You can finally pre-order Asus' massive liquid-cooled gaming laptop

We spent a few minutes playing with Asus' liquid-cooled gaming laptop back in October, but now the internals are official and the price is set at $5,000

News         May 26, 2016

Project Tango can remember where it's been, making AR work even when your device is distracted

Google's Project Tango has been improving steadily over the last year, and now it's taking a big step forward with location awareness and recognition.

News         May 18, 2016

Get excited: GTX 1080 benchmarks are here, and better than expected

Nvidia, and the rest of the PC gaming world, is excited as can be about the new GTX 1080. Now the benchmarks are in, and there's more to be excited for.

Reviews         May 18, 2016

Lenovo brings Think to the budget market with new ThinkPad 13

There's nothing wrong with changing things up a little bit, and Lenovo has taken the hammer to its ThinkPad 13, now offering it in two OS and color options.

News         May 16, 2016

Newly leaked internal newsletters give rare glimpse inside the NSA

Whether it was scuba diving in Guantanamo Bay, or listening in on the phone calls of Russian mobsters, the NSA's internal newsletter has it all.

News         May 16, 2016

Asus solves our only complaint about the Zenbook UX305 with new processor options

The only thing keeping the UX305 off the top of our laptop list was power, but now Asus is upgrading to Skylake Core i5 and i7 CPUs, without raising costs.

News         May 13, 2016

Virtuix Omni sprints into Minecraft for GearVR, gives you room to roam

Minecraft for GearVR is already an excellent experience, but Virtuix is now showing off compatibility with the Omni, so you can walk around inside the game.

News         May 12, 2016

Microsoft researcher stops VR motion sickness by stuffing a headset full of LED lights

The research team at Microsoft has discovered a way to cut back on VR sickness and dizziness, and it doesn't take much more than some LEDs and ingenuity.

News         May 9, 2016

Benchmark leak of upcoming Nvidia GTX 1080 shows incredible performance jump

While the PC world is eagerly awaiting confirmation of Nvidia's new GPUs, alleged benchmarks from the upcoming GTX 1080 have snuck out onto the open Web.

News         May 5, 2016

HP's Pavilion laptop line is gearing up for a summer of blockbuster releases

HP's got a summer full of new laptops, convertibles, all-in-ones, and desktops planned for its Pavilion line, with an eye on keeping prices low.

News         May 3, 2016

Fixing a McLaren F1 is tricky enough, but you'll also need an early 90s laptop

The 10-million-dollar McLaren F1 is one of the most advanced cars on the planet, but the only way to service the electronics is with a 20+ year old Compaq.

News         May 2, 2016

Cortana is smarter than ever, but now she won't search without Bing and Edge

Cortana, the personal assistant built into Windows 10, is quickly growing into a versatile and intelligent tool, but the latest change may irk some users.

News         April 28, 2016

Comcast raises the data caps, but warns it may be heading elsewhere

Comcast has heard the complaints, and raised the data cap over what 99 percent of the customer base currently uses, but it isn't all good news.

News         April 27, 2016

Worried about breaking your Surface Book? This case can survive a 4-foot drop

Wish your Surface Book had a thicker skin? Urban Armor Gear has a new case for Microsoft's laptop that should protect it from drops up to 48 inches.

News         April 27, 2016

Don’t have a meltdown, but German officials just found malware in a nuclear reactor

Workers at a German nuclear power plant discovered a wealth of viruses on a system used for monitoring fuel rods, but an air gap left the malware dormant.

News         April 27, 2016

iFixit finds a lot of Valve components under the HTC Vive’s hood

Gamers may still be waiting for their Vive to arrive, but iFixit has already torn its HTC HMD open, and what it found inside may surprise you.

News         April 26, 2016

There's nothing subtle about MSI's new Aegis gaming PC

MSI's new Aegis gaming PC kicks aggressive styling and unique design up a notch, storing a 350W power supply in the base, with a VR ready gaming PC up top.

News         April 22, 2016

Two-factor authentication is finally coming to PlayStation Network

Sony has finally had enough of compromised accounts, as PS3 users noted update 4.80 included an error dialogue that referenced two-factor authentication.

News         April 21, 2016

The next knock on your hotel room door could be a virtual reality companion

Next time you find yourself spending a lonely evening in a hotel room, the solution might be a little virtual fun, delivered straight to your door.

News         April 19, 2016

After hackers ran up a bill on my PlayStation account, Sony held it ransom

When someone hacked my PlayStation account, I figured canceling the fraudulent charges would be easy, but it ended with me having to shell out to save my account from a permanent banning.

Features         April 18, 2016

LG shows off unreal images of the Gram 15 with Mac OS X Photoshopped in

File this one under minor marketing blunders. LG used promotional images on its own site of the LG Gram 15 running Logic and Final Cut - Mac OS X-only apps.

News         April 15, 2016

Razer strips down its best mechanical keyboard with the BlackWidow X

When Razer noticed some extra plastic on the gaming-focused BlackWidow keyboards, it turned into an opportunity to cut costs without cutting features.

News         April 13, 2016

Nvidia's 2016 conference shows the serious side of the GPU

Even though games are the main reason to install a graphics card, GPUs are becoming increasingly useful for cognitive computing, self-driving cars, and VR.

News         April 7, 2016

GTC 2016: Nvidia thinks beyond gaming, demonstrates the future of AI and deep learning

Nvidia rolled out a lot of news at its' GPU Technology Conference keynote, from deep learning machines to autonomous drones and self-driving cars.

News         April 5, 2016

Nvidia new AI brain has eight Pascal GPUs, 7TB of solid state memory, and needs 3,200 watts

Nvidia's newest chip, the first to use the Pascal architecture, is specifically designed to power artificial intelligence and deep learning networks.

News         April 5, 2016

Video cards learn to save lives at the GPU Technology Conference

There are lots of interesting uses for graphics cards outside of gaming at Nvidia's GPU technology conference, but none as important as saving lives.

News         April 4, 2016

While PC sales continue to sink, Chromebooks swim to the surface

PC sales dragged through 2015, but Chromebook sales are hotter than ever, and that shows in the year-end sales figures from IDC.

News         April 4, 2016

Valve offers 40 percent off the Steam Controller to celebrate XCOM 2 support

Valve and Firaxis are celebrating the new partnership with Steam Controller support, and a discount on the gamepad when purchased with XCOM 2.

News         April 4, 2016

How monitor makers are pixelating the truth to fake you out

Buying a monitor is a tricky process on its own, so we set out to separate real performance statistics from marketing malarkey and flashy gimmicks. What we found might surprise you.

News         April 1, 2016

Blurring the lines: Microsoft announces bash shell for Windows 10

Canonical and Microsoft have teamed up to bring the popular Bash shell from Unix to Windows 10, and it's more than just a gimmick or a makeover.

News         March 30, 2016

Nvidia’s $5,000, 24GB Quadro M6000 sets a new record for video card memory

Nvidia is doubling down on the already impressive Quadro M6000 with 24GB of GDDR5 memory, without raising the price from 12GB version's $5,000 price point.

News         March 23, 2016

Sony’s PlayStation VR bundles are selling like hotcakes

Sony's PlayStation VR headset may not be as powerful as its competitors, but that's not stopping launch bundle pre-orders from selling just as fast.

News         March 22, 2016

Is Microsoft giving the Windows file explorer a makeover?

The file explorer in Windows has remained largely unchanged over the years, but it looks like Microsoft may be gearing up for a complete overhaul.

News         March 21, 2016

Spec Comparison: Can the plucky PlayStation VR upset HTC’s Vive?

When you put the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR side by side, it's not hard to see that one headset is defying reality, and the other is following behind.

Guides         March 18, 2016

Asus crams every feature possible into its new curved gaming monitor

Not all monitors are created equal, and Asus is setting out to prove that with this curved, ultra-wide, G-Sync enabled gaming monitor - now available!

News         March 17, 2016

Spec showdown: iPad Pro vs. Surface Pro 3

Apple is ready for the iPad to compete with Microsoft's long-suffering Surface line. Does the iPad Pro put the Surface Pro 3 out of its misery?

Apple         March 17, 2016

You can buy the Windows 10 powered Samsung TabPro S tomorrow, for $900

Like your tablets light and your OS heavy? Samsung's new Galaxy tablet steps across the aisle into the Windows world, and after a brief delay, it's here.

News         March 17, 2016

Razer’s Core is here to make any Thunderbolt 3 system ready to game

Razer's much-anticipated "Core" external graphics enclosure is finally ready for battle, with support for AMD and Nvidia cards up through Fury and Titan.

News         March 16, 2016