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Thanks to Miners and Scalpers, eBay Pricing for Ampere, RDNA2 GPUs Continues to Rise

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Finding the best graphics card at anything approaching reasonable pricing has become increasingly difficult. Just about everything we’ve tested in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy is sold out unless you go to eBay, but current eBay prices will take your breath away. If you thought things were bad before, they’re… Read more

Gigabyte Reportedly Blames Delayed Shipments on COVID-19 Spikes in CA

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Gigabyte recently told its partners that California’s struggle to respond to the COVID-19 crisis has caused shipment delays, CRN reported Thursday, because there simply aren’t enough workers in key ports to unload its products from shipping containers. CRN said the disclosure arrived via a presentation called “2021 Q1 Supply Chain… Read more

Go read this article about how we got duped into cooking with gas

I spend a lot of time fretting about how my home might be slowly killing me. As an environmental journalist, it’s part of my job to be hyper aware of any toxins that could be lurking around me. Lately, my gas stove has me especially worried. I didn’t think much about the hazards of cooking… Read more

What’s on your desk, Sam Byford?

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. While many of us moved to home offices when companies sought to avoid COVID-19 infection, for some people, working at home is the norm. One of those people is Sam Byford, Asia editor for The Verge, who… Read more

Disney Plus reaches 95m subscribers ahead of schedule

Home News (Image credit: Disney) Disney Plus is growing quicker than expected. The streaming service has 94.9 million subscribers already, Disney announced during its Q1 2021 earnings call. When it launched in November 2019, the service aimed to reach 90 million subscribers within four years, but has already passed that goal after just over a… Read more

Sony KD-75ZH8

Our Verdict The ZH8 does a lot of things seriously well, but it makes less sense as a purchase than rival models from Samsung For Bright and punchy picture Superb colours and motion Impressive sound Against Blooming around bright highlights Plays even less 8K than rivals Missing some HDMI features With the dearth of real… Read more

Nvidia Rewarms RTX 2060, GTX 1050 Ti Amidst GPU Shortage

Home News GeForce RTX 2060 (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) When you can’t supply enough of the latest and greatest graphics cards to the market, it’s time to heat up some of the old-time bestsellers. Nvidia has confirmed to PCWorld that the company is effectively resupplying older Turing and Pascal GPUs to its board partners to… Read more

Activist Hedge Fund Praises Pat Gelsinger as CEO: ‘Opportunity Is Enormous’

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Dan Loeb, the head of hedge fundThird Point, this week praised Intel’s decision to appoint Pat Gelsinger as its new CEO. Third Point plans to remain a long-term shareholder of Intel and believes that the company has an extraordinary potential. Previously, the hedge fund called on Intel to explore spinning off its… Read more

Modder Adds Ray Tracing to Super Mario 64

Home News (Image credit: Darío) What do you do if you have an RTX 3090 but your favorite games are over 20 years old? Well, if you’re like modder Darío Samo, you add ray tracing to them. That’s what they announced they would be doing with Super Mario 64 late last year, and their latest… Read more

Sonos wireless headphones: release date, rumours, and all of the news

Home Advice (Image credit: Sonos (via USPTO) ) It looks like Sonos is making a pair of headphones. This would be quite a departure for the brand, which has built a reputation as the king of multi-room audio. But if the Sonos track record is anything to go by, then we’re certainly interested to see… Read more

Clapper permanently bans QAnon-related content

Clapper has moved to ban accounts spreading QAnon conspiracy theories and vaccine misinformation in the wake of a Verge report last month. Clapper CEO Edison Chen told The Verge on Thursday that the company will permanently ban QAnon-related content going forward. As of publication, Chen said Clapper has removed over 400 videos and 20 accounts… Read more

Instagram bans prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, but Facebook page remains active

Facebook-owned Instagram has permanently banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a prominent anti-vaccine activist who had over 800,000 followers on the platform, The Wall Street Journal reports. A spokesperson for the service said his account was removed “for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines.” His account on Facebook, however, is still live, with… Read more

Sony Alpha A7S III review: The low-light video champ

(Pocket-lint) – Sony has grown a legion of fans for its growing number of Alpha system cameras. Whether it’s the ultra compact A6000 series or a full-frame A7 series, there’s something for everyone. But it’s videographers who’ve turned more towards Sony’s mirrorless full-frame bodies in recent years – and it’s easy to see why when… Read more

Top Xbox Series X and Series S games 2021

(Pocket-lint) – The Xbox Series X and Series S are here at last – Microsoft’s two answers to the next-gen question, bringing 4K gaming in the case of the bigger box and lower-res value from the smaller option. Xbox Series X vs Xbox Series S: What’s the difference? They’re both great in their own ways… Read more

Big Fitbit update adds Charge 4 health features, brings premium data to more users

Fitbit is offering a major update for some of its current smartwatches. As detailed by Wareable, the company is making new health data available to Charge 4 users and expanding access to previously paywalled information to more users. Fitbit, recently acquired by Google, continues its trend of supporting devices well after launch with feature updates… Read more