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• Hate waiting for games to load? Intel's new trick for Arc GPUs will be music to your ears, especially if you have a handheld [24d]
• Finally, a Garmin Fenix 8 rival? Amazfit 'plans to expand its premium product lineup' in revealing new info [24d]
• Everyone hates this Pokémon, but it's one of the best you can use in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen — here’s how you can obtain it on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 [24d]
• Crimson Desert's puzzles can be quite challenging — but there's one simple mechanic that means you might not even need to complete them [24d]
• No Nvidia, No AMD, No Intel, No ARM: Meta plans inference-led RISC-y future without friends as 1700w superchip emerges with 30 PFLOPs performance and half Terabyte (yes 512GB) HBM [24d]
• Amazon's preview Spring Sale is slashing up to 45% off some of my favorite robot vacuums — these are the 7 best deals [24d]
• Secure your Microsoft system or suffer the same fate as Stryker – US tells companies to secure corporate accounts [24d]
• Another win for Intel as GMKTec demos Openclaw-capable mini PC that reaches 180 TOPS, supports 10GbE Ethernet, USB4, and OCuLink — oh, and there's a nifty pseudo-memory feature as well that will help you forget RAM nightmares [24d]
• Apple TV fans will get a great free upgrade for discovering movies and TV shows soon, but there's a catch [24d]
• iPhone Air at 6 months — here’s what I love, what I hate, and why it’s ‘the most conflicted I’ve ever been about a phone’ [24d]
• Mini PC vendors jump on the OpenClaw bandwagon as Minisforum’s M2 Pro arrives with Intel’s Core Ultra X9 388H CPU and 96GB of RAM — but it won’t be cheap [24d]
• Google signs data center deal which includes a 20-year commitment to add new clean power [24d]
• Feeling the heat? I tried the Shark ChillPill — a portable fan with misting spray for instant relief — and I'm not going anywhere without it this summer [24d]
• ‘I’m not political’: Tim Cook says his 24-karat gift to Trump wasn’t a political statement, but that Apple is a ‘proud American company’ [24d]
• HBO Max renews Neighbors for season 2 — and I can't wait to watch more of the 'hilariously absurd' documentary [24d]
• Meta’s latest smart glasses feature would have been perfect at the Winter Olympics — but I’m frustrated it can’t be used by everyone [24d]
• Ubisoft continues with its cost-cutting program as it cuts 100+ jobs and ends game development at its Tom Clancy studio Red Storm Entertainment [24d]
• Problems with your Android VPN? Proton VPN warns it's Google's fault [24d]
• I saw Loewe's new small 4K TVs with high-end image quality and sound, and they look very tempting for cineasts in a small space [24d]
• Nvidia's Earth-2 models, including 'climate in a bottle', want to change weather forecasting for everyone across the world [24d]
• Marquis confirms sensitive personal data of 672,000 people stolen in ransomware attack [24d]
• NymVPN's latest update brings crucial anti-censorship and usability boost — but Apple users will have to be patient [24d]
• Aura breach confirmed as over 900,000 customer records accessed in phishing attack [24d]
• Level up your video calls with Logitech’s $25 Brio 100 Full HD webcam deal at Best Buy [24d]
• NordVPN’s new tool helps you spot online scams — and it’s free for everyone [24d]
• New Exodus trailer spotlights first look at explosive combat as Wizards of the Coast teases additional 'moment-to-moment gameplay' and focused deep dives later this year [24d]
• Three high-risk AI vulnerabilities discovered in Claude.ai – end-to-end attack chain exfiltrates sensitive info without user knowing [24d]
• Small but mighty: Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini Desktop with Core Ultra 7 and 16GB RAM gets a welcome $110 price cut at Best Buy [24d]
• When confidence becomes a risk: The gap between cyber resilience readiness and reality [24d]
• Google unveils new ‘vibe design’ tool to help anyone design a high-fidelity UI using natural language [24d]
• Closing AI learning gaps between leaders and employees [24d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, March 20 (game #747) [24d]
• I put the Bluesound Pulse Flex and Sonos Era 100 wireless speakers against each other — and it was hard to choose between ‘in-your-face bass’ or ‘richer mid-range textures’ [24d]
• Microsoft hands Copilot haters and 'Microslop' pushers yet more ammunition with 'how to' videos that showcase an embarrassing use of AI [24d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Friday, March 20 (game #1516) [24d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, March 20 (game #1013) [24d]
• Netflix and Arrow Films announce Stranger Things: The Complete Series, a 4K Blu-Ray boxset that 'fans will be delighted to own' — if they can stomach the price [24d]
• This new DarkSword iOS exploit can steal almost everything from your iPhone – here's what we know [24d]
• Is this the game-changer? TCL's new micro-LED TV massively cuts the price of the 'OLED-killer' tech — and it launched a new 300Hz 'Super Quantum Dot' TV too [24d]
• Crimson Desert developer's shares tank despite the game's strong Metacritic score [24d]
• HP’s Intel Core Ultra 7 265 mini PC workstation for developers and professionals is 50% off right now - a half price Best Buy Tech Fest steal [24d]
• ‘This is what Val wanted’ — Val Kilmer’s AI movie return has his family’s blessing, but it feels deeply unsettling [24d]
• Alexa+ promises an AI layer over everything — I’m not sure anyone asked for that [24d]
• The new MacBook Air 15 M5 is great, but it's hard to justify when the still-excellent M4 model is $300 off [24d]
• ‘Just a joy to use’ — I reviewed the new Nothing Phone (4a) Pro and its striking design, giant blazing screen, and useful Glyph Matrix reminded me that phones can actually be fun [24d]
• I can finally make the UI of my Series X bright pink after the new Xbox dashboard update [24d]
• This $25 AirPods Pro 3 case looks exactly like a classic Macintosh mouse — and could be the perfect Apple 50th anniversary tribute [24d]
• 'A stunning mini PC offering powerful performance': Geekom A7 deal is a productivity beast for creatives - and it's $599 in Best Buy's tech sale [24d]
• As the Cities: Skylines franchise turns 11, Iceflake Studios celebrates with a special anniversary patch that adds a new encyclopedia and a stadium for 'proper entertainment' to the second game [24d]
• How to watch The 50 online from anywhere — including outside India and in the USA [24d]
• 'We found out at the same time as the public' — Capcom and Ubisoft devs were out of the loop on Nvidia DLSS 5 involvement, adding to the AI controversy [24d]
• 'My dream travel lens’ — Fujifilm asked which lens it should make next, and you voted for this wide-aperture zoom [24d]
• Dozens of European cloud CEOs call for real tech sovereignty ahead of Cloud and AI Development Act [24d]