Technology
After a brief delay, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 hit shelves earlier this month—but to everyone’s surprise, the first processors came with caveats. Despite offering plenty to like, the $279 Ryzen 5 9600X, $359 Ryzen 7 9700X, $499 Ryzen 7 9900X, and $649 Ryzen 9 9950X also sported uneven performance improvements…
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Enjoy hot drinks that never cool down with the Ember Smart Mug 2 for just $90…
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According to Circana, EA Sports College Football 25 has topped both the monthly and year-to-date sales charts…
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This week’s Future of TV Briefing takes a visual look at the state of streaming ads…
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TL;DR: With the Nix Mini 3, you’ll always get accurate color matches. This color sensor is now on sale for less than $80. You don’t need to be an artist to get perfect color matches to patch up your wall — all you need is the Nix Mini 3…
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US biodefenses are being bolstered by a supercomputer and a high tech research lab…
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The US Department of Transportation has laid out a nationwide road safety plan [PDF] that will lead to cars communicating with each other. The agency is hoping that broadly deploying vehicle-to-everything (V2X) tech will boost its “commitment to pursue a comprehensive approach to reduce the number of roadway fatalities to zero.” The National Highway Traffic
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After AMD’s recent unveiling of its Zen 5-based desktop processors from the Ryzen 9000 series, Steve Walton of Hardware Unboxed noticed that the gaming performance of these CPUs is curiously better if you use a Windows administrator account instead of a conventional user account. He’s chalking this up to a Windows bug…
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Guinness World Records recently announced a new world record in the category of most gaming consoles connected to a single TV. Game collector Ibrahim Al-Nasser managed to connect all of his gaming consoles to just one television set. According to the video published on YouTube, that involved 444 different consoles…
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At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsA ton of features for the priceVery good performanceExcellent charging capabilitiesHiNotes app transcribes wellConsNot all features deliver what you’d expectEarpiece is a little tinny and lowHiNotes seems only to record via the mobile appHiNotes advanced features are locked behind a paywallOur VerdictHiDock’s H1 is a bold attempt at a USB-C dock
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