A 27-inch IPS panel with 1440p resolution and a 144 Hz refresh rate? It's the stuff of gaming nirvana, and if you can snag one for $200 off, that makes it worthy of the Best Tech Deals list. We give you the BenQ EX2780Q, which is on sale for $200 off for a total of $400 on Amazon . That's the lowest

Microsoft published a blog post today explaining how it's defending Windows users against cyber attacks taking advantage of the novel coronavirus crisis.

This is a serious concern. Email spammers have used COVID-19 to convince people to download malicious attachments, malware distributors have co-opted an infection dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University and other scammers have set up tens of thousands of websites with domain names related to the pandemic.

But the problem shouldn't be blown out of proportion. "While

Your computer's RAM is key to its operation. Explained simply, RAM is your computer's short-term memory, which it uses to work on its current task. However, like any computer part, even the best RAM can break, so you'll want to know how to test whether your memory is stable or not.

One of the first signs of memory going bad is blue screens of death (BSODs). Memory issues often make themselves easily noticeable by their

Microsoft announced yesterday that it will support Windows 10 version 1709--also known as the Fall Creators Update--until October 13 because of the coronavirus crisis.

Microsoft released Windows 10 version 1709 in October 2017 and originally planned to stop releasing security updates for that version of Windows 10 on April 14. Those plans have changed, however, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Microsoft partner director of program

AMD has made a few changes to the its Epyc Embedded 3000 CPUs , which debuted in 2018, as ServeTheHome reported this week.

The Epyc Embedded 3000-series (codename Snowy Owl) are power-optimized versions of the standard Epyc chips that are targeted toward the embedded market. Unlike their counterparts, the embedded processors come with fewer core counts and significantly lower TDP (thermal design power) ratings.

Snowly Owl is based on AMD's

IoT hardware developers at Seeedstudio are releasing a new microcontroller compatible with the Raspberry Pi known as the Wio Terminal this April. It's a standalone device that can easily be integrated with the Pi ecosystem—even functioning as a HAT for the Raspberry Pi, allowing for connection via the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins.

Wio Terminal Specs

San Francisco’s annual Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) is returning this summer after becoming one of the many coronavirus-related tech show cancellations this year. Dubbed “ GDC Summer ,” the new August-bound event seems to be taking a less formal direction than prior GDC shows, pitching itself as a three-day “celebration of the art, craft and business of game development.”

From August 4-6, the event promises to continue GDC’s tradition of

Verizon , shocking absolutely no one, said on March 17 that Americans played 75% more video games week-over-week as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The company said it saw a 75% increase in traffic on its network this week. Individual categories saw different surges: gaming rose 75%, VPN usage rose 34%, web traffic grew 20% and video streaming rose 12%. Social media (surprisingly) stayed flat.

We

Apple's supply chain might improve as China recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, but Bloomberg reported yesterday that it probably won't return to normal any time soon because its suppliers in other countries are still contending with the virus.

COVID-19 was first spotted in the Hubei province. China eventually ordered factories to close , quarantined entire cities and placed strict travel restrictions on its citizens. Those efforts disrupted Apple's supply chain --many of its products are made in China-