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How to join a FaceTime call with your Android phone or Windows PC (engadget.com)

2026-09-20 | by Filipe Espósito | get Logitech C920x HD Webcam → | tags: facetime, android, windows pc

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How to use Xbox mode on your Windows PC (engadget.com)

2026-09-20 | by Max Miller | get Xbox Wireless Controller for PC → | tags: xbox mode, windows 11, game bar

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Give your PC the deep clean it deserves — the Wolfbox MF60 Air Duster with up to 110,000 RPM drops to $33.99 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Kunal Khullar | get Wolfbox MF60 Air Duster → | tags: wolfbox mf60, air duster, pc cleaning

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The PC gaming ray tracing obsession began with the first RTX 20 graphics cards released on this day in 2018 — the GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti led the charge, but games were thin on the ground (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card → | tags: nvidia turing, geforce rtx 2080, rtx 2080 ti

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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get Windows 11 Pro license key → | tags: vladimir putin, state duma elections, windows activation watermark

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The best way to check your PC for malware (engadget.com)

2026-09-19 | by Ben Stegner | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: microsoft defender, windows 11, windows security

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Fully custom copper PC features upcycled blowtorch reservoir — antique wooden pedestal complements steampunk design hiding a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: ryzen 7 9800x3d, radeon rx 9070 xt, copper cooling loop

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The colorful, unique Hyte X50 PC case is $50 off (theverge.com)

2026-09-19 | by Brad Bourque | get Hyte Y60 PC case → | tags: hyte x50, pc case, gpu compatibility

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Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs take us back to the Oldest House and a warped Manhattan cityscape (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics card → | tags: control resonant, dlss 4.5, ray reconstruction

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Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now $2,599 — powerhouse ABS Stratos II rig ships with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Ben Stockton | get ABS Stratos II Ruby gaming PC RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: abs stratos ii, ryzen 7 9800x3d, rtx 5070 ti

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Gears of War: E-Day's final PC specs target 4K at 60 FPS with an RTX 5070 Ti, but upscaling is required at all levels (techspot.com)

2026-09-18 | by Rob Thubron | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card → | tags: gears of war e-day, the coalition, rtx 5070 ti

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I built the fastest PHP webserver in the world (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: php, copy-on-write, pcntl_fork

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eGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Luke James | get Razer Core X Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure → | tags: egpu, thunderbolt 4, rtx 4090

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Computer Reset, Dallas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by Dave Farquhar | get vintage IBM PCjr computer collectible → | tags: computer reset, richard byron, dallas

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Everybody Wants to Make Their Own Mac mini Now, and It’s Obvious Why (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | get Apple Mac mini M4 → | tags: mac mini, ai boxes, pc arms race

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Microsoft will reveal what's next for Windows and Surface next month, Nvidia RTX Spark included (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Skye Jacobs | get NVIDIA RTX laptop AI computing → | tags: windows, surface, nvidia rtx spark

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Someone finally cracked the PlayStation 2's security chip, 26 years later (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get PlayStation 2 console → | tags: playstation 2, mechacon, pcsx2

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Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb further (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Ben Stockton | get Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5 6200MHz RAM kit → | tags: corsair vengeance, ddr5 ram, memory pricing

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The team behind those great N64 Zelda ports just released Paper Mario on PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-17 | get 8BitDo N64 Bluetooth Controller → | tags: paper mario, nintendo 64, n64 emulation

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Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 from MSI, now under $1,430 — Codex R2 rig packs 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and a 10-core Intel CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Ben Stockton | get MSI Codex R2 RTX 5060 gaming PC → | tags: msi codex r2, rtx 5060, ddr5 ram

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MartyPC – A Cycle-Accurate IBM PC/XT Emulator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | get IBM Model M retro mechanical keyboard → | tags: martypc, ibm pc/xt, cycle-accurate emulator

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Recreating Voodoo Graphics and a Late-1990s Gaming PC on an FPGA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Retro Gaming | get Xilinx Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit → | tags: voodoo graphics, fpga, 3dfx

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Eyeing a curved monitor? Here are the pros and cons to consider (engadget.com)

2026-09-15 | by Dave Meikleham | get Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 49 inch curved monitor → | tags: curved monitors, samsung odyssey g9, ultrawide

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Switch emulation now goes both ways: PC games on Switch and Switch games on PC (techspot.com)

2026-09-15 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller PC → | tags: switch emulation, yuzu, suyu

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You can now run Perplexity’s local AI agent on your Windows PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 → | tags: perplexity, local ai agent, windows pc

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Grab a $560 saving on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, now $1,859 — all-white CyberPowerPC desktop ships with one of AMD's best X3D chips, along with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Ben Stockton | get Razer Kishi V2 Mobile Game Controller → | tags: cyberpowerpc, amd 9800x3d, rtx 5060 ti

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Perplexity’s local AI agent comes to Windows, but only for RTX GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM — Portable Computer brings AI for multistep tasks to compatible PCs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Shane Downing | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: perplexity, nvidia, rtx

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Unlucky PC user finds AMD's cheaper 8-pin GPU connectors can melt, too (techspot.com)

2026-09-15 | by Daniel Sims | get Cable Matters 8-Pin PCIe Power Cable → | tags: amd, radeon rx 7900 xtx, nvidia

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How to force quit on your Windows PC (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Ben Stegner | tags: windows, alt + f4, system tray

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Valve's Steam Frame is excellent - but at over £1,000 is VR still too expensive? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-14 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get Valve Steam Deck → | tags: steam frame, valve, vr headset