Author: Zack Bishop

Samsung is launching one of its latest monsters with its new 98” Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN990C TV. It is a Quantum Matrix Pro Mini LED TV that features stunning picture quality and a heart-stopping price tag. Proving to be the largest 8K TV out there for consumers and likely not the first from the company within this size or greater as it continues to evolve the technology. That, and proving to be a model that only the elite 2% will be interested in. All due to its $39,999.99 price tag. That’s right, this TV will cost you $40K…

MGM Resorts International experienced a cybersecurity breach on Sunday that (noticeably) affected its systems beginning Monday morning. The breach went deep enough to take down the company’s ability to check guests into its various resort locations, including the ability for guests to be able to get in or out of their rooms using the digital lock/key systems. The effects came in the early morning hours on Monday, forcing the company to advise guests via its website to reach out via phone to book or modify their reservations. Also, room service and other services normally charged to the room had to…

Samsung announced the addition of a 4TB option to its 990 Pro Series NVMe SSDs that will be launching sometime next month. The new model should add to the high-end selection of larger capacity NVMe out there, although it will be at a cost, at first. The 990 Pro Series features PCIe 4.0 SSD models with read speeds of up to 7,450 MB/s and write speeds of up to 6,900 MB/s. They are available in two versions, with or without a heatsink (depending on if your motherboard already has heatsink solutions included or not). They aren’t PCIe 5.0, but they…

Epson has a new ultra-short-throw (UST) projector coming to the market that adds to its 4K product pool. This time, competing with the many streaming projector options that have been flooding the market over the last so many years. I mean, if it doesn’t stream, it doesn’t stand out anymore (or so it seems). That last part is correct though, as streaming content has taken the world by storm. So why wouldn’t the projector offer a complete streaming experience on its own as a perk? Not just a small and sometimes poorly-supported app store like TVs used to (and some…

Matter is taking the world by storm, or at least slowly one step at a time as manufacturers figure out how to make it happen within their ecosystem or products. Some have quickly pulled it off while others have taken their time to ensure everything works. Now, Philips Hue is finally adding its name to that list. With Matter support, everything will eventually be able to speak with everything else. No more getting locked into a given ecosystem of products. Build your smart home out however you want with whatever you want. And thanks to an update coming out later…

There has been a growing trend of smaller off-brand companies trying to get into the home networking scene with routers that these same companies quickly drop support for soon after. Sometimes a few years, sometimes just a year later. This leads to device waste and a lot of angry customers as they find they are unable to access or control their network suddenly. In fact, the issue has grown to be such an issue, that we recommend that buyers remain weary about the brands they choose when it comes to the devices they have to be able to rely upon.…

Shure has launched a compact USB interface for those looking to quickly adapt their favorite XLR microphones to their computer for recording, streaming, podcasting, and more. It is the new Shure MVX2U USB Interface and it is as simple as a USB cable with a female XLR adapter at the other end. Not much bulkier than an XLR to just about anything else adapter. The new adapter provides up to 60dB, providing enough power and volume for most mic options, including those hungry condenser models. The company says it will also be the perfect pairing for the Shure SM7B as…

Remember when Rosetta Stone was the largest language-learning source on the internet? Just about everyone either heard of it or made use of its products. Times have changed and so have the top players in various fields. Thus, Duolingo has since snuck its way to the top, providing one of the most downloaded apps out there for learning a new language. Of course, such popularity puts a mighty big target on your head when it comes to those looking to do no good. Leading to increased risks of penetration by hackers looking to get their hands on vast amounts of…

X is on a roll with changes to the Twitter platform. Completely obliterating the Twitter branding throughout the site and related services, while making many other changes it sees fit in the process. Some of these changes have apparently led to what the company (X) calls a “glitch”, which saw all images being deleted in tweets dated before December 2014. And it doesn’t just stop there as the glitch had also broken most of the links within these tweets. Resulting in links that led to a 404 page on Twitter (X), led right back to the tweet itself, or changed…

WD (Western Digital) is facing a lawsuit targeting multiple external SSD models with claims that they launched with major flaws that can lead to the loss of data stored within. This is despite the models being marketed as being durable and dependable. The affected drives involve models from both the WD and Sandisk lines. Including SanDisk Extreme and WD My Passport models. The lawsuit claims that the drives launched with flaws that could suddenly lead to messages that the drive is unreadable by the system it is connected to. Resulting in a complete loss of any data stored within. As…