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Qualcomm 7c Gen 2 Targets Low-End Windows, Chromebooks

Home News (Image credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm has a new Arm processor ready for Windows and Chrome. Today, it announced the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, aimed at laptops starting at $349, which means you probably won’t see it powering the best Ultrabrooks and premium laptops . The company claims that this will bring premium features to… Read more

Sony X95J flagship LCD TV to hit the shelves in June

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Sony has announced the arrival of its top LCD TV for 2021. The hotly anticipated Sony X95J will be available to buy in June and is even open for pre-order already in some regions in 75in and 85in panel sizes. The 65in model will be released later in the year…. Read more

TCL C81 4K QLED TV review: Too good to be true?

(Pocket-lint) – Despite being TCL’s current flagship 4K TV, the C81 costs under a grand in its 65-inch format. A price which becomes all the more eye-catching when a scan of its features uncovers such high-end attractions as QLED Quantum Dot colour technology, support for both of the premium Dolby Vision and HDR10+ high dynamic… Read more

Blue Shift: Building a Custom-Cooled PC in the Spectre III Case

Home News (Image credit: Niels Broekhuijsen, Tom’s Hardware) After putting the Mirror Maze system together last fall, I needed a break from all the work that goes into a high-end custom build. Plus, I had plenty of PC cases to review. So when Singularity Computers reached asking if we were interested in checking out its… Read more

AM5 Socket May Be AMD’s Doorway To DDR5

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Hardware leaker ExecutableFix, who has a good track record, has shared the potential specifications for AMD’s forthcoming AM5 socket. Nonetheless, this is the first time that we’ve seen anything related to AM5 so take the information with a bit of salt. The Twitter user started his tweet with mentions of… Read more

Gigabyte details FI32U gaming monitor with 4K resolution, HDR and 144Hz refresh rate

Last month, Gigabyte announced its first gaming monitor to sport HDR, 4K resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. Now, the full spec sheet for the FI32U has been revealed, fully detailing Gigabyte’s impressive upcoming 32-inch display. For those that care about gaming performance and picture quality equally, the Gigabyte FI32U comes equipped with a 31.5-inch… Read more

HP Omen 16 revealed with Radeon RX 6000M graphics

HP has recently announced the first Radeon RX 6000M-powered laptop, the Omen 16 2021. Aside from being the first laptop with a Radeon RX 6000M GPU, it is also the first 16-inch Omen laptop. The HP Omen 16 laptop will come with up to an Intel Core i7-11800H processor or 8-core AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX…. Read more

EA patents a season pass system that allows players to choose their rewards

Season passes are becoming the standard for every online game, but since its inception, most of them have followed the same logic. Generally speaking, all season passes demand that gamers have to grind for what they want, but EA might be about to change that according to its latest patent. As it seems, the company… Read more

What’s the best student laptop? We asked students

Shopping for a laptop can be stressful — doubly stressful if you or your children will be learning online for the first time. Kids of different ages have a range of different laptop use cases and different needs. And as the choices for best laptop and best Chromebook evolve, so do students’ needs. So I… Read more

Spotify finally adds offline music downloads on Apple Watch

Spotify is adding the ability to download playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch to play offline, the company announced Friday. Users will be able to stream audio in 96kbps, add and delete Spotify content on their phones, and sync with the Watch. “Being able to download music and podcasts complements the existing feature of… 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

Spotify expands into audiobooks with Storytel partnership

Home News (Image credit: Spotify) After launching its paid podcast platform last month, Spotify has announced it has teamed up with audiobook service Storytel to let subscribers listen to books in-app. This partnership will allow users of both services to link their accounts and access a library of 500,000 titles from within Spotify’s platform. However, listeners… Read more

Dating apps are encouraging users to get vaccinated with the promise of more matches

A group of the USA’s biggest dating apps are encouraging users to get vaccinated, just in case the health benefits weren’t reason enough. New features will range from badges for users to show their vaccination status, free premium features for vaccinated users, and links to vaccination resources like the Vaccines.gov website. The apps taking part… Read more

How Ford’s F-150 Lightning stacks up against the Tesla Cybertruck and Hummer EV

Ford has revealed its first all-electric F-150, the Lightning, and on paper it looks like a really compelling truck. It’s priced aggressively for an electric vehicle, has plenty of power, and looks to be more capable at towing and hauling than the cheapest gas-powered F-150s. But Ford’s not alone in developing an electric pickup truck… Read more

Acer Swift 3X review: not quite swift enough

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Yep, this is a Swift. It has all the features that characterize Acer’s Swift line: a thin body, a lustrous Acer logo, a chassis so light it’s hard to believe you’re holding a laptop and not an… Read more