American drone manufacturers are facing a serious dependency on Chinese components in their products. Forbes reported on this. As part of preparing the United States Armed Forces for potential confrontation in the Pacific region, the Pentagon is encountering new challenges related to the mass production of drones. Primarily, this concerns components, a significant portion of which are manufactured in China and supplied to the U.S. both directly and through intermediary supply chains. LUS platoon during the training. Photo credits: Defence One China currently controls close to 90 percent of the global commercial drone market, according to market research firm Drone Industry Insights UG. Additionally, it is in China where key drone components are produced, such as airframes, batteries, radios, cameras, and screens. Due to mass production and availability, these components are highly competitive, making it difficult to create an effective alternative at the moment. Equally important is the cost of Chinese components, which is significantly lower than that of similar products from the U.S. or European countries. It is driving the growth of global demand, including among the armed forces of countries that actively use products by DJI. “We are almost completely reliant on our major adversary for them, and our ability to make them,” said Josh Steinman, who previously oversaw supply chain security at the National Security Council. An Australian soldier with a Mavic 3T drone. Photo credits: Australian Army Meanwhile, China has imposed sanctions on the supply of certain components that could be used in military equipment. This has significantly complicated the situation for American manufacturers. Although some companies are trying to restore the production of critical components within the United States. The Pentagon acknowledges that such dependence poses a threat to U.S. national security. However, manufacturers themselves complain about excessive bureaucracy from the government and the U.S. Department of Defense, which prevents them from organizing production independently. The U.S. recognizes that, at present, it is impossible to counter China’s dominance in drone component manufacturing, which is why they allow the use of Chinese parts, such as airframes, engines, and batteries—even in military UAVs. Militarnyi previously reported that the United States had selected four companies to participate in the Artemis long-range kamikaze drone program, including two collaborating with Ukrainian manufacturers. Share this post: SUPPORT MILITARNYI PrivatBank ( Bank card ) 5169 3351 0164 7408 copied Bank Account in UAH (IBAN) UA043052990000026007015028783 copied ETH 0x6db6D0E7acCa3a5b5b09c461Ae480DF9A928d0a2 copied BTC bc1qv58uev602j2twgxdtyv4z0mvly44ezq788kwsd copied USDT TMKUjnNbCN4Bv6Vvtyh7e3mnyz5QB9nu6V copied

Max Hunter Capcom is coming for those of you who modded their Monster Hunter Wilds to allow for more hunters and more monsters per quest Some Monster Hunter Wilds players have been modifying their games to allow quests to go beyond their intended parameters, and Capcom is warning you not to join them. Image credit: Capcom. News by Sherif Saed Contributing Editor Published on April 21, 2025 Since its first arrival on PC with Monster Hunter World, series fans have been introduced to the magic of PC modding. Pretty much everything you could change, some intrepid modder managed to. This continued with the recent release of Monster Hunter Wilds, of course, but some mods are taking things too far, and Capcom has put those players on notice. The problem is, not everyone playing realises that they’re playing a modded quest. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Capcom doesn’t appear to have an issue with mods like the ones that change the game’s visuals, swap character models, tweak outfits and so on. The developer, however, is very concerned about mods that change the way quests work to allow for things not supported by the game. More specifically, players have been able to mod High Rank quests, Investigations, and Field Surveys to not only increase the number of possible monsters within each, some mods can also increase the number of players who can participate in each one, too. This massively affects the game’s balance, not to mention change the reward structure of a core component of Monster Hunter. The idea of modding a game to create a more rewarding environment obviously isn’t exclusive to Monster Hunter, but because of the way the co-op hunting game is structured, going beyond the designed parameters completely destroys the experience. What’s more frustrating here is that new players, who may not be familiar with how many monsters/players are allowed per quest - or even those not paying attention - could end up in games where the host has modified the quest to allow for more rewards or more hunters. Without knowing what’s standard for each, you may not be able to detect that something looks off. Quests with three or more monsters in them are most certainly modded. | Image credit: Capcom. This is why Capcom published a list of the standard parameters of quests that you should look at so that it’s harder for you to join modded games. “We have confirmed the unauthorized modification of game data in Monster Hunter Wilds for High Rank environment Investigations, Field Surveys, and more,” said Capcom. “Modified data can interfere with normal gameplay and even render the game unplayable. If you suspect a quest has been modified, please do not play it, or stop playing it immediately.” Unfortunately, Capcom is currently unable to determine whether a specific quest had been modified, but the developer is working on implementing "additional countermeasures” in future updates to detect players who modified their games, and hopefully warn other players not to join them and get themselves implicated. While Capcom has previously deleted unrealistic times from Wilds’ Challenge Quest leaderboards, the developer hasn’t said whether the players responsible for them had been banned. From the looks of things, the process of identifying cheaters may not be as straightforward as it is in other games. In case you missed it, the next batch of Monster Hunter Wilds Event Quests and Challenge Quests has been published. Many of them are currently live, available through the end of the week of April 28.

"We have a long, long catalogue".We'll admit it, we all thought a new 3D Mario game would be the star of the show in Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal. Donkey Kong Bananza took that spot instead, but that's not to say that Nintendo hasn't been cooking something up for its prized plumber. At least, that's what Nintendo of America's Doug Bowser seems to be teasing.The NoA president has been in and out of interviews since the upcoming console's announcement, and in a recent conversation with CNN, he made a passing comment about the next mainline Mario. It's a tiny tease, we'll admit, but it was enough to get us excited, nonetheless.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Almost Nothing Nora Wendl University of Illinois Press $19.95 The Edith Farnsworth House’s story has ad nauseum gone something like this: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe meets Dr. Edith Farnsworth at Georgia Lingafelt and Ruth Lee’s 1945 dinner party in Chicago, and they hit it off. Edith hires Mies to make her a house, Mies employs a young Myron Goldsmith to work out the details, costs skyrocket, Mies sues Edith (at Philip Johnson’s behest), then Edith wins, retires, and moves to Italy. Mies is the misunderstood, tortured protagonist from wartorn Europe and Edith the ungrateful, persnickety American antagonist with family money, an inconvenience to this seemingly perfect crystalline temple. Nora Wendl’s Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth throws a wrench in this easy, sexist narrative we’ve become so accustomed to.  It’s always been assumed Mies and Edith were lovers. But were they, actually? Edith has been punished for this phantom affair and the infamous court case between her and a “genius” architect 17 years her senior. Under oath, Mies dismissed her as his clout chasing, sycophantic client: “I was already famous, and now she is famous throughout the world!” he said. Aside from this new book by Wendl, and earlier works by Alice T. Friedman, Edith hasn’t been given her due as an intellectual aesthete and renowned physician who cured a once-fatal form of kidney disease (nephritis), among other feats, including 100 poems that pose questions about her own sexual orientation few historians have bothered to look at, until now.  Edith Farnsworth and Beth Dunlap circa 1951 (William Dunlap/Courtesy Nora Wendl) “And I became curious about what that might mean,” Wendl wrote in her introduction, “what difference it might make to a building, how we cannot imagine a history of architecture in which men and their erections are not central; how to write a history of architecture in which men and their erections are peripheral, or rather, to see if I can imagine one.” So begins Wendl’s book that is nonfiction and memoir all at once. Reclaiming Edith We just can’t seem to shake Mies, can we? The man has been dead and buried in Graceland Cemetery since 1969. Still, he’s the subject of at least four new titles. In 2019, Ralph Fiennes and Maggie Gyllenhaal were to dramatize Mies and Edith respectively in Farnsworth House, directed by Richard Press. (Elizabeth Debicki subsequently replaced Gyllenhaal, the film still hasn’t come out.) Mies van der Rohe: An Architect in his Time by Dietrich Neumman; The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture, an anthology by Michelangelo Sabatino with contributions from Hilary Sample, Scott Mehaffey, and Neumann; and Mies in His Own Words, edited by Sabatino and Vittorio Pizzigoni, were all released last year.  In Neumann’s oeuvre, he dedicates 18 pages to the Edith Farnsworth House, which mostly focus on its assembly methods and construction novelty (the plug welds, I-beams, etc). Sabatino’s text interprets the house’s early photography, and explores how Edith was largely omitted from its media representation. Wendl’s Almost Nothing arrives not long after these books, and differs in myriad ways. The University of New Mexico architecture professor offers a captivating, critical “history of architecture, of women, and of glass.” In 2020, Wendl co-curated an exhibition, Edith Farnsworth Reconsidered, with Mehaffey and Robert Kleinschmidt, that showed how Edith originally occupied the house, before it was renovated by its second owner Lord Peter Palumbo. In 2021, the National Register of Historic Places renamed the Farnsworth House the Edith Farnsworth House—many tourists thought Edith was a man or had no idea who she was, Wendl writes. Almost Nothing comes three years after the house’s renaming, nevertheless a project Wendl has dedicated the past decade to. Nora Wendl, Equine in features, circa 2021, C-print on fibre rag paper. (Courtesy Nora Wendl) Installation view of Edith Farnsworth, Reconsidered, by Nora Wendl at Farnsworth House circa 2020 (Courtesy Nora Wendl) Wendl calls Almost Nothing a “love story,” placing it arguably in the same vein as Eva Hagberg’s When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect, as both writers insert themselves into the story. Hagberg, whose endorsement appears on Almost Nothing’s back cover, and Wendl foreground two women that, for decades, were backgrounded. Their work recontextualizes two men that, for so many readers, warrant no introduction, but whose personal histories of gender politics are lesser-known. Almost Nothing also bears resemblance to Justin Beal’s Sandfuture in that it too is a work of architectural autofiction. That is to say, Almost Nothing is about Edith and Mies, but it’s also about writing a book about Edith and Mies—it chronicles Wendl’s own experiences as an underpaid, overworked scholar living in cheap Chicago apartments without much institutional support. We read about her trying to get tenure, taking anxiety medication, hanging up on cajoling men who pry into her research, navigating annoying Ivy Leaguers, having panic attacks at stuffy academic conferences, and other pursuits. Wendl paints a picture of her own material conditions in taut sentences: “I am so tired my skin hurts”; “while the bartender backs away, I put my head on the bar, mortified”; and “a man that I slept with years ago emails me to tell me that he’s building a building,” are some of my favorites, which speak to the book’s experimental, first–person form. “I write the check for rent and slide it through the door downstairs,” Wendl announces, “I eat sardines over rice.”  Edith Farnsworth, fourth to the right, with friends in Maine circa 1926 (Mary W. “Molly” Dewson/Courtesy Castine Historical Society) Wendl splices historical and archival research about Edith with snippets of her own life story, mentioned above. Her narrative delves into Edith’s childhood, and her college friends she liked to visit in the Bronx—women who lived alone in housing cooperatives near Van Cortlandt Park and had radical politics. Edith was one of four women accepted into Northwestern University’s medical school in 1934, when there were quotas that determined how many women could enroll. She translated Italian poetry by Albino Pierro and Eugenio Montale into English. Edith kept a rifle in her weekend house after coming across a field of horses “shot dead,” a rather Truman Capote–esque discovery in the country.  The book gives kudos to Friedman, who started the work decades ago to do Edith justice in Women and the Making of the Modern House, a critical feminist genealogy published in 1998. Upon completion, Almost Nothing reminds us that the glass house she commissioned was not Edith’s defining moment, but rather a footnote to a remarkable life. Nevertheless, it was something she paid a hefty price for, financially and psychologically.  A Right to Opacity Almost Nothing is stocked with examples of psychological and physical violence men enact on women, like when Mies told artist Mary Callery, with whom he was having an affair, that she “should stay in the kitchen,” instead of her studio, because “that’s where women should be.” The text goes into how Edith was “tethered to historical record by a man,” much like Denise Scott Brown, as described in the recent anthology about her edited by Frida Grahn. It renders the patronizing ways Edith has been described during tours of her own house: “Everything that woman wrote is a lie,” a tour guide once personally told Wendl in Plano, Illinois. Likewise, Wendl documents her own experiences dealing with chauvinist Mies historians, condescending film directors who think they know best, and predatory male students. The vignettes where men grabbed Wendl’s arms and hands and called her dear made me recoil with disgust. “When asked why I was trying to leave my current teaching position, I said I loved the desert, because I could not say, a former student of mine might want to kill me,” Wendl wrote, using italics to describe her move to the University of New Mexico. Gerard & Kelly, Modern Living, circa 2017. Performance view: Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, presented by the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Julia Eichten (Bradley Glanzrock/Courtesy of The Artists, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Ryan Kelly) Almost Nothing’s structure mirrors Edith’s own memoirs, and how, after the notorious lawsuit between her and Mies ended, her journal entries were “no longer chronological, no longer sentences, but begin to occur scattershot across her journals and notebooks.” Edith’s poetry and journaling speaks to her own distress over the home and lawsuit. “If there is a proper way to write this history of a glass house, I don’t want to know,” Wendl said. Compared to other Mies historians like Franz Schulze—who once said Edith was “no beauty” and “equine in feature”—and Edward Windhorst, Wendl’s Almost Nothing offers a captivating, harrowing, and chilling account of patriarchy. Until recently, Edith’s trials and tribulations weren’t taken seriously, reminiscent of how women’s pain is dismissed by doctors at higher rates than men. Almost Nothing shows how gender bias and our own material conditions affect the way architectural history is written. It affirms that glass isn’t just glass, like what Walter Benjamin said (“Glass has no history”), and that a work of architecture cannot be reduced to its methods of assembly.  Most importantly, Almost Nothing affirms Edith’s right to privacy, despite having lived in the country’s most famous glass house: “What I would like to tell her is that she has a right to her opacity,” Wendl wrote. “She has a right to be impossible to decipher.” Almost Nothing is now available for pre-sale purchase and will be released May 20.

Edward Russell Norton (1871-1960) and his wife, Lillian (1870-1968) got married in 1904 and immediately began planning their dream home. They purchased a building lot on Powell Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, and hired architect, Robert Coit, to furnish plans for the new home which was completed by the next year. The house blends Arts and Crafts and Tudor Revival styles with a pleasing design and architecturally appropriate paint scheme.

Tech Apple Watch alerts woman to life-threatening leukemia diagnosis How smartwatches are changing the way we look after our health Published April 21, 2025 6:00am EDT close 'CyberGuy': Apple Watch alerts woman to life-threatening leukemia diagnosis Tech expert Kurt Knutsson says an Apple Watch saved psychiatrist Amanda Faulkner by detecting deadly leukemia early. In recent years, smartwatches have gone far beyond just telling the time or tracking steps. These little gadgets on our wrists are becoming powerful health tools, quietly monitoring our bodies and sometimes even alerting us to serious medical issues before we realize something’s wrong. From tracking heart rate and sleep patterns to measuring blood oxygen levels, smartwatches are helping people stay more in tune with their health than ever before.STAY PROTECTED & INFORMED! GET SECURITY ALERTS & EXPERT TECH TIPS – SIGN UP FOR KURT’S ‘THE CYBERGUY REPORT’ NOW Apple Watch saves woman’s life (Amanda Faulkner) (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)The life-saving power of wearable technologyTake Amanda Faulkner’s story, for example. Amanda, a consultant psychiatrist from New Zealand, was feeling unusually tired and hot one summer, but she just put it down to the heat or maybe perimenopause. She was busy with over 60 patients and didn’t think much of it. But her new Apple Watch kept sending alerts that her resting heart rate was way higher than normal, jumping from her usual 55 beats per minute up into the 90s.At first, she thought the watch was wrong. She was fit and healthy, after all, and she had even recently been hiking. However, the notifications kept coming every morning, and eventually Amanda decided to see her GP. That decision probably saved her life.Within hours of tests, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare and aggressive blood cancer. Doctors told her that if she had waited another 48 hours, she might not have survived. Apple Watch saves woman’s life (Amanda Faulkner) (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)The wider impact of Amanda’s storyAmanda’s experience shows just how powerful these wearable devices can be, not as medical diagnosis tools but as early warning systems that encourage people to seek help sooner. Apple, for instance, is clear that its heart monitoring features aren’t meant to replace doctors but to provide useful information that can prompt users to get checked out. Elevated heart rates can signal many things, from infections to allergic reactions, and catching these signs early can make all the difference.Amanda's husband, Mike, told us, "The positive press from this story has also led to many friends and family members deciding to act on health concerns and/or buy an Apple Watch, and I have seen many similar comments on social media where the post has been replicated. She has also had complete strangers come to see her in the hospital to discuss their own cancer journeys, and as Amanda cannot work in her role as a psychiatrist, these interactions have been great, allowing Amanda to ‘help’ people again, which, after all, is her vocation in life."Amanda remains in treatment, including chemotherapy and an upcoming stem cell transplant, but she remains optimistic and grateful for the smartwatch that gave her a fighting chance. She urges others, especially women who often have their symptoms dismissed, to trust their instincts and advocate for their health. Apple Watch saves woman’s life (Amanda Faulkner) (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)Limitations and risks of smartwatch health monitoringWhile smartwatches offer incredible benefits, it’s important to recognize their limitations. These devices are not medical-grade tools and can sometimes produce false positives or miss critical health issues. Overreliance on smartwatch data may lead to unnecessary anxiety or, conversely, false reassurance. Additionally, not everyone’s body responds the same way, and factors like skin tone, movement or device placement can affect accuracy. Privacy and data security are also concerns, as sensitive health information is transmitted and stored digitally. It’s essential to view smartwatches as supplementary tools that can prompt users to seek professional medical advice rather than definitive diagnoses. Apple Watch saves woman’s life (Amanda Faulkner) (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)Kurt's key takeawaysSmartwatches are more than just tech accessories; they’re becoming essential health companions. While they don’t replace professional medical advice, their ability to monitor vital signs continuously and alert users to potential problems is transforming how we approach health. Amanda Faulkner’s story is a powerful reminder that sometimes the smallest devices can make the biggest difference, literally saving lives by catching warning signs early. So, if your smartwatch starts "nagging" you about your health, it might just be worth paying attention to it.Has a wearable device ever alerted you to a health issue or helped you take action? We’d love to hear your story: How has technology changed the way you manage your health? Let us know by writing us atCyberguy.com/Contact.For more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading to Cyberguy.com/Newsletter.Follow Kurt on his social channels:Answers to the most-asked CyberGuy questions:New from Kurt:Copyright 2025 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurt’s free CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.

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We've all thought about it: What would we buy if money were no object? Most people have mental lists of extravagant, unnecessary-but-awesome tech they'd snatch up if they ever hit the jackpot. But for those who don't, here are some ideas – plus a few more realistic (but still pricey) alternatives. And remember: if it brings you joy, it can't be a bad thing… usually. From TVs to GPUs, these are ten guilty pleasures for tech enthusiasts – a.k.a. the expensive gear we need. Big TV Samsung's The Wall We're often told that bigger doesn't always mean better, but in the world of televisions, it often does. And it doesn't get much bigger than Samsung's aptly named The Wall. First unveiled in 2018, The Wall combines monstrous sizes with MicroLED display tech. Like OLED, MicroLED displays use millions of tiny LEDs that produce their own light and color without requiring a backlight or color filter. However, MicroLED has several advantages over OLED: brighter colors, improved power efficiency, faster response times, and significantly higher brightness. Some models reach up to 2,000 nits across the entire screen. Perhaps most importantly, MicroLED uses an inorganic LED structure, which offers a longer lifespan and eliminates the risk of burn-in. In addition to its advanced display tech, The Wall features a modular, bezel-less design that can be configured in different sizes and resolutions. If you have the money – and the space – you can opt for the jaw-dropping 292-inch 8K setup. Samsung isn't too forthcoming about the price of this model as it has to be custom ordered, but it's believed to be somewhere between $572,000 and $800,000. If that's a bit too steep, there's also a 146-inch 4K version available for $219,999. Yes, that's a lot of dough for a TV – but these sets are larger than many people's living rooms. On top of the size, you also get 20-bit processing for precise color mapping, a peak brightness of 1,600 nits, and a host of high-end features. A Less Expensive Alternative LG G5 Evo 97-inch If you're after something a little more attainable, check out LG's latest offering in its premium G-series of OLED TVs: the G5 Evo. Not only is this model three times brighter than the already very bright G4 (1,650 nits peak on a 10% window), but it's absurdly thin and has a new anti-reflective coating. The LG G5 is a solid choice for living room PC gaming, boasting a 165Hz refresh rate, G-Sync, FreeSync, VRR support, and a dedicated gaming portal that includes the Xbox app for Xbox Cloud Gaming. The 83-inch version goes for $6,499 – but why stop there when the 97-inch model is available for $24,999? A Powerful Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Nvidia's RTX 5090 is the most powerful consumer graphics card on the market today. And while Nvidia has been stingy with VRAM across much of the Blackwell lineup, the flagship model bucks the trend with 32GB of GDDR7 memory. It also features 28Gbps memory speed and a 512-bit bus, delivering a staggering 1,792 GB/s of bandwidth. For gaming, nothing outperforms the RTX 5090. And as with most new GPUs, its performance is expected to improve over time with driver updates. There's no denying that the Nvidia RTX 5000 series has been underwhelming in delivering only modest generational improvements at steep prices. The RTX 5090 fits right into that pattern. At the time of our review in January, the flagship showed a 27% average performance gain over the RTX 4090 – along with a 25% price hike. And that was at the now-mythical MSRP of $1,999. Add to that the occasional melting connector and early instability issues – though the latter seems to have been resolved. For something truly extravagant and unnecessarily powerful, choose a high-end third-party card, like the MSI RTX 5090 Suprim or the $3,500+ Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090, if you can even find one. A Less Expensive Alternative Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 While it's also tough to find in stock, the RTX 4090 remains a phenomenal GPU at a significantly lower price than the 5090 – there's a reason we gave it a score of 90. Packing 24GB of GDDR6 VRAM with a 384-bit bus for 1,008 GB/s of bandwidth, the Ada Lovelace flagship remains the second-best consumer GPU around in terms of raw power and performance. With an average of 100 FPS natively in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K, only the RTX 5090 can best it. Most prices are way above the $1,599 MSRP right now, of course. Of course, to truly get the most out of these cards, you'll need a beast of a monitor – which brings us to... Top of the Line Gaming Monitor Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57-inch At 57 inches, the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 isn't that far from 5 feet in width. It also weighs a comical 41.8 pounds. The 7,680 x 2,160 (32:9) resolution makes it comparable to using two 32-inch 4K displays side by side. It also features a steep 1,000R curve that wraps around your field of vision. While it's not OLED, the Neo G9 still impresses with a 1,000-nit VA panel, 2,392 dimming zones, and a Quantum Dot layer that delivers 90% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut. You also get a 1ms GTG response time and a 240Hz refresh rate. Pair it with the aforementioned RTX 5090 – thanks to its DisplayPort 2.1 support – and you'll enjoy maximum resolution and refresh rate performance. Of course, all that tech comes at a cost. The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 is one of the most expensive gaming monitors around, with a price tag of $2,299. A Less Expensive Alternative Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM If you're looking for something more affordable, less massive, and sporting a gorgeous OLED panel, the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM is one of our favorite releases this year (check out our full review). This 32-inch monitor features a 4K resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, and 1,000 nits of peak brightness – matching the Neo G9 in those key specs. It also boasts lightning-fast 0.03ms response times, 99% DCI-P3 coverage, and DisplayHDR 400 True Black certification. It looks stunning, performs exceptionally well, and best of all, it's priced at $1,300 – $1,000 less than Samsung's behemoth. A Top Computer Desk Lian Li DK-07X Dual Chamber Tempered Glass Desk Case If you want your PC setup to scream luxury, a desk case is the ultimate flex – making it clear to guests that you love your expensive tech. The Lian Li DK-07X desk case is essentially a fusion of a motorized sit-stand desk and a high-end dual-chamber E-ATX PC case. Supporting two E-ATX motherboards and dual ATX power supplies, this setup is definitely overkill for most people – but this list isn't about practicality. It also accommodates up to 17 fans or multiple radiators, along with up to 14 storage drives. You also get smooth motorized height adjustment for sitting or standing, and there's no denying that a fully specced-out system looks incredible beneath that sleek tempered glass. The cost for all of this? Around $1,399. A Less Expensive Alternative Secret Lab Magnus Pro XL For a somewhat more traditional desk, there's the Secret Lab Magnus Pro XL. The maker of the some of the best gaming chairs is equally adept at building desks, as this beauty illustrates. This larger version of the Magnus is an imposing 70-inches wide, and comes with the best cable management system you're likely to ever see in a a piece of furniture. The build quality is exceptional all around, especially if you opt for extras like the desk mat, monitor arms, and PC mount. There's also the fact that, like the Lian Li, it can mechanically rise and lower to turn a regular desk into a standing one. With all the accessories, expect to pay just over $1,300. A Luxury Chair Herman Miller Embody If you want a gaming chair that practically screams, "I have too much money," look no further than the Herman Miller x Logitech Embody. At around $2,000, its price is right up there with the MSRP of an RTX 5090. Herman Miller is essentially the Armani of office furniture, known for sleek, stylish, and extremely premium seating. Logitech's 2020 partnership with Herman Miller led to the gaming version of the design company's Embody chair. It's said to be one of the most comfortable chairs you'll ever sit on, as you'd expect at that price. You may also opt for the non-gaming version and pick from different eye-catching colors that highlight the chair's design and the most premium of materials, including copper-fused cooling foam. And unlike similar products, it comes pre-assembled, which will be welcome news for anyone who's put a gaming chair together. A Less Expensive Alternative Secret Lab Titan Evo For a more affordable – though still premium – option, the Secretlab Titan Evo is arguably the best chair in the high-end category. The Titan Evo is on offer for a comparatively reasonable $549, though it can be pushed higher by opting for the real leather options and fancier armrests. The Titan Evo is supremely comfortable – even after 12+ hours of sitting, you won't walk away with a sore back (or anything else). It's also highly customizable, durable, and available in 78 different variants – all of which look fantastic. There's a reason this chair is a favorite among gamers. The Best Speaker Setup Bowers & Wilkins 606 & 607 S3 Speaker setups offer a high level of customization, allowing audiophiles to mix and match speakers and subwoofers to suit their preferences. According to What Hi-Fi, one of the best combinations money can buy right now consists of the Bowers & Wilkins 606 S3 ($1100) speakers and 607 S3 ($900) speakers for the surround, the HTM6 S3 centre channel speaker ($900), and the ASW610 subwoofer ($899). Altogether, that's $3,799, and it doesn't include the price of speaker stands, which you'll also want. The HTM6 S3 is in the middle This system delivers an exceptional home cinema experience in a relatively compact package. With detailed, insightful sound and excellent warmth – especially in vocals – it offers a dynamic, energetic performance that audiophiles and casual listeners alike will appreciate. A Less Expensive Alternative Samsung HW-Q990D soundbar Prefer something more traditional that doesn't require piecing together multiple components? The Samsung HW-Q990D 11.1.4-channel soundbar system includes a main soundbar, a wireless subwoofer, and two wireless rear speakers – totaling 22 drivers that create a full 3D soundscape. And it's available for around $1,500. The HW-Q990D also features two HDMI 2.1 inputs, supporting 4K HDR pass-through at up to 120Hz. On top of that, it offers a range of useful features and produces powerful, immersive, room-filling sound that easily rivals more complex setups. A Monster Laptop Razer Blade 18 If you're a gamer on the move who wants a laptop that can match – or even outperform – your home setup, the Razer Blade 18 with the RTX 5090 GPU is an ideal choice – if you can afford it. Not only does the Blade come equipped with Nvidia's Blackwell flagship mobile GPU and a 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, but it also features a dual-mode display that can switch between 3840 x 2400 at 240Hz and 1920 x 1200 at a blistering 440Hz. It also includes plenty of other high-end specs: a 3ms response time, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, new scissor switches with 1.5mm key travel, and Razer's largest vapor chamber to date. Connectivity is equally impressive, with two Thunderbolt ports (including one Thunderbolt 5), Wi-Fi 7, HDMI 2.1, Bluetooth 5.4, Gigabit LAN, a 5MP camera with a privacy shutter, and a six-speaker system with THX Spatial Audio. The downside? The Blade 18 starts at $4,500 – and buying one in the US right now is nearly impossible. A Monster Laptop for Productivity and Creation MacBook Pro 16 M4 Max Not a gamer, but still want a luxury laptop in this kind of price bracket? Creators and professionals will find a powerhouse in the MacBook Pro 16 with the M4 Max chip. With a 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, and 48GB of unified memory, the M4 Max can handle nearly anything – from 8K video editing to intensive 3D rendering. The MacBook Pro's display delivers with its 1,600-nit peak brightness and 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio on a stunning Liquid Retina 120Hz display. It includes three Thunderbolt 5 ports, three studio-quality microphones, and a six-speaker audio system with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos support. All that hardware is packed inside a stunning and sleek chassis featuring one of the best keyboards and trackpads for productivity. Starting at $4,000, the fully loaded model with 128GB of unified memory, 8TB of storage, and the nanotexture display can push the total over $7,300. A Great Camera Leica M11 Don't just reach for your phone when capturing something special. Serious photographers often turn to a camera like the Leica M11 – priced at a very premium $8,995. This high-end digital rangefinder comes with a 60MP full-frame BSI CMOS sensor, delivering outstanding detail and dynamic range. The M11's Triple Resolution Technology allows users to shoot at 60MP, 36MP, or 18MP – offering flexibility in image quality and file size without cropping. It supports a wide ISO range from 64 to 50,000, making it capable in various lighting conditions. There's also 64GB of internal storage, a durable yet lightweight body, superb build quality, and intuitive manual controls. A Less Expensive Alternative Sony a7 IV At about a third of the Leica's price, the Sony a7 IV (~$2,000 body-only) is a fantastic full-frame mirrorless camera for both photography and video work. The Sony's 33MP sensor delivers excellent detail and dynamic range. It features a fast 759-point autofocus with Real-Time Eye AF, and 4K video recording up to 60fps in 10-bit 4:2:2. Built-in 5-axis stabilization ensures steady shots, while a vari-angle touchscreen and dual card slots are welcome additions. With strong performance in both photo and video, it's a top pick for creators in both media. Headphones for Musical Bliss Focal Utopia Headphones can reach stupidly absurd prices – case in point: the $5,000 Focal Utopia. These ultra-high-end headphones feature 40mm pure Beryllium "M-shaped" dome drivers, delivering rich, smooth, and impactful sound with a touch of warmth and striking dynamic contrast. The result is a deeply immersive listening experience. They offer a frequency response from 5Hz to 50kHz, ensuring both deep bass and extended treble reproduction. An updated voice coil made from a copper and aluminum alloy enhances neutrality, offering powerful bass with smoother treble. Luxury materials complete the package: perforated lambskin and memory foam ear pads, a genuine leather headband, and forged carbon fiber yokes for strength without added weight. Together, these elements contribute to a natural, fluid, and cohesive sound profile. A Less Expensive Alternative Sennheiser HD 800 S While the Sennheiser HD 800 S headphones are far more affordable the Utopias, they still cost a whopping $1,799. But they do feature a 56mm ring-radiator transducer and deliver natural sound reproduction – it's been described as breathtakingly detailed, spacious, and natural. They also include Sennheiser's unique absorber technology, which smooths out treble peaks without sacrificing resolution – resulting in a listening experience that's as refined as it is revealing. Don't Drop these Gaming Headsets Audeze LCD-GX Open-Back Gaming Headset Gaming headsets can get expensive these days, but you'd be hard-pressed to find one pricier than the $900 Audeze LCD-GX open back set. If you need to justify dropping nearly a grand on a pair of gaming cans, just point to the 106mm planar magnetic drivers, which deliver accurate, detailed sound with minimal distortion. The open-back design is great for immersive gaming – though not ideal if you share your space. The sound quality is so exceptional, you might forget it's a gaming headset at all; it's just as suited for listening to music. Thanks to the large, plush memory foam earcups and a suspension-style headband, you can wear this headset for hours without discomfort. Its low impedance (20Ω) and high sensitivity (100dB/1mW) also mean you can use it directly with most gaming devices – no external amplifier needed. All in all, it's the perfect headset for gamers and audiophiles, but if it's too (understandably) expensive for gamers, check this out instead... Audeze Maxwell Wireless Gaming Headset Not a fan of wires? Check out the Audeze Maxwell Wireless gaming headset. It features 90mm planar magnetic drivers that deliver exceptional audio with precise bass, clear mids, and well-controlled treble. At $290, it's still in the premium range, but far more accessible. There have been concerns over its long-term durability, though. Bonus Entry: A Full Racing Sim Setup Ultimate Racing Sim Rig feat. DOF Reality Pro P6 Image courtesy of jgiuliano1 Is there anything more opulent, extravagant, unnecessary – but incredibly cool – than your own racing sim setup? For hardcore racing fans (and flight sim enthusiasts), the DOF Reality Pro P6 delivers hyper-realistic motion feedback across six axes – heave, roll, pitch, surge, sway, and yaw – creating a fully immersive simulation experience. Image courtesy of jgiuliano1 The Pro P6 itself starts at $9,400, but to build a rig truly worth bragging about, you'll need more than just the motion platform. A high-end racing wheel and pedal set, a dedicated sim cockpit, multiple gaming monitors, and a powerhouse PC are all essential – bringing the total cost to anywhere between $15,000 and $20,000+.

We’re just days away from OnePlus’ next launch, where the Chinese company has confirmed it will reveal the OnePlus 13T. We’re been hearing rumours about this device for a couple of months now and while we don’t have all the information as yet, OnePlus has confirmed a number of things about the compact phone.  The existence of the OnePlus 13T was revealed on April Fool’s Day when OnePlus announced at the end of a social post that it would be revealed later this month. Since then, we’ve seen the device leak in a number of benchmark tests, as well as a leaked marketing video that showed this phone running on Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.  Recommended Videos We’ve also seen an official reveal of the device from the rear, showing off a design that features a square camera housing in the top left corner, flat edges and three colour options. OnePlus president Louis Lee also showed the top of the front of the device against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro to present its super slim bezels and punch hole front hole camera.  Related Ahead of its 24 April reveal however, OnePlus has confirmed yet another key specification – the battery. It was previously claimed the battery would be over 6,000mAh, but through OnePlus’ official Weibo account , it’s been confirmed the OnePlus 13T will have (translated) “the world’s first 6,260mAh glacier battery”. The glacier battery refers to a new battery technology developed by OnePlus for its smartphones. It’s designed to deliver higher energy density, longer lifespan, and faster charging speeds and it’s previously been introduced to the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro, but the capacity was slightly less than the OnePlus 13T at 6,100mAh.  Though unconfirmed for the OnePlus 13T as yet, the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro offered support for 100W fast charging, allowing for charging from 1 per cent to 100 per cent in 36 minutes. The Weibo post also confirmed the OnePlus 13T would weigh 185g and that it “completely puts an end to the anxiety of small-screen battery life”. It had a comment about elephants in the refrigerator too. The translation says: “How many steps does it take to put an elephant in the refrigerator? The Big Devil of Small Screens tells you, just one step, this one.” There is little left to be revealed at this point, especially since the latest Weibo post also reveals the device from the front too. But the full specifications, design and price will be announced on 24 April. Editors’ Recommendations