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Razer’s new entry-level gear was made for streaming newbies

Razer is looking to lower the barrier to entry for live streaming with a budget webcam and capture card. Streaming newbies can add a video feed of themselves to their broadcast with the Kiyo X USB webcam. As with a lot of current games, you can choose between optimizing your…

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Apple iPad (2021) review: Another modest update

Apple says the basic iPad is its most popular tablet. And why not? Back in 2017, the company introduced its cheapest-ever iPad as a budget option for schools or people who don't need top-of-the-line specs. This device has always used hardware that’s a few years old — but Apple’s chips…

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‘Lower Decks’ mines the weirder corners of the Star Trek universe

The following contains minor spoilers for season two, episode eight of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks.' The subject of “canon” has come up a lot recently. Marvel’s What If…? is a show that plays around but still mostly adheres to it, while Star Wars Visions disregards it almost completely. Meanwhile, Star…

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Nreal’s latest smartglasses were designed for watching YouTube

Chinese company Nreal has launched a new model of augmented reality glasses called Air, which was designed with streaming shows and playing mobile games in mind. Nreal released its first model, the Light mixed reality glasses, to consumers a year ago after fending off Magic Leap's accusation that its founder…

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Sonos Beam (Gen 2) review: A bit of Dolby Atmos makes all the difference

I didn't expect much from the second-generation Sonos Beam. It has the same exact speaker components as the original, a device we already loved. The main difference is that the new Beam also has more processing power to handle Dolby Atmos surround sound. I tend to want more in a…

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The Watcher takes center stage on this week’s ‘What If…?’

This post contains spoilers for episode eight of Marvel's 'What If…?' In physics there’s what’s known as the “observer effect,” wherein an object or system is changed merely by observing it. On Marvel’s What If…? each episode has been witnessed by an apparently omniscient narrator known as The Watcher, who…

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