Microsoft Announces $99 Xbox Wireless Headset Set to Debut in March

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Microsoft today announced the Xbox Wireless Headset, which it described as “the future of gaming audio,” and started to accept pre-orders for the accessory. The headset was purportedly designed in tandem with the next-gen Xbox Series X and S consoles but will remain compatible with the Xbox One line and Windows 10 PCs.

The Xbox Wireless Headset seems like a response to the Pulse 3D headset Sony announced alongside the PlayStation 5 . Both of the offerings support 3D audio,


HWiNFO Will Soon Sense Peak 'Hotspot' Temp of Nvidia GPUs

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To date, temperature monitoring tools such as HWiNFO have only been able to display the GPU temperature of Nvidia GPUs as an average of its sensors, but that's about to change. According to Igor Wallossek , who recently got his hands on an unreleased beta of HWiNFO, the temperature and sensor monitoring program's next beta will come with a feature to monitor the Hotspot temperature of Nvidia GPUs.

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Raspberry Pi Taps Into Brewery Management

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New Orleans-based Danger Shed wanted to know how much beer they had in their inventory, so with the help of a Raspberry Pi 4 and some Python code, they developed their own inventory application, Keg Punk!

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German Retailer Briefly Lists RTX 3070 Ti PC Build

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Nvidia's RTX 3070 is a great GPU , but the RTX 3060 Ti edges so close to it in performance that it has become the more popular card . But between the MSRP's of the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080, which are supposed to retail at $499 and $699, respectively, there is a big enough gap to squeeze in another card: The alleged RTX 3070

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Asus ROG Strix G15 Gaming Laptop With RTX 2060 now $300 off at Microsoft

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As the best gaming laptops make the jump to RTX 30 series graphics, now makes for a great time to shop for oldie but goodie alternatives, where the new technology means big price drops.

For a limited time at Microsoft, you can get a specced-out Asus ROG Strix G15 with RTX 2060 graphics and 10th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU for just $999, which is a huge $300 off.

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Pine64 Announces 'Next Generation' Quartz64 Single Board Computer

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Diversity is the key to Pine64's business model. From RISC-V powered soldering irons to Arm powered laptops, Pine64 seems to have its fingers in many pies -- including the single board computer market dominated by the Raspberry Pi . In their February update, Pine64 has announced the Quartz64 model-A AM SBC, which seems to have an impressive set of features.

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Porsche Design AOC Agon PD27 240 Hz Curved Monitor Review: High Performance, High Style

Our Verdict

Unless you’re a backlight strobe purist, the Porsche Design AOC Agon PD27 has no flaws. It delivers premium gaming performance with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and a high-contrast VA panel with 144p resolution. And its physical aesthetic is unmatched at any price.

For

  • 240 Hz
  • Wide, accurate color gamut
  • High contrast
  • Excellent HDR
  • Build quality, styling

Against

  • Backlight strobe causes some smearing
  • Expensive
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Empty Internet Cafe Turns To Crypto Mining To Survive

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So we're in a cryptocurrency boom again, and it's total chaos on the GPU market. At this point, we've seen everything, from small-scale at-home miners to massive mining farms, even using laptops in desperate attempts to get hands on hardware to get in on the crypto boom. Meanwhile, a new story via @I_Leak_VN

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Western Digital Launches WD Green SN350 M.2 SSD

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Western Digital has expanded its formidable SSD portfolio with the new line of WD Green SN350 SSDs. The drives, which adhere to the M.2 2280 form factor, will be available with capacities ranging from 240GB to 960GB.

The SN350 is an entry-level SSD that slots perfectly into the PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. The model of the SSD controller and the

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Ryzen 7 Pro 5750G Desktop APU Spotted At 4.8 GHz, High Memory Clocks

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A Chinese overclocker has received what is believed to be the Ryzen 5750G Pro (due to TSME encryption) and revealed its impressive overclocking capabilities.

Specs-wise, this chip appears to be a Zen 3 APU with 8 cores and 16 threads, with presumably a Vega integrated graphics chip with equal performance to that of AMD's Zen 3 mobile APUs. So expect this chip to perform similar to a Ryzen 7 5800X with integrated graphics.

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