The Astro A20 X is a wireless gaming headset designed to connect to two devices, such as a PC and a console, with a small, slim base station. It's nearly identical to the Logitech G522, with a lightweight plastic frame and bright, customizable RGB lighting.
Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais and engineer Steve Cardinali talked to Tom's Hardware about the Steam Controller, it's deep-dive learning experience, and why you really need to play games through Steam to get the best experience.
Valve's Steam Controller ($99) is vastly customizable, comfortable, and has a ton of input options. You probably don't strictly need it, but you can make it your own.
A Redditor who lost their right arm in an accident decided to prototype and build their own single-handed controller to get back into gaming. This peripheral combines a mouse and keypad into a single ergonomic device for one-handed use of PCs and consoles.
Turtle Beach's new Command Series of peripherals features a lot of screens, and the most interesting implementation is seen in the MC7 mouse. The 2.25-inch LCD rests where your thumb will, while providing macros or glanceable information like your PC stats. The mouse otherwise has cutting-edge specs and will be available in July.
The Keychron V5 Ultra 8K is a wireless mechanical hot-swappable keyboard with a 96-percent layout and up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate — and it gets up to 660 hours of battery life.
The Keychron Q6 Ultra 8K is a full-size wireless mechanical gaming keyboard with an 8 KHz polling rate and an impressive 660 hours of battery life at that polling rate. However, its high-profile keycaps and slightly heavy tactile switches weren't our favorite.
Asus' new ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless keyboard is a well-built wireless mechanical gaming keyboard with great battery life and a compact 96-percent layout. It feels and sounds great and it doesn't rely on Asus' Armoury Crate, and it retails for just $140. But you can get its pricier older sibling for less, right now.
NTT's multicore optical fiber (MCF) can quadruple capacity while maintaining the diameter of existing single-core cables, allowing it to work with existing infrastructure.
The Hbada X7 Smart Ergonomic Chair is a premium offering that blends sophisticated design with cutting-edge "AI" features, which include a smart lumbar support. The X7 is an innovative, supportive, and highly configurable ergonomic experience, positioning it as a strong competitor against established high-end brands.
The HDMI standard can often be unclear, with the same version number referring to completely different capabilities across products. You can technically pay your way out of this confusion by going with an expensive fiber-optic HDMI cable that maintains its full bandwidth over much longer distances. That's what this Twitter user did, and their cable has one more trick up its sleeve.