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Microsoft releases Windows 10 Insider Preview 21286

Microsoft now has the Windows – 10 – Insider Preview Build 21286 released. Among other things, the taskbar has been revised here. With the update, the current weather data can now be called up in addition to the latest news. It is also possible to further personalize the feed. But Microsoft has also worked hard… Read more

EIZO FlexScan EV3895 put to the test: 38-inch docking station

Page 1: EIZO FlexScan EV 3895 in the test: Docking station with 38 Inch You had to wait a long time, now it’s finally here: With the EIZO FlexScan EV 3895 – BK is the manufacturer’s first ultra-widescreen monitor with a curved panel. The Japanese directly skip the 32 – inch format and put on… Read more

Xbox Game Pass: These games are included in the subscription for 2021

Initially only a niche product, cloud gaming services are becoming increasingly popular. Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is no exception. The monthly subscription now includes over 100 games and only in January four new titles are added. Since the end 2020 EA Play has already been included in the basic version of the subscription. This additional… Read more

Epic Games gets a shopping mall as its headquarters

It should not be unusual that every crisis has both winners and losers. In addition to online shopping providers such as Amazon, the winners of the corona pandemic also include the video game industry. Not only Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo were able to look forward to a significant increase in sales in the pandemic year… Read more

Block diagram for AMD's Ryzen 5000 “Cezanne” revealed

The appearance of a schematic block diagram of a Ryzen – 5000 processor based on the Cezanne design apparently allows some further conclusions to be drawn about the processors. Videocardz has compared the block diagram to the current Renoir design. The Cezanne processors should use up to eight Zen 3 cores and eight compute units… Read more

Julian Assange remains in custody

As Hardwareluxx had already reported, a deportation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the USA is currently off the table. However, the Australian was denied a provisional release on parole. Assange remains in custody. According to his lawyer, there is currently no risk of escape. The meanwhile 16 – year-old would rely on a due… Read more

Mammoth project: Federal government wants to modernize 130,000 computer workstations

With the “Federal IT Consolidation” initiative, the Federal Government intends to 73 Bringing ministries up to scratch, at least from a technical perspective. Said initiative has existed since 2015 and should now come into effect six years later. The starting shot will be given in April 2021. According to the government, the completion of the… Read more

MSI presents the MPG-SEKIRA-100 range of housings with luxury claims (video update)

MSI is expanding its range of PC cases. The MPG-SEKIRA – 100 – Case series should exude a certain luxury and convince as a chic E-ATX case. The series starts with two models: The MPG SEKIRA 100 R shows a two-part front. The upper part is made of aluminum, the lower part of tinted glass…. Read more

Microsoft manager announces surprises and events for 2021

Yesterday we reported that Microsoft has made a new trademark registration with the Xbox Series XS. Although this does not necessarily imply a new console, Xbox Marketing Manager Aaron Greenberg has expressed himself via Twitter and further fueled the rumor mill. According to the manager, there should be a large number of Xbox releases in… Read more

Market shares: AMD overtakes Intel with Ryzen 5000 in desktop CPUs

For some time now, there has been a growing trend in the desktop CPU market. Top dog Intel is increasingly competing with AMD, and recently the CPU and graphics card manufacturer has already secured some market shares. Now a new high seems to have been reached. According to the datasets of the benchmark provider Passmark,… Read more

Graphics cards and motherboards: ASUS increases prices for PC components (update)

Already in the past year it became clear that the manufacturer’s recommended retail prices are hard to keep due to the high demand and, according to various partners, the entry prices of the model variants are set too low. The manufacturers are all under pressure and this from several sides. But not only is demand… Read more

New update: AGESA 1.1.9.0 for a more stable fabric cycle

As has recently become known, some mainboards with a built-in AMD CPU from Ryzen – 5000 – Series various stability problems. This applied primarily to users who increased the fabric clock (FCLK) to over 1. 600 MHz. In addition to the problems mentioned, this also limited the working memory as soon as synchronous clock rates… Read more

Chieftronic PowerUp 850W in the test – compact gold power supply with good equipment

Page 1: Chieftronic PowerUp 850 W in the test – compact gold power supply with good equipment Chieftec now has the second with the PowerUp series after PowerPlay Series of gaming power supplies brought to the market with powerful technology, 70 PLUS Gold efficiency and fully modular cable management should convince. How the PowerUp perform,… Read more

Lots of discounted games: Midweek Madness on Steam

Also in the new year you can find some games at bargain prices in the Steam Store. Among other things, there is the survival horror game State of Decay 2 in the Juggernaut Edition for around 18 euros on the Valve sales platform. This corresponds to a reduction of 40%. In addition, both Witch It… Read more

MSI and Gigabyte confirm the date and compatibility for Rocket Lake-S

In the past few days there have been many new details about Intel’s future desktop platform based on the LGA 1200 and the new Rocket Lake S processors. In addition to numerous smaller benchmark results from various online databases, there are also complete tests from the Asian region. But since we want to form our… Read more