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However, it measures a fairly modest 270mm long, 200mm wide and 298mm tall. This makes it roughly as wide as your typical 4-bay NAS device, only slightly longer, and considerably taller for obvious reasons. QNAP’s device also weighs significantly more at 8.1kg, though keep in mind that the power supply is mounted internally. The black front and aluminum chassis gives it a very sleek and professional look. You’ll immediately get the impression that it’s worth quite a lot of money – and unfortunately you’d be right....

However the use of dual controllers doesn’t increase the bandwidth available to the GPU through the Thunderbolt 3 cable, whether the USB ports are utilized or not. The GPU is still limited to PCIe 3.0 x4, a 32 Gb/s protocol, and then further reduced by Thunderbolt 3’s overhead and limitations to around 20 to 22 Gb/s. In my testing, there was no real-world difference in GPU bandwidth or performance between the dual-controller Core V2 and what I believe is the single-controller Aorus Gaming Box, even while performing a file copy from an SSD attached to the eGPU....

Razer is calling the Book 13 an “ultrabook productivity laptop,” also earning Intel’s EVO certification. That’s a continuation of the Project Athena initiative to help standardize the ultrabook market. The requirements include an 11th-gen Intel CPU, Wi-Fi 6, 9+ hours of battery life, fast wake times, and Thunderbolt 4. The specific build I’ll be checking out today retails for $1,600 and has these specs: Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU (4C/8T) Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics 13....

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple shell companies recently filled out trademark applications in the US, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay for names including Reality Processor, Reality One and Reality Pro. Apple has historically relied on shell companies and law firms to help maintain its veil of secrecy over products that have not been announced. The company in question, Immersive Health Solutions LLC, was reportedly incorporated in February, and was registered by another shell corporation called Corporation Trust Co....

It’s common for Motorola to announce new phones during the Mobile World Congress, but it seems that the company decided to change things up. Although we are still a few weeks from the conference, Motorola has revealed to the public the new Moto G Stylus 2022. The handset is available in metallic rose and blue and shares many visual aspects with 2021’s model. It has identical dimensions, weighs a bit more, and the buttons and fingerprint reader are in the same areas....

Considering it’s a mid-range to high-end graphics card, the R9 280X will likely find its way into mid-towers. The majority of these cases require you to sacrifice storage space to fit graphics cards longer than 300mm. The NZXT H440, for example, will only accept the HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X² Turbo or Sapphire Vapor-X Tri-X OC R9 280X if a hard drive cage is removed. The Gigabyte, Asus and MSI cards are all 280 to 290mm long whereas HIS and Sapphire’s measure about 310mm....

In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo cited Ukrainians who found semiconductors from dishwashers and refrigerators in Russian tanks. Ukrainian officials say these are substitutes for components Russian manufacturers can’t get due to international sanctions. Raimondo said US technology exports to Russia have sunk by almost 70 percent since Russia started its invasion in late February. Moreover, spokesperson from the US Commerce department Robyn Patterson said US component shipments to Russia have fallen by 85 percent in the last year....

I’ll get to actual gaming in a moment, but first I wanted to take a look at 3DMark. And I’m jumping right in the deep end here by looking at Time Spy, the most intensive 3DMark workload that’s clearly way too intensive to run sensibly on a laptop. However it does give some interesting insights, particularly as this test is entirely GPU limited. Here the Ryzen 5 2500U is just over twice as fast as the Core i7-8550U when viewing the overall score, and this improves to a 2....

Sharing similarities with the Galaxy S4 in design and hardware, the Galaxy Note 3 is impressive in many aspects. Depending on what model you choose you’ll be treated to a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or Samsung Exynos 5 Octa SoC, a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, removable storage, a 13-megapixel camera and the ever-useful S-Pen. TouchWiz is also included on the Note, but that’s a story for later in the review....

During my time using both the Exynos and Snapdragon Galaxy Note 3 variants, the battery life I experienced was very good. Despite the sizable 5.7-inch AMOLED display, in general usage I was usually left with around half the juice remaining in the battery after a day’s usage. Especially on Wi-Fi, both models appear to be very power efficient; I could reasonably expect to browse web pages for 10 hours on Wi-Fi, which would be a fantastic result....

The display in the Note 4 is a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED with a resolution of 2560 x 1440, which equates to a pixel density of 515 ppi. This is a 32% increase in pixel density, and a 78% increase in total pixel count, which is going to correspondingly taxing on the SoCs that I’ll discuss later in this review. As we’re looking at an AMOLED panel, it’s utilizing a non-RGB stripe subpixel matrix (in this case PenTile) to achieve this pixel density, though I’d be amazed if you could tell the difference without using a microscope....

This shouldn’t be an issue for anyone, as the S4 processor performs just as well in the Galaxy S III as it does in other devices we have reviewed this year. Samsung has paired the processor with 2GB of RAM, making the S III the first smartphone in the U.S. with more than 1GB of RAM. This combination produces a speedy experience without any lag or stuttering from the phone, even when performing intensive tasks like 3D gaming....

The first thing that struck me about the Galaxy S6’s software when I turned the device on for the first time is how polished it looks and feels. Previous versions of TouchWiz looked like they were designed by committee, but with the latest edition on the S6, it finally feels like every part of Samsung’s skin shares the same design philosophy. I wouldn’t say that TouchWiz is the best looking skin I’ve seen - I still can’t go past stock Android with no skin at all - but Samsung has finally designed something that could be described as “attractive”....

The S7 Edge supports fast wired and wireless charging on both the Snapdragon and Exynos models. Wireless charging supports both the Qi (WPC) and PMA standards, so it should work with a wide range of existing charging solutions. The Edge should also be compatible with most wired chargers as it uses micro-USB rather than USB Type-C. With the power efficiency improvements in the Exynos 8890 as well as the larger battery, the S7 Edge has fantastic battery life....

In the manual (Pro) mode, you have full control over shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus. There’s also the ability to change the general tone of images to a collection of standard filters, such as vivid or soft, and there are settings for auto-focus mode (multi or center) and metering mode (center, matrix, or spot). You can even save RAW images from within Pro mode for greater control while editing....

The Exynos 8895 is an evolutionary step on the Exynos 8890, which was seen in both the Galaxy S7 series and the Galaxy Note 7 in some regions. The Exynos 8890 was built on a 14nm process, but with the 8895, Samsung has shifted to a cutting-edge 10nm FinFET process, the same as used in the Snapdragon 835. Samsung claims this has led to up to 27 percent higher performance and 40 percent lower power consumption....

Update (01/06/22): A stadia spokesperson reached out to clarify whether the sets could deliver 4K streaming and it appears they can. “Stadia enables 4K streaming for Stadia Pro subscribers for devices that support 4K video, and that applies to Samsung’s Gaming Hub,” Stadia told us via email. “Of course, anyone interested in trying Stadia for the first time can claim a free month trial to Stadia Pro when they sign up on Stadia....

LG found its dominance in the OELD television market challenged in 2022 when Samsung released its first OLED model in years, the S95B QD-OLED, which addressed one of the display technology’s drawbacks by producing better brightness and color representation. At CES, the company has announced an updated version of the S95B QD-OLED that goes all the way up to 77 inches; its predecessor came in only 55- and 65-inch sizes....

The 960 Pro’s class-leading M.2 NVMe performance, excellent endurance ratings, and five-year warranty positioned it as the fastest consumer-grade SSD power users could hope to get their hands on. The only drawback to Samsung’s new series so far appears to be the price and while not outrageous by any means, a cost of $0.64/GB for the cheapest model is still expensive. Remedying this concern, Samsung has unleashed its more affordable 960 Evo series, which is also made in a smaller 250GB capacity....

The policy is within a broader set of regulations regarding the SFPD’s use of “military-style” weapons, including semi-automatic rifles, machine guns, and submachine guns. The new draft is in response to California passing AB 481, which requires all law enforcement agencies in the state to annually submit detailed reports regarding the use of their military arsenals, including robots. The reports must include complete inventories of all weapons that are not “standard-issue service weapons....