This Raspberry Pi Robot Plays Tic-Tac-Toe So You Never Play Alone

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If you're sick of single-player tic-tac-toe, this Raspberry Pi project created by 3DprintedLife is just for you. Using a camera alongside a robotic arm, this Pi-powered robot is the ultimate tic-tac-foe.

The robot was designed entirely by 3DprintedLife using CAD software and 3D printed. The body consists mainly of a robotic arm controlled by servo motors and a camera positioned above a small playing field. The camera observes the game


Logitech MX Anywhere 3 Review: Big Productivity, Small Wireless Mouse

Our Verdict

The Logitech MX Anywhere 3 wireless mouse is small and portable but packs heavy-duty features, like the ability to share data across and control three PCs. However, its tiny build and disproportionately large price are divisive.

For

  • Control up to three devices
  • Easily share files, text, images across three devices
  • Premium, versatile scroll wheel
  • Portable

Against

  • Expensive
  • Too small for some
  • Software customization could be more precise

Three years after the release of the Logitech MX Anywhere 2S , Logitech is ready to update its lineup of high

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Eizo Launches Its First Curved IPS Monitor: The 37.5-Inch FlexScan EV3895 with KVM

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Curved monitors for gamers and office workers have been gaining popularity in the recent years and virtually all makers of displays have announced one or two curved LCDs. Being a very conservative company with a lineup tailored for professional and niche markets, Eizo was not among them until this week. On Thursday, the company finally revealed  (via PC Watch ) its first curved monitor — the FlexScan EV3895 — that not only has all the capabilities one comes to expect from a premium business and

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Nvidia, Newegg Address Nearly Non-Existent RTX 3080 Availability

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Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080 GPU , one of the best graphics cards , launched today, and it sold out almost instantly . Nvidia has apologized for the situation regarding orders on its own website, and Newegg posted a statement to Twitter to justify the situation.

Nvidia put a statement up on its forum in a locked thread entitled "RTX 3080 Nvidia Store Availability," which, as of this writing, has been downvoted 126 times


This Award-Winning 1TB SSD Is Only $83

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SATA isn't what most of the best SSDs use anymore, but SATA SSDs will still bring you a strong upgrade over traditional hard drives, especially if you want a lot of fast storage on the cheap. In our SK Hynix Gold S31 review earlier this year, we gave the SSD our Editor's Choice Award. Today, you can get the 1TB drive for $83.19 , down from $159.99, though

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The End of SLI As We Know It: Nvidia Reveals New Model

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In a surprising turn of events, Nvidia today announced that it's completely killed its current model of SLI , which lets your system run more than one Nvidia graphics cards simultaneously for greater performance.

Nvidia has transferred all SLI implementation responsibilities to the game developer and game engine and won't release new SLI driver profiles for the RTX 20-series and older GPUs starting January 1.

"For GeForce RTX 3090 and future SLI-capable GPUs, SLI will only be


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SiFive Readies RISC-V Desktop PC For Devs, New CPUs with Vector Extensions

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Many leading analysts agree - Nvidia's recently-announced ARM acquisition will result in broader industry uptake of the open-source RISC-V CPU architecture, and SiFive, one of the major driving forces behind the RISC-V CPU architecture, made a timely announcement today.

SiFive disclosed plans to provide interested software designers with desktop PCs running a RISC-V chip to assist of software development or porting to the open-source CPU architecture. The announcement comes as the open-source RISC


TSMC’s Wafer Prices Revealed: 300mm Wafer at 5nm Is Nearly $17,000

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A blogger has published estimates of TSMC’s wafer costs and prices. Quite unsurprisingly, processing of wafers is getting more expensive with each new manufacturing technology as nodes tend to get more capital intensive. TSMC’s latest N5 (5nm) fabrication process appears to be particularly expensive on per-wafer basis because it is new, but its transistor density makes it particularly good for chips with a high transistor count.

RetiredEngineer , a well-known semiconductor blogger, has published a table

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Best Wireless Mouse: Premium Gaming and Productivity Mice

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Any cable-free mouse can help keep your desk clear, but only the best wireless mouse also tracks well, feels good in your hand longterm and helps you get more gaming or work done. (Pairing it with one of the best wireless keyboards also makes sense.)

Gamers who cut their mouse’s cord still need a fail-safe connection without any lag. On the job,  you may want multi-PC control or the option for Bluetooth. And who

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EVGA's XR1 Capture Card Is OBS-Approved for Streamers

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EVGA announced today the release of XR1 , which it says is the first device ever to be certified by Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), the popular open-source streaming platform.

Targetings streamers and gamers, EVGA threw in some ARGB lighting. The XR1 is also completely plug-and-play, so it doesn't require any drivers to operate. Once it's connected to your machine, you're ready to set up a new stream in OBS.

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