Silicon Power launches new Hypera microSDXC Express Card for the Switch 2 — features PCIe 3.0 and UHS-I for wide compatibility

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Memory and storage manufacturer Silicon Power just released the Hypera microSDXC Express Card designed for the Switch 2, arriving in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB capacities. The company says that this memory card can hit read speeds of up to 800 MB/s and write speeds of up to 700 MB/s — this reduces download, install, and load times on the new handheld, allowing you to seamlessly play AAA titles without worrying about

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Scientists 3D print tumors for cancer research — TissueTinker using 3D bioprinting to create miniature models of healthy and diseased tissue for side-by-side comparison, backed by McGill

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There seems to be no limit to what we can do with 3D printing. Just last week, we reported on Chinese scientists 3D printing organ tissue for transplanting into burn victims. Today, we're sharing an amazing 3D printed innovation in cancer research that comes from Tissue Tinker, a company spinoff from McGill University. The company has put together a team that has managed to 3D print tumors for cancer research.

TissueTinker was promoted by the McGill Innovation Fund

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Intuitive modder builds the gaming PC he couldn't buy — stuffs a Ryzen 5 5600 and RTX 3060 Ti in an mATX chassis made to look like an SFF Mac Pro, costs less than a PS5 Pro

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When most people think of a $600 gaming PC, they picture plastic-heavy cases, stock coolers, and enough RGB to light up a dorm room. But one builder decided that wasn’t enough; innovation was necessary, and documenting it even more so. Armed with a 3D printer, a can of graphite spray paint, and some surprisingly premium broom handles, Christian Selig on YouTube, transformed a modest build into a personalized showcase piece—one

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This Alienware X16 R2 gaming laptop just hit its lowest-ever price — save nearly $300 and score an Intel Ultra 7 with RTX 4070 in the Amazon Prime Day sale

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The Alienware X16 R2 with super-fast gaming display, lots of storage space and memory, and the powerful RTX 4070 GPU, is 15% off this Prime Day . That $282 saving drops the price down to $1,597, the lowest price we've ever seen on this model, and brings high-end mobile gaming into a much more affordable range for anyone looking for a high-power upgrade. It

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These are the tools we use to build and maintain our tech, and they're on sale for Amazon Prime Day

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Building a PC is a great experience. We sit there with a spreadsheet and multiple browser tabs, pouring over the best CPUs, the best GPUs , PC cases , RAM deals and many more components.

The package arrives, and we are excitedly tearing into the boxes, putting the parts on the table and we are ready to build! We reach down into the toolkit and dig out that rusty old screwdriver that we used to open a paint can back in 2014. We

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G.Skill introduces new high-capacity, high-speed kits — now offers 256GB (64GBx4) DDR5-6000 and 128GB (64GBx2) DDR5-6400 modules

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Memory manufacturer G.Skill just announced two new high-capacity memory modules overclocked to DDR5-6000 CL32 and DDR5-6400 CL36. Previously, high-performance memory kits were limited to smaller modules. For example, DDR5-6400 is limited to 48GB per module, while the current fastest commercially available memory kit, the Adata XPG Lancer DDR5-9200, is

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Before it sells out, pick up the best value 256GB microSD Express card for the Nintendo Switch 2 at Prime Day sale

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With Amazon Prime Day 2025 now well underway, we've seen some great deals emerge on our favorite tech products. But there are a few recent releases that are too new for discounts and, in some cases, still too hard to actually get your hands on, thanks to supply and demand issues. Enter microSD Express storage cards for the Nintendo Switch 2; they are a much sought-after item, with prices rising rather than falling, but there is one microSD

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Asus celebrates 30 years in the graphics card business with 'epic' RTX 50 prizes and a retrospective video

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Asus is celebrating its 30 years in the graphics card business with a creator retrospective video and by offering the community a chance to win “epic prizes.” While the creator and influencer video contribution is a little shallow for our taste, as you'll see below, the chance for community members to win one of several Asus RTX 50 GPU bundles between now and October 7 is very welcome.

Beginning with the Asus 375 and S3 ViRGE/DX chipset

The first

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AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand

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Artificial intelligence and the hardware that powers it , is at the heart of a fallout in Pennsylvania, where electricity prices have risen dramatically for wholesalers and consumers due to surging demand. The governor is now threatening to abandon the state's grid energy provider, PJM Interconnection, via Reuters . He's demanding that PJM increase energy capacity through the acceleration of new energy plant construction and approval.

Following the launch of ChatGPT in 2023 and the explosion of competitor tools and

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The best DDR5 RAM kits on Amazon Prime Day are as low as $2.17 per GB — grab a bargain upgrade before the impending price apocalypse

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If you want to upgrade your PC, adding more RAM is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to boost performance. Provided you're not bottlenecked by other components, buying and adding RAM is a simple, straightforward exercise that can improve multitasking for productivity and even gaming performance.

Most likely, you can increase your capacity with a new kit or more modules, or perhaps you can add faster memory for more marginal gains. Either way, Amazon Prime Day is

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