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Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon

Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play ev...

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$4,429 order for a ROG Astral RTX 5090 cancelled by Nvidia due to a 'late' price increase, with Asus blamed — marketplace buyer refunded after immediate $500 increase, with top-spec GPU now almost 2.5x higher than MSRP

$4,429 order for a ROG Astral RTX 5090 cancelled b...

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China's CXMT targets 30% DRAM memory market share by 2030 with sixth mega-fab — future plans bottlenecked by access to advanced chipmaking tools

China's CXMT targets 30% DRAM memory market share ...

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Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year

Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendatio...

1 week ago 31

Lavazza's A Modo Mio Jolie Evo is the tiniest coffee machine I've ever tested, and brews a delicious espresso — but there's one sustainability catch you should know about

Lavazza's A Modo Mio Jolie Evo is the tiniest coff...

1 week ago 27

Score all the essentials of a great gaming PC for only $983.98 — $155 savings nets 9800X3D, 1TB Samsung 9100 SSD, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, Asus B850 motherboard, and free MSI AIO

Score all the essentials of a great gaming PC for ...

1 week ago 27

US military GPS jamming exercise suspected of contributing to civilian plane crash in New Mexico — medevac flight lost signal before flying into a mountain, killing everyone onboard

US military GPS jamming exercise suspected of cont...

1 week ago 28

Elon Musk says SpaceX will exclusively use Nvidia GPUs 'because they are the best' — says optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 will be launched into space next year

Elon Musk says SpaceX will exclusively use Nvidia ...

1 week ago 25

Huge $750 saving makes this Gigabyte OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti an absolute steal right now — just $1,999 for 1600p rig with 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, and a 24-core Intel CPU

Huge $750 saving makes this Gigabyte OLED gaming l...

1 week ago 28

Frore claims its LiquidJet can drop Nvidia Rubin GPU temperatures by 10°C — can also boost performance by 15% as hyperscalers eye using delidded GPUs in production environments

Frore claims its LiquidJet can drop Nvidia Rubin G...

1 week ago 27

Montech TG3 Panoramic Mid-tower case review: a fantastic value, with four included RGB fans and panoramic views

Montech TG3 Panoramic Mid-tower case review: a fan...

1 week ago 28

Best Buy has slashed $900 off this MacBook laden with memory — 14-inch M4 Pro with 48GB of memory and 2TB of storage now only $2,999

Best Buy has slashed $900 off this MacBook laden w...

1 week ago 26

Glorious Wireless InfinitePlay Gaming Headset Review

Glorious Wireless InfinitePlay Gaming Headset Revi...

1 week ago 25

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is flatter, thinner, and almost creaseless — and, yes, I love it more than the Z Fold 8

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is flatter, thin...

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Crazed modder turns NAS into a gaming PC with RTX 5060 hanging from the side, boosts frame rate by 828% — Frankenstein rig hides dedicated PSU in drive bay, breaks Time Spy world record for the onboard CPU

Crazed modder turns NAS into a gaming PC with RTX ...

1 week ago 39

Ted Lasso season 4 review: a match-winning display from the popular Apple TV show that proves an enforced break can be a good thing, even if it ships the odd own goal

Ted Lasso season 4 review: a match-winning display...

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Essential Apps to Install on Windows and macOS

Essential Apps to Install on Windows and macOS

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AMD doubles data center revenue year over year, but gaming revenue plunged by 31% — CEO Lisa Su says prices have 'weighed on' consumer demand but is 'optimistic' about client market

AMD doubles data center revenue year over year, bu...

1 week ago 41

Beelink EQi Wildcat Lake review: Ultra-fast networking makes this mini PC a great office machine

Beelink EQi Wildcat Lake review: Ultra-fast networ...

1 week ago 30

Fanxiang PS2000W review: A solid portable SSD that's another victim of the rising memory prices

Fanxiang PS2000W review: A solid portable SSD that...

1 week ago 29

More GPU price hikes loom for Asia as Japanese distributor warns of new increases — CFD Sales signals 20% to 40% higher prices on Gigabyte graphics card orders starting this month

More GPU price hikes loom for Asia as Japanese dis...

1 week ago 38

US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown — White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary

US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in d...

1 week ago 44

Kioxia and Sandisk demonstrate the world's highest-density 3D NAND flash — 332 active layers and up to 4,800 MT/s interface

Kioxia and Sandisk demonstrate the world's highest...

1 week ago 37

BenQ PD2770U review: A self-calibrating 4K monitor that might just get creatives to look away from the Apple Studio display

BenQ PD2770U review: A self-calibrating 4K monitor...

1 week ago 22

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 review: A portable business-driven shell that's a workstation-grade beast under the hood

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 review: A portable busi...

1 week ago 23

Texas slams on the breaks for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium

Texas slams on the breaks for 1,800 data centers, ...

1 week ago 37

New HBF spec outlines tech that can give GPUs terabytes of extra memory — Sandisk and SK hynix unveil spec with up to 16-Hi NAND stacks, 3 TB/s bandwidth, UCIe

New HBF spec outlines tech that can give GPUs tera...

1 week ago 29

PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price hikes after US government refund — lowers prices across lineup, including coolers and case fans

PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price...

1 week ago 28

I spent two weeks with the Samsung Galaxy S26, and it's a stellar phone with a few annoying compromises

I spent two weeks with the Samsung Galaxy S26, and...

1 week ago 33

Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined — Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips

Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined — Beijin...

1 week ago 39

At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully

At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for pro...

1 week ago 28

Lenovo LOQ Essentials 15 Gen 11 Review: A good display meets a low-power RTX 5060

Lenovo LOQ Essentials 15 Gen 11 Review: A good dis...

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‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAI — startup blasts iPhone maker over lawsuit alleging it stole confidential information through ex-Apple employees

‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAI — start...

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Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system

Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US unders...

1 week ago 25

Grab a new Secretlab sit-to-stand desk for $699 — Save $50 as the Magnus Evo receives its first-ever discount

Grab a new Secretlab sit-to-stand desk for $699 — ...

1 week ago 29

16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs officially become the most popular configs on Steam — Latest hardware survey shows modern gaming's growing hunger for more resources

16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs officially become the mo...

1 week ago 31

Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to fight 'unprecedented memory shortage,' report claims — HP, Asus, and Acer using 'small amounts' of CXMT chips in limited number of notebooks for non-US market

Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to ...

1 week ago 29

China cracks down on copycat chip designs with new regulations and penalties — new guidelines enforce originality and independent development

China cracks down on copycat chip designs with new...

1 week ago 23

This 144-piece toolkit is a must-buy for hobbyists and PC builders for under $40 — pocket a 20% saving on this screwdriver set with two drivers, 120 magnetic bits, and 22 repair tools for your projects

This 144-piece toolkit is a must-buy for hobbyists...

1 week ago 37

Beast of Reincarnation is an emotional journey from start to finish and excels with its Sekiro-like combat that is guaranteed to make players come back for more

Beast of Reincarnation is an emotional journey fro...

1 week ago 40

Liene PixCut S1 review: A compact, crowd-pleasing photo sticker printer and cutter for home and work

Liene PixCut S1 review: A compact, crowd-pleasing ...

1 week ago 27

Satechi Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock review: I finally found the ultimate docking station for creatives

Satechi Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock review: I finally f...

1 week ago 26

New Micron lawsuit reignites fight over New York fab — complaint alleges 'forever chemicals' will flow into Oneida River

New Micron lawsuit reignites fight over New York f...

1 week ago 39

I tested the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it's truly like having an iPad mini or a Kindle in your pocket

I tested the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it's tru...

1 week ago 38

In a troubling sign, Nvidia RTX 50 series prices jump up to 30% in South Korea — TSMC wafer hikes and $20 GDDR7 modules push RTX 5090 past $5,100

In a troubling sign, Nvidia RTX 50 series prices j...

1 week ago 39

AI companies are now racing to the bottom — crashing token prices and competitive models push companies to cut costs

AI companies are now racing to the bottom — crashi...

1 week ago 31

Drone flyover reveals rapid progress at Elon Musk’s new ATCF chip fab — Texas site prepares for all-in-one logic, memory, and packaging facility

Drone flyover reveals rapid progress at Elon Musk’...

1 week ago 35

Creality Falcon T1 review: A 5-star 5-in-1 laser engraver for businesses

Creality Falcon T1 review: A 5-star 5-in-1 laser e...

1 week ago 27

Lexar lists 32GB DDR5 memory with homegrown Chinese chips — 3,999 Yuan ($592) price undercuts hopes for cheaper CXMT-powered RAM

Lexar lists 32GB DDR5 memory with homegrown Chines...

1 week ago 38

Microsoft raises European Xbox prices by up to £200 — RAMpocalypse and component shortages force major console markups

Microsoft raises European Xbox prices by up to £20...

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