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11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core processors, flaunts Cyrillic-badged processors — chips appear to be sanctions-swerving rebadged Chinese Loongson processors

11-month old Russian outfit claims it has develope...

3 weeks ago 24

Save over £40 on the latest SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite audiophile-grade headset — world's first Hi-Res audio certified wireless gaming headset

Save over £40 on the latest SteelSeries Arctis Nov...

3 weeks ago 32

Grab this £59.99 TP-Link wireless router with Wi-Fi 7 support at its lowest ever price — 31% discount unlocks faster connections for lag-free streaming and gaming

Grab this £59.99 TP-Link wireless router with Wi-F...

3 weeks ago 27

Get $399 of Corsair Vengeance RAM essentially free with a Ryzen 7 9850X3D and high-end X870E motherboard — Newegg bundle saves you $436 on the core of an overclockable AM5 build

Get $399 of Corsair Vengeance RAM essentially free...

3 weeks ago 27

How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs during the PC hardware apocalypse – newer drives will definitely cost more, and some may offer up shockingly poor performance

How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs dur...

3 weeks ago 34

2026 PC shipment forecast slashed amid memory shortages — IDC says total PC market value to nonetheless increase to $274 billion due to ongoing price hikes

2026 PC shipment forecast slashed amid memory shor...

3 weeks ago 25

Asus RT-BE92U: tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router provides a high-speed upgrade at a competitive price

Asus RT-BE92U: tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router provides a ...

3 weeks ago 20

Silicon Power US RMA policy now hedges against AI-driven RAM and SSD shortages — company says it will refund the original purchase price 'if there is a shortage of replacement products'

Silicon Power US RMA policy now hedges against AI-...

3 weeks ago 30

China bans OpenClaw from government computers and issues security guidelines amid adoption frenzy — nation scrambles to rein in popular AI agent

China bans OpenClaw from government computers and ...

3 weeks ago 32

Microsoft debuts DirectStorage 1.4 at GDC 2026, with Zstandard compression and GACL — update promises developers improved compression ratios, faster loading, and more

Microsoft debuts DirectStorage 1.4 at GDC 2026, wi...

3 weeks ago 27

Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets compressed malware leisurely stroll past 95% of antivirus apps — security suites are blissfully unaware of security issue

Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets compressed malware l...

3 weeks ago 30

The FBI is looking for victimized Steam users who downloaded games with hidden malware — Investigation underway into multiple infected titles from 2024 to 2026

The FBI is looking for victimized Steam users who ...

3 weeks ago 27

RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion — 1+1 'value pack' offers desperate psychological relief as the memory shortage worsens

RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alon...

3 weeks ago 31

AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to def...

3 weeks ago 42

RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 — latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia's top GPU

RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, th...

3 weeks ago 45

China firm Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs announced with up to 12GB of VRAM — LX 7G106 can play Cyberpunk 2077 and other popular Steam games, arrives June 18 in China

China firm Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs...

3 weeks ago 56

IBM and Lam's new partnership paves the way toward sub-1nm logic using High-NA EUV — Albany lab to pioneer dry resist process integration

IBM and Lam's new partnership paves the way toward...

3 weeks ago 36

Apple’s brand new M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro m...

3 weeks ago 35

Google’s Pixel 10a proves you don’t need big upgrades to make a great phone

Google’s Pixel 10a proves you don’t need big upgra...

3 weeks ago 27

1348 Ex Voto's stylish sword fighting and strong premise caught my attention, but the game's awful PC performance tainted the experience

1348 Ex Voto's stylish sword fighting and strong p...

3 weeks ago 23

This RTX 5060 Acer gaming laptop with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD is a steal for just £799.99 — solid 1080p performer includes a 10-core Intel CPU and a fast 165Hz refresh rate

This RTX 5060 Acer gaming laptop with 16GB RAM and...

3 weeks ago 36

'Looks far more expensive than it is' — FiiO's an automatic turntable has several bright ideas to light up your vinyl-loving life

'Looks far more expensive than it is' — FiiO's an ...

3 weeks ago 31

Keychron Q16 HE 8K Review: All-ceramic, but not all good

Keychron Q16 HE 8K Review: All-ceramic, but not al...

3 weeks ago 28

Iran hacking group claims attack on med-tech company Stryker — says over 200,000 devices have been wiped clean and over 50TB of data extracted

Iran hacking group claims attack on med-tech compa...

3 weeks ago 27

Save $800 on this MSI desktop with RTX 5070, 2TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM — get an Intel Core Ultra 265K gaming rig for just $1,899

Save $800 on this MSI desktop with RTX 5070, 2TB S...

3 weeks ago 30

Acer Swift 16 AI Review: A Premium contender with a curious twist

Acer Swift 16 AI Review: A Premium contender with ...

3 weeks ago 28

This £8.97 TP-Link Ethernet switch is a must-have for 4K streaming and lag-free gaming — compact 5-port unmanaged switch runs silent and unlocks gigabit speeds for less than a tenner

This £8.97 TP-Link Ethernet switch is a must-have ...

3 weeks ago 30

I tested the Aura Ink over months, and it ‘captures the spirit of photo frames more authentically’ than LCD — but it's not perfect

I tested the Aura Ink over months, and it ‘capture...

3 weeks ago 25

Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock — SK hynix forced to diversify after 30% of global supply removed from the market

Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a ...

3 weeks ago 36

Meta reveals four new MTIA chips built for AI inference — to be released on a six-month cadence

Meta reveals four new MTIA chips built for AI infe...

3 weeks ago 30

DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS: Game Support Across 650+ Titles

DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS: Game Support Across 650+ Titl...

3 weeks ago 25

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x incre...

3 weeks ago 31

Netflix is clearly coasting with Virgin River season 7 — but that can only be good news for already confirmed season 8

Netflix is clearly coasting with Virgin River seas...

3 weeks ago 39

The Nintendo Switch 2 has a new worst accessory in the Virtual Boy — the best place for it is on your shelf

The Nintendo Switch 2 has a new worst accessory in...

4 weeks ago 51

Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be powered by custom AMD SoC and feature 'FSR Diamond' — 'Xbox Mode' is also coming to Windows 11

Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox, codenamed Projec...

4 weeks ago 50

How to use Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer to improve Ryzen CPU performance

How to use Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Opt...

4 weeks ago 58

US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359 — cheaper kits vanish from shelves within seconds of listing

US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes...

4 weeks ago 46

OpenClaw AI agent craze sweeps China as authorities seek to clamp down amid security fears — adoption surges as state-run enterprises are barred from use

OpenClaw AI agent craze sweeps China as authoritie...

4 weeks ago 36

Minisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installed — Strix Halo-powered N5 Max can run a local AI LLM

Minisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw ...

4 weeks ago 47

My first-ever Pokémon adventure is still fantastic on the Switch 2, but I wish the LeafGreen asnd FireRed rerelease had something to make it a little more special

My first-ever Pokémon adventure is still fantastic...

4 weeks ago 28

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is World War Z meets MudRunner and has already become my go-to co-op shooter

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is World War Z mee...

4 weeks ago 43

Valve details new game verification system for upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine — 30 FPS at 1080p for Steam Frame Verified, same as Steam Deck

Valve details new game verification system for upc...

4 weeks ago 31

Where to buy Apple's new MacBook Neo, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro — grab the most affordable MacBook, along with the latest M5 silicon refreshes, from these top stores

Where to buy Apple's new MacBook Neo, MacBook Air,...

4 weeks ago 35

Iran threatens Nvidia, Microsoft, other tech companies with strikes over alleged attack on Tehran bank — says that economic centers and banks are now considered legitimate targets

Iran threatens Nvidia, Microsoft, other tech compa...

4 weeks ago 29

IBM and Lam Research team up on High NA EUV dry resist to push chip scaling past 1nm

IBM and Lam Research team up on High NA EUV dry re...

4 weeks ago 21

How to Ding, Dong, Ditch Ring’s surveillance network

How to Ding, Dong, Ditch Ring’s surveillance netwo...

4 weeks ago 26

Framework raises RAM prices for the third time in three months, SSD costs up — company warns that it’s running out of stock on some Intel processors as well

Framework raises RAM prices for the third time in ...

4 weeks ago 38

Phison CEO says that NAND prices hiked by around 50% overnight, highlighting severe shortage in the industry — warns 'our current concern is that both money and inventory are insufficient'

Phison CEO says that NAND prices hiked by around 5...

4 weeks ago 20

Lego Smart Brick review: my kids are not impressed

Lego Smart Brick review: my kids are not impressed...

4 weeks ago 19

Intel announces Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs, claims 15% higher gaming performance and multi-threaded boost — Core Ultra 7 270K and Core Ultra 5 250K come with more cores, faster memory, and a price cut

Intel announces Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs, claims 15...

4 weeks ago 32