Month: May 2025
The Epson QL7000 is by far the brightest projector I’ve tested – but how bright do 4K projectors need to be?
I recently had the opportunity to review the flagship model in the Epson’s new ‘Premium Residential’ Q Series of projectors, the QL7000. I had plenty to say in my Epson QL7000 review, but the highlight was undoubtedly its unmatched brightness. You see, projectors generally provide low brightness compared to the…
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Framework Laptop 13 (2025) with AMD Ryzen AI 300 review: The usual iterative upgrade
You might know the story by now: Framework makes repairable, modular laptops where you can sub in new components for old or broken ones. It’s been two years since the company debuted an AMD mainboard for the Laptop 13 and so it’s time for the first replacement to arrive. The…
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As I predicted, Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will incur a ‘motherboard tax’ – it suffers a significant performance loss using PCIe 4.0
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GPU suffers up to 10% performance loss using PCIe 4.0 This comes after speculation that its PCIe 5.0 x8 specification and 8GB VRAM capacity would be a downside It means gamers will have to buy a PCIe 5.0 motherboard for better performance using the GPU…
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Sonos and Ikea are ending their partnership
After several years, the collaboration between Sonos and Ikea on “Symfonisk” products like lamp speakers, bookshelf speakers, and even picture frame speakers has reached its conclusion. Sonos confirmed to The Verge on Tuesday that current inventory of the Symfonisk lineup is being phased out globally at all Ikea locations and…
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Best of both worlds: How Recteq designed a pellet grill for gas grillers
Recteq makes pellet grills, but those can’t do it all when it comes to backyard cooking. So when the company sought to create an alternative for gas grillers, without making an actual gas grill, it needed to do something radically different. With its newly launched X-Fire Pro, Recteq may have…
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NBC will use Jim Fagan’s AI-generated voice for NBA coverage
NBC’s upcoming NBA coverage will include the AI-generated voice of Jim Fagan, a longtime sports narrator who died in 2017. In an announcement on Tuesday, NBC said the AI-generated voice of Fagan will appear across select title sequences, show opens, and promos when the network resumes airing NBA games in…
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