Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Similar to any other area of filmmaking (or other creative projects), it’s always a balancing act between finding power and ...

The NZXT Noctis 450 ROG sports integrated LED lighting. In the past, adding lighting to a PC case—cold cathodes, no less—required serious component research and potentially complex cabling. But with ...

The Govee Skyline Kit effectively suspends an LED strip light in midair, but it’s a real pain to install and the mounting hardware and connection to wall power are aesthetically unappealing. I keep ...

You can find LED lighting solutions in all sorts of form factors these days, from big panels to tiny, rugged dots with built-in batteries, to flexible fabric pads with LED strips on them. These pads ...

A member of the 8800 LED lighting controller family, the 88EM8801 dual-string dimmable LED lighting controller packs high-end lighting features into a single chip that would otherwise require multiple ...