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March 31
- Community Picks: Favorite In-Game Easter Eggs
March 30
- Nvidia GTC 2018 Highlights: AI Trucks, Mega-Video Cards & Ray Tracing
- DisplayLink Reveals New Details About Wireless VR Solution
- Tech Tom's Relies On: Lenovo Yoga 720 15” Notebook
- Apple's Computers Now Officially Support External GPUs
- U.S. Visitors, Immigrants Could Be Required To Reveal Social Media Identities
- Thermaltake Announces Pure Plus 12 Digital RGB Fans For Radiators
- How To Set Up RAID In Windows 10
- Data Breach Exposes 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts
- What Is Fixed Foveated Rendering, And Why Does It Matter?
- Valve Introduces Per-Application SteamVR Settings
March 29
- Tom's Soapbox: Happy Birthday, VR! Now Grow Up
- Microsoft Expands Search, 'Cortana Show Me' With Preview Build 17634
- Roto VR Production Delayed Over Safety Concerns, On Track For Q2 Delivery
- Qubes OS 4.0 Launches With Fully-Virtualized VMs, Admin API
- CPU Security Flaw: All You Need To Know About Spectre And Meltdown
- How To Use Your Phone To Lock And Unlock Windows 10
- Powenetics: A Better Way To Measure Power Draw for CPUs, GPUs & Storage
March 28
- Phanteks Wants To Help You (Digital) RGB All The Things
- Next-Generation And Royalty-Free AV1 Video Codec Is Released
- Microsoft Prohibits Use Of ‘Offensive Language’ On Skype, Xbox Live, Other Services (Updated)
- Enermax Releases LiqFusion AIO Water Cooling Unit With RGB Lighting
- Facebook Stops Playing Hide-And-Seek With Its Privacy Settings
- ASRock Launches Custom Radeon RX580, 570, 560, And 550 GPUs
- Windows 7 Suffers ‘Total Meltdown’ Thanks To Microsoft’s Meltdown Patch
- PlayStation VR Gets Permanent Price Reduction
- Logitech G Announces Esports-Targeted Pro Gaming Headset
- A Palantir Employee Taught Cambridge Analytica How To Harvest Facebook Data
- G.Skill Hits 5GHz With Overclocked Air-Cooled Dual-Channel Memory Kit
- 3 Under-$500 PC Builds for Playing Games Like Fortnite
- TPCast Business Edition Wireless Adapter Supports Four Vives Simultaneously
March 27
- ‘Contain’ Facebook’s Tracking With This Mozilla Firefox Extension
- After Fatal Uber Incident, Nvidia Defers Autonomous Car Testing On Public Roads
- CAFC Sides With Oracle Again, Says Google Should Pay Damages
- Corsair Launches Beta For iCUE Unified Driver Software
- Xiaomi Announces A Sleek, GTX 1060-Equipped 15” Gaming Laptop
- Facebook, Google, And Twitter CEOs Called To Testify On Data Privacy
- Nvidia Releases GeForce Driver 391.35 For ‘Far Cry 5’
- Nvidia Announces Quadro GV100, New NVSwitch, 32GB Tesla V100 At GTC 2018
- Lian Li Embraces Glass And RGB Lighting With The Alpha 550 Case
- HTC Recommends GTX 1070, Vega 56 For Vive Pro
- Zotac Botches Mek1 Storage Specifications; Corrections Forthcoming
- Tresorit Launches Campaign To Build An End-To-End Encrypted Social Network
- How To Reply To Android SMS With Windows 10
March 26
- Facebook Teases Platform Changes After Data Privacy Troubles
- Acer Releases Surprisingly Capable Chromebook Tab 10 Tablet For Education
- Patents For Oculus Haptic Glove Surface Online
- Big Tech-Supported 'CLOUD Act' Is Yet Another Warrantless Surveillance Bill (Updated)
- Cops Unlock Dead People’s Phones Without Probable Cause
- OGA And ITA Merge To Form The International Future Computing Association
- AMD Radeon Adrenalin Driver 18.3.4 Improves ‘Far Cry 5’ Compatibility
- ‘Cortana Show Me’ In Windows 10 Preview Build 17128 Helps You Change Windows Settings
- Koolance Releases CPU-400 Waterblock For Intel And AMD Processors
- What The Tom's Team Played This Weekend: 'Overwatch'
- Facebook Explains How It Collected Users' Call And Text History
- Tom's Explains: Why Power Supplies Fail
March 24
- GDC 2018 Highlights: VR, Ray Tracing & Atari
March 23
- Massdrop's 'CTRL' Keyboard Looks Just Like Input Club's 'K-Type'
- How to Choose the Right CPU for 1080p Gaming: 14 Processors Compared
- Thermaltake Goes All Copper For Pacific CL Radiators
- Tobii Pro Glasses 2: Eye Tracking Research In The Field (Update: New Hardware)
March 22
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Breaks Silence On Data Leak With Yet Another Apology
- Oculus Go Dynamic Clock Speed Adjustments Preserve Battery Life, Reduce Heat
- PowerColor Announces Red Dragon RX Vega 56 8GB Graphics Card
- Corsair H60 Gets New Look, Better Fan
- Going Hands On With The Oculus Go At GDC 2018
- Geil Super Luce RGB Memory Allows Aura Sync Installation With Non-Asus Motherboards
- Is Nvidia Not Being Forthcoming About Lower-Speed MX150 GPUs?
March 21
- Netflix Launches A Public Bug Bounty Program
- Noitom Enters Spatially Tracked Glove Market With Hi5 VR Glove Business Edition
- Seagate Demos World's Fastest Hard Drive, Doubled Performance, HAMR Progress
- How To (Partly) Control The Data Facebook Shares With Other Companies
- Thermaltake Announces View 37 Case With Gull-Wing Window
- Shareholder Sues Facebook Over 'False Statements' Regarding Its Privacy Policy
- Nvidia's GeForce Partner Program: What Is It?
- The Atari VCS Pops Up At GDC 2018
- HTC's Vive Focus Is Coming To The US Later This Year, Dev Kits Now Available
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 VRDK Details Emerge, Kits Expected Q218
- A Budget VR Option? Testing AMD's Ryzen 5 2400G With Windows Mixed Reality
March 20
- Gigabyte Launches Radeon-Powered External Graphics Box
- Microsoft Hopes Machine Learning Will Make Games Better
- Facebook’s Security Chief To Quit Over Dispute On How To Tackle Disinformation
- AMD Responds To CPU Security Flaw Report
- Raijintek Releases Zofos Evo RGB-Lit Full-Tower Chassis
- AMD Has Its Own Ray-Tracing Technology
- Latest GeForce Driver Fixes VR HMD Black Screen...Maybe
- Ex-Facebook Employee: Cambridge Analytica Wasn’t The Only Company Harvesting User Data
- Remote AR Technical Assistance Platform Gets ARCore Support
- HTC Quietly Outs Vive Tracker 2018 With Steam VR 2.0 Tracking
- How To Start Windows 10 In Command Prompt
- Final Fantasy XV: Performance Analysis With 10 GPUs
March 19
- AMD Radeon Adrenalin Driver 18.3.3 Ready For 'Sea Of Thieves' And More
- Thermaltake Adds Voice Control To Its New RGB Plus Ecosystem
- Magic Leap Announces ‘Creator Portal,’ SDK Now Available
- HyperX Announces Faster Fury, Impact DDR4 Memory Products
- Facebook Allowed Firm To Exploit Data To Target American Voters
- Profits Are Drying Up For Ethereum Miners
- Nvidia Reveals RTX Ray-Tracing Technology, New GameWorks SDK At GDC
- NZXT Gaming Giveaway
- Need A 100TB SSD? Nimbus Data Has You Covered With The ExaDrive DC100
- Gigabyte Teases New Displays On Thinner Aero 15 Laptops
- HTC Reveals The Vive Pro's $799 Price Tag, Opens Pre-Orders
March 17
- Tom's Teardown: Two More Apple A1265 iPhone Charger Lookalikes
March 16
- Plattsburgh Puts Its Foot Down On Commercial Cryptomining Operations
- First Ryzen 7 2700X And Ryzen 5 2600 Review Hits The Net
- CTS Labs' AnandTech Interview Raises More Questions About Its AMD Vulnerability Disclosure
- Pwn2Own 2018: Focus Changes To Kernel Exploits As Browsers Get Harder To Hack
- Lenovo Finally Details Its Standalone Daydream VR HMD, The Mirage Solo (Updated)
March 15
- Microsoft Launches Speculative Execution Bug Bounty Program
- Survios Believes It Solved The VR Melee Mechanic Problem
- Sharkoon Brings RGB Lighting To TG5 Case
- Turkey Blocks ProtonMail E2E Encrypted Email Service
- How Google Improved Android Security In 2017
- FSP’s New CMT230 And CMT240 Chassis Bring The 5.25” Drive Bay Back
- Intel Patches All Recent CPUs, Promises Hardware Fixes For Upcoming 8th Gen Chips
- Tobii's Poised For Big Wins In VR Eye Tracking (Update: A Qualcomm Partnership)
- Romer-G Goes Linear: Logitech’s Latest Mechanical Keyboard Switches
March 14
- Samsung Power Outage Kills 3.5% Of Global Flash For March
- Auto-Resolution Scaling Keeps First-Gen 'VR Ready' PCs Relevant
- Cougar Releases Panzer Evo Full-Tower Chassis
- WhatsApp Won't Share Data With Facebook Without GDPR Compliance
- CTS Labs Speaks: Why It Blindsided AMD With Ryzenfall And Other Vulnerabilities
- Audeze Mobius Features Head Tracking For Deeper Gaming Immersion
- Report Claims AMD Ryzen, EPYC CPUs Contain 13 Security Flaws (Updated)
March 13
- SteelSeries Arctis Pro Series Headsets Have A Built-In Mixing Feature
- Flipside Studio Promises An Easy Way To Create Animated VR Shows
- Amazon Leaks Four New Coffee Lake CPUs
- Breaking Down The New Security Flaws In AMD's Ryzen, EPYC Chips
- Adata Announces XPG SX950U SSD
- The Fabled EVGA Z10 Keyboard Is Finally In Mass Production
- FSP's Latest Mid-Tower Cases Have A Mirror Floor-Plate
- MoviePass Retracts Statement About Tracking Users ‘From Home To The Movies’
- The QC-1 Crypto Heater Lets You Heat And Mine Simultaneously
- You Can Put Three 560mm Radiators In CaseLabs’ SMA8-X Extreme Edition
- Trump Permanently Blocks $117 Billion Broadcom Bid For Qualcomm
March 12
- HoloBox: A Virtual Green Screen Studio For Mixed Reality Videos
- Corsair Accidentally Reveals Humongous 1000D Case
- What Does ‘Always Connected PC’ Actually Mean?
- New Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition Improves ‘FFXV’ Performance
- Forum Post Claims Z390 Chipset, Intel 8-Core CPUs Coming To Market Next Year (Updated)
- Pimax 8K M1 Production Delayed, Still On Track For Q2 Release
- Philips Will Bring Its 49" Curved Super-Wide QHD Display To The US
- Toshiba Announces dynaEdge AR100 Smart Glasses For Professional Users
March 10
- Do the Locomotion: The 19 Ways You Walk and Run in VR Games
- How To Make Partitions In Windows 10
- Asus Brings Full-Array Backlighting To ProArt Monitors
March 9
- Patriot Viper DDR4 3000 MHz 16 GB RAM Kit Giveaway
- The Vive Pro's New Link Box Adds A Power Button, Ditches HDMI
- Heads Up! Our Next Folding@Home Competition Starts Next Week
- How To Control YouTube And Twitch With A 3dRudder
March 8
- The Helix Ortholinear Keyboard Kit: Open Source DNA
- Corero Reveals 'Kill-Switch' To Suppress Memcached DDoS Attacks
- Is ASRock Making Graphics Cards?
- Colorful's New iGame: An SLI Bridge Too Far?
- Intel NUCs With Gemini Lake CPUs Detailed In Technical Docs (Update: Now Available)
- UNSW Builds ‘Precision Atom Qubits’ Critical For Silicon-Based Quantum Computers
- The New Monitors And Displays Of 2018 (Update)
- How To Patch Your Oculus Rift
- Windows 10 S Will Become An 'S Mode' In All Windows 10 Versions (Updated)
March 7
- Tom's Community Contest: Build the Best Budget Gaming PC for Fortnite
- Cryptocurrencies Tumble After SEC's 'Unlawful' Exchanges Statement
- Khronos Releases Vulkan 1.1, SPIR-V 1.3 Specifications
- Ryzen Embedded Powers Smach Z Handheld Gaming PC (Updated)
- EFF: Records Show The FBI Paid Geek Squad Informants For Years
March 6
- Price Guide: AMD, Nvidia Graphics Card Bundles On Newegg (Updated)
- Microsoft Previews New Privacy Screen For Windows Insiders
- Corsair Unveils Carbide 275R Case
- NZXT Adds Larger, More Affordable AIO CPU Coolers To Kraken Lineup
- Memcached Amplification Attack Breaks New DDoS Record At 1.7 Tb/s
March 5
- How To Move Oculus Content Between Libraries (Thanks To Software Update 1.24)
- AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.1 Is Ready For ‘FFXV,’ ‘Warhammer’
- Nvidia Lowers DGX Station Pricing By 25%
- EKWB Continues Its Dive Down The RGB Rabbit Hole
- Google Unveils 72-Qubit Quantum Computer With Low Error Rates
- ASRock Updates DeskMini Barebones PCs With Z370 Chipset
- Extortion Attempts Rise Alongside Memcached Amplification DDoS Attacks
- Microsoft Microcode Updates Defend Intel CPUs Against Spectre
- AMD Ryzen/Vega-Powered HP Laptop Listings Leaked
March 3
- Tom's Teardown: SilverStone UC01 USB Power Adapter
March 2
- Dell Quietly Releases Inspiron 17 5000 Laptops With AMD Ryzen/Vega APUs
- Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17112 Breaks Windows Mixed Reality
- Cougar Releases Glass-Clad Panzer-G Chassis
- Trapped Ion Quantum Computers Become Viable With Large Speed Increase
- Memcached Amplification Attacks Are Already Breaking DDoS Records
- Less Expensive GPUs Are Hiding In External Graphics Docks
March 1
- Fractal Design Releases Meshify C Mini Case With Tempered Glass
- New Carrier-Based Authentication System Seeks To Replace SMS 2FA
- Equifax Finds 2.4 Million New Data Breach Victims
- Cooler Master Launches MasterBox Q300 Line Of Micro-ATX Cases
- Nvidia Unlikely To Unveil 2018 Graphics Cards At GDC, GTC