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Motherboard, Processor, Cooler, Memory The Enthusiast’s PC gets one of two “future proof” processors depending on your needs. The Ryzen 5 2600 is a multi-tasking beast on a budget with 6 cores and 12 threads, this chip also overclocks very well on the stock cooler, though for a very small price the Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED reduces temperatures dramatically, so we feel this is the way most enthusiasts should go....

If you have any of these Android apps, uninstall them now They’re laced with spyware, adware, and other malware Security researchers recently discovered over two dozen malicious Android apps that had become popular on the Google Play Store. They masquerade as innocuous tools while secretly monitoring users and stealing their information. Google removed most of them, but they likely remain installed on many devices. Samsung updates hundreds of millions of aging phones The updates appear to contain GPS fixes Anyone still using Samsung Galaxy phones between roughly 2014 and 2018 — of which there could be half a billion — should check for firmware updates....

When copying a 6GB ISO file on-disk, the Synology DS3612xs maintained a throughput of 314.1MB/s, 11% faster than the TS-879 Pro’s 283.4MB/s. As is to be expected, both were much faster on 10GbE. In case you’ve forgotten, this test uses a mixture of small and large files. The DS3612xs managed 190.2MB/s while the TS-879 Pro averaged 164.4MB/s, making the former unit roughly 16% faster. When copying various small non-compressed files, the DS3612xs outpaced the TS-879 Pro by 32% with 67....

Coming in at number 10 is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, a co-op brawler from Dotemu featuring side-scrolling action, a pixelated art style and voice work from the original cartoon actors. Shredder’s revenge launched digitally on most major platforms, and Limited Run even did a collector’s edition that’s scheduled to ship in early 2023. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose rank 9th and 8th, respectively....

Giphy is one of the most popular GIF-sharing platforms on the internet, with the company reporting over 200 million active users monthly as of 2017. If you’ve ever tried to send a funny cat GIF to someone, there’s a chance that you used Giphy to do it. Meta noticed the vast number of people using Giphy and attempted to purchase the company, finalizing the sale in 2020 for $315 million....

Core i7-4770K @ 2.5GHz = 40% Core i7-4770K @ 4.5GHz = 31% Core i5-4690K = 56% Pentium G3220 = 75% Celeron G1820 = 73% FX-8150 = 38% A majority of the tested CPUs were able to extract the most amount of frames from the GTX 980. Again we realize we are testing these CPUs with a GPU bottleneck, but had we tested at 1080p almost every processor would have been capped at 60fps....

Despite their average file transfer performance, the Crucial MX100 512GB and 256GB SSDs performed exceptionally well in our game installation test. The MX100 512GB took just 94 seconds, a second faster than the SanDisk Extreme II 240GB and OCZ Vertex 460, while the MX100 256GB was three seconds slower than the larger 512GB model, but even so it was on par with the OCZ Vector 150, Samsung SSD 840 Evo and Samsung SSD 840 Pro....

The Pixel 6a, which has been available to pre-order since July 21, launches on July 28. Many early reviews have praised the phone, but several YouTubers have found what could be a massive problem with the under-display fingerprint sensor letting unregistered people unlock the phone. Check out the video below from the 1:14 mark to see this weird behavior taking place. Not everyone who touches the Pixel 6a’s sensor can unlock the phone....

The Motion Picture Association in its 2021 Theatrical and Home Entertainment Market Environment (THEME) report said the combined global theatrical and home / mobile entertainment market generated $99.7 billion in 2021. That’s up from just $80.5 billion in 2020, and eclipses the $98.1 billion in revenue from 2019 / pre-pandemic levels. It’s the breakdown of revenue, however, that is especially interesting. Last year, a full 72 percent of the aforementioned $99....

Vega comes out to play in Rainbow Six Siege with the Vega 56 being 12% faster than the MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X. We even see a rare quality showing from Vega 64 as the air-cooled model eeks out a win over the MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X. The liquid cooled model pushes further ahead but still lags behind the GTX 1080 Ti by a 15% margin. Here we see again that in select titles Vega can really turn up the heat on the GeForce 10 series....

There is no single event responsible for ousting AMD from its lofty position in early 2006. The company’s decline is inextricably linked to its own mismanagement, some bad predictions, its own success, as well as the fortunes and misdeeds of Intel. A merger seems unlikely since the merger candidate would need a use for the x86 instruction set and most of the players in the market seem happy enough with the ARM architecture....

As the year comes to a close it’s time to look back at some of the most relevant stories of 2013. We’ll do a brief recount of tech happenings in eleven categories: CPUs and Graphics, Hardware Devices and Components, Software, Gaming, Mobile, Security and Privacy, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Tech Culture and The Web. We hope you enjoyed our daily dispatch of technology news and analysis as much as we’ve enjoyed bringing it to you....

Likewise, the Core P5 really requires the user to go beyond basic AIO liquid cooling options. For us the massive Pacific radiator, block, pump and reservoir were the perfect combo for the Core P5. The Core P5 might not be as high quality as the Lian Li PC-O7S, but it also costs under half as much. The Core P5 really is an incredible buy at $150, especially for someone looking at creating a unique build they can show off....

Tim Berners-Lee is best known as the creator of the World Wide Web, and he is still trying to improve his creation beyond its current state. The future of the web conceived by the British computer scientist, however, doesn’t resemble what marketers and startups are trying to sell as the “Web3” decentralized utopia. According to Tim Berners-Lee, however, Web3 isn’t the web at all: speaking at the Web Summit conference recently held in Lisbon, the computer scientist and head of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) said that it’s important to clarify the meaning of words in order to discuss the impact of new technologies....

Generally speaking this type of graphics card is designed for the most demanding of PC gamers as they enable ultra high resolutions without even thinking about compromising visual quality. As of recent the only problem faced by gamers is that we haven’t seen a great deal of computer games that really push the envelope, like the original Crysis game did, for example. Many had expected Crysis 2 to be the game that would bring even the most power hungry gaming systems to their knees....

Based on pricing and performance at the time, AMD’s HD 7850 was the best $150 to $200 option, while Nvidia’s GTX 660 Ti was the best solution when spending $250 to $300. Those parting with $400 and up were best off with the HD 7970 as it matched the GTX 680 in terms of performance but was almost $100 cheaper – a stark contrast from our original findings if you care to revisit the GTX 680’s review....

On paper this is a really compelling display, because you don’t often see 1080p resolutions at this price point. The resolution is certainly fantastic, providing sharp imagery and text, and I was pleasantly surprised by the excellent viewing angles exhibited by this display. These two aspects to displays are often compromised in budget devices, but not here. The Umi Touch’s display packs average brightness and black levels, which result in a contrast ratio just above 1000:1, which is what I’d expect from a budget handset....

Apple devices have officially supported Xbox and PlayStation controllers for a few years now, providing more reliable ways to play mobile games with physical buttons. This week, developers running the iOS 16 developer preview posted screenshots showing the Nintendo Switch Pro controller and Joy-Cons paired with iPhones. Adding compatibility with Nintendo controllers will be helpful to the millions of Switch owners who also have Apple devices. Apple’s new mobile operating system even takes advantage of the Joy-Cons’ split nature, making them uniquely useful for mobile gaming....