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I’m unreasonably excited about Googlebooks getting custom ROMs
A brave new (old) world This requires a bit of context. See, I’m an Android guy. I started my tech…
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PC upgrades are brutally expensive. These 8 Prime Day accessories aren’t
Monitor: Alienware 34-inch OLED 240Hz, $630 Dell If I had a few hundred bucks burning a hole in my pocket,…
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Your used CPU might come with someone else’s Valorant ban
That’s what’s happened to a handful of players on different competitive multiplayer games, most recently chronicled in this Reddit post…
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My phone ran Skyrim at 60 fps, and it wasn’t even streaming
Testing out old and new games Predictably, low-power 2D games work the best here. I was able to get my…
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RAM is painfully expensive. Make these 10 gaming PC upgrades instead
Any sports fan can tell you about the concept of a “rebuilding year,” when your team doesn’t have a realistic…
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Meet Googlebooks, the laptops built for a phone-first era
But with the devices getting their full reveal today, let’s take a look at them. They’re better than I thought…
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Microsoft spreads its version of DLSS to more Intel laptops
There’s more than one kind of optimized upscaling for games. Nvidia does it (DLSS), AMD does it (FSR), Intel does…
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8 PC gaming upgrades under $100 that are actually worth it
Gaming on a budget doesn’t have to mean compromising on quality. Whether you’re a casual player or a dedicated enthusiast,…
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Monitors have a fake HDR problem
Sometimes it’s just Windows’ fault A major caveat to all of this HDR talk is that, even after years of…
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iFixit now has a dozen guides for repairing your Steam Machine
None of this is rocket science. (Okay, the e-ink thing might be, at least by my standards.) But as someone…
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12 overlooked PC building tools I wish I’d started using years ago
I’ve been building PCs for over 20 years, and though I’ve gotten pretty good at it, a big part of…
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