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The Best 3D Printers for Home, Workshop or Business in 2026
I’ve tested every well-known 3D printer consumer brand, from Anycubic to Voron, to help you find the best machine for your budget and needs.
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US appeals court restarts $3 billion patent infringement lawsuit against Intel
The U.S. Court of Appeals determines $3 billion VLSI lawsuit was not suitable for summary judgment and must instead be evaluated by a jury, so it must return to a district court for proceedings.
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'CopprLink' destroys every eGPU standard in new test, achieves near-native-level performance with an RTX 5090
CopprLink enables full-fat PCIe 5.0 x16 connectivity.
Benchmarking Nvidia's RTX Neural Texture Compression tech that can reduce VRAM usage by over 80%
We put RTX Neural Texture Compression to the test with multiple GPUs and on a laptop.
Tests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X
A research team at Specops benchmarked an RTX 5090, against two AI datacenter GPUs with Hashcat to see which GPU is the better password cracker. Spoiler alert, the RTX 5090 was the winner.
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Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD pops up in Europe, has a blue PCB and doesn't even work
In Austria, a buyer has received two Samsung 990 Pro clones that don't function.
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Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads
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How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
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