General Tech

MSI has launched its new Codex R 10th gaming desktops that are equipped with 10th Generation Intel Core processors and Nvidia graphics. Specific models also include the Clutch GM11 mouse and Vigor GK30 keyboard. Not everyone builds their own PCs, and MSI is catering for those looking for a prebuilt system …

We've been feeling the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak for weeks now, and in Southeast Asia this has led to slowdowns in the supply chain and a decrease in the production of notebooks. The decreased supply, combined with an increase in demand, is predicted to lead to a supply shortage …

The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought a huge amount of disruption to global markets, including the technology sector. During Q1 2020, global smartphone production fell 10% on a year-on-year basis and that is now set to be followed by an even greater drop of around 16% in Q2 2020. The …

AMD has already got a bit of a foothold in cloud gaming, as Microsoft's Project xCloud runs on AMD silicon, and Google Stadia is powered by AMD Radeon graphics. Now, AMD is also partnering with Oxide Games to further its efforts in the cloud gaming market. Oxide Games was founded …

Video Electronics Standards Association – or VESA for short – has announced the specifications of DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0, that enables all the latest capabilities of DisplayPort through a USB Type-C connector, including “beyond-8K resolution and higher refresh rates, along with USB data delivery”. On April 29 VESA announced that it has released …

RetroPie allows users to turn their single board computer into a retro-gaming machine – with the software supporting most SBCs except Raspberry Pi 4. Until now, that is, as RetroPie has announced that RetroPie 4.6 will launch with support for Raspberry Pi 4. It's difficult to deny the success of …

On April 28, AMD reported its First Quarter 2020 Financial Results. The message was clear: AMD's revenue is enjoying healthy growth. The company also announced that its Research & Development budget is up 18% year-on-year. AMD's reports starts with the following overview: “Revenue grows 40 percent year-over-year; Gross margin expands …

Little to nothing is known about the announcement that GIGABYTE is planning to make on April 30 at 6pm BST. The only thing that is known – except the time – is that AORUS Direct will announce updates to AORUS products on its YouTube channel. Over on the AORUS‘ website, there is …

We regularly run polls over on the KitGuru front page in order to gauge what hardware/software our readers are using or have a preference for. Recently, we ran a poll asking which anti-virus you are currently using, and we have compared the results to 2013, when we ran the same …

HardKernel has released new version of its ODROID single board computers – the ODRIOD-C4. This computer is sold for $50 and with its 2 GHz CPU and 4 GB RAM it's a serious contender to the popular Raspberry Pi 4.  The main CPU of the ODROID-C4 is built with a quad-core …

TSMC is expected to start volume production of its 5nm process nodes later this year, and to follow that up with 3nm during 2022. Now the hunt for ever smaller node sizes continues as TSMC is reported to have started R&D for its 2nm process nodes. The reports come from …

Just over one year ago, Nvidia began making its biggest acquisition in the company's history, reaching "a definitive agreement" to acquire Mellanox for roughly $7 billion. Big acquisitions don't happen quickly though, with the deal finally completing this month...

Turing Machines Inc has launched the Turing Pi, a mini-ITX motherboard that allows users to create a server rack of up to seven Raspberry Pi compute modules. Turing Pi supports Kubernetes software ecosystem, machine learning and serverless stacks. Turing Pi works with any amount of nodes, which means that the user can …

If you are in the need of a GPU upgrade, then there are some pretty good deals going on this week. Not only are there GeForce RTX 20 series and GTX 16 series graphics cards on sale, but there are also a couple of discounts on AMD's Radeon RX 5700 …

The Federal Communications Commission announced that WiFi 6E was in the works earlier in April of this year. Now the vote has come through and WiFi 6E is official, offering up the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use in America. Earlier this month the FFC said that it had plans …

OWC has unveiled its Thunderbay 8 storage solution that offers up to 128 TB storage and uses Thunderbolt 3 to reach speeds of up to 2586 MB/s. Those who are in dire need of even more storage can daisy-chain up to six units together for up to 768 TB of storage …

The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a deep impact on the world market – resulting in Microsoft services seeing a 775% increase in demand in the wake of COVID-19. Alibaba is now demonstrating that it is willing to adapt its investments accordingly, as it plans a new $28/£22.5 billion investment in cloud services. …

Raspberry Pi is reported to have sold 640,000 units in March – making it the company's second best month since it began selling the devices. Many people have new-found time on their hands and are searching for projects to occupy themselves with. That's where Raspberry Pi enters the picture. The …

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Samsung is claiming an industry first this week by achieving the fastest speed over 5G in a laboratory demonstration combining 800MHz mmWave Spectrum with MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology, running on Samsung’s 5G mmWave Access Unit. Samsung engineers demonstrated the new 5G speed using two test mobile devices that achieved …

Quantum computers are very cool, in the literal sense of the word. Most quantum computers can only operate at temperatures close to absolute zero, or −273.15 °C. Now researchers in Australia report that they have found a workaround to make quantum computers work in slightly less extreme temperatures. The new discovery …

Intel is back on top of the semiconductor market as the company with the highest revenue for 2019 – after ranking second behind Samsung in both 2017 and 2018. The main factor behind this change is said to be a decreased demand for DRAM, which has hit Intel's competition hard. …

There's already a long list of chip makers in the tech industry, including Qualcomm, Apple, AMD, Intel, Nvidia and Samsung to just mention few examples. Now it looks like one more name could be added to the list – Google.  According to reports from Axios, Google has made “significant progress toward …

In mid-2019 it was announced that Toshiba was planning to rebrand itself as “Kioxia”, and in October last year the change became official. Now the company has announced the launch of ‘KIOXIA' branded consumer products, including “microSD/SD memory cards, USB memory and SSDs”. Kioxia branded products have already hit the business-to-business market, but …

Diamond Multimedia, a supplier of graphics adapters and other hardware, has launched its Diamond VS300M kit which allows wireless HDMI signal transmission and can work with ranges up to 150 feet. The Diamond VS300M wireless HDMI kit is shipped with one transmitter unit and one receiver unit – additional receivers are …

Razer is looking to help out during the coronavirus pandemic with a $50 million fund to support businesses impacted by the economic downturn. That $50 million fund will be deployed throughout 2020 with three main support arms. Razer Co-Founder and CEO, Min-Liang Tan, commented that there are “many growing implications …

Folding@Home continues to make headlines around the world about its rapid progress. In mid-March, it was reported that the university project from Stanford was faster than the 7 fastest supercomputers in the world combined. A week later Folding@Home reached one exaFLOP of computing power. Now the project is closing in on 2.5 exaFLOPS …

Apple is forging ahead with plans for its 2020 iPhone lineup, which will reportedly come with a redesign, taking inspiration from the iPad Pro. Currently, the iPad Pro ships with a flat-edge design and later this year, it looks like next iPhone Pro will as well.  According to Bloomberg, there …

Usually demand and sales go hand in hand. However, our current situation is somewhat unusual. The PC market has seen a surge in demand – as a result of people being restricted to their home, having to study and work remotely. But because of lockdown measures, goods shipments have been …

Since shifting away from becoming a games launcher, Discord has been doubling down on becoming a better VOIP and chat app. One new feature just launched on the desktop version of Discord this week, an AI-based background noise suppressor to make voice chats clearer.  The feature is developed in partnership …