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WorldCoin Attracts 2 Million Users, Hundreds Line-up To Stare at the Orb

By Francisco Pires published 6 August 23

Proof of Personhood can also net you a $50 return and promise you an anonymized world identity ID, there may be reasons to accept.

Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle

By Ash Hill published 6 August 23

Residents of Seattle have discovered Raspberry Pi 4Bs inside abandoned electric scooters from the rental company Spin.

India Delays Import Law That Halted Computer Shipments

By Anton Shilov published 6 August 23

PC makers now have three months to get import license to sell their systems in India.

WD_Black SN770 2TB SSD Drops to $88 at Newegg

By Ash Hill published 6 August 23

The Western Digital WD_Black SN770 2TB SSD is available at Newegg for $88 when using a limited promo code in tandem with a Shell Shocker discount.

Call to Pause Superconductor Experiments Roasts AI Doomerism

By Mark Tyson published 6 August 23

Writers unknown have parodied the open letter to pause AI experiments, with a call to “no action” to those working in the world’s labs and kitchens.

Raspberry Pi Zero W Turns Old CRT TV into Smart TV

By Ash Hill published 6 August 23

Saugat Gamuwa with Maker Sci is using a Raspberry Pi to transform an old CRT television into a smart TV suitable for the modern era.

Intel to Reveal Future Consumer CPU Roadmap, Meteor Lake in September

By Anton Shilov published 6 August 23

Intel to unveil Meteor Lake and Emerald Rapids CPUs at its Innovation event in September.

How to Correctly Set a 3D Printer's Z-Offset

By Sammy Ekaran published 6 August 23

Improve the Quality of Your Prints by Adjusting the Z-Offset

Superconductor Levitates At Room Temperature, But Questions Remain (Updated)

By Francisco Pires last updated 5 August 23

Scientists with the Huazhong and Wuhan Univerities have replicated LK-99's levitation abilities at room temperature, which they showcased in two different videos uploaded to Billibilli.

Andrew McCalip (via Twitter @andrewmccalip)

Engineer Details Messy LK-99 Superconductor Creation Process

By Francisco Pires published 5 August 23

Andrew McCalip, an R&D engineer with California-based Varda Space Industries, has detailed several of the steps to create the LK-99 superconductor.

AI Swipes Data By Listening to Keyboard Keystrokes with 95% Accuracy

By Ash Hill published 5 August 23

A team of researchers from Cornell have managed to train AI to retrieve data with 95% accuracy by recording keystroke audio.

MSI Spatium M450 1TB SSD Now Just $27

By Ash Hill published 5 August 23

The MSI Spatium M450 1TB SSD has reached its lowest price yet when redeeming the included rebate with Newegg.

AMD's Ryzen 8000 'Strix Point' to Use Zen 5 and Zen 5c Cores: Report

By Anton Shilov published 5 August 23

AMD's next-generation APU is expected to offer formidable performance with twelve Zen 5-class cores.

Raspberry Pi Lightsaber Puts the Force in Your Hands

By Ash Hill published 5 August 23

Now you can build your own ligthsaber harnessing the power of a Raspberry Pi RP2040 and a little of imagination.

Billion-Year Data Archive Goes Multi-Planetary: Next Stop, Mars

By Mark Tyson published 5 August 23

The AMF has already begun disseminating a billion-year archive of human culture and knowledge in orbit and on the moon, and has plans for Mars in 2025.

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Engineer Details Messy LK-99 Superconductor Creation Process Laying another brick on the superconducting wall.

Superconductor Levitates At Room Temperature, But Questions Remain (Updated) Two different universities have shown LK-99 floating in the air.

AI Swipes Data By Listening to Keyboard Keystrokes with 95% Accuracy Researchers at Cornell have found a way to steal data by recording keystroke audio.

LK-99 Superconductor Crypto Coin Surpasses $3m in Trading in First 24 Hours But this coin's value is already circling the drain.

AMD's Ryzen 8000 'Strix Point' to Use Zen 5 and Zen 5c Cores: Report AMD's upcoming APU is said to feature 12 CPU cores and a decent GPU .

Reviews

Inland TN446 1TB SSD Review: Inland’s Real M.2 2230 SSD is Here

By Shane Downing published 5 August 23

The Inland TN446 M.2 2230 SSD supersedes the TN436, creating more competition in the embedded space.

SSD

Unihiker Single-Board Computer Review: Fun for Beginners, Less-so for Makers

By Les Pounder published 4 August 23

Another Raspberry Pi alternative but this time the form factor is all about the screen.

Raspberry Pi

Alienware Aurora R16 Review: Thinking Inside the Box

By Andrew E. Freedman published 3 August 23

The Alienware Aurora R16 is in a smaller, more streamlined box with plenty of ports and a decent price, but proprietary parts keep it from being an entry into true enthusiast PC gaming.

Gaming PCs

D-Link AX3200 Smart Router R32 Review: Mixed Performance, Annoying Setup

By Joe Stanganelli published 31 July 23

Plenty of performance, but not under all circumstances.

Routers

Cougar Forza 85 Essential Review: A Streamlined Forza 85

By Albert Thomas published 31 July 23

Cougar’s Forza 85 Essential offers a streamlined, less-expensive version of the Forza 85, but there’s little reason to consider it over competitors.

Cooling

Best Picks

Best Gaming Mouse 2023

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal published 3 August 23

We've tested and reviewed the best gaming mice for every game type, gaming style, and grip style.

Mice

Best Laser Cutters and Engravers

By Denise Bertacchi published 2 August 23

We help you find the best laser cutters for engraving hobby projects or starting a small business.

Laser Cutters

Best Gaming Monitors 2023: Budget, Curved, G-Sync and More

By Christian Eberle published 2 August 23

Here are the best gaming monitors for PC available in 2023, from budget displays to 144Hz, 4K and curved.

Monitors

CPUs

Intel to Reveal Future Consumer CPU Roadmap, Meteor Lake in September

By Anton Shilov published 6 August 23

Intel to unveil Meteor Lake and Emerald Rapids CPUs at its Innovation event in September.

CPUs

Intel Boosts Meteor Lake's CPU Clocks Beyond 5 GHz: Leak

By Anton Shilov published 5 August 23

First details about Intel's Meteor Lake processor family emerge in a leak.

CPUs

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Graphics Cards

PowerColor RX 7800 XT Listing Confirms 3,840 Shaders, 16GB VRAM

By Zhiye Liu published 3 August 23

PowerColor accidentally reveals Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT ahead of official launch.

Graphics

Graphics Card Retail Pricing Update, August 2023

By Jarred Walton published 3 August 23

Some GPUs are up, some are down.

GPUs

DirectStorage Bug Drops Frame Rates in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

By Aaron Klotz published 3 August 23

A new report has confirmed that GeForce GPUs are suffering from a performance bug, where deleting the game's DirectStorage files improves game performance on Nvidia RTX GPUs.

Graphics

Laptops

India Delays Import Law That Halted Computer Shipments

By Anton Shilov published 6 August 23

PC makers now have three months to get import license to sell their systems in India.

Desktops

Microsoft Could Arm Next Surface Go With Alder Lake-N SoC

By Aaron Klotz published 4 August 23

Microsoft is rumored to be upgrading its next-gen Surface Go tablet with the Intel Processor N200, an efficient Alder Lake-N CPU with Skylake CPU performance.

CPUs

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle

By Ash Hill published 6 August 23

Residents of Seattle have discovered Raspberry Pi 4Bs inside abandoned electric scooters from the rental company Spin.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Zero W Turns Old CRT TV into Smart TV

By Ash Hill published 6 August 23

Saugat Gamuwa with Maker Sci is using a Raspberry Pi to transform an old CRT television into a smart TV suitable for the modern era.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Lightsaber Puts the Force in Your Hands

By Ash Hill published 5 August 23

Now you can build your own ligthsaber harnessing the power of a Raspberry Pi RP2040 and a little of imagination.

Raspberry Pi

Deals

WD_Black SN770 2TB SSD Drops to $88 at Newegg

By Ash Hill published 6 August 23

The Western Digital WD_Black SN770 2TB SSD is available at Newegg for $88 when using a limited promo code in tandem with a Shell Shocker discount.

Deal

MSI Spatium M450 1TB SSD Now Just $27

By Ash Hill published 5 August 23

The MSI Spatium M450 1TB SSD has reached its lowest price yet when redeeming the included rebate with Newegg.

Deal

Acer Nitro and Dell Gaming Monitor Prices Drop to New Lows

By Ash Hill published 4 August 23

Both Acer and Dell have gaming monitors offered at notable discounts today through Amazon.

Deal