hardware
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How To Fix A ‘CPU Temperature Error’ When Your Computer Gets Too Hot
It can feel jarring to restart your computer and see an error message instead of your computer’s lovely login screen. Worse, when that error message is one of these scary ones:
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There Are Never Enough AA Batteries Around To Power My Xbox One Controller
Two AA batteries. That’s all I recently needed to turn my Xbox One controller on and get back to steaming dumplings in Overcooked 2. It was around 1:00 a.m. on a Saturday, though, and I didn’t have any left.
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Nvidia And AMD Are At Each Other’s Throats Again
Over the weekend, Nvidia said it was cancelling its controversial GeForce Partner Program in the wake of criticism that it was anti-competitive and an attempt to increase the company’s hold on the graphics card market. It’s the latest development in the ongoing saga of Nvidia and rival manufacturer AMD waging duelling PR campaigns in an…
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A Brief History Of Steam Machines
Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty) Remember Steam Machines? Valve’s console-style gaming PC rigs meant for the living room felt like they might revolutionise gaming when they were first announced. A few years later, they’re mostly forgotten. Even Valve is ready to turn the page on that chapter: It recently removed them from the front page of…