8.4/ 10 SCORE Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5, late 2025) Pros Excellent screen, especially with nano-texture Great performance Good size and reasonable weight for everyday use Same first-rate design as previous models Cons Screen notch remains irritating Big drop in performance in low-power mode Only two external displays supported in the M5 model Prone to fingerprint smudges Bundled 70-watt adapter …
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ROG Xbox Ally X Sees Significant Performance Improvements Running Games in Bazzite OS
Game performance on the ROG Xbox Ally X is seemingly held back by its stock operating system, as installing Bazzite OS can lead to significant performance improvements in select games, according to a recent test. The test was conducted by YouTuber Cyber Dopamine, who installed Bazzite OS, which started as a project to resolve some of the issues that plague …
Read More »Chiefs News: Chiefs get an ‘A+’ for complete performance
Loser: The Raiders’ Nonexistent Offense Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs delivered a vintage offensive performance in Rashee Rice’s season debut (he was previously serving a six-game suspension for his role in a serious multicar crash in 2024), cruising to a 31-0 win against the Raiders. The Chiefs offense was humming right away, with long, methodical drives that seemed to crush …
Read More »Rina Sawayama calls out Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘SNL’ performance
Rina Sawayama is calling attention to a major faux pas in Sabrina Carpenter‘s martial arts-inspired Saturday Night Live performance. A day after Carpenter pulled double duty as SNL‘s host and musical guest, the Japanese-British singer lovingly called out a detail in her performance of “Nobody’s Son,” which was set against the backdrop of a Japanese martial arts studio. “Big love …
Read More »Was Shohei Ohtani’s Game 4 the best individual performance in sports history?
Once Shohei Ohtani homered for the third time — shortly after wrapping up his six scoreless innings on the mound — the superlatives began in earnest. Best baseball performance of all time? Best sports performance, period? Pinnacle of overall human achievement? That last one is perhaps over the top, but the first two questions are worth exploring. In Game 4 …
Read More »Jalen Hurts: The feeling of losing drove Sunday’s performance
The last few weeks have featured a lot of conversation about what’s wrong with the Eagles offense, but that subject can be put on the back burner after Sunday’s win over the Vikings. Jalen Hurts was 19-of-23 for 326 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-22 win that snapped a two-game losing streak. After the game was over, Hurts said …
Read More »NTFSPLUS Announced: A New Linux Driver For NTFS With Better Performance, More Features
Well this wasn’t on my bingo card for 2025… There is now yet another NTFS file-system driver for Linux. There’s long been the read-only NTFS driver in the Linux kernel, the more capable NTFS FUSE driver in user-space, and then in recent years the NTFS3 driver that was upstreamed to the Linux kernel by Paragon Software. NTFS3 offers read/write support …
Read More »Exynos 2600 Wipes The Floor Against The Competition; Samsung’s Internal Testing Shows 6x Higher AI Performance Than A19 Pro, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 & More
0-20%: Unlikely – Lacks credible sources 21-40%: Questionable – Some concerns remain 41-60%: Plausible – Reasonable evidence 61-80%: Probable – Strong evidence 81-100%: Highly Likely – Multiple reliable sources Samsung is shaping up to return to the flagship chipset category with a bold statement, as it is working to introduce its first 2nm GAA SoC, the Exynos 2600, in a …
Read More »Jordyn Brooks: Dolphins’ performance embarrassing, nothing to be proud of
The Dolphins dropped to 1-6 on the season today with an ugly 31-6 loss to the Browns, and it’s raising major questions about what is going on in Miami. Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks admitted that the team isn’t taking pride in its work. “Obviously wasn’t anything to be proud of. Embarrassing,” Brooks said after the game. Brooks said he never …
Read More »Fire TV acting slow? 10 settings I changed on mine to instantly improve the performance
Why is my Fire TV running so slow? That’s a complex question to answer. It could be the age of your device. Older hardware might struggle to load the latest apps and services. But it could also be a combination of outdated software, too many background processes, and accumulated temporary files. All these things can make your Fire TV or …
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