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Noctua NH-D15 G2 chromax.black Review (Page 1 of 4)

Have you ever met anyone whose mouth writes checks their abilities cannot cash? I know a guy who thinks he is the best at everything, but in reality is good at basically nothing. For example, he claims he is the best player in a recreational sports league. When he lost the tournament, he loudly proclaimed the only reason why he lost was because nobody could keep up with his pace. Another time, in a group project discussion, he kept shutting down...

Netflix Drops Bid to Acquire Warner Bros., Paramount Set to Take Over

From PC Mag: Netflix has announced it will not raise its offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. The decision clears the way for David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance, whose bid has been deemed superior by WBD’s board, to take over the entire company.

“We've always been disciplined, and at the...

Nvidia GPU shortages are here again

From PC World: Nvidia has some more bad news for PC gamers: GPU shortages are here again.

Nvidia warned that supply constraints would be a “headwind” in its fourth-quarter 2026 earnings call, though the company didn’t specifically say whether its GPUs or the associated memory would be tight. It...

Instagram Will Alert Parents if Teens Repeatedly Search for Self-Harm and Suicide Terms

From CNET: Instagram will soon alert some parents if their teen repeatedly tries to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period. Instagram owner Meta said on Thursday that it's rolling out the new notifications to parents in the US, UK, Australia and Canada, with other...

New York Sues Valve Over Loot Boxes, Calls Them Illegal Gambling

From PC Mag: Valve, the maker of Steam and many of PC gaming’s most popular titles, is being sued by New York for its use of loot boxes. New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the lawsuit, claiming that loot box systems enable gambling habits and are particularly harmful for younger people...

Microsoft walks back its threat to older printers

From PC World: Microsoft has walked back a controversial change to its feature roadmap that would have put millions of older printers at risk.

Earlier this month, Microsoft’s feature roadmap page had indicated that older “V3” and “V4” printer drivers would be deprecated, or ended. If a user’s...

ADT Acquires AI Company for Sensing People and Activity in Your Home

From CNET: ADT on Tuesday announced an interesting new acquisition for anyone looking to the future of home security -- and it's no surprise AI is a part of the story. In a $170 million deal, ADT has purchased Origin AI, which specializes in people detection in spaces like the inside of your home...

Apple May Launch Touch-Screen MacBook With Dynamic Island Later This Year

From PC Mag: We have been hearing about Apple’s plans to launch a touch-screen Mac for quite a few years, and this week, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman provided fresh details on how the rumored device is shaping up.

According to Gurman, Apple will revamp the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with touch...

Microsoft adds setting to disable AI sharing in Windows 11 taskbar

From PC World: Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 feature that allows AI assistants to access app windows in the taskbar.

The feature—called “Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant”—allows you to share a specific window with, for example, Copilot without manually starting a...

Meta and AMD's Multibillion-Dollar Deal Is All About the AI Chips

From CNET: Meta is joining OpenAI as one of the major tech companies to take a stake in chipmaker AMD, as part of an AI hardware buying frenzy. Meta and AMD on Tuesday announced a partnership that will involve CEO Mark Zuckerberg's tech giant buying billions of dollars' worth of AMD Instinct GPUs in...