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Corsair takes on the popular Logitech G305 with the $40 Katar Pro wireless gaming mouse

The Corsair Katar was one of the company’s least expensive and lightest gaming mice, but it was wired. The new Katar Pro keeps the price low and the weight down, and it’s wireless. At $40, it’s $10 to $20 less than Logitech’s popular G305 gaming mouse and at only 96 grams (3.4 ounces) the Katar …

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Apple pulls rival earphones from store ahead of expected launch

Apple has stopped selling headphones and wireless speakers from third-party makers ahead of the expected launch of new Apple audio products, Bloomberg noted Monday. Apple has long carried headphones and speakers from rivals such as Sonos, Bose and Logitech, but those products disappeared from the company’s website at the end of September and employees at the Apple ‘s retail locations …

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick Lite brings the price of Alexa

With streaming more popular than ever during the pandemic, Amazon’s Fire TV family of streaming devices is getting an update. Or at least, a lower price of entry. The new Fire TV Stick Lite is now the company’s cheapest streamer at $30 (£30, AU$59), undercutting last year’s $40 Fire TV Stick. The Lite still offers access to Fire TV’s thousands …

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SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless gaming mouse runs for a year on two AAA batteries

Steelseries has been quiet this year, but maybe that’s about to change. Last week it announced the SteelSeries Arctis 9 dual-wireless gaming headset for PC and PS4 and now it’s releasing the Rival 3 Wireless gaming mouse, a cordless version of its entry-level Rival 3 mouse announced in January.  The company always seems to offer a bit more than the competition and …

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The new Logitech MX Anywhere 3 may be the best portable mouse ever

Last September Logitech unveiled the MX Master 3 ($100), the third generation of its premium home/office mouse. Now, a year later, we get the MX Anywhere 3 ($80, £65, AU$130), the third iteration of its premium “mobile” mouse — and it may just be my favorite Logitech mouse yet. The MX Anywhere 3 comes in a couple of versions. There’s …

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HP rolls in Tony Hawk to promote its new wireless gaming peripherals

HP drafted famous skater Tony Hawk and his Pro Skater 1 + 2 tournament to promote its new Omen gaming peripherals in an Omen Underground stream you can watch Tuesday on the PAX Arena Twitch channel. It starts at 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. UK).  The new mouse, TKL keyboard and headset take advantage of the 2.4GHz wireless …

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The plain old iPad gets a needed lift

There is another… Besides the iPad Air updates announced today and the iPad Pro from earlier in 2020, there’s also a lightly refreshed plain old iPad from the September Apple Event. This lower-end model, technically the closest direct descendant of the original decade-old iPad 1.0, continues to serve as an affordable, if not flashy, entry point into the Apple ecosystem.  …

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What Apple’s next iPad could bring

The scramble for getting the perfect computer and tablet for your remote learning or work-from-home setup started almost six months ago. You probably already have a system that works for you, but Apple’s upcoming Sept. 15 event could still deliver a new iPad (or iPads) to the mix. If you’re shopping for an iPad, wait at least until later today. …

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This PC

Looking for a remote-learning setup for a student? You’re probably thinking “laptop,” but there’s another option: A PC on a stick. Yep, you can run Windows from a dongle that’s barely larger than a flash drive. Simply plug it into just about any monitor, TV or even projector. You’ll need a couple accessories, but let’s start with the guts: For …

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Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070 with Ampere

Nvidia rolled out its new Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3000-series graphics cards, with the top-of-the-line RTX 3090 that the company claims can handle 8K/60 frames-per-second gameplay — using upscaling in what’s called DLSS 8K mode. We also heard about the RTX 3080 and 3070, the usual better-faster replacements for their predecessors, the RTX 2080 and 2070. Essentially, the 30-generation of the GeForce …

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