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MSI is bringing fresh designs and big performance to its Raider and Stealth Studio laptops
At CES 2023, MSI announced some significant updates to its Raider line thanks to a Matrix lightbar while the new Stealth Studio 14 and 16 are getting a thin and light magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis.
Sam Rutherford01.05.2023
HyperX leans into 3D printing for its next wave of gaming accessories
In an expansion to its gaming accessories, HyperX is turning to color 3D printing as a way to create more personalized peripherals in 2023.
Sam Rutherford01.04.2023
The LG Gram Style is an iridescent 16-inch laptop with a disappearing trackpad
The company is launching a stylish edition of its thin and light Gram laptops.
Cherlynn Low01.04.2023
Hands-on with LG's 240Hz UltraGear gaming monitors: Setting a new bar for OLED refresh rates
After seeing the 240Hz panels on LG’s latest UltraGear gaming monitors it’s hard to go back to slower displays.
Sam Rutherford12.20.2022
The Dyson Zone headset is comfy enough to sleep with, but still makes you look like Bane
Watch us take a nap with the Dyson Zone — the air-purifying headphones that make you look like a comic book character.
Cherlynn Low12.20.2022
Arturia's Pigments 4 adds new effects and a simplified interface
Arturia's Pigments gets a new filter, shimmer reverb and simplified UI options.
Terrence O'Brien12.14.2022
Honor’s Magic VS, even in prototype form, feels like a contender
After spending time with the prototype, I can say the finished model could be a very exciting prospect.
Daniel Cooper12.06.2022
iRobot’s flagship Roomba Combo J7+ earned its place in my smart home
I spent three weeks with iRobot's new flagship Roomba Combo J7+. It's a very pleasant houseguest, and one that keeps my ground floor pretty clean.
Daniel Cooper11.17.2022
Canon R6-II hands-on: Higher resolution, faster shooting and reduced heating issues
Just two years after the launch of the original EOS R6, Canon has unveiled its successor, the $2,500 EOS R6 Mark II.
Steve Dent11.02.2022
Nothing Ear Stick hands-on: Stylish and comfortable, but I miss the noise cancellation
Nothing's second entry in the world of true wireless earbuds are stylish and comfortable, but we really miss the noise-cancellation features found in the company's first wireless buds.
Mat Smith10.28.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet hands-on: Monster catching remixed
In a move to freshen up the series for its ninth generation, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet feature the biggest gameplay revamp in series history. Here's what we think after going hands-on.
Sam Rutherford10.21.2022
VanMoof's new A5 and S5 e-bikes are harder to steal and smoother to ride
VanMoof’s e-bikes before, but its latest generation of e-bikes usher in changes across the board. The company has tried to make most of the parts on its newest e-bikes itself. The most significant change might be the removal of the tube-based display of the S3 and X3 bikes, swapping it for a duo of Halo Rings near the buttons on each side. The company continues to offer peace of mind against e-bike theft, through a system-wide lock system and its team of bike hunters.
Mat Smith10.20.2022
Acer’s cloud gaming Chromebook is a solid laptop, even if you don’t game
Earlier this week, Google and hardware partners ASUS, Acer and Lenovo announced a somewhat surprising initiative to build Chromebooks expressly for cloud gaming. While many Chromebooks are a riff on the classic 13-inch laptop, the first round of these devices have large, high-resolution screens with fast refresh rates, anti-ghosting keyboards, powerful processors and a few software tweaks to better work with cloud gaming services like GeForce NOW. All these laptops are set to be released by the end of October, but I got a chance to check out a pre-production version of Acer’s Chromebook 516 GE. Over the last week, I’ve played some games with it as well as put it through my daily work routine. I’ll need to test the final version before giving it a proper review, but the Chromebook 516 GE has a lot going for it, whether you play games or not.
Nathan Ingraham10.15.2022
‘Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion’ tries to scale up a PSP game to the PS5
As Square Enix tees up part 2 of its big-budget Remake project, 'Crisis Core Reunion' gives newer players the chance to fill in the storyline blanks on Zack. But at its core, it's still a PSP game from 2017.
Mat Smith10.15.2022
Surface Laptop 5 hands-on: A bare minimum update
While getting faster CPUs is nice, it feels like Microsoft is putting in the bare minimum effort when it comes to refreshing the Surface Laptop 5.
Sam Rutherford10.12.2022
Microsoft Surface Pro 9 hands-on: Can Intel and ARM models live in harmony?
Can an x86 Intel processor and a mobile Arm chip really sit side by side?
Devindra Hardawar10.12.2022
Meta Quest Pro hands-on: The $1,500 headset that ‘will enable the metaverse’
In a move to create hardward designed to enable the Metaverse, today Meta announced the Quest Pro headset featuring upgraded inside-out tracking, scene understand and redesigned optics starting at $1,500.
Sam Rutherford10.12.2022
Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro hands-on: Slicker design, same great pricing
Packing a Tensor G2 and a revamped design, the new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro look to be continuing Google's recent trend of marrying its excellent software with improved AI and machine learning performance.
Sam Rutherford10.06.2022
Google Pixel Watch hands-on: Possibly the prettiest smartwatch I’ve touched
Google's Pixel Watch is a beautiful piece of hardware with intriguing software.
Cherlynn Low10.06.2022
The Windows 11 2022 update is here, but should you care?
Today, Microsoft will start rolling out the Windows 11 2022 update, the operating system's first major revision, which brings better security, accessibility and a handful of gaming improvements.
Devindra Hardawar09.21.2022