Upgrade My PC Please! Episode 3: Core Hi Five!
Brayden's 'Oldy McOld' gets his prize and a new lucky reader gets a free Ryzen 5 1600 CPU!
Malware discovered in CCleaner put millions of users at risk
Make sure you update to the latest version
Asus ROG Strix XG27VQ Review: 27-inch, 1080p, 144Hz Curved Monitor
Let's cut right to the chase. The Asus ROG Strix XG27VQ is a $350 gaming monitor, 27 inches in size, with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and a refresh rate of 144 Hz. We're looking at a VA LCD panel here with FreeSync support, sporting an 1800R curvature.
Parrot activates Alexa when mimicking owner, places online shopping order
Alexa, order me 50 boxes of bird seed
Top 5 Worst GPUs: Hall of Shame, Part Two
Recently we put together a "Top 5 Worst CPUs" feature as a fun side article and readers loved it. The requests came in for a similar article looking at graphics chips and so we're going to have a go at that today.
HP Omen Desktop Review: A mid-range pre-built gaming tower
HP's more modest gaming desktop is the simply named Omen Desktop, which is now available with AMD Ryzen processors inside. It's a more traditional tower-style chassis that's highly configurable, with prices ranging from just under $1,000 to over $3,200.
Scientists can now store light as sound waves on a computer chip
What does light sound like?
iPhone 8 teardown reveals smaller battery, 2GB of RAM and stubborn glass back
Replacing the rear glass panel won't be easy
New GeForce drivers optimized for Call of Duty: WWII
Nvidia's latest graphics driver brings optimizations for several titles including Project Cars 2, Call of Duty: WWII, Total War: Warhammer II, Forza 7, FIFA 18, Raiders of the Broken Planet, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 open beta.
Black Friday Predictions: 4K TV prices will be almost as cheap as 1080p
Prices on 4K sets in every size category will drop to record lows
New Minecraft brings updated logo and bug fixes
Minecraft 1.12.2 is not a major update but it does bring an updated version of the game logo. Besides the slight facelift, an exploit and a bunch of other bugs have been fixed. You can download Minecraft for Windows, macOS, Linux and several other platforms.
Epic Games briefly enabled cross-play on Fortnite between PlayStation and Xbox
Proving that Sony is holding back a feature that already exists
Instagram algorithm allows rape threat to be used in Facebook ad
Not the best way to advertise Instagram
T-Mobile increases high-speed unlimited data 'cap' to 50GB
It won't be long before the other carriers follow suit
EVGA releases GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Elite with 12Ghz memory
Nvidia can now claim more memory bandwidth than AMD's Vega
Tesla looking to add convenience stores to some Supercharger stations
It's essentially a gas station without the gasoline
Google acquires part of HTC's smartphone business for $1.1 billion
HTC's Pixel team will move over to Google, but this is no takeover
Apple's A11 Bionic SoC looks incredibly impressive in early benchmarks
Six-core A11 Bionic flexes its muscles
iOS 11's Control Center doesn't actually turn off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
Turning something off in iOS 11 isn't as easy as it seems
Alexa-powered, self-flying Aire drone launches on Kickstarter
Can it succeed where others have failed?