Month: July 2024

In a recent interview, Logitech’s CEO talks about how the Forever Mouse may receive updates via subscription service.

Logitech is reportedly working on a “Forever Mouse,” which is dubbed a premium computer mouse that you only have to buy once. Company CEO Hanneke Faber recently sat down with TheVerge for an interview about what the brand has in store for the future. 

She mentions how a Logitech team member showed her a prototype of a “fantastic-quality [and] well-designed… mouse.” It was a little heavy, but it had a system in place for receiving new features via software patches. Furthermore, you wouldn’t be forced to purchase a next-gen model to see improvements.

What features the Forever Mouse will obtain are unknown as Faber was pretty tight-lipped in the interview, although she did drop a few clues. First, she envisions the device will have some sort of subscription service tied to it but didn’t go as far as to say how much the mouse or the service will cost.

However, judging from her responses, the product could be somewhat expensive. Nilay Patel, the interviewer, and TheVerge’s Editor-in-Chief, threw out $200 as a potential price point. Faber doesn’t acknowledge the potential price tag, nor does she outright dismiss it.

Productivity and durability

Near the end of the interview, Logitech’s CEO opines about what could arrive on the Forever Mouse. Productivity may be a significant focus, with her saying the device has the potential to help people by introducing “shortcuts to the large language models and all kinds of other things.” She claims that she recently met someone who has 120 shortcuts programmed into their mouse.

Another potential benefit of the sturdy accessory is that it could help Logitech achieve its climate goals. The Forever Mouse has the potential to be quite sturdy, allowing it to better resist damage or drops. And the device will always feel cutting-edge because of the software patches. If someone doesn’t want it anymore, they can sell the Forever Mouse to, say, Best Buy for cash, and the retailer can then refurbish the device for resale.

That’s pretty much all of the pertinent information we can gather about this mystery mouse. Much of the interview talks about Logitech’s business practices and upcoming changes. Faber wants the company to eventually leave the smart home industry, although they will continue supporting their video doorbell and security camera for the foreseeable future.

Analysis: Potential features

It’s admittedly hard to imagine what kind of upgrades could come to the Forever Mouse through its supposed service. Given how generative AIs are all the rage nowadays, we can see Logitech implementing shortcuts to a large language model like ChatGPT or Google Gemini. 

But beyond that, what could you do with a computer mouse’s software? They already have Options Plus, an app that allows you to automate tasks through macros.

If and when Bluetooth 6.0 launches, the subscription service could allow the Forever Mouse to support the standard. Perhaps users can change the DPI sensor’s sensitivity in a way similar to the MX Master 3S. Or, if you want to get a little fantastical, maybe a turbo click could be added, where a single press of the left button registers as multiple presses. That can be helpful in video games.

We’ve asked Logitech to ask if they could provide more insight into Forever Mouse and its subscription service. If we hear back, this story will be updated.

In the meantime, check out TechRadar’s list of the best mouse for 2024.

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Intel’s strongest CPU doesn’t stand a chance now, after AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X broke a benchmark performance world record.

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X processor has already shown some impressive performance in its early development compared to Intel’s Core i9-14900KS, thanks to leaked Cinebench R23 benchmark results already revealing an incredible 48,011 for multi-threaded performance.

But that’s only the beginning, as Bilibili tech influencer Ordinary Uncle Tony demonstrated how far the processor can be pushed when overclocked to a staggering 6.5GHz. The previous Cinebench R23 benchmark multi-threaded score was 50,843, achieved by a Ryzen 9 7950X, yet the Ryzen 9 9950X absolutely clears that with a score of 55,327 points.

During the live event (called China Joy) broadcast in China, Tony first warmed up the processor with a 5.0 GHz processor clock, which netted a score of 42,689 points. A 6.0 GHz processor clock nets 51,204 points—already beating out the previous world record—and then he finally overclocked it all the way to 6.5 GHz for the current result. And the most impressive part is that this is just the beginning, as others will most likely surpass even this incredible performance feat.

Intel is in trouble, but so is AMD? 

Even in its engineering samples, Team Red’s Ryzen 9 9950X processor has been handily beating out Team Blue’s Core i9-14900KS in Cinebench R23 performance results. One such example is the 9950X, achieving a Cinebench R23 multi-threaded score of 48,011, which is 12.5% faster than a Core i9-14900KS in the same test, which hit 42,678. When testing on the lowest 160W power test run, it scored 42,336. At 200W, it beat out Intel’s flagship with a score of 44,782.

AMD’s upcoming processor is set to be an absolute beast, and normally, we’d be looking forward to reviews premiering around July 31, when it was initially slated for release. However, in true tech industry fashion, there have been plenty of delays caused by completely avoidable and ridiculous reasons.

It was first revealed that the Ryzen 9 9950X had to be delayed until the end of August due to an unspecified issue with the quality of the processors discovered late during Team Red’s packaging testing process. This includes units already shipped out to retailers, which then had to be recalled.

Even worse, this massive delay of the Ryzen 9000 processors might be caused by a simple typo. Instead of a Ryzen 7 9700X processor, AMD seemingly mislabeled it as the Ryzen 9 9700X on the chip itself. Ryzen 5 9600X chips have also been engraved as ‘Ryzen 9’ models, even worse, since the Ryzen 9 label is saved for Zen 5 chips only.

Though judging these performance results, Team Blue doesn’t seem like it’ll be competing with Team Red anytime soon. Team Red is clearly its own worst enemy. Hopefully, it can recover from this blunder soon, though it’ll obviously set back the tech giant regardless.

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