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'Futuremark' Is No More; Benchmark Maker Adopts Parent...

The name "Futuremark" has been synonymous with PC benchmarking for over 20 years, but the company’s owners retired the iconic name in favor of its parent company branding. Futuremark will henceforth be known as UL.

Varmilo's 'Sakura' Pink EC Linear Switches

Varmilo’s new Sakura Pink EC switch is nigh, and we’ve got the MA104C full-size keyboard to test them in person. The new Sakura Pink EC switch is the first switch produced by Varmilo.

EK Launches Monoblock For Asus Strix X470-F Motherboard

After making monoblocks for some of last year’s highest-end X370-based motherboards, EK seems ready to cover the just-released X470 platform.

How To Share Drives Between Windows PCs With Windows Ne...

If you’re an old-school PC user like us, you’ll have a huge amount of media, such as pictures, music, and movies, stored in local hard drives. Here's how to share your desktop’s hard drives over the network to your other Windows PCs.

Careem Data Breach Exposes Data Of 14 Million Users

Three months after Careem's servers were breached exposed the data of 14 million drivers and riders, the company made the incident public.

MSI Announces MAG Pylon Mid-Tower Chassis

MSI announced a new mid-tower chassis called the MAG Pylon. It sports glass on the sides and front, and it ships with RGB-lit fans that integrate with MSI’s Mystic Light lighting ecosystem.

Forged Email Headers Strike Fear In Gmail Users

Gmail users got a bit of a shock when they discovered over the weekend that "they" had sent spam emails to themselves.

AMD Details Lower-Power Ryzen 2400GE, 2200GE

First leaked in the beginning of this year, the lower-power variants of AMD’s Ryzen APUs are now officially detailed on AMD’s website.

Community Choice: The Best PC Games

We want to know: what your favorite RPGs, Soundtracks, and Simulator games?

Pimax 8K Faces Further Delays Due To New Lens Tooling,...

Pimax yesterday announced that it is facing more delays with the Pimax 8K production schedule. The company redesigned lenses the lenses again, and it is now awaiting delivery from the factory. The timeline now suggests Q3 delivery for backers.

HTC Launches $1,500 Vive Pro Bundle In Japan, Teases Co...

HTC Nippon Corporation (HTC Japan) today announced the price and availability of the Vive Pro bundle, which includes updated controllers and Steam VR 2.0 base stations along with the headset

Zotac Mek1 Desktop Review: Killer 1440p Gaming

Can Zotac's Mek1 make an argument for 1440p gaming at a midrange price? Let's get testing.

Enermax Liqtech 360 OC TR4 Review: Taming Threadripper

Here's one of the few closed-loop coolers designed specifically for AMD's Ryzen Threadripper CPUs...let's test it!

PrimeCables C05132 Charging Station Tear-Down: Organiza...

Wouldn't it be great if you had a caddy of some sort to keep your mobile devices charged and ready? That's exactly what PrimeCables' C05132 purports to be. But is it well-built? We tear it apart to find out.

Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi Review: AM4 Grows Up

AMD is launching new 2nd Gen Ryzen processors, but the unsung hero is the X470 chipset. Does this Gigabyte board stand out among many competing mobos?

Tom's Hardware Weekly News Recap: April 20, 2018

In which we recap the week's news.

How To Manage Virtual Memory (Pagefile) In Windows 10

Pagefile in Windows 10 is a hidden system file with the .SYS extension that is stored on your computer’s system drive (usually C:\). The Pagefile allows the computer to perform smoothly by reducing the workload of the physical memory, or RAM.

EK Enters Boutique PCs Market With Fluid Gaming Systems

Water cooling expert EK announced its entrance into the boutique PC market with its new Fluid Gaming pre-built systems, which feature AMD Ryzen 2000-series processors and Nvidia GTX 1000-series graphics cards.

Google Stops Helping Services Avoid Censorship Via Doma...

Google puts an end to domain fronting on its cloud platform after Russia blocked millions of its IP addresses in the country in an attempt to block Telegram.

HDMI Vs. DisplayPort: Which Is Better For Gaming?

Given the choice, which of these leading high-speed display interfaces should you be using for PC gaming? The Tom's team explains.

Thermaltake Launches Tt eSports Iris Optical RGB Gaming...

Thermaltake launched a new gaming mouse at CES 2018, the Tt eSports Iris Optical RGB gaming mouse. It’s an entry level product that aims to provide great bang for buck performance.

Why Lenovo Is The Best Laptop Brand And Apple Fell Off...

The ThinkPad-maker topped Laptop Mag's Best and Worst Brand ratings--and for good reason.

Is Oculus Preparing To Announce An AR Device?

Oculus slipped in a mention of AR in its blog post about it's new Terms of Service even though the company doesn’t currently offer AR hardware. Does that mean Oculus has a surprise coming?

Adata XPG Spectrix D40 32GB DDR4-3000 4x8GB Kit Review:...

Adata adds to the RGB-lighted memory race with its Spectrix D40 line. We check out the performance and tuneability of its AX4U300038G16-QRS to answer the question of value.

Best Deals

Because shopping for bargains on new computer hardware can be a considerably time consuming endeavor, we regularly compile a list of the best deals.

Over 900 SteamVR Titles Now On Sale For The Weekend

Now’s your chance to top up your VR content library. Valve is running a VR sale from now through Monday, April 23.

ADATA Releases Flagship Spectrix D41 RGB Memory On The...

Barely a week after announcing its 5GHz overclocking achievement, Adata officially released the Spectrix D41 RGB memory.

G.Skill Releases New Memory For 2nd-Gen Ryzen And X470

G.Skill announced the availability of new, higher-speed memory kits in its AMD-version Trident Z and Sniper X product lines.

Should I Upgrade to 2nd Gen Ryzen?

Is the Zen+ CPU architecture worth the premium over Zen? We put this survey together to find out!

Control Your Oculus Data In The New 'My Privacy Center'

Oculus announced some changes to its privacy policy and terms of service, as well as a new My Privacy Center, ahead of the GDPR rules going into effect in May.