Intel’s latest 10th-gen “Comet Lake S” desktop processors solve the hyperthreading issues that plagued Intel’s 9th-gen chips, with a unique wrinkle: the ability to dial hyperthreading on and off on a per-core basis. The fastest of the thirty-two new chips pushes clock speeds up to 5.3GHz, though that’s specific to a […]
Month: April 2020
Swapping streaming remotes for fewer cord-cutting annoyances
It’s all too easy to overlook the quality of the remote control when picking a streaming device, as I’ve written before. You might not realize it from the price tag, for instance, but the $180 Apple TV 4K has one of the worst remotes on the market. The slim design […]
Dell XPS 13 9300 review: The bezel has finally died!
With Dell’s XPS 13 9300, you can mark a momentous date in laptop history: the death of the laptop bezel. Previous models killed the top and sides, but that last useless part has stuck around until now. Dell’s XPS 13 9300, however, kills that bottom bezel dead. More importantly, the […]
AMD’s B550 motherboards will bring PCIe 4.0 to the masses, $99 Ryzen 3 CPU in tow
When AMD’s excellent Ryzen 3000-series processors released last summer, snatching the desktop computing crown from Intel, one of their key features was support for the blazing-fast PCIe 4.0 interface—but only if you purchased a pricey X570 motherboard, too. No more. After months of constant leaks (and constant pining by enthusiasts) […]
How to organize your Kindle library
Kindle e-readers make it easy to amass and read books. Unfortunately, they don’t make it particularly easy to organize them. There’s no folder structure or tagging system to impose order on large libraries. Instead, Kindle offers Collections, a way of sorting books into logical groupings on the device screen. Alas, […]
Will Microsoft launch Surface Book 3, Surface Go 2, and Surface Dock 2 soon? Here’s what we know
We’ve known for a while that Microsoft plans to launch the powerhouse Surface Book 3 and ultramobile Surface Go 2 sometime before the end of April. But what will be inside Microsoft’s new devices, exactly? We’ve rounded up what’s leaked and what’s been rumored about each device. We’ve been told […]
This app could change how you use your Roku
Unification is the predominant theme for cord-cutting in 2020. Rathing than bouncing between a half-dozen or more streaming apps, we’ll see more attempts at funneling all our subscriptions into one big TV guide. The latest effort comes from Reelgood, which just released a nifty new remote control feature for Roku […]
OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro test drive: Big, beautiful, and brimming with confidence
For the first time since its’ first phone landed in 2014, the newest OnePlus flagship isn’t missing anything. Wireless charging? Check. 120Hz screen? Check. 5G? Check. Wi-Fi 6? Check. Quad-camera system? Check. IP68 water resistance? Check. The OnePlus 8 Pro can stand spec to spec against any phone available today […]
RTX On: Minecraft’s gorgeous real-time ray tracing is coming this week
After months of teases and previews, the biggest advancement in visual effects in years is finally coming to the biggest PC game ever. Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft for Windows 10 this week, bolstered by Nvidia’s vastly improved Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 2.0 technology and new physically […]
Cord-cutters have more free TV news options than ever
It’s been a few years since I last wrote about how cord-cutters can watch the news without cable, but as TV news consumption soars during the novel coronavirus pandemic, now seems like the time for an update. In 2020, there are more ways than ever to watch the news wtihout […]