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Seagate Launches Limited Edition Cyberpunk 2077-Inspired SSD

Home News FireCuda 520 Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition (Image credit: Seagate) Not to be confused with Korben’s Taxi from The Fifth Element, Seagate has launched the new FireCuda 520 Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition SSD. Seagate only produced 2,077 of these drives so they’ll ultimately turn into collectible for Cyberpunk 2077 fanatics. The FireCuda 520 Cyberpunk… Read more

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition Review

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the company’s attempt at bolstering its sub-$700 lineup targeting a segment of the gaming market that predominantly games at 1440p, but needs an upgrade path toward 4K UHD. Cards from this segment are very much capable of 4K gaming, but require a tiny bit of tweaking. There… Read more

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Suprim X Review

Introduction The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Suprim X is the company’s top custom-design graphics card based on the swanky new RTX 3070 Ti high-end graphics card by NVIDIA. The Suprim series represents MSI’s best efforts in the areas of product design, factory-overclocked speeds, cooling performance, and more. NVIDIA debuted the RTX 3070 Ti and… Read more

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GameRock OC Review

Introduction Palit GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GameRock OC is the company’s most premium custom-design implementation of NVIDIA’s latest high-end graphics card launch. The RTX 3070 Ti along with last week’s RTX 3080 Ti launch, form part of an attempt to refresh the high-end segment in the face of competition from AMD and its “Big Navi”… Read more

Zotac GeForce RTX 3070 Ti AMP Holo Review

Introduction Zotac GeForce RTX 3070 Ti AMP Holo is the company’s premium custom-design offering based on NVIDIA’s latest addition to its RTX 30-series “Ampere” product family. The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, along with last week’s RTX 3080 Ti, are additions to the higher-end of NVIDIA’s product stack, in response to competition from AMD’s Radeon RX… Read more

Apple Music’s spatial audio is sometimes amazing but mostly inconsistent

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Late on Monday night, Apple flipped the switch on two new features for its Apple Music subscription service: immersive Dolby Atmos spatial audio and lossless-quality streaming. It feels like the company is really only excited about one… Read more

Will Apple end the newsletter boom?

Today, let’s talk about one of Apple’s many announcements this week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, which some see as a possible threat to the rise of journalism distributed by email. If that sounds self-indulgent, given that it’s coming from a journalist who distributes his work via email, I apologize. But it touches on so… Read more

Nvidia Increases Market Share as GPU Sales Explode: JPR

Home News (Image credit: AMD) According to IDC, PC sales in the first quarter were up 55% year-over-year, and since the demand for personal computers is growing, component sales in Q1 2021 were high, too. Jon Peddie Research reports that shipments of integrated and standalone graphics processing units (GPUs) for PCs increased 38.74% year-over-year in the… Read more

Sony WF-1000XM4

Our Verdict You won’t find many true wireless earbuds that come close to matching the all-round brilliance of the Sony WF-1000XM4 For Clear, detailed bass performance Wonderful sense of musicality Comfortable Class-leading battery life Against Missing Sony’s Multipoint feature Lacking ear tip choices No aptX HD How do you improve on arguably the best all-round… Read more

Sony announces WF-1000XM4 noise-canceling earbuds with LDAC and IPX4 water resistance

After a few weeks of leaks, Sony has today formally announced its latest flagship true wireless earbuds. The new WF-1000XM4 earbuds cost $279.99, and the previous WF-1000XM3s, released in 2019, will remain in the company’s lineup at $229.99. The new headphones will be available in either black or light gray — both with gold accenting…. Read more

Adobe launches M1 Mac-native versions of Lightroom Classic and more

Adobe is now shipping new versions of more Creative Cloud apps that run natively on Apple silicon Macs. Lightroom Classic, Illustrator, and InDesign have all been updated for the M1 processor, and Adobe says that you can expect average performance boosts of up to 80 percent across the suite when compared to an equivalent Intel-based… Read more

Realme’s Snapdragon 888 flagship is coming to Europe for €549

The Realme GT, Realme’s Snapdragon 888-equipped flagship phone, is coming to Europe and will sell for €549 (about $670) for a model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, according to the company’s website. The price makes it among the cheapest Snapdragon 888 devices available to date, if not the cheapest. Xiaomi’s excellent-value Mi… Read more

Dell sued over Alienware laptop’s ‘unprecedented upgradeability’ claims

Dell is being sued in California over its claims that its Alienware Area-51m R1 laptop would offer “unprecedented upgradeability,” Tom’s Hardware reports. Alienware customer Robert Felter is accusing the company of running a “false and misleading” marketing campaign, in which it promised that the laptop’s core components, including the CPU and GPU, could be swapped… Read more

Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed Review: Premium-Priced Space-Saver

Our Verdict The Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed hits the sweet spot between functionality and size, clearing up desk space while offering a premium design and functionality. But it’s pricey compared to some fantastic 65% keyboards, and its keycaps can get uncomfortable during heated gaming. For + Efficient form factor + Dongle, Bluetooth or cable… Read more

Fossil doesn’t plan to upgrade its existing watches to the new Wear OS

Fossil executives Greg McKelvey and Steve Prokup said in an interview with CNET that the company’s existing Wear OS watches won’t get upgraded to the new combined Wear software platform from Samsung and Google. Instead, Fossil is planning a premium watch that Prokup said would have “pretty major hardware upgrades,” and existing watches will probably… Read more