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OWC Launches ThunderBlade X12 and Active Optical Cable at CES 2025
Other World Computing (OWC) announced its latest innovation today, with the OWC ThunderBlade X12, a game-changing professional-grade RAID solution – the next step in OWC’s Thunderbolt 5 solutions; and the OWC USB4 40 Gb/s Active Optical Cable, for long-distance connectivity without compromising speed or reliability. OWC also announced the general…
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Kolink Launches Core Standard Braided Cable Extension Kit
Kolink has today launched its new Core Standard Braided Cable Extension Kit in a variety of colours. Core Standard Braided Cable Extension Kit The Kolink Core Braided Cable Extension Kit offers users the opportunity to further customise their system to be their own. The kit offers four flexible cables including…
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After Many 12VHPWR Problems, A Solution Is In The Works
The 12VHPWR connector has been the victim of a lot of scrutiny from the various burning issues that have occurred since the release of the RTX 40 series. Now, after much complaining PCI-Sig is working on a new replacement. New 12VHPWR Replacement This new replacement connector was shared by igorslab…
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CORSAIR Introduces Its iCUE LINK Smart Component Ecosystem
To reduce cable clutter in your systems, Corsair has introduced iCUE LINK Smart Component Ecosystem aiming to connect all your Products through just one cable. Corsair iCUE LINK Smart Component Ecosystem (PR) iCUE LINK changes the way experienced PC builders and newcomers alike will create their next PC, implementing patent-pending…
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Lian Li Launches New AL V2 120 & 140 Fans and Strimer Plus V2
Today Lian Li has launched their new V2 AL 120 and 140mm RGB fans as well as their V2 Strimer Plus RGB power extension cable. Improved Lian Li AL Fans Lian Li has taken their AL120 and AL140 fans and given them some solid improvements, most notably with the fan…
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Apple Might Bypass EU Law With a Proprietary USB-C Charger
Last year the European Union (EU) issued a new law mandating that all technology products sold in the region, specifically those containing a battery, and, by proxy, requiring an external charging capability, must offer support for USB-C. – In other words, they’d just made the USB-C port and cable the…
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Lian Li Revises UNI FAN SL120/SL140 to New Even Lower Cable Count V2 Design
LIAN LI has announced its newly improved UNI FAN SL120 V2 and SL140 V2, both available in black and in white. The new UNI FAN SL V2 now offers the ability to daisy chain up to two clusters to a single hub port. With a 28 mm thick frame, the…
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Reddit User Creates 3D-Printed 12VHPWR Cable Protector for the Nvidia 4090!
Although I daresay more than a few of you are aware of this matter, there is currently quite a fair bit of concern (and in some places outright controversy) over the 12VHPWR cable adaptor which is supplied with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. It has now, in fact,…
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Apple Confirms They’re Moving to New USB-C Standard – (In Europe At Least)
Earlier this month, the EU formally mandated into law that all battery-containing tech products sold within the region would require USB-C support by the end of 2024. – Now, for the vast majority of companies, this wasn’t a problem. Most things these days are USB-C compliant right out of the…
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USB-C Charging Standard Officially Mandated into EU Law!
Representing an initiative which would hopefully look to reduce e-waste, earlier this year the European Union (EU) proposed a new law that would require any technological product sold in the region to require a USB-C charging port (or some form of compliance) right out of the box. – The overall…
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PCI-SIG Expresses Concerns Over PCIe Gen5 Adaptors
With the launch of Nvidia’s high-end 30XX series of graphics cards, we saw the somewhat soft introduction of the new PCIe Gen5 power connection standard. With all next-gen GPUs from both AMD and Nvidia expected to fully transition to this, however, it seems pretty clear that there are going to…
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US to Join EU With New Mandated USB-C Charging Standard?!
Earlier this month the European Union officially voted to bring in a new law that would officially require all portable tech products sold in the region to offer a mandated USB-C charging standard. – In other words, if it had a battery that could be charged, it had to be…
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UK Government Has No Plans to Join EU in Mandating New USB-C Charging Standard
Earlier this week, and after months of speculation, the European Union finally confirmed that it was going to make it a legal requirement (as of late 2024) that all tech products sold within the region should include support for the USB-C charging cable. Whether this came by a standard port…
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European Union Mandates the USB-C Charging Standard!
Over the last few years, the European Union has made more than a few overtures toward looking to standardise (as much as possible) charging systems within portable tech devices. Primarily driven by a wish to reduce overall electronic waste, back in April things in this regard took a big step…
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Apple to Finally Dump Lightning Port in Favour of USB-C by Late 2023?!
While Apple has continued to press forward with its proprietary Lightning charger connection port, the writing has been on the wall for more than a little while now that, sooner or later, and by either choice or mandate, they would eventually have to transition or at least offer out of…
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