While many were expecting Apple to announce a new line of Macs this week (which it still might), we’re instead (for now) getting a couple of new iPad tablets, including an 6th generation iPad Air infused with Apple’s M3 silicon and a new baseline iPad powered by Apple’s A16 chip. Which one might be right for you? Let’s dig into the specs.

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Google’s mid-budget Pixel 9a will be officially announced soon (some say sooner than you think) and if a recent FCC (Federal Communications Commissions) filing is correct, the phone will sport a relatively major feature trickled down from the Pixel 9 flagships: satellite support. When the Tensor G4-powered phone goes on sale, it’s expected

As smartphone makers struggle to find the “next” innovation, something to put their phones on the map, along comes Xiaomi with a crazy-yet-not-crazy concept phone incorporating a magnetic dock in the back that allows owners to quickly attach different camera lenses. A demo phone complete with a double-Gauss lens with a M4/3 sensor has become

The next GPU to land at retail will be NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5070, with reviews going live today (including our own). While you can draw your own conclusions as to its balance between value and performance, I am more interested in what the availability will be like, along with actual street pricing. The GeForce RTX 5070 has an MSRP of $549,

It’s the battle of budget phones and for your wallet at the 2025 Mobile World Congress. As expected, Nothing announced two new phones—the Nothing Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro—that continue the company’s unique take on overall user experience that encompass the operating system and phone design. The phones boast performance up to 33% better

When you think of expensive chips, you probably envision server processors like AMD’s EPYC and Intel’s Xeon silicon. Or in light of recent events, the GeForce RTX 50 series may come to mind, particularly the GeForce RTX 5090. But a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto? If you thought GPUs were pricey, check out what a Cheeto chip shaped like a Pokemon character

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition: MSRP $549 The final member of the initial GeForce RTX 50 series launches today, the mid-range GeForce RTX 5070, and we’ve got the full scoop with copius benchmarks and overclocking data. Latest Architecture And Features Relatively Low Power Small Form Factor Modest Temps And Noise Good Overclocker…

TSMC announced plans to invest an additional $100 billion on advanced chip manufacturing in the United States, bringing its total US investment to $165 million. As part of the bolstered spending, TSMC will build five new factories, including three fabrication plants and two advanced packaging facilities. It’s also planning to erect a “major

Last Wednesday, Mozilla revealed a new Terms of Use and Privacy Notice regarding Firefox. However, the wording of the Terms of Use appears to suggest that by agreeing to use its services, the company had exclusive rights to all the information that users processed through its web browser. However, in an effort to respond to the criticism that

Apple recently put its budget-minded iPhone SE lineup out to pasture while simultaneously increasing the cost floor of its historically $429 entry level smartphone lineup to a loftier $599 price point. The new baseline is the iPhone 16e, and it also marks the first time an iPhone has hit the market with the company’s own 5G modem technology.

You’ve probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows’ Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is fine, but for anything approaching scientific rigor, you need to be using a third-party application because Windows’ Task Manager does not correctly

Capcom has realized a relatively successful launch with Monster Hunter Wilds. The game has seen its peak concurrent player count pass over a million players, undoubtedly playing a role in Steam topping 40 million concurrent users for the first time in its history. However, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing, despite the games beta testing phase.

The GPU season is heating up with mid-range products finally starting to near their launch dates. NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs have already launched in mid-range and high-end form with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, GeForce RTX 5080, and GeForce RTX 5090 out in the wild (soon to be joined by the GeForce RTX 5070 without the Ti designation).

The only ‘vendors’ with a standalone GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card in stock are greedy marketplace sellers and scalpers at places like eBay. Looking at some of the recently sold listings on eBay, we’re seeing card go for $1,600 to $2,150, and several of them don’t even include shipping. Pshaw! Only time will soothe the situation, but until

TCL has announced a slew of new phones and a tablet at the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) tech convention in Barcelona, Spain. While the devices won’t exactly set the world on fire, a few models do raise some curious eyebrows, such as TCL’s later iteration of its e-ink-like Nxtpaper display technology and a $200 5G phone with a monster 108-megapixel

While not perfect, Steam’s hardware and software survey, which is updated every month, is one of the quickest and easiest ways to gauge what kind of systems gamers are using at any given point in time. You just have to take the results with a grain of salt. If you don’t, you’ll end up thinking that most gamers are running a gaming PC with

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) technology tradeshow in Barcelona, Samsung announced successors to its big-selling budget phones: the Galaxy A26 5G, A36 5G, and A56 5G. When they launch at the end of March, the $300 A26 and $400 A36 will be the only Android phones offering six years of OS and security patch updates at their price range.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) has officially begun in Barcelona, and with it comes the usual mix of product announcements and concept showcases. Falling into the latter category, Lenovo has a couple of cool gadgets on display, including a laptop that draws power from the sun (or other light sources) as well as a nifty ThinkBook design with a

At MWC, Qualcomm announced that it is expanding its 5G portfolio with the Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF and the Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite platform, which is the first major product under the company’s new Dragonwing branding. While AI is sometimes just a buzzword, Qualcomm notes it’s using machine learning to meaningfully improve 5G network efficiency

Imagine you’re having a good time enjoying your favorite TV show, and suddenly an adult video takes over your screen, your remote stops working and harmful content is being forced on viewers. While you might dismiss this as mere fantasy, there are reports that incidents just like this have occurred as a result of the new Vo1d botnet malware.