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Intel, Gigabyte, and Corsair have once again broken the memory overclocking world record, pushing the limit to over 13.5 megatransfers per second (MT/s). Using a Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Tachyon Ice board and Corsair’s Vengeance memory, the overclockers pulled out all the stops to set this new record, wielding liquid nitrogen, …

If you want the world’s fastest gaming monitor, AOC may well have made it. The new 27-inch QHD monitor can do 500 Hz at 1440, or up to 1,000 Hz at 1080p, making it the monitor with the highest refresh rate in the world. Typically the best gaming monitors use …

Last spring, overclocker Seby took some G.Skill Triedent Z5 memory to new heights using extreme cooling and some skillful overclocking. Now, thanks to French overclocker Bl4ckdot, there’s a new record: DDR5-12872.“We are proud to see G.Skill Trident Z5 memory once again breaking the boundaries,” said Frank Hung, Marketing Manager of …

Gaming is all about speed—reaction time, frame rates, and of course, Wi-Fi. If your current router struggles to keep up, the TP-Link Archer GE800 is built to fix that. With Wi-Fi 7, 12 streams, and speeds up to 19Gbps, it’s designed to eliminate lag and keep your connection rock-solid. And …

Engineering students at the University of Southern California (USC) have dramatically surpassed a 20-year-old world record for the highest altitude reached by an amateur rocket. Called Aftershock II, the suborbital spacecraft reached 470,000 feet in October, smashing the previous record by a whopping 90,000 feet.Aftershock II comes from the Rocket …

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted something steamy. No, not that kind of steamy. Using its spectroscopic instruments, the observatory has found evidence that a distant exoplanet’s atmosphere could be chock-full of water in its gaseous state. If Webb is on the right track, its findings will represent the …

Researchers in Japan have finished building the world’s first wooden satellite. Called LignoSat—a reference to lignin, wood’s chief organic polymer—the satellite represents a potential solution to the space industry’s growing debris problem.Space junk is such a pervasive problem that it’s becoming more space junk and tricking people into believing they’ve …

PC manufacturer Acer has unveiled what it calls the world’s first smart bike, the ebii. The company bases that distinction on integrating AI features not previously seen in an electric bike. It’s not just PR spin; it includes collision detection warnings, GPS tracking, and an intelligent control box that learns …

Digital imaging technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last few decades. You can buy a smartphone that fits in your pocket with a whopping 200MP of camera resolution, but sometimes you just have to go big. Engineers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California are putting …

A number of startups are experimenting with what a better social app could look like. For a startup called Alms, the answer is a social network that focuses on users’ well-being through participation in creator-led challenges in areas like personal growth, sustainability and others with positive impacts. Instead of driving …