PowerColor Preps Cheap Radeon RX 6700 Graphics Card with 6GB of Memory

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In a world where more or less up-to-date graphics cards cost hundreds of U.S. dollars, it is hard to call any of them an entry-level product, but this is exactly the kind of graphics board that PowerColor is preparing to launch. The company is about to release its Radeon RX 6700 Fighter graphics board with 6GB of memory that promises to cost less than existing offerings.

AMD's Radeon RX 6700 non-


CutiePi Receives Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Update

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July 2020 may seem like a lifetime ago, but for a Kickstarter, it's a mere drop in the ocean. Back then, CutiePi was seeking crowdfunding for its Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 powered tablet. This model is almost ready to ship to eager backers, but in a recent update to their site, we see that the company is now working on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 -powered unit.

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Raspberry Pi Detects Unseen Cosmic Rays from Space

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The Raspberry Pi is a super flexible tool for the casual aerospace engineer. Don't believe me? Check out this free and open-source cosmic ray detection project known as CosmicPi. It's designed to run on our favorite SBC and, with the right hardware, it can reveal unseen particles as they're detected.

Earlier this week, the development team behind the project announced support for a Grafana dashboard. With it, users can easily visualize the data they're

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Intel

Intel's Comet Lake Refresh CPUs Tested

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Intel is about to launch its enthusiast-grade Rocket Lake processors in the coming days, bringing its latest microarchitecture to the desktop. But Rocket Lake will only be used for its high-end and performance-mainstream Core i9, i7, and i5 families. For its Core i3 lineup, the company will offer refreshed Comet Lake products with a speed bump.

The Comet Lake Refresh lineup is not really big: it contains six Core i3 quad-core models for


Red Robotics Pico 2 Pi Review: Use HATs with Raspberry Pi Pico

Our Verdict

So simple to use and cheap to purchase, the Pico 2 Pi Adaptor is a complete no brainer purchase for your Pico projects.

For

  • + Low cost
  • + Ease of use
  • + Access to thousands of HATs

Against

  • - You will need to use the included reference card
  • - Header pins too short if used with removable Pico

A new Raspberry Pi board

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AndaSeat Jungle Gaming Chair Review: Needs More Seat

Our Verdict

The AndaSeat Jungle gaming chair is well-made and sturdy, yet easy to move around. But it’s not made for all body types.

For

  • + Very sturdy
  • + Easy to put together
  • + Firm and comfortable
  • + Helps maintain good posture

Against

  • - Seating area could be wider

The AndaSeat Jungle gaming chair ( $299.99 MSRP) isn’t just a gaming chair. The reclining and rocking abilities make it the perfect chair to watch movies in with your Discord community, Amazon watch

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Kill Linux Processes the Easy Way with Fkill

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While Linux distributions don’t suffer the ignominy of a blue screen of death, running processes (aka programs)  do become unresponsive sometimes. If you run a web browser, media player, ebook reader, etc. on your Linux distribution, each of these is a different process, with a unique process ID and, traditionally, you need to issue a couple of different commands to find this ID and stop it.

Released under the MIT License, fkill is a cross

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Kailh x NovelKeys Box Cream Mechanical Switches Review: Soft ‘N’ Stable

Our Verdict

Kailh’s Box Cream mechanical switches offer a familiar linear experience with a softer, more subdued noise than Cherry MX Reds. But there are linear switches with the same specs that feel easier to press.

For

  • + Pleasant sound
  • + Less stiff than other linear switches
  • + 5-pin stability
  • + Dust, water resistant

Against

  • - Could be smoother
  • - Expensive
  • - Feels less durable than competitors
  • - 5-pin design limits compatibility

All linear mechanical switches depress without any tactility along the way. This makes them a great choice

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Intel

Intel's Tiger Lake-H Family Leaks: Five 8-Core and 6-Core Models

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Two Twitter leakers — @9550pro and @OneRaichu — have published a slide that purportedly covers the specifications for Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H family of processors for notebooks (which was then re-published by VideoCardz ). The lineup seems to be rather small as it contains three eight-core models and two six-core SKUs, and the frequency range of the new CPUs is rather moderate.

As expected, the Core i9-1198

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Mushkin Jumps On The RGB RAM Bandwagon With Redline Lumina Line

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Mushkin has been away from the memory game for a while, but the company is back with a new series of DDR4 memory. It recently revealed its Redline Lumina RGB product line that's designed and optimized for the most up-to-date Intel and AMD platforms.

The Redline Lumina RGB memory arrives with an aluminum heat spreader that's complemented with snazzy RGB lighting. The light bar features 16 high-quality RGB LEDs to provide a vivid

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