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Game devs say Nvidia’s DLSS 5 reveal blindsided them

March 20, 2026
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports that Nvidia’s DLSS 5 announcement caught major game developers from Ubisoft and Capcom off-guard, who were unaware their games would be featured in demonstrations. The generative AI technology faces significant backlash from gamers who criticize it as an “AI filter” that potentially devalues game aesthetics and may require two…
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Internxt Drive review: Fantastically affordable storage, sync, and backup

March 19, 2026
Though Internxt Drive rightfully touts its 256-bit encryption and dedication to privacy, there’s no feature in particular that sets it apart from the crowd. As with services such as Dropbox, Sync.com, OneDrive, iDrive, etc. there’s sync and storage. There’s also backup, though it’s not true inviolable backup, but mirroring. What wholly distinguishes Internxt from the hoi polloi are its…
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The first 16TB M.2 SSD on Amazon costs as much as a car

March 19, 2026
Do you need a lot of storage? Well, then, you’re going to have to pay for it—and you’ll be paying a lot more than you would have a year ago, as “AI” data centers gobble up a bigger and bigger share of the industry’s output of memory and storage. But even the most…
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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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