microsoft’s Build developer conference. The new system was built “in collaboration with Microsoft” and will run Windows 10…. Read more

HomePod and HomePod Mini will support Apple Music Lossless

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Last week, Apple announced that lossless audio was coming to Apple Music, but it was also revealed that not all Apple devices would be compatible. We now know that the HomePod and HomePod Mini will in fact support these higher-quality music streams. We just don’t know when. All Apple has… Read more

Apple says HomePod and HomePod Mini will support lossless audio after future update

In a new support document on its website, Apple dives a little deeper into the details around the upcoming launch of lossless audio on Apple Music. Apple now says that both the HomePod and HomePod Mini will support lossless audio after a future software update. That’ll be good news to people who’ve invested in one… Read more

The new Apple TV 4K lets you play any TV audio through a HomePod

Apple might have discontinued the original, full-size HomePod smart speaker, but the company is continuing to add new functionality to it. The latest one relies on you also buying the new, second-generation Apple TV 4K, however. If you own both products, there’s now built-in support for HDMI ARC and eARC, which lets the HomePod play… Read more

Rocket Lake Rumble: Three Mini-ITX Z590 Motherboards Battle for Compact Supremacy

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Page 1 of 4: ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX-TB4 For those looking for the best motherboard for a compact Rocket Lake build, we’ll be diving deep here to examine and test three Mini-ITX motherboards based on Intel’s latest mainstream chipset, Z590. We’ll take a close look at the ASRock Z590… Read more

Kensington’s $399 StudioDock won’t fit the new, slightly thicker 12.9-inch iPad Pro

Kensington’s StudioDock, the high-end $399.99 desktop hub for the iPad Pro that was released earlier this year, isn’t compatible with the new 12.9-inch model hitting stores today. A representative for Kensington confirmed the news to The Verge, saying it’s because the new iPad Pro is 0.5mm thicker than the 2018 and 2020 models. The StudioDock… Read more