The Exynos 7 Octa 7420 is reasonably similar to the Exynos 7 Octa 5433 that was used in the Exynos Galaxy Note 4. Samsung is still using an ARM big.LITTLE design with heterogeneous multi-processing, and the CPU cores used are still of the same type. This means we’re seeing four ‘big’ ARM Cortex-A57 cores for high performance tasks, alongside four ‘LITTLE’ ARM Cortex-A53 cores for low-power tasks. Compared to the Exynos 5433, Samsung has raised CPU clock speeds across the board....

As an Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is quite unlike Android smartphones when it comes to the user interface. While I think Google’s Honeycomb user interface is good from a 10,000 foot view, I don’t like many of the more specific aspects of it. I had really expected to see some of Samsung’s TouchWiz customizations on the Tab 10.1, since we saw them at CTIA this year, but none are to be found....

First, the spec sheet: the Samsung Odyssey G7 sports a 2560 x 1440 resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, VA panel, 1000R curvature and even some DisplayHDR 600 functionality. No doubt part of the anticipation comes from this next generation Samsung VA panel that can handle a 240Hz refresh rate. We’ve tested the 32-inch variant of the Odyssey G7 which sells for $800, slotting in the high end of the 1400p gaming segment....

Companies often give their products one final sales push before the latest versions arrive, much like AMD is doing with its Raise The Game bundle. It appears that Samsung is taking this action with the Galaxy Z Fold 3. Samsung has been offering trade-in discounts on the foldable, which still starts at $1,800, for a while now, but it recently increased the amount you can get for your old device up to $1,200....

Samsung’s SM951 provided 7% more throughput than the SSD 750 Series 1.2TB in PCMark 8’s storage bandwidth test. The SM951 matched the SSD 750 Series’ 131 seconds in PCMark 8’s Battlefield 3 test. Intel’s SSD 750 Series was slightly faster in the heavy Adobe Photoshop test, completing the workload in 1.5 seconds less time. The Microsoft Word test fails to show any difference in performance between most of the SSDs so the SM951 and SSD 750 Series both took 27....

There are also two 3-pin fan power connectors hooked up to a basic fan speed controller that lets you set the 180mm intake fans to low, medium or high. However, the fan controller is not powered, so each fan must still be plugged into the motherboard. The expansion card bay, motherboard I/O panel and power supply mounting bracket are all offset into the Fortress 5 so power and data cables have enough room to fit under the case lid where they will travel under a handle at the rear....

After that it was pretty much smooth sailing for the rest of the graphics cards. The Radeon HD 5770 averaged 68fps while adding a second card for Crossfire resulted in an average frame rate of 118fps with a minimum of 106fps. This made the Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire configuration slightly faster than a single Radeon HD 5870. High-end configurations were capped to 121fps while the minimum frame rates were also well above 100fps....

Redditor ascendance22 (via Tom’s Hardware) posted details about their purchased GTX 2080, which looks and performs almost identically to the RTX-branded version. The big visual difference is the lack of the 2080 logo and the “GEFORCE GTX” printed on the side. The eBay merchant offering these cards is selling them for $360. They were used for mining, so you might want to bear that in mind if you buy one for novelty value....

Sony has voiced its apprehensions over the Microsoft Activision deal to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), one of many competition regulators from across the globe scrutinizing the purchase for anti-competitive behavior. If Activision stopped releasing Call of Duty games for PlayStation, Sony doesn’t think it could replace the franchise with its own game. Microsoft’s agreement to buy Activision Blizzard – the biggest of its recent acquisitions – faces review from the American Federal Trade Commission, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, and over a dozen other regulators in countries like Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, South Korea, and Brazil....

We’ve made do with traditional manufacturing up to this point but as Space Forge co-founder Josh Western notes, Earth is a pretty bad place to create things. The planet’s dense atmosphere, consistent temperatures and gravity can be detrimental to the manufacturing process, but those concerns don’t exist in space. “Say you’re making an aluminum alloy,” said Andrew Bacon, another of the company’s co-founders. “On Earth if you’re mixing the metals together they will separate into two layers with the heavy lead below and the aluminum at the top....

At 1920x1200 using the ultra quality settings, anything faster than the old GeForce GTX 260 is a little pointless and that’s saying a lot in our opinion. For those better used to extreme resolutions, the newly released GeForce GTX 460 graphics card appears to be the ultimate weapon in StarCraft II. This card was able to match the GeForce GTX 480 and Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards even at 2560x1600....

When Stranger Things premiered on Netflix nearly six years ago, most of the core cast members were still kids. Fittingly, the show had more of a Goosebumps horror feel. “They’re not kids anymore — they really are full-blown teenagers,” co-creator Matt Duffer told Netflix Queue in a recent interview. This presented the Duffer brothers with a unique opportunity to lean even heavier into the horror genre. “We figured they should be in their own [version] of A Nightmare on Elm Street basically....

A recent analysis of millions of teleconferenced meetings suggests that remote workers increased their engagement with colleagues between 2020 and 2022, contrary to previous assumptions. The results have limitations but show that work-from-home interactions changed over time without decreasing frequency. Teleconferencing and collaboration analytics company Vyopta compared remote meetings during the six weeks from April to mid-May in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The company collected metadata from Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Webex conferences from 10 large global companies....

After the 45 days have passed, and if no other company presents a better deal, Zynga should end up under Take-Two’s wing. However, that will only happen during the first quarter of the publisher’s 2023 fiscal year, after stockholders approve the deal. The Board of Directors of both companies have already unanimously agreed on the terms of the acquisition. For Take-Two, Zynga will work as the gateway to mobile and social media gaming, allowing the publisher to bring some of its biggest franchises to more platforms....

The reason Intel’s solution is underwhelming stems from the company’s belief that it’s unwise to hang a kilogram of metal on your motherboard. We can agree with that sentiment in some situations – if you travel a lot, for instance – but we’re willing to bet that most LGA2011 users stay fairly well put with their system. Either way, we’re comfortable with scrapping the hot and noisy RTS2011AC for an aftermarket offering....

See our updated Best Storage Guide for 2022 Enthusiast and pro-level SSDs are reserved to non-volatile storage which carry a premium, but are certainly worth the money if you run applications that fully take advantage of the 2x performance bump. For everybody else, mainstream SSDs are affordable and speedy, offering good capacity and endurance. Our best storage picks are divided into six categories based on form factor and intended use as shown below....

Your ISP might try to sell you their router, but it’s almost a guarantee that it will be overpriced and will underperform. If you want a router that offers better throughput, range, and features, check out our top picks. Up until recently we weren’t recommending Wi-Fi 6 systems, but most products launching today support it, so we’re comfortable starting to recommend those systems. Best Wi-Fi Router for Most Asus RT-AX3000 (RT-AX58U) Price: $139 Best Mesh Wi-Fi System Netgear Orbi RBK50 Price: $150 Best for Enthusiasts / Gaming Asus RT-AX88U Price: $260 Best Budget Router Netgear R6700 Nighthawk AC1750 Price: $68...

Apple asserts that its transition from Intel’s x86 processors to its Arm-based CPUs has wielded better performance and lower power consumption in applications that run natively on it. Since then, users have waited for their favorite programs to release ports to Apple silicon. Google Drive started natively supporting Apple silicon with version 52.0 last October. Around the same time, Dropbox users started asking when that cloud storage program would bring out a native Apple silicon version, and the company told 9to5Mac that it was in testing but wouldn’t be available until 2022....

Through a combination of computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning, the tech can detect which items you’ve taken from the shelves and add them to your virtual cart. Upon exit, scan out with the same payment method you used to enter and your receipt will be sent to your e-mail inbox. Shoppers not interested in using JWO tech can pay for their items via traditional self-checkout lines, and don’t have to be Prime subscribers....

The first series of The Mandalorian was Disney Plus’ flagship—many people subscribed to the fledgling service to watch the show before canceling their subs once it finished. The company has put out plenty of other series based in the Star Wars universe since then, some well-received, such as the excellent Andor, and others that were less universally loved; the Book of Boba Fett definitely fell into that category. Yesterday saw the full Mandalorian season 3 trailer drop during the NFL Super Wild Card matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers....