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By David Nield It had to happen sooner or later: digital assistants are coming to control your home printer, courtesy of HP. The feature isn’t built into the printers yet though – the functionality comes as a new skill to use with your smart speaker or assistant app, and will work with all HP’s web-enabled…

By Jim Hill It’s fair to say that in recent times, there’s been an explosion of increasingly sophisticated IP (internet protocol) cameras – and in this guide to the best of CCTV and security camera, we’ve covered the smartest smart cameras on the market. You won’t find any analogue closed-circuit TV systems here, and instead…

By Matt Hanson Performance benchmarks of the upcoming Ryzen 2nd generation CPU, the Ryzen 5 2400G, have revealed that its Vega 11 integrated graphics pretty much matches the performance of entry-level graphics cards such as the AMD RX 550 and Nvidia GT 1030. This means that the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, along with other 2nd…

By Kevin Lee Thanks to the cryptocurrency craze, the cost of graphics cards has inflated up to three-times their retail price whiles reducing inventories to all time lows month over month. But relief for PC gamers could be coming soon as Samsung aims to build new chips specifically for mining. Samsung confirmed that its foundry…

By Kevin Lee Last year Corsair introduced the K68 one of the most durable keyboards ever introduced, and now it has announced a new version with RGB lighting. The Corsair K68 RGB has the same IP32 dust and spill resistance we loved about the original version, but with the added bonus of a RGB lighting…

By Darren Allan Following Nvidia’s advice to retailers in the cause of supporting gamers trying to find a decently priced graphics card, some retail outlets have been making concrete moves to ensure GPUs aren’t being snapped up by cryptocurrency miners – including Micro Center over in the US. Nvidia advised limiting sales of any individual…

By Darren Allan Intel has been busy fire-fighting the Meltdown and Spectre bugs throughout January, and the firm’s latest step in its uphill PR battle is to clarify that new chips which are bulletproof to the vulnerabilities will start to turn up later in 2018. This information was imparted by the CEO of Intel, Brian…

By Darren Allan More criticism has been levelled at Intel and its partners in patching up the huge Meltdown and Spectre flaws – including Apple and Microsoft – by US lawmakers, who aren’t entirely happy about the way the whole episode has played out. And more specifically, the manner in which disclosure was delayed and…

By Mark Knapp There are a lot of ways you can upgrade your computer. A new CPU can boost its operating speed. More RAM can get you multitasking like crazy. Slapping in a shiny new graphics card can take PC gaming to the next level. But, an SSD can help speed up just about everything…

By Rounak Jain Samsung has taken the wraps off its new 860 PRO and 860 EVO range of solid state drives, featuring MJX controller with improved Linux compatibility and faster communication with the host system. Samsung’s new SSDs come in various storage capacities, with the highest being 4TB. The 860 PRO and 860 EVO range…

By Joe Osborne If you own a PC or Mac using an Intel processor and have been patiently waiting for Spectre and Meltdown patches appear on Windows Update or Mac App Store updates, you shouldn’t download it. That’s the latest directive from Intel, who cited spontaneous reboot and system instability problems – first reported January…

By Darren Allan As cryptocurrency miners once again push the prices of graphics cards up – and even drive some GPUs out of stock – Nvidia has issued a statement in support of gamers struggling to find a card, and has made a move to try and help them. Nvidia is asking retailers to sell…

By Kevin Lee The only thing better than the Ultra HD graphics and silky-smooth gameplay that PC gaming affords is all the cool gear surrounding your computer. From keyboards to mice, monitors, gaming chairs and headsets, PC gaming hardware goes much farther than your main rig. While we’re all still lusting after that ultra-wide gaming…

By Darren Allan Brother has unleashed a host of new printers and all-in-ones (multifunction printers), with nine models targeted at small and home offices having gone on sale. These are Brother’s next-generation monochrome laser printers. The full list of devices comprises of three printers: the Brother HL-L2350DW, HL-L2370DW and HL-L2370DW XL. Then there are three…

By Darren Allan AMD talked about its incoming new CPUs, Ryzen 2, at CES earlier this month, without revealing any concrete specs – but now a leak has now emerged which reportedly shows what one of the mid-range processors is made of. The chip in question is the Ryzen 5 2600, which as Wccftech.com reports,…