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Philips unveils new four-strong Go Sports wireless headphone series

Home News (Image credit: Philips ) According to Philips, nearly two thirds of active sports enthusiasts (and over 90 percent of 16-24 year-olds) are using headphones while exercising, and in a bid to take the lion’s share of that market, the firm is releasing a new dedicated sports series focusing on sports-worthy fit, durability, great… Read more

7 tips to improve your computer sound quality

Home Advice (Image credit: Ruark) Be it at work or at home, a lot of us spend a whole lot of time at our desks. For many, a 9-to-5 job is likely to have you sitting in front of your computer for upwards of 1,500 hours every year. But look at it another way: that’s… Read more

DJI is now selling a warranty to replace your drone if it flies away

DJI is now offering flyaway coverage for its Mini 2 and Mavic Air 2 drones, should they develop a mind of their own and take off. The cost of replacing the escaped drone is $225 for the Mini, and $399 for the Mavic, which is on top of the price of DJI’s Care Refresh extended… Read more

AMD made a billion dollars more in Q4, and multiple billions in 2020

AMD is firing on all cylinders these days: it’s the guts of every modern PlayStation and Xbox, it has the desktop CPUs to beat, it’s nearly caught up to Nvidia in GPU performance (if not availability), and it’s about to challenge Intel in laptops as well — with its Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs and RDNA… Read more

Xbox, Surface, and cloud once again boost Microsoft’s Q2 earnings

Microsoft posted the second quarter of its 2021 financial results today, reporting revenue of $43.1 billion and a net income of $15.5 billion. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 33 percent. We saw some impressive growth for Surface, Xbox, and cloud-related services in Microsoft’s previous quarter, and it’s very much… Read more

Micron: 1α Process Technology to Reduce Costs By Up to 40%

Home News (Image credit: Micron) Micron on Tuesday announced its new 1α fabrication process for DRAM. Initially, the company will use it to make DDR4 as well as LPDDR4 memory, but over time it will be used to produce all types of the company’s DRAM. The manufacturing technology promises tangible decreases in DRAM costs, but… Read more

Best electric scooter for adults 2021: Get around on these top escooters

(Pocket-lint) – Electric scooters – or escooters – are in vogue. You’re unlikely to have missed this, given that they’ve exploded into popularity around the world and now litter the streets of many capital cities awaiting tourists to hop on for a quicker way around. The best electric bikes: Zip around town on these amazing… Read more

Asus TUF Dash F15 Review: RTX 3070 Meets Intel H35

Our Verdict The Asus TUF Dash F15 is an attractively thin gaming clamshell with an eSports-ready screen. But you can squeeze more frames out of other RTX 30-series laptops. For Decent battery life Fast screen Successful software-based noise cancelling Easy upgrades Against Frame rates could be better No webcam Flat keyboard Gaming laptops are trying… Read more

Alienware m15 R4 Gaming Laptop Review: RTX 30-Series Performance, Eye-Popping Color

Our Verdict The Alienware m15 R4 packs plenty of RTX 30-series performance in an attractive design with an amazing screen. For Sleek design Strong performance Snappy Keyboard Vibrant optional OLED Screen Against Warm temperatures Relatively short battery life Nvidia’s RTX 30-series “Ampere” graphics cards have been burning up the desktop market since they launched last… Read more

Nerf’s new blasters curve their shots a la Angelina Jolie in Wanted

Nerf’s got a new trick up its sleeve: Hasbro’s latest foam-flinging sidearms can curve their shots, possibly letting you hit targets you can’t even see. (Think Angelina Jolie or James McAvoy in Wanted but with bouncy balls instead of bullets.) That’s because each of Nerf’s three new Rival Curve blasters has an adjustable barrel you… Read more

Gigabyte Aorus RGB Memory DDR4-3600 C18 2x8GB Review: Unexpected Strong Performer

Our Verdict Gigabyte’s Aorus RGB Memory DDR4-3600 C18 is a very nice memory kit that’s thwarted by a high price tag and limited availability. For Excellent performance Faster than the similarly-specced competition Against Too expensive Little room for overclocking Lighting requires proprietary software In today’s world, computer hardware vendors have to venture into new markets… Read more

Best Cheap CPUs of 2021, Tested and Ranked

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Shutterstock) AMD’s Ryzen 3000 and Athlon processors (including the unlocked $49 Athlon 3000G) have shaken up the low-cost landscape and made a splash on our CPU Benchmark Hierarchy, but crushing shortages of chips has gripped the industry, which impacts the low end of the market in a particularly painful way. So… Read more

Away CEO Stuart Haselden is stepping down

Away CEO Stuart Haselden will step down in February, according to a company press release. The luggage brand’s president and co-founder, Jen Rubio, will take over as interim chief executive until Away finds a permanent replacement. The news was first reported by Axios. Haselden, a former Lululemon executive, joined the company in the wake of… Read more

It sure sounds like Valve’s Gabe Newell is having a lovely time in New Zealand

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell has given one of his famously rare interviews with New Zealand’s 1 News. In it, he discusses his admiration for the island country, where he recently applied for residency after having sheltered there during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also used the interview to confirm that Valve does indeed have… Read more

Apple: Analysts hope for highest sales ever

Apple is apparently about to publish excellent quarterly figures. At least that’s what most analysts on Wall Street assume. The consensus forecasts indicate that the iPhone company has managed to break the 2020 mark in the last three months of the year to skip billions of US dollars in sales – more precisely, it should… Read more