Nov 2021 Editor’s note, Nov. 19: The Razer Viper 8K Hz mouse levels up the company’s already excellent Viper esports mouse line with new high-speed polling technology that ultimately delivers better performance where it counts. That’s why we’ve given it a CNET Editors’ Choice Award. Our original review, first published in January, follows. Razer levels …
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Origin PC’s one of the first out of the gate in the race to ship gaming laptops with Nvidia’s latest mobile gaming graphics processor, the GeForce RTX 3080. Its slim 17-inch Evo17-S checks many of the boxes I expect from a gaming laptop, including a big screen, lots of fast SSD storage, a speedy eight-core Intel Core i7-10870H processor and the …
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Update: Later Friday, Microsoft canceled its pricing changes. You can read about that here. Microsoft is updating its Xbox Live pricing and dropping the one-year subscription option as it reshuffles its online offerings. The move, announced in a blog post on Friday, will also see the software giant raise the price of a one-month subscription by one dollar and a …
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Fantasian, the highly anticipated mobile RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, could be released this year, according to some tweets from Sakaguchi’s studio, Mistwalker, this week. Fantasian was teased back when Apple’s mobile gaming subscription service Apple Arcade was first announced in Sept. 2019. Sakaguchi tweeted “game under development” on Wednesday with a screengrab of the game. Mistwalker retweeted …
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Apple Arcade on Friday added new games Nuts from developer Noodlecake and Spire Blast from Orbital Knight to its growing catalog of over 145 games. Apple hasn’t done a dual-release like this recently, but two games mean twice the fun. You can try your hand at the games this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Here’s what you need …
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You might not think about this much, but there’s a problem with most headphones: The stereo imaging moves with you as you move your head around — the soundstage is bolted securely to each earcup. The Audeze Mobius uses Waves Nx head-tracking tech to position the audio in 3D space around you. As you turn your head, the audio stays …
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Qualcomm just launched a new high-end Snapdragon 888 smartphone processor, but it’s already got another chipset available to power slightly cheaper phones. The company on Tuesday unveiled its Snapdragon 870, which will be used by companies like Motorola and Xiaomi in their upcoming devices. The Snapdragon 888, unveiled in December, powers Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 lineup and will be in most high-end Android phones …
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary this week, Newegg is running a week-long sale with a different set of deals on PCs, monitors, gaming accessories, appliances and more every day. We’ve highlighted what we think are the best offers but check back on the sale each day to see even more savings. See more Newegg coupon codes: CNET coupons Newegg Dyson V7 HEPA …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a lot more gaming laptops designed for people who want something that doesn’t necessarily look like a gaming laptop. However, because they’re typically thinner and lighter, they don’t always have all the processing …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. As part of PC and component maker Asus’ CES 2021 gaming announcements, the company unveiled a special edition of its dual-screen gaming laptop. The Zephyrus Duo 15 SE features a new 15.6-inch main display, next-gen components from AMD and Nvidia and …
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