Hardware - Digital Citizen

ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI+ review: A mini PC with an eye-catching E Ink display

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
25.03.2025

Creating compact computers that offer outstanding performance is a challenging endeavor. The limited space affects how much hardware can be incorporated, the level of noise produced, and overall power consumption. However, ASUS has successfully impressed us with its NUC 14

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GIGABYTE X870E AORUS MASTER review: Powerful and expensive

Codrut Neagu
20.03.2025

Building a high-performance PC can be both thrilling and challenging, especially if you’re aiming for the latest hardware innovations. One key component that often determines your system’s capabilities is the motherboard. In this review, the GIGABYTE X870E AORUS MASTER takes

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ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Steel Legend 16GB OC review: Cool & efficient!

Codrut Neagu
12.03.2025

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Steel Legend 16GB OC is a new graphics card that aims to offer strong performance in games, good looks, and reliability, all for a reasonable price. ASRock’s Steel Legend line is known for its solid

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review: A powerhouse for creativity and gaming

Codrut Neagu
11.03.2025

The Ryzen 9 9950X3D is the latest high-performance processor from AMD, featuring the company’s cutting-edge 3D V-Cache technology. Designed for content creators, power users, and gamers who demand the best, this CPU aims to push the boundaries of desktop computing.

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How to change the mouse and touchpad scroll direction in Windows 10

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
06.03.2025

When you scroll on a Windows 10 laptop or desktop computer, the active window moves up or down by three lines. If you keep rotating the scroll wheel, Windows 10 continues scrolling by three lines in the direction you’re using.

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ASUS PRIME Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition review: 4K gaming for less!

Codrut Neagu
05.03.2025

The ASUS PRIME Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition is a brand new graphics card based on AMD’s latest entry into the GPU market. Designed to deliver top-notch 4K gaming performance at a competitive price, and built upon the RDNA

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Realme 14 Pro review: Enhanced durability at a mid-range price

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
03.03.2025

The mid-range smartphone market is very competitive, with many manufacturers offering better phones than ever before at reasonable prices. In Europe, as well as in other regions, realme has recently launched their 14 series, which includes the 14 Pro, and

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ASUS ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi review: Good performance for a bit less money!

Codrut Neagu
27.02.2025

Designed for gamers, the ASUS ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi features modern technologies such as PCIe 5.0, support for DDR5 memory, and Wi-Fi 7. At the same time, for a relatively small price, it offers a good-looking design with a

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TP-Link Archer BE230 review: The Wi-Fi 7 router under 100$!

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
26.02.2025

Since I started testing Wi-Fi 7 networking devices, I have been interested in reviewing affordable devices. At first, such devices weren’t available on the market, but things have changed for the better. Today, you can buy Wi-Fi 7 routers that

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How to change the mouse and touchpad scroll direction in Windows 11

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
25.02.2025

By default, a computer mouse scrolls down three lines at a time in Windows 11. Therefore, the active app window goes three lines lower each time you roll the mouse scroll wheel downward. When you use a Windows 11 laptop

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ASUS RT-BE92U review: The router for IoT devices

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
24.02.2025

Smart homes are no longer a futuristic concept but a reality for many people worldwide. In a smart home, many devices require wireless connectivity on the 2.4 GHz frequency band: sensors, surveillance cameras, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, smart bulbs, smart

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ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti review: Worth upgrading to?

Codrut Neagu
20.02.2025

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is a new graphics card (GPU) that aims to deliver strong performance without an extreme price. And as you very well know, when choosing a new GPU, you have to be careful about

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ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI review: The future of mini PCs includes AI acceleration

Codrut Neagu
17.02.2025

While Intel stepped back from producing Intel NUCs, ASUS took over the business and continues to innovate in this space, offering powerful and compact solutions for users who need a small PC without sacrificing speed or advanced features. In this

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Garmin Instinct 3 review: Old-school smartwatch for the great outdoors!

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
13.02.2025

The Garmin Instinct 3 is a rugged, feature-packed smartwatch designed for outdoor enthusiasts and fitness aficionados who need durability, long battery life, and advanced sports tracking capabilities. Building upon the success of its predecessors, this latest iteration introduces an AMOLED

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AMD & G42 will build a powerful AI computing center in France

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
12.02.2025

France’s president Emmanuel Macron recently announced a total of 109 billion Euros ($112 billion) in private investments in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. Shortly after, G42, a prominent AI technology group from Abu Dhabi, has also shared that it’s setting

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ASUS ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD review: The dual-screen portable monitor

Codrut Neagu
11.02.2025

Recently, I have been testing an intriguing device: the ASUS ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD. It’s a portable dual-screen monitor featuring dual 14-inch OLED panels, each with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and a 16:10 aspect ratio. Portable and

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How to check your iPhone’s battery health, peak performance & optimized charging

Codrut Neagu
11.02.2025

Did you know that your iPhone automatically manages its performance to prevent unexpected shutdowns? This system is known as Peak Performance Capability, and it first made headlines back in late 2017, when it sparked controversy among users and tech experts.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: Small steps forward!

Codrut Neagu
10.02.2025

The Galaxy S25 Ultra is Samsung’s most powerful smartphone yet, intending to outmatch everything else in the Android world. Focusing on performance and artificial intelligence (AI), the S25 Ultra refines last year’s model by bringing improvements in aspects such as