New PCMark 10 Storage Tests Debut

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Long-awaited by storage enthusiasts like myself, today UL Benchmarks released an update to the company’s PCMark 10 dedicated storage benchmarking tools.

The new benchmarks enable provides the tools to test and compare drive performance. Unlike previous versions of PCMark’s Storage Benchmark, it aims to be the modern benchmark for modern drives. PCMark 10’s storage benchmarks are designed to be used with both the slowest and fastest storage devices, including Intel’s Optane SSDs.

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Intel NUCs Hit With Five New Security Flaws

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Intel issued yet another security advisory this week, this time saying that its NUC mini PCs are vulnerable to escalation of privilege attacks. The company also released firmware patches for the mini PCs in order to mitigate the potential attacks. Researchers have found multiple vulnerabilities in NUC PCs this year.

NUC owners are strongly advised to download the latest update for their model’s firmware, which you can get from the company’s website .

According to Intel’s advisory, the five vulnerabilities could allow


Raspberry Pi-Powered Ugly Sweater Brings the RGBs

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Microsoft's Senior Cloud Advocate, Jim Bennet, took the ugly sweater trend to a new level this week by creating an IoT ugly sweater using a Raspberry Pi , specifically a Raspberry Pi Zero W. It features LED strands by Adafruit that can be controlled via Twitter.

Jim not only created the sweater but also provided plenty of resources to recreate the project yourself. His project uses the Microsoft IoT app platform Azure IoT Central, the LEDs are programmable NeoPixel LED Dots Strand lights from


22-inch, 1080p FreeSync Monitor on Sale for $69

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Sometimes you just need a cheap monitor. Perhaps you're building a budget computer for your family or you need a second or third screen to add to your existing setup.

We've never seen a better holiday tech deal on a monitor than this one. Today, Amazon is selling the AOC 22V2H for a mere $69, which is $20 off of its already-low regular price of $89. This 21.5-

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Intel Announces RealSense L515 with ‘World’s Smallest’ LiDAR Camera

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Intel has entered the market of LiDAR technology with the announcement of the RealSense L515. The size of a tennis ball, Intel claims it is the world’s smallest and most power-efficient high-resolution lidar system. Although it is aimed at indoor applications, it could be a precursor to Intel’s lidar products for autonomous vehicles.

The RealSense L515 represents the first of a new family of depth cameras based on lidar technology in Intel’s RealSense

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Logitech G613 Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Drops To All-Time-Low $60

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Every gamer needs a trusty companion. If you still haven't found yours, Amazon has quite a holiday tech deal , selling the Logitech G613 for $59.99, $70 off its normal retail price.

The Logitech G613 is a wireless mechanical gaming keyboard that offers two connectivity options. The first method consists of Logitech's own Lightspeed technology that offers a speedy 1ms report rate but relies on a


Microsoft Brings its Teams Chat and Collaboration App to Linux

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Microsoft announced yesterday that it's bringing its Teams workplace communication tool to Linux. This is the first Microsoft 365 product to make its way to the Linux operating system, the company said, but it's not clear if it'll also be the last.

Teams is Microsoft's answer to Slack, Yammer and other instant messaging tools meant for professional use. The service evolved from Skype for Business in 2017, and in the two years since,


Alphacool's All-In-One Liquid Cooler For Graphics Cards Looks Rad

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We're all familiar with all-in-one liquid CPU coolers, but it's not every day that we see one for GPUs. In fact, it's not even every year, but it looks like it might now happen two years in a row because Alphacool is teasing its Eiswold Aurora -- which it will show off at CES in January.

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Samsung's 860 EVO 2TB SSD Hits an All-Time Low Price of $230

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The best holiday tech deals are here, which means now's your chance to speed up your PC's storage with this Samsung 860 EVO SSD . The 2TB drive has an MSRP of $399.99 and we've seen it for around $350  of late, but it's now on sale for $229.99.

The Samsung 860 EVO 2TB is a 2

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Intel Process Roadmap Shows 1.4nm in 2029, Two-Year Cadence (Updated)

Update 12/11/2010 7:40am PT: Intel tells us that the roadmap ASML presented at the IEDM conference (cited in our coverage below) was altered by ASML and doesn't accurately reflect Intel's public roadmap. Intel's version of the roadmap, which we're presenting below, does not have node naming conventions listed beyond 10nm+ and is "meant to be read more generally." We've included Intel's public roadmap

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