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Crypto-Stealing Malware Starts Targeting Apple’s M1 Macs

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Researchers have discovered that the XCSSET malware has started targeting M1-equipped Macs via Xcode, The Hacker News reported Monday and has been updated to compromise accounts on various cryptocurrency trading platforms. Xcode is the integrated development environment (IDE) used to make apps for the iPhone, iPad, and other Apple hardware…. Read more

You Can Now Use Dogecoin To Pay For Your Hardware At Newegg

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) If you have tons of Dogecoins lying around, you can use them to put together your next PC or upgrade. Newegg has announced via a press release today that the retailer now accepts Dogecoin as a payment method. Newegg has always been a retailer that embraces cryptocurrencies. The company was… Read more

Corsair One a200 Review: Liquid-Cooled Ryzen and RTX 3080

Our Verdict With a Ryzen 9 5900X and an RTX 3080, both liquid-cooled for quiet operation in a compact case, Corsair’s One a200 is easy to recommend–if you can afford it and find it in stock. Just know that your upgrade options are more limited than larger gaming rigs. For + Top-end performance + Space-saving,… Read more

Pre-Binned Rocket Lake CPUs Go On Sale: 5.1 GHz Core i9-11900K at $879

Home News 11th Generation Rocket Lake Processor (Image credit: Intel) As with every generation of Intel processor, Silicon Lottery has started selling pre-binned Intel 11th Generation Rocket Lake chips. These processors are perfect for consumers who don’t want to play the silicon lottery and are willing to pay a small premium to get a guaranteed… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600K: Mid-Range Rocket Lake and Ryzen 5000 CPU Face Off

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware, Shutterstock) The Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X rivalry is a heated battle for supremacy right in the heart of the mid-range CPU market. AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors took the lead in the desktop PC from Intel’s competing Comet Lake processors last year, upsetting our Best CPU… Read more

Woof: Dogecoin Cryptocurrency Returns Are up 6,000% This Year

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) There’s no denying that Dogecoin is a meme. It’s also proven to be quite valuable to those who decided to buy in, with Coindesk today reporting that returns on the coin have risen 6,000% this year — and over 450% just in the past week — despite the fact that… Read more

You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC”

There’s an Apple event next week, and it’s looking fairly likely that we’ll see updated models of the iPad Pro and perhaps the iPad Mini. Which is great, because it made me think about the Eee PC, which was either one of the greatest short-lived success stories in tech history or a collective delusion shared… Read more

An actual house is an NFT now

A real estate broker named Shane Dulgeroff decided to take advantage of the NFT hype. He’s selling a house at 221 Dryden Street, in Thousand Oaks, California along with an NFT of a psychedelic-flavored video of the house. The artwork and house are up for auction on OpenSea, with a minimum bid of 48 ETH,… Read more

GeForce RTX 3070 is $640 in the Latest Newegg Shuffle

Home News (Image credit: Newegg) The Newegg Shuffle is back and we’re finally giving prospective buyers a chance to hit the ground running thanks to an early tip off on today’s inventory. The highlight for today is a GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card that’s up for $640, giving you a chance to buy one of… Read more

Environmentalists Shake Finger at Finger Lakes Bitcoin Mining

Home News (Image credit: Greenidge) Bitcoin mining is an incredibly resource-intensive process. So what better place to do it than an abandoned power plant? Well, as New York Focus reported this week, Finger Lakes environmentalists think the answer is “pretty much anywhere else.” The conflict revolves around a power plant on New York’s Seneca Lake… Read more

Neotron Pico Is A Micro ATX Board For Your Raspberry Pi Pico

Home News (Image credit: Jonathan Pallant) The Neotron dev team, consisting of makers Jonathan Pallant and Kaspar Emanuel, have created a custom PCB to carry our new favorite microcontroller—the Raspberry Pi Pico. The system is designed to resemble a retro-style computer you might find in the ’80s, albeit with a micro-ATX form factor. The best… Read more

Why does Amazon hate its most enthusiastic smart home fans?

Blink’s cheap wireless cameras have seen better days.Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Blink, the Kickstarter success bought by Amazon in 2017, has long been synonymous with inexpensive battery-powered home video cameras that don’t require a monthly contract for cloud recordings. Open-source projects like Homebridge, Home Assistant, and HOOBS have made the cameras even… Read more

Nvidia Reportedly Revamps Ampere Silicon To Stop Ethereum Mining For Good

Home News Ampere Silicon (Image credit: Nvidia) According to HKEPC’s report, Nvidia is ready to redeem itself after the whole anti-mining limiter fiasco with the GeForce RTX 3060. The chipmaker is reportedly preparing a new variant of the GA106 silicon to restore the Ethereum anti-mining limiter back to its not-so-glory days. Citing an unidentified Taiwanese… Read more

Biostar Z590 Valkyrie Review: Much Improved, But More to Do

Our Verdict With an expected price between $400-$450, the Biostar Z590 Valkyrie is up against stiff competition on Intel’s new Rocket Lake platform. But outside of a lack of integrated Wi-Fi and some teething issues, the Valkyrue ticks all the boxes. For + Robust 90A VRMs + Two USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 ports + Three… Read more

The Q4 E-Tron is Audi’s best shot yet at selling a lot of EVs

Images: Audi Filed under: Electric Cars Built on Volkswagen’s EV tech Audi is taking wider aim at the growing market for electric vehicles with two new compact EVs: the Q4 E-Tron and the Q4 Sportback E-Tron. Revealed on Wednesday and due out later this year, the two electric SUVs are far more affordable than the… Read more