Cooler Master’s modular Stream Deck alternative gets massive 70% discount, drops from $399 to $116.99 — MasterHUB Creator Kit gets a deep price cut

If you stream or create content and haven’t used a control deck before, you don’t know what you’re missing out on. While most people associate PC control decks and macro pads with Elgato’s Stream Deck, the Cooler Master MasterHUB offers the same advantages — and with its current discount, it’s a solid option for first-time […]

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With RAM prices soaring, it’s time next-gen phone specs got creative

The RAM crisis affects smartphones, PC components, handheld game consoles, and more, is really starting to bite. Between product delays, cancellations, and the expectation of price hikes, 2026 isn’t shaping up to be a good year for buying new gadgets. While the outlook isn’t great, the tech industry remains adaptive, if nothing else. Every crisis […]

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Black Basta Ransomware Leader Added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice

Ravie LakshmananJan 17, 2026Law Enforcement / Cybercrime Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Black Basta. In addition, the group’s alleged leader, a 35-year-old Russian national named Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov (Нефедов Олег Евгеньевич), has been added to the European Union’s Most Wanted and […]

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Why Service Mesh Never Took Off (Despite Being Incredibly Powerful)

The Promise Was Real Years ago, when AWS announced App Mesh at re:Invent, I tested it out with a few microservices to see the interconnections between them. The benefits were genuinely impressive: What service mesh solves: Instant visibility: See traffic flow between all services in real-time Performance insights: Identify bottlenecks across 50-200 microservices at a […]

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