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Lian Li Strimer 8 Pin Review: RGB Comes to PCIe Cables
By Matt Safford published
Lian Li’s Strimer lineup now includes a model for your PCIe graphics card power cables. It’s fairly affordable, but there’s no controller in the box.
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I Want My USB-C! Why the Surface's Missing Port Is a Big Problem.
By Avram Piltch published
Though USB Type-C is a universal charging and docking standard, Microsoft left this key connection off of its Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2.
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Lian Li Strimer Review: 24-Pin Rainbow
By Matt Safford published
Lian Li's Strimer turns your ATX cable into an animated rainbow (or your color of choice). It looks good an is easy to install, but we'd like an off button.
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Synopsys Shows World's First USB 3.2 Demo With 20Gbps Speeds
By Chris Ramseyer published
Synopsys' USB 3.2 demo video shows a 20Gb/s transfer on prototype hardware.
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AmazonBasics CU23011W Tap-Adapter: Top Performance, Imperfect Design
By Daniel Sauvageau published
People have become heavily reliant on Amazon for much of their shopping. Is this trust misplaced when it comes to tap-adapter combos?
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ABCSell AR-18 USB Power Adapter Tear-Down: Another Death Trap
By Daniel Sauvageau published
The search for a safe sub-$5 adapter continues. Will ABCSell's AR-18 succeed where others have failed?
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PrimeCables C05132 Charging Station Tear-Down: Organizational Power
By Daniel Sauvageau published
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Tom's Teardown: Two More Apple A1265 iPhone Charger Lookalikes
By Daniel Sauvageau published
Were the Colorful adapters from two months ago really the bottom of the barrel? Let’s have a look at two more A1265 look-alikes to find out.
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