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Noctua’s first PC case is big, brown, and pricey

March 18, 2026
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports on Noctua’s first PC case collaboration with Antec, the Flux Pro Noctua Edition featuring signature brown accents and premium cooling components. This large E-ATX case costs $400, more than double the standard version’s $180 price, but includes six high-performance Noctua fans and specialized fan controller hub. The collaboration…
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Corsair’s new low-profile keyboard makes me angry

March 18, 2026
Corsair, you’re killing me here. After a good showing at CES, your Stream Deck smashed into a mechanical keyboard proved me wrong: a little screen on a keyboard can make sense. And then you decided to do it again… but worse. In fact, the small LCD on the new Vanguard Air…
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Gaming desktop PCs get plastic surgery in the RAM crisis

March 17, 2026
RAM is insanely expensive right now, and it’s likely to get more so in the coming months. In the face of hundreds of dollars needed to outfit memory for a decent gaming system, at least one supplier is turning to an older idea: dummy RAM. It’s the hardware equivalent of cosmetic surgery, a stuffed bra, or a sock down your trousers. These modules are plastic with a bit of RGB lighting, made to…
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Mislabeled Ryzen CPUs spotted in Chuwi and Ninkear laptops

March 17, 2026
Hardware specifications are generally trusted, if only because they’re hard to fake. But a recent batch of budget laptops from brands originating in China may have done just that, swapping in older, less-powerful AMD Ryzen CPUs and allegedly cheating customers. Chuwi and…
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AI is changing PC graphics. Microsoft wants DirectX ready

March 16, 2026
Games are increasingly being rendered using AI, so Microsoft is bringing AI into the way future graphics chips will render games. Microsoft introduced DirectX Linear Algebra as well as the DirectX Compute Graph Compiler into its DirectX programming interface on Thursday, with previews of each technology due later this year. If nothing else, Microsoft’s positioning statement regarding both…
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AMD wants you to buy a $2,000 ‘agent PC’ just for AI

March 16, 2026
You already have a laptop or desktop PC, but now AMD thinks you need another one—an “agent PC” to support your main machine. AMD has responded to the growing success of OpenClaw’s AI agents with a new suggestion: customers should buy “agent PCs,” which would take…
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6 risky battery charging mistakes (and what to do in case of fire)

March 13, 2026
A mobile phone battery stores enormous amounts of energy in a very small space. As long as everything is working properly, we don’t notice anything. But a technical defect or incorrect handling can trigger a chain reaction — known as thermal runaway. This causes the battery to fuel itself with energy until it bursts into flames or ruptures under intense pressure. What makes this particularly…
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