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The DS2413+ was again able to max out a single Gigabit Ethernet connection when running our single large file test, this time when uploading. With a throughput of 110.3MB /s, it provided similar performance to the DS713+, which is also equipped with the same Intel Atom D2700 processor. The DS2413+ and DS713+ remained neck and neck in our game upload test and it’s worth noting that compared to products such as the QNAP TS-269L, the Atom D2700 devices were around 10MB/s faster....

We’ve compiled a comparative table with what we consider are the hottest tablets either currently available or announced so far. You should know that specs only paint part of the picture, so we’ve also included metascores from our Product Finder engine and review links to help you dig deeper and narrow down your next purchase. The iPad 2 remains one if not the best tablet options out there. This second-generation model hit store shelves in March, taking the same $500 starting price as its predecessor while sporting a slimmer design and a faster dual-core A5 processor and graphics....

Subscribers can choose from one of seven different tacos including the crunchy taco, crunchy taco supreme, soft taco, soft taco supreme, spicy potato soft taco, Doritos locos tacos and the Doritos locos tacos supreme. The Taco Lover’s Pass is priced at $10 and can be purchased by Taco Bell rewards program members. Taco Bell tested the idea in Tucson, Arizona, in September 2021, and found that 20 percent of participants were new to the Taco Bell rewards program....

Deliveries, meanwhile, increased 42 percent year over year from 241,300 models to 343,830 models. It is a new quarterly record for the EV maker despite falling short of analysts’ expectations. Refinitiv analysts expecting 359,162 deliveries and those with Street Account were anticipating 364,660 deliveries. Broken down further, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles accounted for the lion’s share of production and deliveries – 345,988 and 325,158, respectively. A combined 19,935 Model S and Model X vehicles accounted for the remaining production capacity, and 18,672 of these models were delivered to customers during the three-month period....

Bloomberg reports that Tesla hired thermal engineer Alexander Yatskov in January to help design cooling systems for its in-house supercomputer, dubbed Project Dojo. It’s designed to process the vast amounts of data gathered from the company’s vehicles, which is used to train the self-driving AI software. According to a filing in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Yatskov admitted to downloading confidential information from his Tesla devices to his personal devices....

For now it appears SSDs will continue to get faster, but in terms of pricing they’re still far from becoming mainstream. The good news is that the introduction of new SATA 6Gb/s drives will surely help to push down the price of older, yet still speedy models. With an investment of just over $100 you can already jump in with a small boot drive and notice a huge performance improvement relative to a traditional hard drive....

The R7 360 really struggled in Watch Dogs and with an average of just 29fps it was 12% slower than the GTX 750 Ti. The R7 370 performed better though it was still 2% slower than the GTX 950 (just a 1fps difference here). The R9 380 was again able to outpace the GTX 960 by a small 5% margin at 1080p. The R9 390 was only 3% faster than the GTX 970 which worked out to be a 2fps advantage....

It also looks like every case of decent quality has a side panel of tempered glass, which means no side vents for your M.2 drives to get direct airflow, or even a physical hazard if you often carry your PC with you. Even finding a case with more than two internal 3.5" bays for a decent price is more difficult than it sounds. A RAID setup never seemed less affordable....

A Brief History Lesson Handguns are among the oldest type of firearms. Originating in ancient China as small hand cannons, guns eventually evolved into muzzle loaders, like those seen in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, then revolvers, like most of the handguns in Red Dead Redemption, and eventually semi-automatic pistols, like the M1911 from games like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor. Police forces started equipping guns in the 1800s....

Sound This is a great sounding headset for music and games. Bass was adequate and details were richly present. Where Astro included only three predefined audio profiles, SteelSeries packed a customizable 5-band equalizer. This allows owners to dial in the sound they like. Out of the box though, I subjectively felt the A50 sounded better for most situations. Choosing a favorite based on sound quality alone really comes down tonal preferences....

We tested the game at three resolutions: 1680x1050, 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 using the high, ultra and maximum presets. Test System Specs - Intel Core i7 2600K - x2 4GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Asus P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67) - OCZ ZX Series 1250w - Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB) - GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB) - GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024MB) - GeForce GTX 560 (1024MB) - GeForce GTX 550 Ti (1024MB) - GeForce GTX 480 (1536MB) - GeForce GTX 470 (1280MB) - GeForce GTX 460 (1024MB) - Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB) - Radeon HD 6950 (2048MB) - Radeon HD 6870 (1024MB) - Radeon HD 6850 (1024MB) - Radeon HD 5870 (2048MB) - Radeon HD 5830 (1024MB) - Radeon HD 6790 (1024MB) - Radeon HD 6770 (1024MB) - Radeon HD 6750 (1024MB) - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 285....

Long gone are the days when fridges did nothing more than keep food and drink cold. Today’s internet-connected, transparent-screened, TV-sporting models turn kitchens into entertainment zones, and nowhere is that more evident than LG’s MoodUP refrigerator. LG says the MoodUp delivers advanced refrigeration and smart technologies for better food freshness and enhanced convenience, but who cares about those things when it’s covered in LED panels that can change color?...

The RTX 4080 12GB’s $899 price and the difference in specifications compared to the 16GB version caused a backlash that led to Nvidia “unlaunching” the card in October; the company said it was due to the confusing name. It didn’t take long for manufacturer listings to confirm that the RTX 4080 12GB had been rebranded as the RTX 4070 Ti – a move many expected. The specs are unchanged, but what about the all-important price?...

At RazerCon 2022, Razer unveiled its first-ever cloud gaming handheld, the Razer Edge. It will compete against Logitech’s recently announced G Cloud, as well as more traditional handhelds that render games locally, such as the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch. Razer’s new handheld console actually has two parts – an Android 12 tablet housing the internals and the screen and the detachable Razer Kishi V2 Pro controller. The latter is a more advanced version of the company’s Kishi V2 smartphone gamepad, as it includes improved haptics and a 3....

The Sims 4 launched in September 2014, nearly a year after Grand Theft Auto V (my how time flies). As the name suggests, it is the fourth mainline entry in the series and a direct sequel to The Sims 3 which arrived in 2009. The game has been a resounding success, with EA announcing in early 2019 that it had already generated more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue. In a financial report from May 2021, EA said The Sims 4 had almost 36 million players and had delivered its sixth consecutive year of franchise growth....

We also saw a fair share of disruptions, controversies and security disasters with the likes of Apple, Google, Uber, Sony and the NSA – among others – as protagonists. Elsewhere, Microsoft got a new CEO, Bitcoin’s value dropped sharply but kept gaining traction as an accepted currency, and more importantly, the battle over net neutrality is heating up in anticipation to the FCC’s new rules in 2015. Read on as we do a brief recount of the most relevant stories of 2014, divided into eleven major categories....

Third-party platform 0patch has released its second fix for a local privilege escalation vulnerability after Microsoft’s latest attempt at mitigation broke the group’s first patch. The latest version works for the March 2022 editions of Windows 10 v21H1, v20H2, v1909, and Windows Server 2019. Downloading it requires a free account at 0patch’s website. The whole debacle started last August when security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2021-34484) that gives attackers administrator-level privileges....

Not only does Tomb Raider look amazing, but it’s well adapted for life on the PC, offering an intuitive menu, highly customizable settings and built-in benchmark capabilities. Given the level of visual detail we saw relative to the performance we recorded, we also believe the game is very well optimized. That said, Nvidia has plenty of work to do on its drivers and AMD’s new TressFX tech seems overly intensive....

Here, prior to last week, were my thoughts on Total War: Warhammer: I did not have the best time with the last Total War game, Rome II, finding it to be a bloated, soulless affair that undid much of the good work Creative Assembly had done with Empire and Shogun. The move to Warhammer’s fantasy world was seemingly getting rid of a big part of Total War’s appeal: the history....

TSMC Chairman Mark Liu said demand for smartphones, PCs and televisions is waning, especially in China. Part of the problem is the fact that costs for components and materials are on the rise due to supply chain issues, pushing up production costs in the process. “Such pressure could eventually be passed on to consumers,” Liu noted. It’s not all doom and gloom, however, as Liu said TSMC continues to see robust demand for high-performance computing components, Internet of Things devices and components for the automotive industry....