We wrap up the news of a very special week with the Christmas holidays. Wishing you a break from the daily struggle these days, we leave you with the best content we’ve offered you over the past seven days.

TPNET Awards 2022: These are the winners in consumer technology. True to its annual event, this week we presented several awards, where our editorial leader rewards the most outstanding products, solutions, manufacturers and services of the year. We have kept the online format for health safety, but without deducting a single bit of recognition that the winners deserve. Congratulations to all the winners!

Five graphics cards you shouldn’t buy and five alternatives you should. Many users will take advantage of the Christmas period to update their graphics cards, which is quite understandable, not only because of the data, but also because of the improvement that the price of this component has seen in general.

Amazon Echo Studio 2022. In the field of smart speakers, we analyze Amazon’s most advanced smart speaker, which, with a price of 200 euros, directly competes with the now defunct Apple HomePod and Sonos One; and with a varied number of “non-smart” speakers that range from 150 to 400 euros.

KDE Plasma, a powerful, flexible and familiar way to get into Linux. «I want to try Linux,
what do you recommend» This is probably one of the questions that users of this operating system hear most often. Choosing the right graphics environment is crucial for these first steps, and here we explain why.

Lenovo announces news for CES. The Chinese firm has unveiled a major catalog update for its exhibition at the Las Vegas trade show. IdeaPad Pro 5 and Slim consumer laptops; ThinkPad X1 professional notebooks; among others the compact mini-PC IdeaCentre Mini and the new Chromebook IdeaPad Flex 3i.

The best laptops of 2022, according to MC. The year is coming to an end, so it’s time to look back and evaluate everything that happened and what particularly interested us. For this reason, the MuyComputer team, person by person, has chosen the “best” of 2022. Here, we will tell you which laptop we liked and/or surprised (for the better, of course) the most from all those during these last 12 months.

Twitter, Elon Musk and expelling journalists. Situational analysis of a winter technological soap opera. And it is that controversy has accompanied the billionaire since he bought the social network. From expelling wayward journalists, policies that prohibit linking to other media or even banning tweets that criticize these decisions and their own CEO.

The 10 most powerful graphics cards of 2022. We’re in the final phase of the year and both NVIDIA and AMD have already completed their pending releases, so it’s a good time to find out which are the ten most powerful graphics cards of 2022, an article updating the original that we also published at the end of last year.

A guide to setting up a budget PC for trouble-free 4K gaming. Upgrading your computer or buying a new one is always exciting. Now we need to be clear about what we are buying and know if it will adapt to the use we want to give it. In this complete guide, we’ll tell you everything you need to know to enjoy 4K graphics without spending more than necessary.

Genesis Xenon 800, analysis: lightness and precision. Lightness and therefore also accuracy are one of the most important aspects when deciding on this or that gaming device. They know this at Genesis, which is why the Xenon 800’s main claim, apart from its 16K PixArt PMW 3389 optical sensor, is its lightness.

XMAS TECH GIVEAWAY. This month we continue to give away products with a series of sweepstakes where you have a chance to win incredible products from well-known brands in the gaming world. This week it’s Nothing’s turn to raffle off a pair of Nothing Ear wireless headphones (stick) worth €119.

The best phones of 2022. Smartphones have become one of the most common devices in our lives: from waking up first thing in the morning to reminding us that it’s time to go to bed, and even playing music, radio or a podcast until we fall asleep. arms of Morpheus. We’ll tell you which mobiles we think are the most interesting of the year.

Newskill Christmas campaign Take advantage of the offers! Newskill has launched a promotional campaign offering discounts of up to 30% on its entire catalog until January 6, 2023. The campaign joins another active one, which, based on special packages prepared by the manufacturer, allows us to save even more on product purchases.

Major scientific milestones of 2022. This year, which we are about to say goodbye to, has left a rather bitter aftertaste in all of us. However, the scientific community continued to work hard to bring us some of the best news of the year. We are reviewing some of these while joining the global demand that, for good reason, requires more research resources.

News VOD 52/22. A week of very interesting and anticipated releases such as Daggers in the Back: The Mystery of the Glass Onion, the second season of Alice in Borderland and The Witcher: The Origin of Blood, based on the universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski and brought to the world by CD Projekt games Ed.

More MC content you shouldn’t miss

In addition to the previous selection, the week has given a lot and we can highlight a few other articles that we think you will enjoy, such as:

• In our engine section this week, we analyze the 2022 Volkswagen T-Roc R.
• Should Elon Musk continue to lead Twitter? A survey designed by Elon Musk himself told him to go home. And it looks like that will be the case as the search is on for a CEO.
• Celebrate Christmas with the best offers from Supercdk.com and get Windows 10 for €12, Windows 11 for €18…
• Official Ryzen 5 7600, Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900 prices and specs.
• Good news for those who want a cheaper Game Pass, Microsoft’s latest moves point in that direction.
• Intel aims to win this generation’s performance competition, as the single-threaded Intel Core i9-13900KS once again shows.
• Epic Games did not respect the privacy of minors and as a result they will have to pay a fine.
• One made of lime and one made of sand with the International Space Station. We begin the week with an assessment of his recent problems, but end with the knowledge that he is slowly resuming his activities. And in between the farewell, that of the Mars InSight probe, which ends its activity.
• MiniPC lovers will have to be extra patient as the Raspberry Pi might not see the light of day until 2024 due to supply issues.
• Are you one of those who were intrigued by the Duke Nukem Forever trailer released in 2001? Well, you can finally enjoy it the way it was originally conceived.
• Regulators are still considering Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard King, but it seems the general public already knows what they want.
• Google Chrome is adding a new development state, soon stable, which will allow us to test the latest features in a more secure environment.
• The debut of the next generation of AMD Radeon was not as expected. The company is trying to improve the situation with new drivers, but at the same time, some Radeon RX 7900 XTXs seem to have temperature issues, which is a difficult situation for AMD.
• NVIDIA has improved the consumption of its GeForce RTX 3050 thanks to a chip change, while the frequency and consumption of the RTX 40 Mobile series have been filtered out.
• Bad news for those who expected a port Gran Turismo 7 from PlayStation on PC. Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of Gran Turismo and CEO of Polyphony Digital, denied that they were working on it.

Other TPNET articles you may be interested in

If MC is a consumer portal, you know that our parent house TPNET offers, in addition to those specialized in security and Linux, other websites dedicated to companies, professionals, SMEs and channels. We’ll leave you with a selection of the best published content that you might be interested in:

• TPNET Awards 2022. Across all media from our editor-in-chief, we highlight the most outstanding manufacturers, products and services of the year: MCPRO, our most professional website; MuyPymes, aimed at freelancers and SMEs; MuyCanal, dedicated to the ICT and MC distribution channel, our portal specialized in consumer technology.
• We review the Dynabook Portégé X40-K professional laptop: elegance and balance.
• What is the future of the storage industry?
• The Salta 2022 program has made Zaragoza a great reference for start-ups in the field of mobility, commerce and smart cities. What’s cooking on the banks of the Ebro capital?
• 2023 could be a big year for AI and the Metaverse. Problem? Cybercriminals are well aware of this.