Digital camera shipments have decreased by 93% since 2010, primarily due to the rise of advanced smartphone cameras. This video explores industry missteps, current product shortcomings, and suggests a compact hybrid camera design to revive consumer interest.
This video explains the importance of thermal paste in PC maintenance, detailing its role in CPU cooling and performance. It includes a step-by-step guide for applying thermal paste to a PC and looks at the utility of the recommended replacement cycle of every 2-5 years.
Intel faces ongoing struggles, with Bill Gates labeling the company as “lost” amidst significant losses and competitive pressures from AI chip leaders. The outlook for recovery seems bleak as doubts about Intel’s future intensify.
This video highlights the significance of safety certification marks on electronic devices, explaining their role in ensuring safety, health, and environmental standards. It discusses risks of uncertified products, compliance processes, and emphasizes the importance of informed consumer choices for safety.
On tektoc we recently discussed why mechanical hard drives don’t belong in a modern PC. In this video short, we look at a few ideas for recycling those hard drives and putting them to good use. Reduce, reuse and recycle!
Mechanical drives, SATA drives and NVMe drives are all out there vying for your attention and a spot inside your shiny new PC case. Which is right for you? How different are they, really? Where will you get the biggest …
Intel seems to be suffering from one failure after another lately. Those failures have pounded the share price, driven huge quarterly losses and sparked massive layoffs and property sales. Is Intel on its way to failure? How close are they? …
I recently built a gaming PC in the very economically-priced Thermaltake Versa H18 TG micro-ATX PC case. I have some definite thoughts on the value proposition presented by the Versa H18. Join me as I unbox my new PC case, …
AMD and Intel are both still in the habit of packaging coolers with some of their CPUs, but does this approach still make sense in 2024? Is anybody buying a CPU based on whether or not there’s an included cooler? …
I’m a huge fan of purchasing refurbished PCs for productivity purposes (as opposed to more computing-intensive tasks like gaming and content creation). But I hear from a lot of folks that they are a bit nervous going this route given …
