The Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 brings a number of updates to the original OpenRun Pro. These bone conduction headphones are very closely priced to the Gen 1 version, but with these additional improvements is it worth the upgrade?

In this video I'm testing LSFG frame generation tool on older hardware to see whether it improves the gaming performance of your device.

Should you buy a gaming laptop now, or wait? With Black Friday sales just around the corner, it's a great time to save money. But will you miss out on the new gaming laptops coming out in early 2025 at CES?

I will show you step by step on how to clone an NVMe SSD to another NVMe SSD, this exact same method also works if you are cloning a SATA SSD or HDD to an NVMe SSD

The 7800X3D has been dethroned... the new Gaming CPU GOAT is here...

With a small bump to boost clocks and the teensiest increase of L1 cache, how good could AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D possibly be?

Today I will show you how to "Share Files Between Computers Over The Network with Docker and Portainer"

Finally 4TB!

Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim will be Samsung's next slim smartphone, launching separately from the main Galaxy S25 lineup. While the Galaxy S25 series is set for a January release, the S25 Slim will arrive later in the year as a standalone device.

Why is Arrow Lake So Bad? October Q&A [Part 1]

With about £80 difference in price, the 4060 Ti should offer a better gaming experience than the 4060, especially at 1080p. But just how close is it in a native resolution, side by side comparison with no upscaling or Ray Tracing?

How do the best integrated graphics compare to one of AMD's cheapest modern graphics cards? Let's find out!

According to the fresh leak (via Android Headlines), the Pixel 9a could sport a 6.3-inch Actua display with a 60-120Hz adaptive refresh rate panel, which would put the device in line with the flagship, Pixel 9 and 9 Pro, in terms of screen size. The Pixel 9a is also tipped to measure 154.7 x 73.3 x 8.9, making it bigger in all aspects than both the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro.

Despite its large size, the phone reportedly weighs just 186 grams, a bit lighter than the Pixel 8a (188 grams). This could also mean that Google might have opted for polycarbonate instead of glass for the back panel. The Pixel 9a is expected to be powered by the Tensor G4 chipset paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB and 256GB storage options.

The phone could rock a 5000mAh battery and stick with 18W charging for wired and 7.5W for wireless charging. Coming to the cameras, the Pixel 9a is rumored to feature a 48MP primary camera and a 13MP ultra-wide lens. It was earlier reported that it will be the same 48MP lens as the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which boasts f/1.7 aperture, helping the phone to capture better low-light photos. The selfie camera will stay at 13MP.

Google is also reportedly planning to keep the price of the Pixel 9a the same as the Pixel 8a, i.e., $499. Based on the leaked specs, you will be getting much better value and upgrades for the same price over the predecessor. The phone may also debut in two new color options.

With the release of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra just a couple of months away, it's a great time to weigh it up against the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Samsung's current top dog. The S24 Ultra has been called the 'smartphone of the year' for good reason, but now the real question is whether the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra can bring enough to the table to get people excited about upgrading. So, let's dive into the 10 biggest changes coming with the Galaxy S25 Ultra to see how it stacks up against the S24 Ultra.

Nothing moves faster than a lifetime. Senna, the limited series about the driver destined to be a hero, streams on November 29 only on Netflix.

If you have a old pc that does not meet Windows 11 24H2 system requirements and want to continue to use it with Windows 11 24H2, you can by doing a clean install or in-place upgrade using Rufus 4.6.

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The downfall of Olivetti left many factories abandoned throughout Europe. This time we're venturing inside this old computer factory left abandoned.

What the heck, MD4 AND unsalted??

How to debloat Windows 11 using a variety of approaches, this video is a guide to custom distros, powershell scripts and tools like Windows 11 Debloat based on ChrisTitusTech and others.

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Intel did a great job making AMD's Zen5 look good :-D

AMD: Nobody can make a messier CPU launch than us.

Intel: Hold my beer...

We tried REALLY HARD to find some positives about Intel's Core Ultra 200S Processors. There are a lot of cool features and improvements, but if you're strictly gaming you may want to wait this one out...

Bluetooth is falling behind, and Huawei's NearLink is the future. With 6x faster speeds, 60% less power, 10x more device connections, and ultra-low latency across a 600-meter range, NearLink is set to redefine wireless technology. NearLink, developed by Huawei and the NearLink Alliance, offers advantages like ultra-fast speeds, longer range, and impressive power efficiency, making it a true contender to replace Bluetooth in the tech world.

How does the A18 Pro powered iPhone 16 Pro Max (4685mAh) stack up against the iPhone 15 Pro Max (4441mAh), Pixel 9 Pro XL (5060mAh), Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (5000mAh), Huawei Pura 70 Ultra (5200mAh), Xiaomi 14 Ultra (5000mAh), and Xiaomi 14T Pro (5000mAh) in this ULTIMATE Real Life Usage 100%-0% Battery Drain Test?!? All Phones are Set to the Exact SAME Brightness Level (Using a LUX Meter). If a phones display looks brighter or dimmer than another, it's due to my studio lighting OR because it dimmed due to overheating. I run through 15 APPS which include System Apps, Media Apps, Social Media Apps, Camera Apps, Benchmark Apps (to simulate High Performance Gaming), and Games. Intervals are clocked at every 30 minutes and at each interval I show the percentage of each phone as well as their temperature in degrees celsius using an Infrared Heat Gun!

NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 566.03 WHQL comes with optimization for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It extends DLSS 3 Frame Generation support to both these games, and to Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, No More Room In Hell 2, Red Dead Redemption, and The Axis Unseen. This release does not come with any game-specific bug fixes, but corrects a system-specific bug, where your Digital Vibrance custom setting does not persist reboots or waking up from sleep.

   Game Ready

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

DLSS 3 Support

• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
• No More Room In Hell 2
• Red Dead Redemption
• The Axis Unseen

GeForce Experience Optimal Settings

• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
• NBA 2K5
• SILENT HILL 2

G-Sync Monitor Support (added)

• Dell AW2725DM
• Funai FGM-25F270
• I-O Data GCQ271UD
• I-O Data LDQ271JA
• LG 32G810SA
• Panasonic OLED TVs Z85A
• Panasonic OLED TVs Z90A
• Panasonic OLED TVs Z95A
• Philips 48OLED789
• Philips 55OLED789
• Philips 55OLED909
• Philips 65OLED789
• Philips 65OLED909
• Philips 65OLED909/12
• Philips 65OLED959
• Philips 77OLED789
• Philips 77OLED899
• Philips 77OLED909
• Philips 48OLED759/769/779
• Philips 65OLED759/769/779
• Philips 66OLED759/769/779
• Philips 77OLED759/769/779
• Philips 42OLED809/819/849/889
• Philips 48OLED809/819/849/889
• Philips 55OLED809/819/849/889
• Philips 65OLED809/819/849/889
• Philips 77OLED809/819/849/889
• Samsung G61SD
• Samsung Odyssey G5
• Samsung Odyssey G70D
• Samsung Odyssey G80SD
• Samsung Odyssey G91SD

Fixed General Bugs

• Digital Vibrance custom setting does not persist on reboot or wake from sleep [4801216]
• [Bluestacks/Corsair iCUE] May display higher than normal CPU usage [4895184][4893446]

Until now, WhatsApp has lacked the capability to store contacts within itself, relying instead on iOS and Android's default contacts app. For example, to add someone to your WhatsApp list, you first had to save their name to your phone's contacts. This is finally changing with the new Contacts feature in WhatsApp. This feature allows users to save a contact exclusively to WhatsApp. This is useful for users who want to separate personal and business contacts when managing multiple WhatsApp accounts on their phones. Additionally, since WhatsApp is no longer dependent on smartphone OS contacts, you can now add and manage contacts from the WhatsApp Web and Windows experiences. Furthermore, these WhatsApp-exclusive contacts can be restored if users lose or change their smartphones. The WhatsApp team highlighted that this new Contacts experience will eventually enable users to manage and save contacts by usernames. Usernames on WhatsApp will eliminate the need for phone numbers when messaging someone. WhatsApp will share more information on username support in the future. To allow users to save their contacts and automatically restore them directly through WhatsApp, the WhatsApp team developed a new encrypted storage system called Identity Proof Linked Storage (IPLS). This update marks a significant step towards greater privacy and flexibility on WhatsApp. With the upcoming username feature, users can look forward to even more control over their messaging experience.

Windows 11 24H2 can still be installed on unsupported hardware. Today I will show you how to upgrade your system to Windows 11 24H2 even if your PC does not meet the system requirements set by Microsoft.

Special Editions of products don't usually offer a slew of improvements over the standard versions - they're often just a bit prettier. With the Special Edition model of the Galaxy Z Fold, however, Samsung has made a foldable that is not only thinner and lighter than the Z Fold 6, but it also has more memory, a bigger screen, and an upgraded camera.


The new device is 3 grams lighter and 1.5mm thinner than the Z Fold 6, making it the thinnest and lightest model in the Galaxy Z Fold series at 10.6mm and 236g. A thinner and lighter foldable is always welcome, as is the news that the displays in the Special Edition are larger. The outer screen is increased from 6.3 inches to 6.5 inches, while the inner display jumps from 7.6 inches to 8.0 inches (20:18 ratio), or 3.1% and 5.2% larger, respectively. That gives the new Samsung foldable the same internal screen size as the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

Mozilla is reminding Firefox users that a necessary root certificate expires soon and that older browser versions could become a security and usability nightmare in a few months. Starting March 14, 2025, Firefox versions older than 128 (ESR 115.13) containing the expired certificate will likely cause "significant" issues with add-ons, content signing, and streaming of DRM-protected media.

Failing to update Firefox before next March means losing features relying on remote functionality. Many installed add-ons will become disabled, and other systems that require content verification could also break. The issue affects Firefox editions for Android and Windows operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Those with iPhone or iPad versions of Firefox should be okay.

Mozilla's FAQs explain that a root certificate authenticates browser content as trusted. When a certificate expires, Firefox cannot verify content anymore. The newest versions of Firefox and other Mozilla software using the same root-of-trust model include a new root certificate that will prevent the expiration issue in March 2025.

Mozilla is likely trying to prevent the chaos experienced by Firefox users in 2019 when an expired certificate suddenly borked many instances of the open-source browser. Today's Firefox market share is much lower than five years ago, but we're still talking about millions of users potentially becoming vulnerable to the expiration issue. ome add-on developers have expressed concern over how Mozilla is managing the problem. One developer said Firefox should clearly state what could happen on all the affected platforms. Otherwise, disgruntled users could direct their complaints directly to add-on programmers. One-star review bombing campaigns after the certificate expires could also be part of the deal. Mozilla advises users to update to Firefox 128 on each device with the browser installed, which is the best practice to avoid this and other issues. The latest release always provides significant performance improvements and important security fixes. Mozilla released Firefox 128 and ESR 115.13 on July 9, 2024, so there have been minor incremental updates since then. The most current version is Firefox 131.0.3.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone. We've got six new interesting updates about the Galaxy S25 Ultra. While we thought the Galaxy S25 Ultra would have the thinnest bezels ever, another company has stepped up and shattered that record with even thinner bezels.

Loads of people love to debloat Windows to disable telemetry, data collection, disable copilot and remove recall from Windows 11.

Thank you for catching sneaky slow USB ports!

Juliette lives. Silo Season 2 premieres November 15 on Apple TV+ apple.co/_Silo

Android 15 is finally, officially launching, starting today with Pixel devices. This version had an unusually long beta testing period. Among many new features, the biggest may be a suite of new anti-theft features. Most interesting is Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI and the phone's sensors to detect when a phone may have been snatched and automatically lock it. Google has also added "authentication requirements for settings targeted by thieves, like removing your SIM or turning off Find My Device, and will lock down your device if we sense multiple failed attempts for apps and settings." These features are not necessarily on by default, often needing to be activated manually in Settings. Android 15 also brings "Private Space", a place to hide sensitive apps behind an additional layer of authentication. Finally, Android 15 brings a standardized way for carrier messaging apps to send and receive messages via satellite. Android 15 should come to Samsung and other Android phone brands in the coming months. Google is also using the Android 15 update for Pixel phones to do a new "Feature Drop" with new Pixel-exclusive features. This includes Audio Magic Eraser, to clean up audio in your captured videos. The camera app gains a new Underwater mode, to capture better colors underwater. Finally, the Pixel Weather app now includes a three-part pollen tracker for seasonal allergies.

People accuse us of being out of touch. How much does a banana cost? $10?!? Today, we're pitting our tech tipsters against each other in a Gaming PC Build-Off using only their knowledge. That's right, they need to build a $1000 PC without checking the internet for pricing. Do they know the price of each GPU off hand? What about RAM? CPU?

We've saved money by buying and fixing damaged motherboards, but could we make a profit selling repaired CPUs? Linus and the team take on 'for parts' CPUs from eBay.

Week update after checking more systems and what the feature actually does.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, confuse them with bullshit. - Sun Tzu, Art of War.

What a confusing mess :

Windows 11 24H2 can absolutely be installed on unsupported hardware. Today I will show you how to upgrade your system or do a clean install regardless of whether or not your system meets the system requirements or not.

So is Micrsoft Recall installed and running on every pc? It seems to be installed on 24H2 and is Enabled by default, which it should not be. Its running as a dependency in File Explorer. You can disable the Recall feature by using the commands below. Remember to use Recall, you would need a Copilot + PC. You activity and data is NOT being recorded in 24H2. Also Recall data is stored on the PC if you use Recall. My only concern is, why was RECALL enbled by default? Microsoft said it would be a opt in.

Asahi Linux is a project that aims to bring Linux to Apple Silicon Macs-a task that has proven rather difficult, thanks to the intricacies of developing a bespoke GPU driver for Apple's custom ARM GPUs. In a recent blog post, the graphics developer behind the Asahi Linux Project showed off a number of AAA games, albeit older titles, running on an Apple M1 processor on the latest Asahi Linux build. To run the games on Apple Silicon, Asahi Linux uses a "game playing toolkit," which relies on a number of custom graphics drivers and emulators, including tools from Valve's Proton translation layer, which ironically was also the foundation for Apple's Game Porting Toolkit. Asahi uses FEX to emulate x86 on ARM, Wine as a translation layer for Windows apps, and DXVK and vkd3d-proton for DirectX-Vulkan translation. In the blog post, the Asahi developer claims that the alpha is capable of running games like Control, The Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077 at playable frame rates. Unfortunately, 60 FPS is not yet attainable in the majority of new high-fidelity games, there are a number of indie titles that run quite well on Asahi Linux, including Hollow Knight, Ghostrunner, and Portal 2. Amusingly, the custom driver used by Asahi Linux is the only driver currently available for Apple Silicon that conforms to OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan APIs. Gaming, of course, isn't the only focus for Asahi Linux, and the team has already started implementing general purpose x86 emulation to Asahi Linux for more generalist and workstation workloads. Asahi Linux is based on Fedora 40, and ships by default with KDE Plasma as the desktop environment, and it has support for all manner of Mac computers with M1 through M2 Pro and M2 Max SoCs, with varying degrees of hardware support. The distribution is freely available to download on the Asahi Linux homepage for anyone wanting to try it out-be sure to check out the support matrix to know what hardware is and isn't supported, since it is still an alpha, and there may be issues with audio, certain ports, and features like Touch ID.

My take on the Medion Erazer Major X20 Gaming laptop.

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Windows 11 24H2 Has Some Major Problems

Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs have a release date for October 24 and just got announced, including specs and prices for the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, Core Ultra 7 265KF, Ultra 5 245K, and Ultra 5 245KF. The new CPUs debut major architectural changes for the desktop platform. Thus far, we only have first-party benchmark data: Intel is claiming huge power consumption reductions and efficiency improvements, but at the cost of lower total performance. Intel's raw gaming performance will be roughly equal with the 14900K, according to Intel itself, and sometimes regressive. We'll have a lot of power testing to do.

At Tesla's 'We, Robot' event in Los Angeles, CEO Elon Musk unveils Robotaxi, a fully autonomous car for less than $30,000. In addition, he reveals Robovan, a 20 passenger vehicle and new updates to its humanoid robot, Optimus.

Intel has finally announced their latest Core Ultra Series Desktop processors! Are they worth the hype?

Intel has taken the wraps off the new Core Ultra 200S series (not 15th gen!) of desktop processors and in this video Gordon is here to break down all of the relevant information the company has shared so far.