PC Perspective

Those Banner Ads In Mobile Apps Are Used To Track Your Location In Real Time

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:36:26 +0000

It is well known that many apps do indeed track your movements in real time, and for some years now security researchers have been trying to get people to grasp just how…

Now VLC Is Adding AI, For Subtitles

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:58:50 +0000

It's fair to say that VLC player is popular, as it has one download for just about every person on the planet. Of course the distribution isn't quite that even, those reading…

ICYMI, Half Life 3 Rumours Are A Thing Again In 2025

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:50:43 +0000

On New Year's Eve, Mike Shapiro posted his first tweet in over four years. It was a video post where he, in his G-Man character's voice and pacing, announced that "the…

Motorola Automated License Plate Recognition Cameras Aren’t Just For Law Enforcement Anymore

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:04:53 +0000

Taking a break from the AI powered AI news from the AI enhanced CES 2025, here's something to make you somewhat nervous when driving. A security researcher has discovered a flaw in…

CES 2025: Dell Abandons XPS, Introduces New Branding

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:54:44 +0000

Dell has decided to abandon their XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude brands, adopting a new naming convention that is perhaps more than just a little reminiscent of Apple. Introducing Dell's Dell, Dell Pro,…

A Bit Of MSI At CES 2025

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 03:38:52 +0000

MSI released a number of new products at CES 2025, including the MSI MPG 272URX QD-OLED gaming monitor, which is a CES 2025 Innovation Awards Honoree. The disappointingly short model name is…

Thermaltake’s TR100 Travel PC Case Looks To Revitalize LAN Parties

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:55:29 +0000

If you miss the old days of LAN parties because you don't want to fork over the money for a gaming laptop and your desktop is just too unwieldy to drag around…

CES 2025: AMD’s Puzzling Lack of Radeon Coverage

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:54:25 +0000

After plenty of leaks leading up to CES, AMD surprised us by barely mentioning RDNA 4 in their presentation, with the promise of more information later in Q1 2025. Thinking that…

CES 2025: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and DLSS 4

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:23:37 +0000

Last night NVIDIA unveiled the upcoming GeForce RTX 50 Series lineup, and while the presentation was very light on technical specs we do at least have pricing - along with further emphasis…

Phison At CES 2025, The PS5028-E28 And More

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:20:18 +0000

Phison is ringing in the new year and CES 2025 with a brand new PCIe 5.0 controller. the PS5028-E28. It will be capable of sequential read and write speeds of up to…

Vrooom! Thermaltake Unveils G6 Direct Drive Racing Wheel Bundle and GM5 3DOF Motion System

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:16:54 +0000

If you love racing games, Thermaltake might not be the first name to come to mind but they are hoping to change that. The G6 Direct Drive racing wheel bundle includes a…

Here Comes HDMI 2.2 And The Ultra96 Cable

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:00:20 +0000

To kick of the random coverage of CES 2025 we have news from the HDMI Forum about the next generation of HDMI standards, both the bandwidth and the cable. It is just…

Podcast #804 – Pre-CES Show – GeForce RTX 5080 and Radeon RX 9070 XT Rumors, AirJet Cooling, 12vHWPR

PCPer Staff — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 02:00:09 +0000

Our first podcast of 2025 is the reason that playback speed control exists. Just set to at least 1.5x and you should be able to stay awake through most of it. But…

Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition For Power Hungry Machines

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:39:01 +0000

There aren't that many systems which need a 1600W PSU, but for those builds having a solid power supply is critical to ensuring stability under load. The Seasonic TX-1600 PRIME Noctua Edition…

The Multi-talented Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:09:34 +0000

Samsung's EVO line has a long standing reputation for offering a beautiful mix of performance and price, and the 990 EVO Plus is no exception. The price is kept low thanks to…

Hey Siri, Stop Accidentally Recording Me And Unintentionally Selling The Data You Mine … Or Else!

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:28:23 +0000

You and your friends aren't crazy for wondering why suspiciously targeted ads show up on your phones; your Siri enabled devices may well have recorded conversations you had no idea it did,…

DDR5, It’s So Hot Right Now

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:14:38 +0000

DDR5 frequencies continue to increase, with 8800MHz kits becoming fairly common and comparatively affordable. That has inspired TechPowerUp to test a DDR5-5600 kit from KLEVV at a variety of frequencies to…

Arbiter Studio Joins The Mouse Markets With The AKITSU

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:16:24 +0000

If you are looking for a lightweight wireless mouse the Arbiter Studio AKITSU is a mere 39g in weight and offers up to a 8000Hz polling rate, which can be lowered to…

The Captcha of DOOM!

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:12:34 +0000

The captcha arms race has literally escalated with a new solution, fire up a level of DOOM in your browser and kill three enemies to prove you are human. This task would…

Podcast #803 – Arrow Lake Update, Arc B580 Performance and Value, Pi 500 NVMe Workaround, 8GB GPU enough? + MORE!

PCPer Staff — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:09 +0000

That age old question comes up again ... is 8GB enough for a GPU? And is 32TB enough for a spinning harddrive? Either way you go, take in the majesty as we…