Logitech's MX Master 3, the Best Productivity Mouse, Is Cheaper Than Ever

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If you're in the market for a new mouse, our favorite productivity mouse (and one that one of Tom's Hardware's Senior Editors swears by for getting work done) is seeing its best tech deal ever. The Logitech MX Master 3 wireless mouse usually sells for $100 but is now available for $75 via Lenovo .

This isn't a gaming mouse , but rather a general-purpose mouse fit for enthusiasts, creative professionals

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Semiconductors Showed an Epic Slump in 2019

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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced on Monday that chip revenues fell 12% from 2018 to $412 billion in 2019. This is the biggest fall since 2001, when chip revenues fell 32% once the Dot-Com Bubble crashed, as Bloomberg noted.

Global sales grew slightly (0.9%) in Q4 2019 compared to Q3 2019.  But when compared to


InWin, EKWB Collaborate for $1,500 Limited Edition PC Case

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If you're in the market for a really special PC chassis, look no further. InWin and EKWB have teamed up to tempt you with a liquid cooling-ready PC case that makes you want to drop everything and build. The only problem is that with its nearly $2,000 price tag, most will actually need to put in extra hours at the job in order to afford the Limited Edition InWin 909EK .

The case is a twist on the

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Year 5 of Acer Predator PAX East After Party could be the best yet

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Acer Predator Gaming is returning to PAX East for the fifth year of its epic, tech- and gaming-filled After Party. On Friday, February 28th, PAXers will leave the Boston Convention Center en masse to continue the fun at Royale Boston. After the doors open at 9 pm, guests will have a chance to try out (and possibly win) the latest and greatest of Acer tech!

At the gaming demo zones, you’ll have the chance to try a


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Intel Releases New Microcode Updates for old CPU Bugs

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Intel on Thursday released a microcode update for the latest speculative execution flaws, such as the MDS attacks , that have affected its CPUs . The update is now available for both consumer and server versions of Windows 10 build 1903, but users must install it manually.

Vulnerability Details

The list of vulnerabilities is below:

  • CVE-2019-11091 – Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM)
  • CVE-20

Nvidia's GeForce Now Cloud Gaming Service Launches with Tiered Pricing, Ray Tracing

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If you’ve been looking for a way to play demanding PC games without buying new hardware, Nvidia has your solution. After years in public beta, the company’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is officially launching today with both free and paid tiers. GeForce Now has a huge leg up on more well-known competitors such as Google Stadia and Microsoft Project xCloud, because it supports hundreds of popular titles, including free-to-play games such as Fortnite, Apex Legends and

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Samsung Preps Mass Production of Flashbolt HBM2E DRAM

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When high bandwidth memory ( HBM ) launched in 2015, there were high hopes for it, but it was still too immature to compete with the GDDR5 memory popular with graphics cards at the time. This changed quickly with the arrival of HBM2. Now, five years after the introduction of HBM's first generation, Samsung is the first to announce mass production of third-generation HBM2E memory. Flashbolt, which Samsung first revealed at Nvidia's GTC


Apple Suppliers Plan to Resume Production on Monday Despite Coronavirus

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People have a lot of questions about the recent Coronavirus outbreak. How did it start? Should they panic? Is this going to cause problems for companies like Apple that rely on Chinese suppliers for most of their products? The answer to that last question, according to recent reports from Reuters and Bloomberg , is maybe.

Several companies, including Foxconn and Samsung, were forced to close their factories because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Those closures are set to end on February 10


XPG Core Reactor 850W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict

An expensive but good power supply, the XPG Core Reactor 850W has high efficiency even under very-light loads, and support for alternative sleep mode.

For

  • Full power at 47 degrees Celsius
  • Efficient
  • Good transient response
  • Long hold-up time
  • Compatible with the alternative sleep mode
  • Fully modular

Against

  • Expensive
  • Not so tight load regulation at +12V
  • The fan profile could be looser
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Intel to Fire Back at AMD's EPYC Rome With Cascade Lake Xeon Refresh: Report

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According to a report from Dylan Martin at CRN , Intel is poised to launch a new lineup of Cascade Lake Xeon refresh processors to fire back at AMD's EPYC Rome .

The report cites numerous anonymous sources that informed the trustworthy publication of the new Intel lineup that is purportedly slated for a February 23, 2020 launch. Further examination indicates public-facing evidence of the new chips in Penguin Computing's server configurator and in Intel's own recent

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