Nextorage NEM-PAC 2TB SSD Review: A solid, PS5-ready workhorse
The Nextorage NEM-PAC is a quiet contender with good performance and a PS5-compliant heatsink. It’s a competent Gen 4 SSD but is otherwise unexciting.
LG 77-Inch B5 OLED TV Drops to $1,300 in Massive Best Buy One-Day Sale
LG’s bodacious 77-inch B5 series OLED TV is back on sale for another limited time deal at Best Buy. This is the same model we highlighted two months ago when it saw a massive markdown to $1,399.99, and now it’s going for even less, with Best Buy shaving another $100 off the asking price. The caveat is that this is the retailer’s deal of the
Best budget gaming laptops of 2026: The best cheap laptops we’ve tested and benchmarked
Gaming laptops are expensive, and only getting pricier as AI-driven shortages increase. Here are the best options for budget gaming laptops on the cheap, comprised of laptop models that we have tested throughout our full, stringent gaming test suite that measures performance in demanding graphical conditions.
Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a ‘loophole’ — one app developer saw downloads surge by 1,800% in just the first month after the UK’s Online Safety Act took effect
The paper noted that VPN downloads spiked after enforcement began in the UK and several U.S. states.
NVIDIA Confirms GeForce NOW Data Breach Affecting Regional Alliance Partner
Hackers have managed to infiltrate a regional GeForce NOW partner and make off with sensitive user information, including full names, email addresses, and other private data, NVIDIA confirmed. Fortunately, the data breach is limited to one specific region and does not affect GeForce NOW users worldwide, only a third-party Alliance partner
Commodore Amiga-emulating TheA1200 retro computer delayed nearly half a year by ‘global chip shortages’ — Retro Games Ltd says it will use the extra time to finesse the software
The A1200 has been delayed nearly half a year due to ‘global chip shortages’ and is now scheduled for release on December 4.
Supermicro-tied execs used Thailand government entity to ship Nvidia AI GPUs to China — report alleges Chinese web giant Alibaba received restricted servers
A network to smuggle restricted Nvidia AI hardware has been found: it shipped to Alibaba, among other destinations.
Chinese grey market sells Claude API access at 90% off by using stolen credentials, model substitution, and harvesting users’ prompts and outputs for resale as AI training data — ‘transfer stations’ operate through proxy networks that harvest user data
A grey-market economy of API proxy services in China is reselling access to Anthropic’s Claude models at as little as 10% of the official price.
Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the ‘slightly overweight penguin’ on May 9, 1996
Linux mascot Tux the penguin was first conceptualized by Linus Torvalds on this day in 1996.
Windows 11 Low Latency Profile Could Boost App Launch Speeds by 40%
If you have a PC performance issue, there are really only two potential paths around it: you can either optimize your software or you can make the hardware faster. Microsoft is choosing the latter path with its upcoming “Low Latency Profile” as part of the larger Windows K2 initiative to improve the speed and responsiveness of Windows.
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