We’ve gotten our first taste ofIntel Alder Lakeperformance specs over the past week thanks to leaked benchmarks from Geekbench. The first results were underwhelming — AMD’s competing processors, despite being months older, handily beat Intel. Now more benchmarks have surfaced, and it looks like Alder Lake is shaping up to take on AMD’s best. On Wednesday, a benchmark featuring the Intel Core i7-12700 leaked.The resultsshowed it falling short of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X in both the single-core and multi-core tests....

Online FPS games live and die based on two main factors: Their maps and their modes. A good shooter needs both to keep the player’s attention and the community engaged for hours on end.Halo Infinitelaunched as a free-to-play multiplayer experience even before the campaign was out — a first for the series — and while celebrated for having solid gameplay, the game was lacking in the number of modes on offer....

Heroes are strongest when they work together. This is true in the comics and movies, but also inMarvel Rivals.Besides choosing your favorite character based on their role or what awesome skin you’ve bought with Lattice, you also need to pay attention to something called Team-Up Abilities. Just like those exciting moments on the page or screen, these special abilities let you combine the skills and abilities of two heroes to devastating effect....

Amazon joined the tech-for-kids segment with its release of the Echo Dot Kids Edition and the Fire Kids Edition Tablet. If you are looking for deals on both devices, you are in luck. They are now available in a bundle which can save you up to $60. Children are growing up in a time when technology is more accessible than ever. Luckily, there are alreadykid-friendly devicesavailable to help parents teach kids tech skills early while also enjoying fun games....

Amazon has long offered Kids Edition variants of its popular Fire HD tablets — including the newFire HD 10— and now it’s doing the same for its most basicebook readerwith the new Kindle Kids Edition. Hardware-wise, it’s exactly the same as the basic Kindle Amazon debutedearlier this year, except it’s a little pricier as it comes with a case, along with software-specific features designed to encourage children to read. Kindle Kids Edition: what’s different?...

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Wireless headphones were already popular when Apple came along and gave the headphone jack the axe. Now, wireless is the new standard. But don’t worry enthusiasts, there are plenty of traditional cans acting as aural ambassadors for the next generation of audiophiles....

Baldur’s Gate 3 player finds out Goblins can be friends far too late A newBaldur’s Gate 3player who jumped in blind ended up realizing this complex game has multiple ways to approach and clear various zones upon encountering the Goblin Camp, but it was far too late. After 18 hours of intense struggle, this Baldur’s Gate 3 player took toReddit to share their experience. The issue started after reaching theGoblin campas all their efforts to fight through failed....

Summary Warning! Contains Spoilers For Batman #148! Batmanhas been fighting against a twisted version of himself lately, in the form of Zur-En-Arrh. Understandably, this has made Zur one of the hardest villains Batman has ever had to beat, and he ultimately managed to do so – by sacrificingRed Hood. While it seems there was no other way to defeat Zur-En-Arrh, this was still a major moment for both Batman and Red Hood....

British audio giantBowers & Wilkinshas spent the past five decades designing cutting-edge audio products, and making big leaps in sound by investing a significant portion of earnings into its world-renowned research and development arm. The company is doubling down on that long-term mission, announcing the opening of a brand-new, 30,000 square-foot research facility that will be called Southwater Research and Engineering. The new location is in Southwater, in the U.K., but the real reason behind keeping the SRE acronym is as an homage to the company’s previous R&D home, the Steyning Research Institute....

Brother MFC-J895DWImage used with permission by copyright holder The newest printers from Brother are small on both size and price — on Tuesday, June 19, Brother International Corporation announcedthe Work Smart Series, a line of connectedbudget printersfor casual users and home offices. The series includes four models priced from about $80 to $130: the MFC-J491DW, the MFC-J497DW, the MFC-J690DW and the MFC-J895DW. Brother says the new inkjet line is designed with a mix of features in a more compact design....

At CES 2023, BMW announced that its OS 9 platform, slated for release in 2023, will be the company’s first with an infotainment system entirely on the Android Auto Open Source (AAOS) platform. With the update, BMW will adopt a more map-centric approach and weave more third-party apps into its operating system. BMW has been using Linux for the underpinnings of itsiDriveinterface, which gave the company complete control of its entire software stack....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Bungie is haunted. Once universally beloved for creating the genre-changing Halo series, the developer has spent much of the 2010s accumulating ghosts that always seem to hang above their heads. First, there was the infamous ‘10 year plan’ for Destiny, a misinterpreted contractual agreement with Activision that set players’ expectations unreasonably high....

After all these years,Netflixcontinues to be the premier destination for streaming content. With recenthit shows likeWednesday,You, andShadow and Bone, plusblockbuster movies likeThe Gray Manand the Oscar-winningAll Quiet on the Western Front, Netflix still dominates the streaming landscape like no other. That domination is likely to continue with Netflix’s April 2023 programming schedule, which includes the debut of the Steven Yeun/Ali Wong original seriesBeef, the return of thesci-fi comic book adaptationSweet Tooth, and the arrival ofBetter Call Saul‘s sixth and final season....