Lori Grunin

Razer’s Tomahawk modular gaming PC, almost a year after launch, enters preorder

Razer revealed its Tomahawk Gaming Desktop at CES 2020, the company’s first foray into selling desktop PCs in addition to its line of laptops. Now, almost a year later, its PC with a modular, 10 liter eGPU-like design will finally ship — or at least begin preorders today — with prices starting at $2,400.  As ideas …

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Best on Cyber Monday gaming accessory deals still available: Xbox controllers, gaming mice and more

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The holiday season can be a great time to pick up some sweet, sweet discounts on some great gaming gear. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, but there are still some fantastic deals available on controllers, mice, headsets, monitors and more. You won’t find reduced prices …

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GeForce RTX 3060 Ti wins at $399 for 1440p gaming

Coming in at the same $399 (£369, about AU$570) price as the RTX 2060 Super it replaces, Nvidia’s RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is a great 1440p and decent 4K (at lower-quality) graphics card for the money. It delivers roughly the same performance as the RTX 2070 Super at the price of the 2060 Super, in keeping with Nvidia’s typical update …

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Razer Wolverine V2 Xbox controller feels great, plays well

Like many of the new Xbox accessories arriving this month, the Razer Wolverine V2 controller doesn’t have any specific ties to the new Xbox Series X and Series S except timing — it just made sense to update the Wolverine models for 2020. And the result is quite a nice wired controller for Xbox and PC, with a more comfortable grip …

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Stadia on iPhone, iPad’s initial web app testing to begin soon

Like Nvidia GeForce Now and baby Amazon Luna, Google’s getting in line to add iOS support for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, which runs through a web app. It begins initial testing in “several weeks.” Apple’s policies make it too much work for cloud-gaming services to sell through the App Store (imagine if every movie and show on Netflix had to be in a separate …

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iPhone and iPad get game via Nvidia GeForce Now

Nvidia follows Amazon down the path of least resistance to get its cloud-gaming service onto your iOS device. Like Amazon Luna, Nvidia GeForce Now has come to the iPhone and iPad by way of Apple’s Safari browser, now in beta. The company has also updated its roadmap for the service, promising the ability to run in the Chrome browser on …

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AMD Radeon RX 6800 series graphics cards have serious 4K cred

AMD is finally going after 4K gaming with its impressive top-end PC graphics cards, the Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT (and 6900 XT) after spending its time concentrating on value buyers. Its still-current RX 5700 XT was formerly the top of the line and designed for 1440p play, though I expect AMD will bring the rest of the Radeon cards up to date with …

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Leica Q2 Monochrom, a pricey full

The Leica Q and its successor, the Q2, has long been one of my favorite fixed-lens cameras. Since Sony seems to have forgotten its own RX1R II from 2015, the Q2 is the only full-frame compact still current. And now the Q2’s new sibling, the $5,995 Leica Q2 Monochrom, joins it as the only dedicated black-and-white compact camera around.  Priced at …

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Mac Mini with M1 update comes with a $699 entry price

In Apple’s third major product launch event in as many months — it follows the new iPad in September and the iPhone 12 line in October — the company Tuesday revealed much-anticipated laptops based on its homegrown 5nm silicon, the M1 chip, along with a Mac Mini refresh that also incorporates the new internals. And like the laptops, aside from Apple’s claimed …

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HP printers go ‘Plus’ starting with new $179 LaserJet M200 series

HP’s going all out to attract the big work-from-home and remote learning crowds with its latest printer launch, HP Plus. As opposed to the retronymmed “HP Standard,” which is what you’d call today’s printers, Plus adds a bunch of cloud-related services and one-shot benefits at a cheaper price in exchange for requiring an internet connection for the printer, an HP …

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