Seagate's New FireCuda 120 SATA SSDs Arrive With M.2 Prices

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Seagate on Wednesday announced its new line of FireCuda 120 SATA SSDs, which the company claims will breathes new life into your gaming PC . While the statement may hold some truth, the FireCuda 120 can only take storage performance as far as the SATA III interface permits it.

The FireCuda 120 comes in a conventional 2.5-inch form factor, measuring 7mm in height. Seagate has confirmed that the FireCuda 120 utilizes


DIY Jukebox Jams Out With a Raspberry Pi

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Raspberry Pi projects meant for kids are always a plus, as they get young minds excited about STEM. This DIY jukebox , created by a user known as Milkris on Reddit, was made for his two young daughters. It lets his kids jam out by using a Raspberry Pi as the main board of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) jukebox.

The maker made the jukebox's case by hand with wood. It also features 3D printed designs on the outside.

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Windows 10 May 2020 Update Improves Cortana, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Notepad and More

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Microsoft is rolling out the Windows 10 May 2020 update today. This seasonal major release includes enhancements to Notepad, Your Phone for Arm PCs and Cortana.

Notepad, long a very simple program for PCs , now features  "wrap around find/replace, quick text zooming, and when you see an asterisk in the title bar you’ll know you have unsaved changes."

Cortana is seeing major changes. The assistant no longer needs to be attached to the taskbar on


AMD Radeon RX 5300: Navi 14 May Be Back for More

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AMD might be expanding its entry-level Navi army very soon in the form of the AMD Radeon RX 5300. The unannounced Navi 14-powered graphics card has surfaced in the CompuBench database (via @Komachi_Ensaka ), although it remains to be seen whether it will be an OEM-exclusive part or not.

Unlike AMD's other high-profile launches, the chipmaker didn't give the Radeon RX 5300-series


Update Minecraft Dungeons Launcher Unless You Want Your PC Data Wiped

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Gamers, beware: the new Minecraft Dungeons game could wipe your computer’s data during uninstallation, according to a new bug report from Mojang , the game's developer.

“If you have installed Minecraft Dungeons in a custom directory,” the report reads, “there is a chance uninstalling the Minecraft Dungeons Launcher and/or the game will remove the parent directory and everything in it.”

The bug first came to the company's attention when a player by the name of


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Intel's Super Tall TS15A CPU Cooler Fits on LGA1200 Sockets

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Intel announced a product change notification [ PDF ] on May 15 about its BXTS15A CPU cooler , clarifying that it does fit on the new LGA1200 sockets. The product itself hasn't changed, but the PCN details the new packaging that it will ship in to bring it up to date with the times.

The BXTS15A is Intel's high-power CPU cooler for CPUs with TDPs of up to 130W. It


Nvidia Drops Game Ready Driver for Valorant

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It's that time again when a bunch of new games are coming out, and Nvidia is ready for them with its new Game Ready driver for GeForce graphics cards . The latest version carries version number 446.14 and is WHQL-certified.

Nvidia's new driver brings support for the upcoming titles Valorant, Minecraft Dungeons, Disintegration and Crucible. Next to that, it also adds support for the Windows 10 May 2020 update that should be rolled


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AMD Ryzen 3000 XT Refresh May Bring Small Boost Gains

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AMD is rumored to be working on a Ryzen 3000XT refresh . Just two days ago, we heard that the purported Ryzen 9 3900 XT and Ryzen 7 3800 XT chips would come with boost clocks of up to 4.8 GHz, giving Intel's best CPUs more to fear. However, new sources claim that the chips won't be packing those kinds of boost clocks.

A tweet today from hardware leaker Apisak points to the


Pico Neo 2 Eye Standalone VR Headset Makes Eye Tracking More Affordable

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VR is a marvel in its own, but when you add eye tracking to the mix, not only do you feel like you’re in the future, you feel like you have superpowers. With eye tracking , you can do things like navigate a menu, select items or move an object just by looking. The Pico Neo Eye 2 is the first HMD to make this a reality in a standalone form factor that doesn’t require an external base station

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Mad Catz The Authentic R.A.T. Air Review: Call an Exterminator

Our Verdict

The Mad Catz R.A.T. Air is a confusing, unreliable gaming mouse that attempts to stand out with its use of short-life capacitors powered by a powered mat rather than a battery.

For

  • Braided cable included
  • Good tracking at typical settings
  • Non-stop wireless usage if included mouse pad is plugged in

Against

  • Uncomfortable
  • Tracking issues at lowest CPI
  • Expensive
Mad Catz R.A.T. AIR
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