Hardware

Three senior execs to retire from Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton
Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process.
2025-08-01 18:35
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Nintendo raises prices on the Switch 1, making last-gen console a hard sell as the Switch 2 is increasingly easy to find in stock
Nintendo said that it needs to increase the prices of the original Switch 1 consoles due to "market conditions."
2025-08-01 18:00
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Microsoft ending Windows 11 SE support October 2026 — Chrome OS competitor also won't get version 25H2 update coming later this year
Meant for budget student laptops, the OS will no longer receive updates or support
2025-08-01 16:02
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Apple's Tim Cook 'very open to M&A that accelerates our road map' for AI' — company increasing spending on AI initiatives, reorganizing teams to address expansion
Lagging behind leading tech firms in artificial intelligence, Apple is ramping up internal efforts and actively pursuing acquisitions to accelerate its AI development, but at the same time keeping CapEx modest compared to peers like Google, Meta, and M...
2025-08-01 15:45
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AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming chip champ drops to $449 at Amazon — $29 off its MSRP
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is $449 at Amazon — a tasty $29 cheaper than its MSRP
2025-08-01 15:30
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SK hynix dethrones Samsung to become world's top-selling memory maker for the first time — success mostly attributed to its HBM3 dominance for Nvidia's AI GPUs
SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memor...
2025-08-01 15:08
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3D printing in space passes industry testing milestone for fabrication of spacecraft and associated equipment — promising future for zero gravity 3D printing
Horizon Microtechnologies has passed outgassing standard tests that bring us one step closer to using 3D printing components in space travel.
2025-08-01 14:21
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Dell's back-to-school sale takes $350 off the price of Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor
Save $350 off the price of Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor in Dell's back-to-school sale
2025-08-01 13:28
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XeSS SDK 2.1 release opens up Intel's framegen tech to compatible AMD and Nvidia GPUs — Xe Low Latency also goes cross-platform if framegen is enabled
Intel’s new XeSS 2.1 SDK expands support to Nvidia and AMD GPUs, unlocking frame generation and low-latency rendering across Shader Model 6.4-compatible cards.
2025-08-01 13:21
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xTool M1 Ultra Review: Four in One Crafting Machine
The Swiss Army Knife of laser cutters, the xTool M1 Ultra burns, cuts, draws, and prints with ink.
2025-08-01 13:00
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Battlefield 6 requirements suggest it'll run on surprisingly modest PCs — EA VP says it still won't work on Steam Deck, though
You can run BF6 on an eight-year-old CPU and six-year-old GPU but Steam Deck is left out of the fight
2025-08-01 11:47
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MLPerf Client 1.0 AI benchmark released — new testing toolkit sports a GUI, covers more models and tasks, and supports more hardware acceleration paths
MLPerf Client 1.0 has just been released with some big improvements over the prior version 0.6 benchmarking tool.
2025-08-01 11:34
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How to tweak your Windows 11 and Windows 10 setup with Winaero Tweaker — easily remove ads, tracking, AI copilot, and more
Grab your toolkit, we’re going under the hood of Microsoft Windows with Winaero Tweaker and tweaking our setup to make it our own.
2025-08-01 11:00
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Microsoft follows Nvidia's lead, surpasses $4 trillion market capitalization on soaring demand for cloud services, multi-front AI endeavors
Microsoft reached a $4 trillion valuation on strong fiscal 2025 results, surging cloud and AI growth, deep ties with OpenAI, its own AI development, and rising demand ahead of Windows 10's end-of-support.
2025-07-31 19:23
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Intel quietly rolls out 'new' Core 5 CPUs that look suspiciously like 12th Gen chips — Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F enter the budget gaming market with i5-12400 specs and 100 MHz boost
Intel has launched the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, two processors with silicon that seems to belong to the chipmaker's previous Alder / Raptor Lake lineup.
2025-07-31 19:00
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Samsung's roomy and speedy 4TB 990 Evo Plus SSD returns to its lowest-ever price of $229 at Newegg
Back down to $229, Samsung's 990 EVO Plus 4TB SSD hits that all-time low pricing threshold.
2025-07-31 16:21
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Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 from 2017 — also ditches Apple Silicon for an Intel laptop
Linux creator Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 and an Intel laptop for kernel development, as revealed through a bug report involving DSC on his ASUS 5K monitor. His deliberate use of modest, open-friendly hardware subtly pushes back against AI ...
2025-07-31 15:57
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AOC Q27G40XMN 27-inch Mini LED 180 Hz gaming monitor review: Tremendous color volume and brightness
AOC brings Mini LED tech to the value segment with its Q27G40XMN. It’s a 27-inch VA QHD panel with 180 Hz and Adaptive-Sync. It delivers HDR peaks over 1,000 nits with a huge color gamut and precise video processing for a smooth gaming experience.
2025-07-31 15:09
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The best CPU for gaming, AMD's 9800X3D, hits an all-time low price of £399 at Amazon — The lowest price in the UK right now
The best price in the UK, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is £399 at Amazon — an all-time low.
2025-07-31 13:35
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Adata XPG Lancer CUDIMM RGB DDR5-9200 review: Bleeding-edge memory with bragging rights included
Adata's XPG Lancer CUDIMM RGB DDR5-9200 is very fast on paper, but can it compete with other enthusiast memory kits on the market?
2025-07-31 13:15
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