Samsung’s Galaxy S22 phone lineup launched to generally positive reviews, with a familiar design, improved internals, and a gorgeous display being the highlights. However, the software side of things has always been a bit of a mixed bag on Galaxy phones, and this time is likely no different. According to several reports, the Korean giant may have been limiting the performance of a large number of apps on some Galaxy phones....

Samsung introduced its first foldable smartphone in 2019 after years of researching how to create something new that deviated from the flat, rectangular design we have become accustomed to. Foldables didn’t make much of a splash out of the gate. Early examples were ripe with durability concerns, especially in the flexible display category. Worse yet, they hadn’t really established a reason to exist. By that, I mean they didn’t really solve a problem or meet a need....

This time testing with AS SSD Benchmark we again find very strong sequential read performance from the new 960 Evo series as the 500GB model pushes as high as 2.6GB/s. This made it just a fraction slower than the 960 Pro and consequently 5x faster than the best SATA SSDs. The 960 Evo 500GB might have been 19% slower than the 960 Pro for the sequential write test but it was still faster than everything else tested....

Sega announced that it is releasing the Genesis 2 Mini for US customers this fall. Previously, the company announced the Mega Drive 2 Mini in early June, but only in Japan and with a vague “fall” release date. Now it seems both versions will launch on October 27. But only in Japan. Wait. What? On the bright side, Team Sega based the updated mini on the Genesis Model 2, so it will have more power and games....

As always, we started by picking the hardware: the Intel Core i7 2600K CPU, Prolimatech Genesis cooler, dual AMD Radeon HD 6970 GPUs, 8GB OCZ RAM, Asrock P67 Extreme6 motherboard, two 750GB Samsung HDDs, a single Intel SSD 320 300GB, and an OCZ ZX 1250w PSU. The Raven 3 supports Extended ATX motherboards up to 13" whereas the Raven 2 Evolution was limited to standard ATX boards. The case comes with standard mounting screws that you must install for your motherboard....

Granted all this hardware is getting old now but the Phenom II X6 1100T and Inno3D GeForce GTX 580 certainly pump out a lot of heat which makes them useful for such a test. The Silverstone RVX01 kept the CPU cool at 69 degrees which is only a few degrees higher than the best result we have recorded using the FT05. This placed the RVX01 on par with the In Win D-Frame and made it slightly better than the Cooler Master HAF X and BeQuiet!...

Keep in mind that we used the highest visual quality settings with 4xAA enabled, so lowering this would no doubt exaggerate the results even further. Surprisingly, even with a powerful Core i7 processor we saw a significant reduction in performance at 1680x1050 when dropping the processor’s operating frequency below 3.0GHz. At 2.30GHz we were seeing just 36fps opposed to the 48fps at 3.71GHz. At 1920x1200 the performance trends remain the same, though the margins have been reduced ever so slightly....

Like its word-based cousin, Heardle gives players a limited number of attempts to guess a song – six in total – before they’ll be locked out of guessing for the day. If you’re completely stumped, you can choose to skip ahead a bit in the tune, though this occupies one of your guessing slots. It’s an addictive formula, and after trying it briefly myself (and winning), I’m already anxiously waiting for tomorrow’s Heardle....

Most games from major publishers don’t get development budgets anywhere close to half a billion dollars. Star Citizen — an indie game by some definitions of the term — recently blew past that number from crowdfunding. Furthermore, developer CIG raised $100 million of that money since last November, indicating investment in the game hasn’t slowed down. Initially conceived as a spiritual successor to Chris Roberts’ classic Wing Commander series, Star Citizen and its single-player component Squadron 42 seek to let players explore entire planets and solar systems seamlessly....

Version 4.2 brings many improvements over 4.1. For example, LUN snapshot and clone support now exist. The former lets you backup and restore multiple versions of LUNs on the DiskStation with minimal impact on performance, while the latter enables virtual copies of data to be replicated so you can create identical deployments in different environments or clone an existing LUN snapshot into a new LUN. The storage manager has been upgraded to include Global Hot Spare Disks, which means hard drives can be designated as hot spare disks to repair degraded volumes, Disk Groups and iSCSI LUNs by automatically replacing a failed disk....

Motherboard, Processor, Memory Given Haswell’s impressive performance and the fact that its platform is still brand new, it’s hard to recommend investing in anything else – including AMD’s Bulldozer chips. If you plan to overclock heavily, need support for three or more graphics cards, or want support for Intel’s SSD caching technology, we suggest upgrading to the i5-4690K and the motherboard in our Enthusiast’s PC. Asrock has become one of our favourite board makers over the last few years, offering feature-packed products at reasonable prices that cover every budget....

After receiving complaints from hundreds of workers, the DFEH “found evidence that Tesla’s Fremont factory is a racially segregated workplace where Black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline, pay, and promotion creating a hostile work environment,” said Kevin Kish, the agency’s director. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Black workers were assigned to more physically demanding roles, subject to more severe disciplinaries, and were passed over for professional opportunities at the Fremont factory....

Although it’s one of the pricier Z77 motherboards at $250, we think the Z77X-UP5 TH’s price is justified considering its rich feature set. The Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H-WB was featured in our Z77 roundup this year and it was our favorite board at $210 thanks to its wealth of features, so we hope to find the same this time. The Z77X-UP5 TH features a mass of onboard SATA, eSATA, Firewire, and USB 3....

On the other hand, a collection of games we were excited to play ended up being major disappointments. Mafia III and No Man’s Sky are prime examples, though even titles like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided received mixed reception among fans of the series. Hopefully the games we’re most excited to play in 2017 will meet the hype surrounding their release. Mass Effect Andromeda Perhaps the most hotly anticipated game of 2017 on PC, as well as consoles, is Mass Effect Andromeda....

If you have limited desk space but still want a large display, an all-in-one PC with internals built into the monitor may be a good option for you. If you already have a monitor or want to be able to upgrade it without replacing the whole computer, or if you want to use the same computer with several monitors around your house or office, a mini PC may be what you need....

Our extended number of picks now covers several categories, including best overall, AMD-specific models, and budget machines based on GPU, meaning there are plenty of new entries alongside updated versions of previous winners… Best Overall Razer Blade 15 | Asus Zephyrus G15 Price: $2,299 Best Value Gaming Laptop MSI Katana GF66 Price: $1,136 Best Budget Buys HP Victus 15 | Acer Nitro 5 | Asus TUF Gaming A15 Price: $829 Best AMD-Powered Laptop Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Price: $1,599 Best Ultra-Thin Laptop Alienware x14 Price: $2,199 Best Desktop Replacement Razer Blade 17 Price: $2,699...

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti averaged 53fps at 1680x1050 when testing with Call of Duty Black Ops II, making it 20% faster than the Radeon HD 7770 and 47% faster than the 7750, and yet it was still 17% slower than the old Radeon HD 6870. The 1920x1200 resolution saw the GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7970 average 98fps, making them just 5% slower than the 7970 GHz Edition....

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti averaged 45fps at 1680x1050 which made it 5% faster than the Radeon HD 6870, 29% faster than the 7770 and 55% faster than the 7750. Testing Just Cause 2 at 1920x1200 saw the GeForce GTX 680 average 70fps, which meant that it was 3% faster than the Radeon HD 7970 and 5% slower than the 7970 GHz Edition. The GeForce GTX 670 on the other hand averaged 67fps, making it 18% faster than the Radeon HD 7950 and 8% faster than the 7950 Boost....

Like PCs and other tech products as of late, tablets have seen a resurgence and demand’s been reaching new record levels. Not only are tablets more powerful today, but the displays are better, and we can enjoy features on mainstream models previously reserved for more expensive flagships. The only question is, what is a tablet? The inclusion of a touchscreen and the ability to work without a physical keyboard attached seem to provide a pretty good definition....