In just a few days, Apple's new iPhone 17e will release to retail, after which we can start to get a better idea of how it fares, both in the form of professional reviews and actual user impressions. In the meantime, benchmarks scores on Geekbench for the iPhone 17e powered by Apple's A19 silicon are starting to pile up, giving us a hint of

The days of having to take out a second mortgage to pay for a big screen OLED TV are long gone, at least for the most part. Yes, some of the more premium models still command a king's ransom, but OLED in general has come down in price quite a bit over the past several years. Driving this point home is an entry-level LG OLED TV that is more

In case you missed the memo, Intel's been kicking butt in the mobile arena lately. Its Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" processors offered a great blend of CPU compute, GPU horsepower, and excellent power efficiency, and the latest Core Ultra 300 "Panther Lake" chips continue that trend, ramping up performance in every area while maintaining fantastic

Some signs are pointing toward an imminent release date and pricing reveal for the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller. Not only did Valve recently release a blog post reaffirming its commitment to "shipping all three products this year", but data miners on SteamDB noticed a "Coming soon" listing change for all of the new Steam

Summer is fast approaching and if you're planning to catch a flight to go on vacation, heads up that United Airlines now has the explicit right to remove passengers who refuse to wear headphones or earbuds and instead choose to blast audio through their laptop, smartphone, or tablet. The new rule is part of a recent revision to the airline's

Samsung officially announced its latest Galaxy S26 family of devices last week, powered by an exclusive version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile platform. The lineup consists of the flagship Galaxy S26 Ultra ($1299), Galaxy S26+ ($1099), and base model Galaxy S26 ($899)m all of which receive some incremental updates. In...

Upon its release, Ayaneo's Pocket Air Mini received praise for its build quality, strong Nintendo GameCube emulation performance, and entry-level pricing under $100. While the price of the device has increased over time, it's still a solid budget handheld. Now, Ayaneo is celebrating with a refresh by releasing a new model in collaboration

Thanks to official posts by OnePlus boss Li Jie, we already know that the OnePlus 15T will feature ultra thin bezels and gaming-optimized performance. Not ending there, Li also confirmed that the device will pack a battery that will put the S26 Ultra and iPhone 17 Pro Max to shame in a 6.32-inch form factor. Over at Weibo, OnePlus president

Apple is coming off one of its busiest weeks in a long time, in terms of product announcements. Instead of announcing a bunch of products on a single day, Apple took a staggered approach to unveiling a barrage of hardware, some of which includes its cheapest MacBook ever, the MacBook Neo, along with an M5 MacBook Air and a refreshed MacBook

NASA has announced that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4, a space rock roughly the size of a 20-story building, no longer poses a threat of crashing into the Moon during its close approach in 2032. While initial projections suggested a slim but still possible lunar impact, new data has refined the object’s trajectory that will carry it past

If you read the headline and, like me, thought 'What the heck is a CQDIMM?', I'm here to tell you it's actually not that complicated. ASRock is using the term CQDIMM to refer to standard CUDIMMs that have four memory ranks, making them quad-rank. This allows for memory modules that offer both high transfer rates and high capacity; ASRock specifically

In a week of unprecedented friction between Claude AI's Anthropic and the Pentagon, the federal government has now flagged the AI company as a national security threat, more specifically with a "supply-chain risk" label. This labeling is similar treatment for foreign adversaries like Huawei, and all because the company had become at odds with

A serious security issue in Arc Raiders’ Discord integration has been uncovered by computer engineer Timothy D Meadows II, who posted a full write-up of the findings on his personal blog. These issues stem from the fact that the Discord software development kit (SDK) logs an unnecessarily large amount of user data, including direct messages

NVIDIA is absolutely dominating the PC graphics card market. We already knew this, of course, but according to the latest market audit by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), NVIDIA's lead has grown to new heights to the point where virtually every add-in board (AIB) is a GeForce product. As in, NVIDIA's graphics cards now account for 94% of all AIBs

Nothing is attempting to steal some thunder away from Google's Pixel 10a with its mid-range Phone (4a) and Phone (4a) Pro. Unveiled at a high-profile event at London’s Central Saint Martins, both version feature new Glyph notification lighting, while the Pro model debuts as the company's first metal unibody handset and its slimmest release

Regardless of how you may feel about Apple as a company, you have to tip your hat at Tim Cook and the crew for making some impressive strides in their in-house chip designs. The latest evidence of this can be seen in preliminary benchmarks for Apple's fresh-out-of-the-oven M5 Max that is one of the chip options on the latest-generation MacBook

Microsoft's new CEO of Gaming and head of Xbox, Asha Sharma, shared the first concrete details about the company's next-generation game console, essentially confirming reports that it will be a hybrid system of sorts, focusing on both console and PC gaming. She also teased a major performance uplift and, in the process, may have taken a shot

As the buildout of AI infrastructure continues, the availability of everything from DRAM to hard drives has been affected, but Seagate may have an answer. As data-intensive AI generated video becomes more common, massive storage arrays are required, which are often cost prohibitive with solid state storage. Seagate is looking address those

We've already reported a few times on SOCAMM2 memory, so if you're not familiar, check out one or all of these stories. The last of those links goes to a story about Micron sampling 192GB SOCAMM2 modules. Well, as you've already read in the headline, the US memory firm is now able to make 256GB SOCAMM2 modules thanks to new 32-Gigabit LPDDR5

LastPass is informing users of an active phishing campaign that started at the beginning of this month, which spoofs official LastPass emails and directs users to a false login page. While directing to a false login page is a common phishing tactic, this new LastPass scam adds an additional layer of deception by creating entire fake email

Current rumors indicate that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 may be due for an imminent restock. Considering the effect the current DRAM shortage is having on the market, such a move would be very welcome to budget PC gamers. The GeForce RTX 3060 may not be ideal for cutting-edge titles at ultra high settings, but it does still have support

Barring any special offers in the future, your current device's trade-in value will never be worth more than it is right now. The reason this matters is because Samsung has launched its Galaxy S26 series and is offering a free upgrade from 256GB to 512GB of storage when you preorder one, saving your $200 right off the bat. On top of that,

As AI continues to proliferate aspects of our daily life, some users are seeking ways to avoid the technology, especially when it comes to artistic endeavors such as music. However, it’s getting more difficult for users to be able to accomplish this as AI has continued to improve. For those who are interested, Apple is introducing a new trick

Gamers chomping at the bit (technically champing, for you grammar purists) for a refresh of the GeForce RTX 50 series with more VRAM are about to get their wish, though perhaps not exactly as they had envisioned, according to a popular leaker on X. No, we're not talking about the oft-rumored GeForce RTX 50 Super lineup, but an upgrade to the