The 10 most technically impressive games of 2016; The Internet of Things has officially hit peak stupid; Windows 10 free upgrades are still unofficially available; and More

Trouble viewing this email? [View in Browser] [Logo] [Banner] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Pinterest] January 12, 2017 If you're like us, then you're looking for information on technology in upwards of 50 different places. In a medium that's meant to be efficient, the Internet has yet to offer you a lot of efficiency. That's where ExtremeTech comes in. [Top Stories] [First Article] [The 10 most technically impressive games of 2016] Each of these titles have noteworthy technical accomplishments, but this isn't a pixel count and frame rate competition. Instead, we tip our hats to the games that astonished us the most. [Second Article] [The Internet of Things has officially hit peak stupid, courtesy of this smart toaster] Griffin wants to sell you on the idea of a smart toaster. We're increasingly sold on the idea of living on a remote island far away from companies that think adding Wi-Fi and an LCD onto something makes it "smart." ADVERTISEMENT [Article] [Windows 10 free upgrades are still unofficially available] Officially, Microsoft stopped giving away Windows 10 six months ago. Unofficially, it's still readily available. [Article] [AMD declares Ryzen will be a four-year architecture] AMD has shared a few new details on Ryzen at CES, including chipset and CPU support for overclocking and multi-GPU configurations. [Article] [NASA takes an amazing photo of Earth from Mars] The satellite is more than 100 million miles away, but it can still snap a nice photo of home. [Article] [CES 2017 highlights in photos] Somehow CES gets larger every year. It has now grown way beyond consumer electronics into nearly every corner of high-tech. After six days at press events and the show itself, here are some of our favorite highlights. [Article] [Jetstream aims to double residential solar efficiency] Silicon-based PV panels are the state of the art for residential solar, but are topping out in efficiency. Startup Jetstream plans to bring commercial-quality solar concentration technology to the home. Jamie Lendino Editor-in-Chief, ExtremeTech.com Follow me on Twitter: [@jlendino] You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...] [Tech Deals] [New Year, New You. Sale on Nutrition, Wellness, & Home Essentials] [See Deals] [Apple iPhone 6 16GB 4G LTE GSM Unlocked Smartphone with code DAILY614] $599.99 $214.99 + Free Shipping [Get Deal] [25% off Dell UltraSharp monitors] [See Deals] [Blenders and Juicers 10% off or more] [See Deals] [$149 Rosetta Stone Complete Set!] $249.00 $149.00 + Free Shipping [Get Deal] [Office Supplies & Electronic New Year Deals] [See Deals] [$20 off select $100 orders of Kidde fire safety products] [See Deals] [1 TB of Cloud Backup 75% off with IDrive: One Account for Multiple Devices] $59.50 $14.88 + Free Shipping [Get Deal] [Top Computer & Accessory Deals in Past 24hrs Expiring Soon] [See Deals] [Electronic Essentials up to 50% off for Home, Work and Life] [See Deals] [Over 60% off NordVPN Ultra-Fast VPN. Supports bittorrent, no logs & double encryption. Use code GEEK50] $143.00 $48.00 + Free Shipping [Get Deal] [Do you want more deals? Get on the List and Save up to 50% off on Top Tech] [Get on the List] All product and deal information such as discount, price and availability are believed to be accurate as of the time of publication. Please verify these details with the merchant site and check the merchant's terms and conditions before you buy. Publisher is not responsible for errors or omissions eNewsletter Information You are subscribed to ExtremeTech with the e-mail address {EMAIL}. Click [here] to unsubscribe from this newsletter. To subscribe to other e-mail newsletters from Ziff Davis, change your delivery format from HTML to text, or change your email address, click [here]. [Ziff Davis] Copyright © 2017 Ziff Davis, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis, LLC., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016