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This box of graphics cards is immersed in liquid to keep cool

If I told you a great way to keep your flaming hot PC components cool is to dunk them into a mysterious liquid you’d probably think I’m crazy. I’m not. Allied Control’s Immersion Cooling demo at Computex Thursday was certainly cool. The company squeezed 10 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 graphics cards, stripped of their cooling fans, …

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Toy train chugs along with no battery thanks to infrared lasers

The toy train chugged endlessly along the Wi-Charge booth… until I put my hand over it to block the laser that was transmitting power to it. It’s certainly impressive tech, especially considering it’s the only thing being demoed at the booth. It was surrounded by signs stating clearly that there were no batteries powering the toy train. It’s not the …

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Partners join Qualcomm for thinner Windows 10 laptops

Windows 10 laptops running Qualcomm chips just gained stronger manufacturer support. Today at the Computex show in Taipei, computer makers Lenovo, HP and Asus officially expressed plans to build Windows devices powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processor. The idea of a Windows 10 machine running a Snapdragon chip isn’t new. Qualcomm confirmed that the Snapdragon 835 could handle …

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5 reasons you’ll want Intel’s crazy new Core i9 CPUs, and 3 reasons you won’t

Now playing: Watch this: Need an extreme processor? Intel X-Series has 18 cores 1:25 Intel At Computex 2017, Intel announced a new series of desktop processors, under the Core X name. That’s an enthusiast platform for desktop PC owners who want to push for more performance through overclocking, play games at 4K and beyond and process video files at high …

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This new connected Kegel device is as weird as it sounds

Kegel exercises are boring.  When California woman Julia Rose first had kids, she soon realised there was a more interesting way to encourage women to strengthen their pelvic floor, by gamifying the experience and letting women track their progress. Turns out she was the Evan Spiegel of Kegels — the VaGenie was born. Inserted inside the body, the VaGenie gives …

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This necklace helps keep women in India safe

It’s no secret that India has problems when it comes to the safety of women.  While the government has been taking steps to address the issue after horrific incidents and widespread protests, sexual crimes apparently continue to occur. But a Singapore startup is hoping to help women feel safer, as well as ensure they have help if they need it. …

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Nvidia says Max

Nvidia‘s next best thing for fast, high-performance gaming could be yours for as little as $1,200 (that roughly converts to £937 or AU$1610).  The company unveiled its new Max-Q technology at Computex in Taipei this week, saying it will bring the “maximum performance at the maximum energy efficiency point” for gaming notebooks. With all that efficiency Max-Q will make things much, much thinner too. Best …

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Don’t expect a super

If you still prefer your powerful gaming laptop to have a palm rest below your keyboard, Dell may be one of your options in the future. Unlike the radical designs of Acer’s Predator Triton 700 and the Asus ROG Zephyrus — both moved the keyboard downward and are doing away with the palm rest to fit GeForce GTX 1080 into …

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Nvidia channels Star Trek, shows off Project Holodeck VR

Star Trek fans, rejoice. Soon you could be spending your time inside your very own holodeck — as an animated torso. Taking a brief step away from GPU spec talk, Nvidia on Tuesday showed off a live demo of its new Project Holodeck VR tech at Computex in Taiwan, Taipei. It’s a virtual world, created through HTC’s Vive headset, that …

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AMD: Hey Intel, we have lots of CPU cores too

AMD’s new 16-core Ryzen Threadripper CPU is all set to take on Intel’s 18-core Core i9 in high-end desktops. Making the announcements on Wednesday in Taipei at its Computex press event, the company said the new CPUs would be shipping in summer 2017. It’s not the first time AMD’s debuted multicore chips though — earlier models like the Ryzen 7 featured up …

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