The year 2020 has been very challenging; we're still amid a pandemic and dealing with what seems to be a very shaky economy. Still and all, you want to bless your friends and family with great gifts for Xmas without draining the wallet. There is a bevy of awesome gifts you can purchase at a reasonable price on Cyber Monday.
These past couple of months has been a great time to be a tech enthusiast as we've witnessed several impressive gadgets and hardware launched to market. Apple launched its new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 12. Sony and Microsoft just recently launched their next-generation gaming consoles. And Nvidia launched the ever so popular RTX 3000 series graphics cards.
By now, excitement over last week's PS5 launch has subsided. But we're already getting reports from users having varying issues with their brand new consoles. The fault seemingly is attributed to random software crashing that's not linked to one particular game or even hardware. Making it even more of a challenge trying to pinpoint the primary issue.
Apple finally unveiled and gave everyone a detailed look at the M1 processor, making its debut in the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini. Without wasting any more text in this intro, here what you need to know.
This week Sony officially launches their next-generation gaming console, the PS5, which has been the topic of conversation for the past couple of months amidst all the rumors and image leaks. The PS5 undoubtedly the most powerful and fastest console Sony has ever produced, and more than ever, it will draw strong comparisons to the PC.
Many would-be gamers were gravelly disappointed when they couldn't reserve their PS5 due to high demand, causing a supply shortage. Even worse, you had several scalper bots who purchased mass quantities of consoles from resellers to make a profit on eBay, further depleting the supply chain.
Today, external drives have come a long way, with storage capacities exceeding well past 500 GB. Many external drives on the market are more compact and sleek in its design and ultra-fast read speeds. Crucial's X8 Portable SSD meets my standards in what I look for in a quality external storage drive. It has an excellent elegant design; it's supremely fast, and it has up to 2TB of storage space.
No longer is there a need to use an excessive amount of money to construct a PC. Hardware is now cheap, enabling anyone to put together a high-end system for under a thousand dollars. So if you just happened to stumble upon this post and are in the process of building a PC, lucky you, I've found three quality budget CPU coolers for $80 or less.
Many tech reviewers have already gotten their new PS 5 gaming console ahead of the Nov 12th launch date, but the reviews are not published yet due to Sony's strict embargo. But we're already getting a look at the new DualSense wireless controller—an well-known YouTuber who goes by the name Austin Evans unboxed a PS5 DualSense controller on his channel.
When it comes to recommending tablets, it's the iPad or no one else. The iPad is the Mt. Everest of tablets and gets it right regarding design and hardware. That's why it's relatively easy for me to suggest that consumers purchase the new iPad Air.
If you have been living underneath a rock or engaged in a month-long cryogenic sleep, you should know by now Apple last week unveiled their highly anticipated iPhone 12. Of course, the hardware and features have piqued interest here at Tekspecz studios, so much, its core components certainly deserve an in-depth examination. In this new segment of Hardware Breakdown, let's take an in-depth analysis of the iPhone 12 Pro.
If you need a PC case, Razer has you covered. This past weekend Razer introduced their new Tomahawk A1 ATX and M1 Mini-ITX option.
No, this isn't a tear-down video from iFixit—instead, this tear-down video is produced by Sony. We have an in-depth look inside the design and hardware of the console, weeks before the November 12 market launch. I'm a little late to the game with this post, but here's a look at what seemingly is a well-built gaming console and hardware, piece by piece.
Western Digital has an exciting piece of hardware coming down the pipe, unveiling the new WD_Black G2 controller; the SN850 posting speeds of up to 7000 MB/s read and 5300MB/s write, with a storage capacity exceeding up to 1TB. I might add this particular Gen3 model is compatible with PCI Express 4.0, which explains why the drive has blazing read/write speeds. Before we go on, here's a word from the company;
There's a particular lyric to a song play on your mind, but you don't remember the name of the album. Spotify has you covered. The company just introduced a new feature that will allow users to search for a song's particular title based on the lyrics.
Lenovo held their version of an unpacked event this week, revealing a couple of new notebooks in their ThinkPad product line. But what caught my attention was the ThinkPad X1 Fold, claiming the title as being the world's first foldable PC.
If you're currently playing Call of duty via PC and are using the RTX 30 series graphics card, then prepare yourself for a significant Game Ready driver update for GeForce GPUs (WHQL 456.65). Featuring Reflex support for the latest COD titles, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone, right along with optimization of Star Wars: Squadrons. The company states the driver update quote: " improves stability in certain games on RTX 30 series GPU".
New Egg, a reputable retail vendor, is shipping EVGA RTX 3080 graphics cards without the retail packaging and causing many irate customers to air their grievances on Reddit. Even worse, some of these graphics cards aren't packaged correctly in New Egg boxes.
A few days ago, I published a post entailing the iOS 14 default app bug. As expected, Apple addressed the issue with their latest update, iOS 14.1. The update addresses several issues, but the one glitch that had everyone gripe via social media is the default app setting bugs. When you set third-party apps such as email and web browsers as default, when you reboot your device, it reverts to Apple default apps.
It seems when Apple releases its new mobile OS, users, as usual, share their displeasure's on a wide scale via social media, regarding software bugs. The latest glitch? User's inability to set mail and web browser applications as a default third-party alternative. Here's the issue, once you reboot your iPhone, it reverts to Apple's default apps. We have this statement from Apple; it goes as follows;
