Corsair Transitions to Cybenetics Certification for Power Supplies

Corsair, a prominent figure in PC components, has announced a strategic shift in its approach to power supply unit (PSU) certifications. The company is dropping the widely recognized 80 PLUS certification in favor of the newer but more comprehensive Cybenetics certification. According to the press release, the primary reason for Corsair’s move to Cybenetics certifications…

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Apple looking to the past, working on how to put a Mac in a keyboard

Article Hero Image Apple's Magic Keyboard may one day become more magical, and possibly a little thicker, as the company is working on ways to include an entire Mac within it. Steve Jobs made a big of thing of how the little Mac mini was a BYODKM, or Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard, and Mouse,…

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Newly redesigned Nest Learning Thermostat is Matter compatible

A larger display also comes with options for showing the time as well as the temperature Google has announced a sleek fourth version of its Nest Learning Thermostat, alongside a Nest Temperature Sensor, and since they support Matter, both can work with Apple HomeKit. More than ten years after the design of the Nest Learning…

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Solidigm 122 TB Enterprise QLC SSD Announced for Early 2025 Release

Solidigm's D5-P5336 61.44 TB enterprise QLC SSD released in mid-2023 has seen unprecedented demand over the last few quarters, driven by the insatiable demand for high-capacity storage in AI datacenters. Multiple vendors have recognized and started preparing products to service this demand, but Solidigm appears to have taken the lead in actual market availability. At…

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Silicon Motion SM2508 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe SSD Controller Set for Mass Production

Silicon Motion has been teasing their SM2508 client SSD controller for more than a year now at various trade shows. The controller is finally set for mass production, just in time as the mainstream segment of the Gen 5 SSD market is poised to take off. Silicon Motion expects SSDs based on the SM2508 to…

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Apple TV 4K vs Google TV Streamer compared

Apple TV 4K [left], Google TV Streamer [right] Google TV Streamer is Alphabet's updated replacement for discontinued Chromecast. Here's how it fares versus the Apple TV 4K. The Google Chromecast has been Google's go-to solution to cheaply add smarts to a dumb TV for quite a few years. However, with the introduction of the Google…

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Hands on with all the changes in iOS 18 beta 5

Apple has released the fifth developer beta of iOS 18 On Monday, Apple released the fifth developer beta of iOS 18. We've been testing it out and here are all the new changes and features we've found so far, including Distraction Control and major Photos app tweaks. These latest betas come roughly two months after…

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Apple’s slow and steady approach to AI will once again win the race

If you, like me, skim through the technology headlines most days, then you’ve probably been bombarded with what feels like every other headline featuring some permutation of artificial intelligence and how it’s going to change everything. That includes Apple. Since announcing its Apple Intelligence pushback in June, the company hasn’t exactly been quiet about its…

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