At E3, Razer gave us an update on its Project Hazel N95 mask, a concept design that debuted to much enthusiasm earlier this year at CES. It’s got some new features, notably an antifog coating on the transparent section, and it looks like it’s been slightly redesigned to be more streamlined. It’s scheduled to be …
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We’ll let Razer have its 5 minutes of E3 glory for the “world’s fastest 14-inch gaming laptop,” the Razer Blade 14. Razer’s simply the first to announce one this size with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX — also Razer’s first AMD CPU in the Blade line — and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 crammed inside. But a svelte, small, no-compromise …
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Gaming hardware maker Razer is trying to cash in on the market for higher-end headphones with its $99 wireless Opus X headset announced Friday. The headphones feature active noise cancelation to block outside noise. That’s the feature that commands a price premium on headphones from Sony, Bose and Apple. There’s also a quick attention mode that lets ambient sound through …
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This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. It’s the middle of Memorial Day weekend, but don’t forget that Father’s Day is June 20. To that end, we’re pulling together some of the best Dad-centric deals we’ve found. Among our picks: $100 off a premium 2.1 speaker system from SVS …
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Smaller than the 80% Razer BlackWidow V3 Tenkeyless but bigger than the 60% Razer Huntsman Mini, the 65% Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed gaming keyboard frees up precious desk space without slowing down your workflow. It has just eight additional keys compared to the Huntsman Mini, but they make a huge difference when it comes to productivity and four of them double …
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Stop: Don’t buy that Razer Blade 15 Advanced you’ve had your eye on since CES. With today’s Intel 11th-gen H-series announcements, Razer has taken the opportunity to revamp the entire Advanced product line with small but important design and feature updates, pricing adjustments and options along with the usual processor refreshes. For a sense of how meaningful the updates are, …
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For that little extra oomph in your budget gaming or STEM laptop, Nvidia’s expanding its mainstream entry-level graphics processor line downward to the GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti, which are intended to take the place of the GTX 1650 and 1650 Ti in laptop lineups starting at around $799. Given the current state of chip supplies, though, I wonder …
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Thin, thinner, thinnest. While Intel launched its 35-watt Tiger Lake H series chips at CES to tee off what the company calls “ultraportable gaming,” laptops incorporating it like the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE tend to go smaller as well. Though we don’t know exactly how thin or light Alienware’s forthcoming X17 is — though we do know it’s based …
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If it weren’t for the ancillary technologies that come with Intel’s latest round of Tiger Lake Core H-series CPUs, today’s 11th-gen launch could seem like kind of a snoozefest. Yes, these are the first of the high-power mobile gaming-and-creative-targeted CPUs built on the company’s 10-nanometer SuperFin process — tech that essentially improves current handling to deliver improved performance — led by an always notable …
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Asus’ extra-durable gaming laptop line is getting a performance boost from the latest 11th-gen Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs. The updated TUF F15 and F17 gaming laptops will also feature faster memory and display options than their predecessors while still being built to withstand drops and shakes, as well as extreme heat, cold and humidity. Asus will offer the updated …
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