Recent content by t3chg33k

Received mine an hour ago. Guess one of the last ones to get it going by other's post.

The scam has been going around in China for several years, focusing on Intel then and switching to AMD now. They either replace the IHS or use stickers or even laser etching to erase and re-etch. https://wccftech.com/intel-fake-counterfeit-desktop-cpus-china-retail-market/

It is efficient usually for the same tasks and apps, though struggles when the battery capacity is smaller. Java is still a problem for Android and the move to Kotlin will take a long time, so Android does struggle in terms of efficiency, not to say Apple has a monopoly on the latest TSMC nodes...

Sold to and shared tracking details with @john1911

Nice! Seems I needed a few more posts to get his one instead. Expecting the package to come through anytime then. Congratulations to all the winners and their contribution to the community.

The main reason for using an iPhone in my case are the immediate security updates for 0-day vulnerabilities, long term OS updates and the fact that all apps have to follow the set design guidelines, besides being able to deny apps all permissions and having them still work properly. The video...

Had purchased this late last year for use with a Xiaomi Pad 6 for emulation. Sold the tablet itself few months ago and this has been lying unused since. It has hall effect joysticks and triggers and extends up to 289mm which is enough to accommodate 12+ inch tablets. Also has modes that can be...

May be you purchased it at the right time or the wrong time, but this would be a hard sell considering it was being sold for 25-26k last month and will most likely again drop to that price in the next sale, considering MSI needs to clear its inventory.

That is true if you take Trump at his ar*e value. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-address-republicans-china-tariffs He sure knows what he is doing. Completely logical to announce and rollback new "big" numbers every day.

US is doing this because they have run up a huge trade deficit to China and China owns over $750 billion of US government bonds. They can easily damage the US economy. It is not the 90s any more and US is much more dependent on China than the other way round. Also, when it comes to survival...

The real question about reliability is answered when these things are used in a data centre. Otherwise, anecdotally, most people will report that theirs are working fine for several years. Most cheaper drives will generally swap things out after launch, using cheaper NAND, controller and...

Most news videos on YouTube about China's 84% reciprocal tariffs have nearly all Asian commenters across countries cheer for China, as they are the only Asian country able to stand up to United States. Basically, all other Asian countries are being labelled as being spineless and getting bullied...

To be honest, while Google collects the hell out of you, they are still good at anonymising data. I feel it scummy when well known apps are purchased by companies with ulterior motives. Not sure how good Branch is in anonymising data, but basically as the gateway to your phone, they track...

Skyscanner doesn't tend to always have the best rates. Google flights works best in terms of aggregation. If you have a SBI CC card, then using it on sites with credit card discounts along with the 5% cashback is usually the cheapest.

Nova launcher was one of the first launchers I had purchased a decade ago. Unfortunately, a lot of people still recommend it blindly without knowing it was sold to an analytics company 3 years ago and now they are basically supplying data to them...