Despite anti-fraud measures such as ultraviolet ink marking and holographic overlays, a growing underground economy of sites has emerged for criminals looking to obtain and use fraudulent US ID cards according to new research from Flashpoint.Although only few of these sites can deliver quality fraudulent reproductions, there are some sites with high ratings and positive[…]
Intel Cascade Lake-X processors are getting close to launching and high-end desktop users are more than ready to see how the Skylake-X successor is going to perform. Intel announced during IFA 2019 that Cascade Lake-X twice the performance per dollar of their Skylake-X predecessors. Finally, some @Intel Cascade Lake-X info! Relative performance per dollar is 1.74x –[…]
At a time when IT security budgets are already falling, a new study from Probrand has revealed the scale of margins some buyers are paying out to IT resellers which shows how businesses in some industries are unnecessarily wasting what little resources they do have.To compile its new IT Product Margins Report 2019, the firm[…]
Over two weeks ago, AMD added its brand new Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS) feature to the Radeon RX 570, RX 580, RX 590, RX 470, and RX 480 graphics cards. Today, AMD has expanded RIS support to the Radeon VII, RX Vega 64, RX Vega 56 and Vega Frontier Edition graphics cards. RIS uses an contrast-adaptive sharpening[…]
Congressional antitrust investigators have raised concerns over Google’s plans to use a new internet protocol which they believe could give the search giant an unfair competitive advantage over its rivals.Earlier this month, investigators from the House Judiciary Committee sent the company a letter requesting for information about its “decision regarding whether to adopt or promote[…]
In an unusual software update cadence, iOS 13.1.2 is now available with more bug fixes for the fresh mobile operating system – which applies to both iOS 13 and iPadOS 13.This might feel a bit like deja vu since iOS 13.1.1 was only released to the public a few days ago on Friday. Today’s update[…]
It’s no secret that Intel has been playing catch-up with AMD over the last few months as Team Red pulled ahead with Ryzen 3rd Generation – Team Blue has itself admitted this. But, some leaked benchmarks of Intel’s next high-end desktop (HEDT) platform suggest it will fall behind AMD’s mainstream platform.This is all according to[…]
The global VPN market is red hot; weeks after after Cloudflare and Mozilla unveiled their privacy solutions, ExpressVPN has scored a major win thanks to a partnership with computing giant HP. Its VPN service will be bundled with HP’s new Flagship, the Spectre x360 13 with buyers being able to use the VPN – which[…]
Just two months ago we were visiting with Intel to benchmark Ice Lake 10nm processors for the very first time. We were impressed with how Intel has been progressing, but now the leaks about Tiger Lake 10nm CPUs are coming on strong. Tiger Lake will be the successor to Ice Lake on laptops and it[…]
Although Windows ships with its own full volume encryption tool called BitLocker, SSDs that claimed to offer their own hardware-based encryption were trusted by the tool and left alone.Now though, after a recent update to Windows 10, Microsoft will assume that connected SSDs don’t actually encrypt anything.In a Twitter post, SwiftOnSecurity described why the software[…]
Purists will tell you that a gaming mouse and keyboard is the only way to play PC games, and, until recently, they were mostly right. Customizability options in strategy games and more precise aiming in shooters make them a perfect solution to playing the best PC games. Now, though, many AAA games are designed with console[…]
TCL ELIT400NC Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones Review TCL is best known for budget friendly televisions and is one of the quickest growing consumer electric companies around. In 2018, TCL sales reached nearly $6 billion USD after selling over 28 million TVs among other things. TCL also happens to be America’s fastest-growing TV brand and the second[…]
German authorities have shut down a data center set up inside a former NATO bunker which was used to host sites dealing in drugs and other illegal activities.Seven people were arrested in a recent raid but the main suspect of the long-running investigation is a 59-year-old Dutchman who is believed to have acquired the former[…]
Over the last couple weeks, we heard word of an AMD Ryzen 9 3900 hitting the street, and now it seems like those rumors were accurate – mostly.AMD just announced a new lineup of PRO processors, led by the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900. This processor’s TDP (Thermal Design Power) is lowered to 65W from[…]
PC gaming has a reputation for being really expensive to get into. It’s easy to scrounge the internet, finding examples of extremely high-end systems that can cost thousands of dollars to build. But, there’s more to the best gaming PCs than what the 1% can afford. To prove that point, we’ll show you how to build[…]
If you’re thinking of taking the plunge with AMD for your new processor or graphics card, perhaps with the swiftly incoming Black Friday in mind as a good time to make a move, then some new promo deals are giving away top-class games for free.If you buy an AMD Ryzen 3rd Generation processor or an[…]
You could be forgiven for thinking that DSLRs are dead in the water, what with the leading camera manufacturers throwing much of their development weight behind mirrorless – and those manufacturers include Nikon.However, in September 2019, Nikon announced that the Nikon D6 was in development, just in time for the Olympic Games in 2020. Its[…]
Epic made quite a few ripples when it opened its digital game store back in December 2018. Tantalizing developers with a generous 88% profit share (as opposed to Steam’s 70%), the Fortnite publisher nabbed exclusivity deals for some notable new games. Meanwhile, it’s reeling in droves of gamers by offering a free game every, ahem,[…]
If you’re looking for cheap TV deals before Black Friday, then you’ve come to the right place. Right now Best Buy is discounting a variety of 4K TVs from top brands like Samsung, LG, Vizio, and more. Our top Best Buy TV deal is the Vizio 50-inch Smart 4K TV that’s on sale for $399.99.[…]
Corsair surprised us early in 2018 with its first wireless keyboard, the K63 Wireless, and while we rated it with a nearly perfect score in our review, we wanted the inside story behind it. So, we’ve traveled to Corsair headquarters in Fremont, California to hear the tale straight from the source.Michael Grey, Senior Product Line[…]