2+ week, 2+ day ago (439+ words) Kunal Khullar is a contributing writer at Tom's Hardware." He is a long time technology journalist and reviewer specializing in PC components and peripherals, and welcomes any and every question around building a PC. After numerous delays, the Analogue 3D finally has a confirmed shipping date. The long-awaited reincarnation of the Nintendo 64 console will begin rolling out to customers on November 18. Formerly known as the Analogue 64, the ambitious remake was first teased in 2023 with an expected release in 2024. However, the company later postponed the shipment of its pre-orders to Q1 2025, followed by yet another delay, due to an unexpected increase in tariffs. Analogue's upcoming console is a 4K-ready version of the classic Nintendo 64, with support for VRR (variable refresh rate). Unlike most retro systems today, it does not rely on emulation. Rather, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) chip replicates the original…...

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1+ week, 3+ day ago (520+ words) TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 gear is discounted up to 36 percent ahead of Black Friday The Deco BE63 is a great mid-range, tri-brand Wi-Fi 7 mesh router that we reviewed earlier this year. I liked it so much that I bought a two-pack for my own house and connected the two wireless nodes via a CAT6e wired backhaul. The mesh system is capable of 574 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band, 4,324 Mbps on the 5 GHz band, and 5,188 Mbps on the 6 GHz band. The Deco BE63 is a mid-range, tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router with four 2.5 GbE ports, 10 Gbps of combined throughput, and coverage of 5,800 square feet. You can use Smart Connect, which uses a single SSID and selects the optimal band for your wireless client based on current conditions, or create a separate SSID for each band. There are also options to create MLO, Guest, and IoT networks, providing even more…...

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1+ week, 5+ day ago (425+ words) Attack from botnet hit Azure with over 3.6 million packets per-second Microsoft's Azure has mitigated the largest botnet attack in history, with over 500,000 devices used to send up to 15.72 terabits per second to a single cloud endpoint in Australia, which is roughly equivalent to 3.5 million Netflix movies streamed simultaneously per-second. In a blog post, Microsoft claims the Azure DDoS protection was able to detect the attack and filter the traffic so customers remained unaffected, but urged organizations to validate the security on any internet-facing devices to help prevent future attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks use botnets of infected systems and devices to send unprecedented quantities of traffic to particular sites and servers in order to overwhelm them. It's a brute-force method to bring down services that can be particularly effective if safeguards aren't in place. Over the past few…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (433+ words) SanDisk has created a new flash drive designed to be permanently integrated into your device, serving as a secondary storage solution. Finding methods to increase storage capacity, without going to the cloud, is becoming increasingly difficult as device manufacturers remove SD card readers from their devices and replace M.2 or SATA storage with embedded solutions that can't be upgraded. SanDisk has developed a new USB flash drive that is designed to permanently stay in your device. The new drive is available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB options starting at $26, with the 1TB flagship model going for $120 (though at the time of writing, the 512GB and 1TB variants are "temporarily" out of stock). The new drive is part of a handful of "Plug and Stay" thumb drives Sandisk has created. This latest iteration features an L-shaped form factor that keeps the drive as thin as possible when connected…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago (497+ words) No-frills monitor has just about everything you might want The Q27G42ZE comes in at a great price point, considering all of the features on offer, including G-Sync compatibility. When paired with a fast 240Hz refresh rate, it'll be worlds apart from the older monitors of yore, and you'll soon become aggravated at any panel that can't match the kind of fluidity. Equipped with an $80 saving off its list price, the Q27G42ZE fulfils a sweet spot for many avid PC gamers. 27 inches is a solid size for 1440p, meaning that your PC can focus on pushing out frames to saturate that 240Hz refresh rate, instead. You don't always need the most expensive panel to get a super-solid monitor, now that higher refresh rates have become commonplace, even in productivity monitors. So, at least spec-wise, the AOC Q27G42ZE appears to fit right into that sweet spot of price-to-performance…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (319+ words) AMD's FX series and Opteron CPUs based on Bulldozer and Piledriver are still being supported through a third-party on a handful of motherboards. Believe it or not, AMD processors based on Bulldozer and Piledriver are receiving firmware updates in 2025 through third-party open-source firmware developers. Providing these updates is an independent software project called 15h.org, which supports a handful of server and desktop boards. The project is developing firmware updates for these processors because they represent the final high-performance x86 CPUs that are not hamstrung by newer UEFI security features such as firmware signing. This makes these chips some of the newest CPUs that can be harnessed to build a fully open-source system, from the operating system all the way down to the firmware level. Phoronix reports that 15h.org uses existing AMD open-source firmware code to implement these updates. Back when Bulldozer…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago (562+ words) You could also hold out hope for a RAM component bundle deal, but most of those have included DDR4 so far. The MSI MAG 275UPD is a 27-inch gaming monitor with a 4K IPS panel. It supports Adaptive-Sync and includes HDMI 2.1 along with DisplayPort 1.4a connectivity. The Alienware AW3425DW is a 34-inch curved QD-OLED gaming monitor that offers excellent visuals with high-end performance. The panel offers a 34401440 resolution, 240 Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time, and support for both AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and G-Sync. The display also covers 99.3% DCI-P3 and hits 1000 nits peak brightness with VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification. Want more advice about display upgrades and monitor deal options that will make your existing gaming frames look better? Our monitor editor, Brandon Hill, has hand-picked a few of the best gaming monitor deal options he's seen so far for Black Friday, including a 49-inch monster at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (404+ words) Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he's not working, you'll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun. Armoury Crate SE, the all-in-one control panel Asus ships with its ROG Ally handhelds, is getting a significant update, adding an extensive list of features on all devices. This version brings general improvements to all models, along with more customization options such as integrating Radeon Chill into the FPS Limiter function, which was only accessible via AMD Adrenaline before. Most notably, users can now tweak power draw settings for efficiency and performance cores individually on the ROG Xbox Ally X. The aforementioned tweak is exclusive to the ROG Xbox…...