Noctua Outs Five New Chromax.Black Fans; Includes 200mm Beast

Just a couple weeks ago Noctua finally presented its chromax.black line of CPU coolers , which included the NH-D15, NH-U12S, and the NH-L9i. Today, the company is adding five new fans to its chromax.black.swap series fans to complement its 120 and 140 mm models that have already been out for a while longer.

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For this batch, Noctua is revealing the NF-A20


Thermalright's Full-Copper AXP-90 CPU Cooler Spotted in China

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With the high price of copper, seeing full-copper CPU coolers isn’t a common sight anymore. According to TechPowerUp , Thermalright has decided it’s time again for one and introduced the AXP-90. It’s not very big , but it’s full-copper, except for  some screws and brackets.

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Facebook's iOS App Records Users As They Scroll Through the News Feed

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Facebook could be watching you even more closely than you know. Numerous people have found an issue with Facebook's app on iOS that shows it using their iPhone's camera without permission.

Updated, 11/12/19, 11:45am PT: Facebook responded to our request for comment with the following statement: "We recently discovered that version 244 of the Facebook iOS app would incorrectly launch in landscape mode. In fixing


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Intel Reveals TAA Vulnerabilities in Cascade Lake Chips and a New JCC Bug

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Intel announced in May a Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) problem that attackers could exploit to extract information from its processors despite their built-in safeguards. Today it revealed that MDS was an even bigger problem than many people realized by announcing a new TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) vulnerability. Intel also disclosed a new Jump Conditional Code (JCC) erratum today and released a patch that does have a performance impact (which we'll cover further below).

Only the researchers who discovered both


Dell G3 15 (2019) Gaming Laptop Review: Solid Play, Dull Display

Our Verdict

The Dell G3 15 has sleek looks for a budget gaming PC and offers strong performance for the price, but the tradeoff is a bland display.

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  • Attractive design
  • Solid gaming performance for the price
  • Longer than average battery life

Against

  • Dull display

Just because you can’t afford the most expensive gaming laptop doesn’t mean yours should feel any lesser. That’s what impressed me most about the Dell G3 15 ($849.99 as tested). Sure, our

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Asus ROG Mothership Review: I Want to Believe

Our Verdict

The Asus ROG Mothership offers strong performance in a distinct design with amazing speakers, but it’s very, very expensive.

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  • Strong performance in gaming and productivity
  • Great speakers
  • Interesting concept

Against

  • Dim display
  • Extremely expensive
  • Lackluster webcam

The Mothership has landed… in our labs. The Asus ROG Mothership is an experiment for Asus. Specifically, it’s one of form (think of it like a giant Surface Pro tablet with high-end gaming components), though at times it seems like a study in design,

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Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Review (2019): Bright Screen, Stiff Competition

Our Verdict

Dell’s latest premium convertible sports a bright screen and long battery life, plus improved performance thanks to a 10th Gen “Ice Lake” CPU. But a lackluster keyboard and build quality issues mean you may want to consider alternatives.

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  • Extremely Bright Screen
  • Roomy and accurate touchpad
  • Good battery life and performance

Against

  • Keyboard feels like a step backwards
  • Limited port selection
  • Build quality should be more polished at this price
  • Entry model ships with just 4GB of RAM
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (15-inch) Review: AMD Inside

Our Verdict

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (15-inch) is an attractive, thin 15-inch notebook -- and it finally has USB Type-C. But its performance and battery life are lacking.

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  • 3:2 display
  • Attractive, lightweight design
  • No longer glued together
  • Finally has USB Type-C

Against

  • Below-average battery life
  • Very few ports for the size
  • Middling performance
  • Expensive for what you get
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Tencent Launches AMD EPYC-Powered "Star Lake" Servers, Claims 35 Percent Performance Improvement

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Today AMD announced that it had formed a partnership with Tencent, the largest Chinese data center operator, and said it would provide Tencent with Epyc Rome CPUs for Tencent's new "Star Lake server platform" (no relation to Intel). This is yet another win for AMD after winning several supercomputers, and companies that haven't already invested into AMD's server CPUs are certainly looking into it .

Star Lake is Tencent's custom server implementation of Rome, described as "


Google's Project Nightingale Gave It Access to US Health Records

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Google has gained access to U.S. health records as part of a new project. The Wall Street Journal revealed Project Nightingale, a joint effort between Google and Ascension that gave the former access to patient information from more than 2,600 hospitals.

The Journal reported that Ascension offered Google access to patients' health records, names and addresses. "Health records" is a bit of a catch-all: Google was said to have access to lab results, birth dates