Tech Reviews

Enthusiast rebuilds AA-battery-powered PC, sextuples run time to 30 minutes with 64 batteries — uses three voltage regulators in parallel to achieve stability, runs computer for over 30 minutes on 64 AA cells

Enthusiast rebuilds AA-battery-powered PC, sextuples...

Mar 14, 2026

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YouTube creator ScuffedBits re-did their experiment and was able to eke out 3...

DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected routers and IOT devices spread across 163 countries that ran for 16 years — SocksEscort proxy network eliminated in joint operation with Europol

DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected route...

Mar 14, 2026

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Long-running SocksEscort proxy network brought down by US-EU operation

CPU fraud scandal erupts as another Chinese laptop busted with a fake chip — second device sporting a disguised Ryzen 5500U uncovered after vendor threatens legal action

CPU fraud scandal erupts as another Chinese laptop b...

Mar 14, 2026

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Notebookcheck has uncovered yet another case of a Chuwi laptop allegedly feat...

US and Gulf states race for Ukrainian interceptor drones, 3D printed model costs $1,000 apiece — Shahed-136 kamikaze drone threat spurs rush for interceptors

US and Gulf states race for Ukrainian interceptor dr...

Mar 14, 2026

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Ukraine has sent drone interceptors and training crews to the U.S. and its Gu...

Six-month rewritable DVD endurance test crowns winner with 1,000 rewrites, shows the best discs are no longer manufactured — six month of tests find TDK is a clear leader, Verbatim and Memorex didn’t do well

Six-month rewritable DVD endurance test crowns winne...

Mar 14, 2026

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A tech enthusiast has shared their DVD rewritable durability findings, follow...

How to Make a Killing is a rare misfire for A24 — a serial killer story should not be this boring

How to Make a Killing is a rare misfire for A24 — a ...

Mar 14, 2026

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I've reviewed How to Make a Killing, and despite having all the ingredients t...

Google Pixel 10A review: Just buy the 9A

Google Pixel 10A review: Just buy the 9A

Mar 14, 2026

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I'm not entirely sure why the Pixel 10A exists. Google hasn't upgraded the ch...

Tech titans team up to form optical interconnect alliance to solve the AI buildout's big data bottleneck — Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom & more set sights on building PHY to break through the limitations of copper

Tech titans team up to form optical interconnect all...

Mar 14, 2026

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AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Broadcom, and Meta have formed an Optical Compute Int...

Windows 11 is getting support for 1,000 Hz+ monitors soon as part of Insider builds — Microsoft has reportedly increased the refresh rate limit to 5,000 Hz

Windows 11 is getting support for 1,000 Hz+ monitors...

Mar 14, 2026

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Microsoft says "monitors can now report refresh rates higher than 1000 Hz" in...

D-Link D501 review: This 5G travel router made me wish for better local 5G connectivity, because without it, this is an expensive LTE dongle

D-Link D501 review: This 5G travel router made me wi...

Mar 13, 2026

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The D-Link D501 is a 5G USB dongle made for home and small-business use that ...

Nvidia claims 1 million times better path tracing performance is coming in future gaming GPUs — says current GPUs are already 10,000x faster than Pascal

Nvidia claims 1 million times better path tracing pe...

Mar 13, 2026

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At GDC 2026, Nvidia held a presentation somehow aimed at gamers and not data ...

The ongoing Strait of Hormuz blockage will impact the semiconductor and AI industries with Aluminum, Helium and LNG shortages — and with no timeline for re-opening, supply chains face significant challenges

The ongoing Strait of Hormuz blockage will impact th...

Mar 13, 2026

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As global oil prices spike due to the ongoing pseudo-blockade of the Strait o...

ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to get Auto Super Resolution boost in April — Microsoft touts 30% performance boost thanks to AI-powered image upscaling

ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to get Auto Super Re...

Mar 13, 2026

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Auto Super Resolution, an OS-level AI upscaling feature for Windows 11, is he...

Grab a new Elegoo 3D printer for as little as $154 in this massive Spring sale — save up to 31% on top-rated FDM and resin models before the stock runs out

Grab a new Elegoo 3D printer for as little as $154 i...

Mar 13, 2026

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Elegoo's Spring sale has just started, slashing prices on its FDM and resin p...

11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core processors, flaunts Cyrillic-badged processors — chips appear to be sanctions-swerving rebadged Chinese Loongson processors

11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed ...

Mar 13, 2026

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Russia-based Tramplin Electronics obtains samples of Loongson's LS3C6000 proc...

Grab this £59.99 TP-Link wireless router with Wi-Fi 7 support at its lowest ever price — 31% discount unlocks faster connections for lag-free streaming and gaming

Grab this £59.99 TP-Link wireless router with Wi-Fi ...

Mar 13, 2026

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Score a 31% discount on this TP-Link Archer BE3600 router, offering Wi-Fi 7 c...