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Microsoft seals the end of Minecraft Earth

With the ongoing corona pandemic and the extended shutdown, the return to normality is also in the year 2021 not to think at first. As a result, public activities in particular are reduced to a minimum. In particular, those where you could come into contact with many people must be completely set. Of course, this… Read more

SilverStone Fara H1 M: Micro-ATX case with an airy mesh front

With the Fara H1 M, SilverStone is expanding its Fara case series. The new model is a mini-tower that can hold a maximum of Micro-ATX mainboards. A mesh front gives hope for good cooling performance. Only recently we were able to test a midi tower from the Fara series with the Fara B1 Pro. With… Read more

Rumor: AMD Radeon RX 6700 and AMD RX 6700 XT are coming in March

After a release in January last autumn 2021 the talk was, those interested in the AMD mid-range graphics cards Radeon RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT will probably be patient a little longer. While NVIDIA has its GeForce RTX 2021 and RTX 3060 Ultra probably already on 12. January at the virtual CES, the launch… Read more

The end of Adobe Flash is now finally sealed

It has been known for some time that the days of Adobe’s Flash are numbered. After various browsers had deactivated the player by default in the past, Adobe is now officially discontinuing support. The company also advises all users to uninstall the program. Microsoft even provides its users with a corresponding tool for deinstallation under… Read more

There are also free titles in the Epic Games Store in the new year

After the Epic Games Store released a large number of free games just in time for Christmas, since 31. December 2020 get hold of the economic simulation Jurassic World Evolution for free in the Epic Store. Until January 7th 2021 all registered users have the opportunity to create their very own dinosaur theme park. In… Read more

Intel: Investor urges chip manufacturer to adopt new corporate strategy

The investment company Third Point would like to encourage Intel to sound out alternative strategies in the future in order to remain an established, relevant and financially successful chip manufacturer. Third Point is Intel’s largest shareholder and accordingly has a lot of influence, which is now used to put pressure on CEO Omar Ishrak. In… Read more

Epic Games speaks in an interview about the possibilities of Unreal Engine 5

In an interview with the online magazine Edge, Epic Games spoke about the new possibilities that Unreal Engine 5 promises. Furthermore, it was above all about future security and the success of its battle royale shooter Fortnite. For example, Epic Games spoke of the fact that, among other things, millions of sales in connection with… Read more

Despite the end of support: Windows 7 continues to be very popular

Already since 14. January 2020 Microsoft finally said goodbye to its Windows 7 and no longer publishes any security updates for the operating system, which is now around eleven years old. However, this does not seem to deter a large number of users from continuing to use said OS. According to the Netmarketshare website, Windows… Read more

MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI in the test – carbon look including USB 3.2 Gen2x2

Page 1: MSI MPG Z 490 GAMING CARBON WIFI in the test – carbon look incl.USB 3.2 Gen2x2 MSI’s GAMING- (PRO) -CARBON mainboards from the MPG product range (MSI Performance Gaming) are of great interest to many people who want to upgrade, because in most cases these models strike the balance between good equipment and… Read more

KW53 / 2020: Our articles from the last week

Even between the years, numerous exciting articles went online on Hardwareluxx.de. We not only subjected the DeepCool MACUBE 110 to a practical test, but also the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + tested. The ASRock Z 110 Steel Legend, the Seagate Exos X 19 With 18 TB and the SilverStone Fara B1 Pro during… Read more

A first look at the ATX12VO standard

At the beginning of the year there were indications that Intel would introduce the Single Rail Power Supply Desktop Platform Form Factor ATX 12 VO wants to introduce more broadly. It is already used in many complete systems by numerous manufacturers. But such systems are rarely screwed on and so the contacts with this type… Read more

The record hunt continues: Bitcoin price climbs to 30,000 US dollars

After Bitcoin hit a new all-time high in December, thus reaching the old high of around 19. 700 US dollars from the year 2017 skipped and a few days later even the 20. 000 – US dollar mark was clearly taken, the most famous cryptocurrency continued to soar over Christmas and New Year and steadily… Read more

IEDM 2020: Intel wants to double their density through stacked transistors

At this year’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Intel presented various further and new developments in the field of manufacturing technologies. One of the most important researches concerns the so-called Self-Aligned 3D Stacked Multi-Ribbon CMOS transistors – self-aligning, stacked transistors, which should theoretically enable Intel to increase the transistor density The transistors of modern… Read more

SilverStone Fara B1 Pro in the test: A-RGB housing with elegant supply air design

Page 1: SilverStone Fara B1 Pro in the test: A-RGB housing with elegant supply air design SilverStones Fara B1 Pro actually offers the typical mix of A-RGB fans and a transparent front, which can lead to cooling problems. At least visually, this midi tower has larger side air inlets. But can the four case fans… Read more

STALKER 2: First in-engine gameplay trailer

Around eight years after the termination of the first follow-up project there is now 14 Years after STALKER the first in-engine gameplay trailer of the official successor STALKER 2. The post-apocalyptic horror shooter is supposed to 2021 for the PC and Xbox Series X and Series S appear. It is not known exactly when 2021… Read more