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How to Connect Your Raspberry Pi Pico W to Twitter via IFTTT

By Les Pounder published 24 July 22

Connecting the $6 Raspberry Pi Pico W to Twitter is a breeze using IFTTTs free service. In this how-to, we send live sensor data to Twitter using IFTTT and MicroPython.

Intel Sapphire Rapids Workstation Specs Leaked: Up To 56 Cores, 350W TDP

By Zhiye Liu published 23 July 22

VideoCardz shares the alleged specifications for Intel's forthcoming Xeon Sapphire Rapids-WS processors.

Steve Jobs’ Apple-1 Prototype Expected to Fetch $500,000 at Auction

By Mark Tyson published 23 July 22

Photo evidence suggests this was the computer that helped secure Apple’s first ‘big’ order, for 50 Apple 1s, to The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California.

How To Turn Your Old PC Into a New Chromebook with Chrome OS Flex

By Les Pounder published 23 July 22

Google’s Chrome OS Flex is a lightweight, alternative, web-based operating system designed for older hardware

Microsoft Now Sells Windows 11 Licenses Directly to PC DIYers

By Mark Tyson published 23 July 22

Windows 11 Home and Pro licenses are now available direct from Microsoft at $139 and $199, respectively. Until recently, you would have had to buy Windows 10, then do an upgrade instead.

Seagate Aims to Ship 30TB+ HAMR Hard Drives in Mid-2023

By Anton Shilov published 23 July 22

Seagate plans to release 30TB+ HAMR hard drives.

ASRock Preps 34-inch 165 Hz AMD FreeSync Premium Gaming Monitor

By Zhiye Liu published 23 July 22

ASRock is preparing to launch the PG27FF and PG34WQ15R gaming monitors with AMD FreeSync Premium support.

Chinese CPU Maker Loongson Develops Custom Integrated GPU Architecture

By Anton Shilov published 22 July 22

Loongson unveils 7A2000 chipset with its own GPU from 2004.

Intel Raptor Lake CPUs May Hit The Shelves On October 17

By Zhiye Liu published 22 July 22

Hardware leaker Enthusiastic Citizen (ECSM_Official) has shared the potential launch dates for Intel's upcoming 13th Generation Raptor Lake processors.

Intel Docs List Raptor Lake With Same Microarchitectures as Alder Lake

By Anton Shilov published 22 July 22

Intel's documents confirm Meteor Lake's Redwood Cove and Crestmont Cores.

Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing

By Mark Tyson published 22 July 22

Intel Mesa Vulkan driver fix required just one line of memory allocation code to be changed to yield a 100x speedup in ray tracing performance.

Pinball Fantastic: ESP32 Runs DOS Emulator, Hits Jackpot

By Ian Evenden published 22 July 22

An amazing DIY project sees the tiny ESP32-S3 emulate a 286 to run Pinball Fantasies

Intel's 56-Core Xeon W9-3495 Workstation CPU Spotted

By Anton Shilov published 22 July 22

Intel readies high-end 56-core Sapphire Rapids processor with AVX-512 and AMX for desktop workstations.

Alleged Raptor Lake Core i7 Beats AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in Geekbench Leak

By Mark Tyson published 22 July 22

This 16C / 24T next gen part trounces the 16C / 32T AMD flagship in single thread tests, and edges ahead in multi-thread tests.

Raspberry Pi Tracks Airport Arrivals and Departures

By Ash Hill published 22 July 22

Rui Alves is using a Raspberry Pi to power his custom airport arrivals and departures board that looks just like the screens found in actual airports.

Meet the heart of your company’s next laptop fleet: AMD Ryzen™ PRO 6000 Series processors

By Sponsored published 21 July 22

Sponsored Speed, efficiency, security, and reliability are just a part of what makes AMD Ryzen™ PRO 6000 Series processors adept in work environments.

Bootleg RTX 3060M Is a Stone's Throw From RTX 3060

By Zhiye Liu published 21 July 22

YouTuber reviews the GeForce RTX 3060M, an unofficial desktop GPU that features a mobile die.

Samsung render images for their 2nd Gen CSD.

Samsung Introduces AMD-Powered Second Gen Computational SSD

By Francisco Pires published 21 July 22

Samsung's 2nd gen computational SSD makes use of a Xilinx Versal FPGA from AMD to cut power consumption, CPU utilization and processing time.

How to Safely Overclock Your CPU: Get the Most MHz from Your Processor

By Paul Alcorn published 21 July 22

We cover all of the nitty-gritty details of how to overclock your CPU.

Get Your Hands on an Nvidia RTX 3090 for $999, Its Lowest Ever Price: Real Deals

By Stewart Bendle published 21 July 22

The Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinty OC is only $999 on Woot! right now, making it almost $300 cheaper than the nearest priced RTX 3090 model.