DIY Robot Uses a Raspberry Pi and Laser to Entertain Cats

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If you have a cat, you know what it's like when they decide it's time to play. This DIY Cat Laser Robot , shared by Benjamin of the TrionFilms YouTube channel, was designed specifically to include your feline friend! It uses a Raspberry Pi to move a laser light around the room for your cat, or any other interested pet, to chase.

In addition to boasting the Pi single-board computer, this robot uses a couple of servo motors


Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Deal Includes the Keyboard for Free

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A bundle featuring Microsoft’s Intel 10th Gen-powered Surface Pro 7 with an included keyboard cover is currently on sale at B&H for $999 , saving buyers $329 overall.

While the Surface Pro 7 alone normally sells for $1,199, the included non-Alcantra keyboard cover typically adds $129 to the price, making the chance to snag a Type Cover for free with an already discounted unit especially tempting.

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Nvidia Unfurls 5 More Free Minecraft RTX Maps

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Last month, Nvidia and Microsoft dropped Minecraft RTX , which takes the once easy-to-run game and turns it into a ray tracing title demanding a beefy graphics card. Now that your GPU has had time to rest after running through the first six RTX maps, Nvidia is back with more to make your best graphics card sigh like a bowl of petunias .

The five new maps provided are truly impressive and well worth having a look at. Just look at the video below, and

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GTA 5 Free: Epic Games Store Is Giving Away Grand Theft Auto V With All DLCs

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Grand Theft Auto V came out way back in 2013, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming one of the most popular games ever. When it came out, it wasn't weird to pay $60 for a copy and later shell out more for expansions and in-game content. Now, you can get a copy for free at the Epic Games store -- and it'll be yours to keep forever.

The catch is that you have


AMD Ryzen 7 4700G Photo Shows off Rumored 8-Core Zen 2 Renoir APU

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If there were any doubts that the AMD Ryzen 7 4700 G is really in the works, VideoCardz just shook things up. The site claims to have posted a retail sample of the chip with an anonymous source saying it shouldn't be long until AMD's Ryzen 4000-series (codename Renoir) desktop APUs hit the shelves.

Much like AMD's other processors, Renoir is expected show a move to TSMC's 7nm FinFET process node


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Intel Jasper Lake CPU Surfaces With Gen11 Graphics

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We're just starting to get familiar with Intel's Comet Lake series, but there are always more CPUs to come. The latest benchmark circling the web points to an upcoming Jasper Lake series. The information came courtesy of Twitter user @_Rogame, who kindly dug up 3DMark records of an unnamed Jasper Lake chip.


MSI Joins AIO Market with MAG CoreLiquid Water Coolers

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MSI already has its hands in graphics cards , motherboards , laptops , desktops and peripherals, but it looks like that's not enough for the vendor. Its latest experiment is the MAG CoreLiquid series, which is MSI's go at liquid cooling . After showing off the MAG CoreLiquid 240RH and 360RH at CES 2020 in January , MSI today announced the coolers alongside the 360R and 240R variants.

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ASRock Reveals W480 Workstation Motherboard For Xeon W-1200 Comet Lake CPUs

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ASRock Rack W480D4U (Image credit: ASRock Rack)

ASRock Rack has revealed the new W480D4U motherboard. The brand's latest offering is designed to house Intel's latest Xeon W-1200 processors. The motherboard also supports the normal 10th Generation Comet Lake parts, but you benefit more from the Xeons.

In the first place, the W480D4U is built around the LGA1200 socket,


Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super OC Review: Premium Card with a Premium Price

Our Verdict

The Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super OC performed well, averaging over 105 fps at 1440p ultra and 61.6 fps at 4K ultra. The large heatsink worked well to keep the card cool and did so quietly. Priced at $790, it is one of the more expensive 2080 Super cards and isn't substantially faster than other models, but it packs in a lot of extras.

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WSJ: TSMC to Open 5nm Factory in Arizona

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., known colloquially as TSMC, is expected to announce plans to build a new Arizona factory later this week, according to the Wall Street Journal . That would bring the world’s largest independent chipmaker stateside, potentially drastically increasing the speed with which American companies could produce new devices.

Speaking to unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” the Wall Street Journal says TSMC made the decision during a board meeting on Tuesday in Taiwan, and is likely to officially reveal