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If you want to check Twitter, this Raspberry Pi -based bot is one way to do it. This project tracks specific hashtags in real-time, with LEDs lighting up when someone tweets the hashtag. The project comes from a Reddit user known as MrEdews.

Handy for social media fanatics, the project relies on an application called Tweepy to monitor Twitter for certain hashtags. Tweepy is a Python library designed to access Twitter's API. This makes it possible to read and respond to


MSI's New Z490 Motherboards Bring Intel Comet Lake to the Dark Side

MSI MEG Z490I Unify (Image credit: B&H Photo Video)

Plenty of Intel Z490 motherboards will hit the market on March 20. If the best motherboard for your rig is something that ditches RGB for a more elegant look, MSI's latest Unify boards may be just what the Comet Lake doctor ordered.

The MEG Z490 Unify and MEG Z490I Unify are ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards, respectively. Both feature an all-black

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Workers Claim Intel Isn't Following Proper Coronavirus Precautions

Fab 42 in Arizona

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According to a report on Bloomberg Law , Intel is being accused of prioritizing CPU production at its factories over ensuring the safety of employees with regards to the coronavirus.

In a statement, Intel said the following:

"Intel’s top priority in managing the coronavirus situation is protecting the health and well-being of employees while continuing to operate and support our customers around the world. This has been an incredibly dynamic and unprecedented situation, and we have worked to learn and adapt as fast as


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Alleged AMD Ryzen Renoir Desktop APU Surfaces With 8 Cores

AMD Ryzen cpu

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A mysterious and nameless octa-core AMD Ryzen CPU has been spotted on UserBenchmark . Hardware detective @TUM_APISAK snooped it out, and there's speculation that the chip could be a desktop version of AMD's Renoir APU chips.

UserBenchmark isn't the most reliable place to look for unreleased hardware. There have been a few fake submissions lately, proving that UserBenchmark can be easily spoofed by changing some strings in your registry. So it'd be wise to approach this


How to Send Files to Trash from the Linux Command Line

Using trash-cli to put files into the trash bin from the Linux command line. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

Deleting files in Linux is a fairly straightforward process, whether you work with a graphical interface or the command line. The former, more often than not, relegates deleted files into the trash directory,giving you the option to access deleted files and even restore them if needed. But this isn’t the case with the popular rm command. Once invoked, rm immediately flushes the specified

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AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Overclocked to Nearly 6 GHz

AMD Ryzen Processor

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In our AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X review we found out that AMD's new budget-oriented CPUs are admirably good overclockers. Our Ryzen 3 3300X hit 4.5 GHz on all cores without too much fuss, and the Ryzen 3100 didn't lag too far behind. However, pro overclockers take things to a new level, and TSAIK did just that, whipping out his LN2 supplies to overclock

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AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 Review: Low-End Gaming Gets a High-End Boost

Our Verdict

The Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 bring a new class of gaming performance to the low end, serving up enough performance for high-end gaming while leaving room in the budget for a better GPU.

For

  • Low pricing
  • Great gaming performance
  • Solder TIM
  • Overclocking ceiling
  • PCIe 4.0 interface
  • Power efficient

Against

  • Lackluster bundled cooler
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Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q 4K Monitor Review: Ultra HD, Ultra Cheap

Our Verdict

Asus made the right sacrifices to bring us a 4K gaming monitor at a super-low price. With a quality IPS panel, the TUF Gaming VG289Q delivers accurate color, Adaptive-Sync of both flavors (unofficially) and HDR support. A great choice for all but the most competitive gamers.

For

  • Good value
  • Accurate color
  • Good build quality

Against

  • Average contrast
  • HDR looks only slightly better than SDR
Asus VG289Q Ultra HD HDR
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How to Build a Hardware Firewall with IPFire

IPFire shows you all the firewall hits in a neat pie chart. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

IPFire is a dedicated Linux distro for firewalls or other network appliances. You don’t need any particularly special hardware to run a firewall; an old PC or a Raspberry Pi is fine (you can find ISOs on IPFire’s downloads page )., but note that at least two network adapters are required. Be that as it may, you can also run IPFire in a virtual machine (which

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This Intel LGA1151 Motherboard Comes With An Embedded GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Zeal-All ZA-SK1050
Zeal-All ZA-SK1050 (Image credit: Zeal-All)

YouTube celebrity Linus Sebastian recently reviewed a very peculiar Intel B150 motherboard from Chinese motherboard manufacturer Zeal-All. The ZA-SK1050 knits Intel's LGA1511 socket with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1050 Ti onto the same PCB. The manufacturer has never made our best motherboards list, but Zeal-All has been offering this type of product for a while now

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