As part of the “First Look” in the run-up to CES 2021, Samsung presented new televisions under the name “Neo QLED”. The new QLED televisions use mini-LED backlighting to enable full array local dimming with subdivision into significantly more, smaller zones. 

Words has been spreading on the web that Microsoft is to overhaul the WIndows 10 interface a bit more. Back from the dead would be widgets, you probably can remember them from Windows 7.

RAIJINTEK has released a video of the desk-type Mini-ITX case "Pan Slim" on the official YouTube channel, and the design is unique looking with a horizontal facing design.

TP-Link adds  RE230" and RE550 wireless LAN repeaters compatible with the TP-Link One Mesh to their product line. The dual-band wireless LAN repeater that can build a mesh Wi-Fi environment by combining with a wireless LAN router that supports TP-Link One Mesh.

XPG, a fast-growing provider of systems, components, and peripherals for Gamers, Esports Pros, and Tech Enthusiasts, is bringing a slew of new gaming lifestyle products to the all-digital CES 2021. Under the theme of ‘The Future of Gaming,’ XPG will be out in force “digitally” to show off its latest and greatest must-haves for 2021, including a new gaming lifestyle ultrabook, next-gen DDR5 DRAM module, training software, gaming chewing gum, and more.

Hey, we love our share of processor die photos, a new one has surfaced which is a Ryzen 5000 Cezanne APU Die, notably big, and yeah that's a totally different APU alright.

Alphacool presents a new Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N cooler for the RTX 3070 Founders Edition graphics cards. The block offers outstanding cooling performance thanks to the full cover design.

Cyberpunk 2077 launched less than a month ago, but already is experiencing a 79% drop in its player base, at least on Steam. The game had 1 million simultaneous players on PC at launch time, the role-playing game now hovers around 225,000 active sessions.

GELID Solutions unveils the latest ARGB extension cable series featuring sophisticated lighting and 18 AWG multilayer single sleeved wiring. The ASTRA is a product of GELID Solutions GAMER product line.

Intel introduced Intel RealSense ID, an on-device solution that combines an active depth sensor with a specialized neural network designed to deliver secure, accurate and user-aware facial authentication. Intel RealSense ID works with smart locks, access control, point-of-sale, ATMs, kiosks and more.

Intel announced that the 300 series chipsets will be discontinued starting in January of next year. This includes Z390, Z370, H370, B360, H310, B365, H310D motherboards.

It's taking Intel a long time to get Xe going for consumers. The desktop GPUs SKUs are still not talked about, but who knows during CES some more information will be shared. Two new Xe entries however have been spotted. 

Developer Mundfish has published official system requirements for Atomic Heart on Steam. They show that owners of old and middle-class PCs should also be able to immerse themselves in the Soviet-stylized parallel world without any problems.

Dell Technologies announced its 40-inch curved ultra-wide liquid crystal display "U4021QW", and it has a high-resolution panel of 5120x2160 pixels.

So it seems that a Series 500 motherboard will not be mandatory for PCIe 4.0 support after all. Gigabyte today announced that all Z490 motherboards featuring PCIe 4.0 hardware design can support the 11th Gen Intel Core processors by an update to the latest F20 BIOS, and provide the extreme bandwidth and performance for PCIe 4.0 graphics cards and SSDs. 

Dell unveiled new products and software that reimagine work so anyone can perform at their best. With a new portfolio of intelligent, collaborative and sustainable devices, Dell is transforming work experiences to give people greater flexibility to work from anywhere.

AMD is releasing the latest firmware microcode for its motherboards to manufacturers. The new revision update should become available to end-users this and next month. 

Read it well, desktop, and not notebook. But yeah that something very interesting is happing you've been able to witness for the past three years now.