The News: Sunday, July 6 Edition

This has been something of an up and down week. We had Canada Day and Independence Day, and those involved celebration and food and fun (I’m in the US, but very near to Canada, so I get the benefit of both countries’ holidays). And then I found out a man I graduated high school with was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday. Not someone I hung out with, not someone from my circle of friends, not someone I’ve talked to outside of possibly at a class reunion since then… but I come from a very small town. My graduating class wasn’t big, and most of us had known each other since kindergarten. I’m sad for his family, sad for his friends, and sad that it happened. He was planning to attend our 25-year class reunion later this month, and now he’s gone. It’s just… unsettling. Leaves me unbalanced and incredibly aware of my own mortality. Rest in peace, Eric.

APH Networks gets us going with some Kanto YU2 Desktop Computer Speakers

Legit Reviews examines the Intel Pentium G3258 Processor

ThinkComputers tries on a pair of Wicked Audio Heist Earbuds

Hi Tech Legion taps away at the Tt eSPORTS Poseidon Z Illuminated Blue Switch Edition

eTeknix goes inside the Thermaltake Core V71 Full Tower Chassis and also offers a chance to Win a Cube Raptor Gaming PC Worth £669.99

NikKTech chills out with the Cooltek LP53 Low-Profile CPU Cooler and announces its Silicon Power Worldwide Joint Giveaway

OverClock Intelligence Agency beats the heat with the Swiftech Apogee XL CPU Waterblock

Hardware Canucks tests out the GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H Motherboard

TechwareLabs shares its thoughts on the WiME Wi-Watch M5 Smartwatch

HardwareHeaven gets into the Mionix Nash 20 Headset and wants you to WIN: 1 of 5 Mionix Naos 8200 Gaming Mice

techPowerUp spends some time with the Shuttle Fanless Slim-PC DS437T

LanOC weighs in on the Evercool Venti

TweakTown goes mobile with the LG G Flex Curved Screen Smartphone

PureOverclock checks out the Thermaltake Poseidon Z Mechanical Keyboard

Benchmark Reviews shares its opinion of the HIS Radeon R9 280 IceQ X² OC 3GB Video Card

OCModShop sits down with the MSI GT Dominator Pro Gaming Laptop

HotHardware gets its hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0, as well as announcing its Summer Gaming System Giveaway

TrustedReviews phones in on the OnePlus One and gives you a chance to Win a 16GB iPad mini

Channel Pro Network cleans up with Avast GrimeFighter

To close this one out, KitGuru takes a look at the Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144hz G-Sync Monitor (w/ GTX 780Ti ROG Matrix)