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Corsair RM750e ATX 3.1 PSU Review

 As mainstream power supplies continue to make their subtle shift to the ATX 3.1 standard, the pace of change is picking up. Already most vendors offer at least one ATX 3.1 unit in their lineups, and thanks to the relatively small set of changes that come with the revised standard, PSU vendors have largely been able to tweak their existing ATX 3.0 designs, allowing for them to quickly roll-out updated power supplies. This means that the inflection point for ATX 3.1 as a whole is quickly approaching, as more and more designs get their update and make their way out to retail shelves. Today we're looking at our first ATX 3.1-compliant PSU from Corsair, one of the industry's most prolific (and highest profile) power supply vendors. The company's revised RMe line of power supplies are aimed at the mainstream gaming market, which is perhaps not too surprising given how important ATX 3.1 support and safety are to video cards. The RM750e model we're looking at today is the sm

Here’s how you can get any iPhone 16 series device for free, no trade-in required

Apple The Apple iPhone 16 series isn't even out yet. While we don't expect to see any discounts soon, there are some ways to save on Apple's latest and greatest. Boost Mobile is giving you most iPhone 16 models for $0.01, so technically free, if you sign up for an Infinite Access for iPhone plan. You can save as much as $1,000, so any model that costs more than that will require a small monthly payment on the remainder of the balance. Save $1,000 on any Apple iPhone 16 series device with Boost Mobile We're linking to this deal on Amazon, for convenience, but you can also take advantage of this discount on Boost Mobile's website. It's important to know that in order to save $1,000, you must sign up for a 36-month financing plan, and you must also sign up for a $65 per month Infinite Access for iPhone plan. One really cool feature about this plan is that you can upgrade to the latest iPhone every 12 months! Apple iPhone 16 series free wit

Daily Deals (9-17-2024)

Disclosure: Some links on this page are monetized by the Skimlinks, Amazon, Rakuten Advertising, and eBay, affiliate programs, and Liliputing may earn a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on those links. All prices are subject to change, and this article only reflects the prices available at time of publication. Jabra may be pulling the plug on its earbuds and headsets for consumers, but the company just launched a new line of products in June that will be supported for at least a few more years. And while Jabra has found that it's difficult to turn a profit in this increasingly competitive space, the company has earned a reputation for making pretty good wireless audio products in recent years. So it's worth noting that Jabra is running a flash sale that ends today, allowing you to save 40% on any of the company's current-gen Jabra Elite or Jabra Talk-branded earbuds and headsets when you use the coupon FLASHSALE at checkout. Jabra 10 Elite Gen 2

Apple Intelligence Available in These Additional 7 Countries Next Year

Apple Intelligence will start rolling out to the public in U.S. English only when iOS 18.1 is released in October, but additional languages will be added over the next year. The features are compatible with any iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 model. Apple told publications including The Verge that Apple Intelligence will support the following previously-unannounced languages in 2025: English (India) English (Singapore) German Italian Korean Portuguese Vietnamese Apple previously announced that support for versions of English spoken in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. will be added in December, and that support for Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish will be added next year. iOS 18.1 is already available in beta for developers, and it includes Apple Intelligence features such as writing tools for proofreading text, notification summaries, suggested replies in the Messages app, the ability to record and transcribe phone calls, and a new "

Fractal Design's trendsetting North PC case hits an all-time low of $109 at Newegg

One of the most iconic PC case designs in recent years has hit our deals radar. The five-star award-winning Fractal Design North is currently available for $109.97 on Newegg, the lowest online price we have ever seen. The regular price is $139.99, so you save more than 20% with this offer on the Charcoal Black model with Walnut front slats. We reviewed the attractive Fractal Design North (in Chalk White and Oak) back in 2022, and it won the heart and mind of our expert for being easy on the eyes while ticking off the most enthusiastic features. Our only grumble concerns potential noise, which will always depend on your performance and cooling component choices. The Fractal Design North is a mid-tower design built for airflow. In addition to the apparent openings for air through the wooden front, there are meshed top and side panels—moreover, Fractal bundles two of its Aspect design 140mm ARGB PWM fans to get you started. On the topic of cooling, there is plenty of room for more ca

Garmin has a new off-the-grid gadget for texting photos and audio

TL;DR Garmin has just launched the brand new inReach Messenger Plus, a satellite-connected device designed to keep users connected in places with no cell service. This is the first inReach device that allows for sending text messages along with both photo and audio messages. It also has the tracking and mapping capabilities of the original inReach Messenger. When you’re going out on an adventure in the wilderness, staying connected with the outside world can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. Garmin’s satellite-connected devices in the inReach family are designed to keep you safe and, most importantly, keep your loved ones at ease while you are out in the wild. Now, the inReach family has a new member: the Garmin inReach Messenger Plus. As its name suggests, the inReach Messenger Plus is an upgraded version of the inReach Messenger ( $299.99 at Garmin ), which launched in 2022. Both devices connect to the Iridium satellite network, allowing you to communicat

Lexar’s SD 8.0 card support speeds up to 1700 MB/s, but there’s nothing to use it with

Lexar has introduced a new SD card with theoretical read speeds up to 1,700 MB/s and write speeds as high as 1,000 MB/s. But the word "theoretical" is doing a lot in that sentence, because right now there are no compatible devices on the market that will let you use the card at those speeds… and there might never be. The new Lexar Profesional GOLD Pro SXDC Express Card is the first memory card to make use of the new SD 8.0 standard, formerly known as SD Express. By adding a single-lane PCIe interface, the card should bring support for blazing fast data transfer speeds. But there are currently no cameras, laptops, card readers, or other devices that support SD 8. Lexar Professional GOLD PRO SDXC Express Card The good news is SD 8.0 cards are backward compatible, which means you can still use the card with devices that support other SD card standards. The bad news is that they're only backward compatible to UHS-I speeds which means that write speeds are capped at 30M

iOS 18 Passwords App: All the New Features

With iOS 18, Apple introduced a standalone Passwords app that streamlines login and password management. You've been able to store password information on your Apple devices through iCloud Keychain for years, but accessing passwords was a little difficult because the data was tucked away in the Settings app. That's no longer the case, and in ‌iOS 18‌, it's much simpler to create and manage passwords for websites and more. This guide goes over everything you need to know about the ‌iOS 18‌ Passwords app, which is also available in iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia 15 . Layout The Passwords app is installed automatically when upgrading to ‌iOS 18‌, ‌iPadOS 18‌, or ‌macOS Sequoia‌. The app has a simple layout with a search bar right at the top, so you can look up the information that you're looking for. If you've already used the ‌iCloud‌ Keychain feature, all of your saved logins and passwords are ready to go as soon as you authenticate with Face ID or Touch

How to enable RCS messaging on iPhone to text Android users

Rich Communication Services (RCS) was introduced as a successor to traditional SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), promising a modern, feature-rich messaging experience that can rival popular apps like iMessage, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Apple resisted jumping on the RCS bandwagon for the longest time, but after a lot of pressure from industry peers and users, RCS messaging is now part of the new iOS 18 update. The change marks a significant shift in how cross-platform communication is handled on Apple devices. In this article, we’ll dive into RCS messaging, its benefits, and how iPhone users can enable and use it with the iOS 18 update. QUICK ANSWER You can enable RCS messaging on iPhones running iOS 18 or later. Once you install iOS 18 on your phone, you'll need to enable RCS in your messaging settings. You'll also have to check if your carrier supports the RCS protocol or not. JUMP TO KEY SECTIONS What is RCS Messaging? RCS was design

Seagate Game Drive External SSD (2TB) review: Speedy, but expensive

How much are you willing to pay for external storage that matches the look of your PS5? Seagate hopes the answer is $129.99 for a 1TB SSD and $219.99 for 2TB, which is roughly twice the price of similarly-performing alternatives. The Seagate Game Drive External SSD sports a white and black exterior and Playstation logo that at least partially accounts for the drive's high price. It's also one of the faster 10Gbps drives we've tested in our PC-based benchmarks. But Sony only allows external storage to be used for running older PS4 games and backing up PS5 titles , so it's unclear how much speed really matters. If you're mostly using this drive for backups and so you don't have to re-download games that you move off of your internal drive, you can just start the process when you're done with a gaming session and walk away until the next time you want to game. Seagate tries to sweeten the deal with this drive by including a two-week trial of PlayStation Plus

Save $80 on the Anker SOLIX 522 Portable Power Station for the next 9 hours

This deal is available from Best Buy, and it is part of the retailer's Deal of the Day offers. This means you can only take advantage of this sale today, until 10 PM Pacific. Weekend adventurers and more demanding techies won't make do with a regular battery pack. These types of users will need something like the Anker SOLIX 522 Portable Power Station. It is much larger, but it also has a significantly larger 299Wh battery. This can charge the average phone about 20 times, or juice up a usual laptop about five times. It can also juice up your devices pretty quickly. The unit maxes out at 600W. And you'll get access to a nice variety of ports, including two AC outlets, two USB-C ports, a single USB-A connection, and a car socket. Charging aside, there are some really cool features here, too. For starters, it has a built-in light for, which can light up dark environments. It will also be convenient to keep an eye on the battery and charging status

Milk-V DuoModule 01 Evaluation Board is a $42 single-board PC with RISC-V and ARM CPU cores

The Milk-V DuoModule 01 is a tiny computer-on-a-module that features integrated eMMC storage, support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4, and a Sophgo SG2000 processor featuring a single ARM Cortex-A53 CPU core and two XuanTie C906 RISC-V cores, as well as a microcontroller and neural processing unit. But the module itself isn't much use unless it's connected to a board that provides power, ports, and other functionality. That's where the Milk-V DuoModule 01 Evaluation Board comes in. Available now for $42, the board is a fully functional single-board PC with the DuoModule 01 at its heart. The SG2000 chip itself features 512MB of DDR3 memory, WiFi and Bluetooth, 1 GHz and 700 MHz RISC-V cores, and a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 processor core as well as an 8-bit 8051 6KB microcontroller and an NPU with up to 0.5 TOPS of AI performance. Note that you can't use the RISC-V and ARM cores at the same time: the chip allows you to select one set of CPU cores to use at a time befor

First iPhone 16 Pro Unboxing Video Shared Online

The first iPhone 16 Pro unboxing video has been shared on Weibo (via Majin Bu), revealing Apple's new packaging design for its latest flagship smartphone. With Apple keen to promote its environmental sustainability credentials, there hasn't been much to the unboxing experience with recent iPhone models, and that looks to be the case even more so this year. Assuming the packaging isn't region specific, Apple appears to have done away with the little booklet containing SIM card and other basic instructions. Also, like the iPad Pro and iPad Air models that were unveiled earlier this year, there are no Apple stickers included in the box. All you get is the iPhone 16 and a braided USB-C cable. It's not too surprising – Apple previously announced that it aimed to achieve plastic-free packaging by 2025. iPhone 16 Pro models have several new features, including larger 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays with thinner bezels, longer battery life, a new Camera Control button

Here’s how you can get any iPhone 16 series device for free, no trade-in required

The Apple iPhone 16 series isn’t even out yet. While we don’t expect to see any discounts soon, there are some ways to save on Apple’s latest and greatest. Boost Mobile is giving you most iPhone 16 models for $0.01, so technically free, if you sign up for an Infinite Access for iPhone plan. You can save as much as $1,000, so any model that costs more than that will require a small monthly payment on the remainder of the balance. Save $1,000 on any Apple iPhone 16 series device with Boost Mobile We’re linking to this deal on Amazon, for convenience, but you can also take advantage of this discount on Boost Mobile’s website . It’s important to know that in order to save $1,000, you must sign up for a 36-month financing plan, and you must also sign up for a $65 per month Infinite Access for iPhone plan. One really cool feature about this plan is that you can upgrade to the latest iPhone every 12 months! Apple iPhone 16 series free with Boost Mobile Infinite Access plan Apple iPhon

Save $80 on the Anker SOLIX 522 Portable Power Station for the next 9 hours

This deal is available from Best Buy, and it is part of the retailer’s Deal of the Day offers. This means you can only take advantage of this sale today, until 10 PM Pacific. Weekend adventurers and more demanding techies won’t make do with a regular battery pack. These types of users will need something like the Anker SOLIX 522 Portable Power Station. It is much larger, but it also has a significantly larger 299Wh battery. This can charge the average phone about 20 times, or juice up a usual laptop about five times. It can also juice up your devices pretty quickly. The unit maxes out at 600W. And you’ll get access to a nice variety of ports, including two AC outlets, two USB-C ports, a single USB-A connection, and a car socket. Charging aside, there are some really cool features here, too. For starters, it has a built-in light for, which can light up dark environments. It will also be convenient to keep an eye on the battery and charging status using the integrated screen. Not to

Alibaba cloud servers being 'carefully dried' after firefighter drenching last week

In a status update on Monday, Alibaba Cloud services said it was still gradually restoring access to servers and data affected by an explosion and fire last week. Specifically, servers were being "carefully dried" after sprinklers, and firefighters drenched them to quench a fire. We hope that works well, as unintentional liquid cooling can harm electronics. Alibaba Cloud monitoring first flagged "network access anomalies" at its Zone C Singapore facilities last Tuesday, September 10. It quickly became aware of a fire in progress and updated customers to reassure them that firefighters were on the scene to quench the reported lithium battery explosion and fire. It seems to have taken just 30 minutes for Alibaba to switch its cloud network and security products to use data centers elsewhere. However, it asked customers who had control over such things to migrate their production workloads ASAP. Several hours later, on the day of the explosion and subsequent fire, Al