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GTC 2026 : Ian Buck press Q & A transcript VP of Hyperscale and HPC speaks out on shelving CPX and shipping LPU decode this year
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Intel new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release
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Retro gaming outfit unveils PC controller with built - in heart rate monitor also features IPS screen , 1 , 000Hz polling , and six - axis gyroscope
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase
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This HP Omen 45L gaming PC at $1 , 245 off is the cheapest way to bag an RTX 5090 graphics card massive New Year code saving makes the whole PC cheaper than buying the card by itself
AMD next - gen Ryzen AI 400 laptops could launch on January 22 , five days ahead of Panther Lake Gorgon Point release date leaks through early Asus listing in China
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Nvidia hires first - ever CMO , snatches former Google exec for the tough job of helping sell more chips Alison Wagonfield spent nearly 10 years at Google building its Cloud project
Intel showed up for consumers at the Consumer Electronics Show ; AMD didnt
Intel Panther Lake press Q & A transcript EVO is still alive , and the company ditches prior - generation naming scheme
Audeze launches Maxwell 2 headset , with better spatial immersion and bass plus , of course , improved AI noise - canceling mic tech
Cooler Master introduces the Aquagate MAX Retro Mini cooling unit delivers massive cooling capacity up to 2 , 500 watts
Keyboard giant Keychron unveils new Nape Pro trackball with programmable buttons low profile design promotes ergonomic scrolling without leaving your keyboard
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AMD claims Panther Lake has too much baggage for handheld PC use fights back after Intel jabs AMD for using ancient silicon in its Z2 series APUs
Be Quiet showcases its minty fresh Light Loop AIO cooler and Dark Perk mice at CES 2026 new wares join Dark Rock 6 coolers and 1 , 200 W PSU variants
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Patriot shows off opulent Viper Xtreme 5 Aurum RAM kit with flashy finish as prices surge throughout industry company also showcases new SSDs and MicroSD Express card for Switch 2
Major Japanese electronics store begs customers for their old PCs as hardware drought continues we pretty much buy any PC pleads the Akihabara outlet
Intel Panther Lake pre - release testing delivers over 80 fps in Cyberpunk , 100 fps in F1 Arc B390 offers playable 1080p frame rates with XeSS quirks in our hands - on tests
MSI fifth - generation QD - OLED gaming monitor embraces RGB stripe subpixels 34 - inch display boasts enhanced text clarity , boosted brightness , and improved black levels
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the future is neural rendering at CES 2026 , teasing DLSS advancements RTX 5090 could represent the pinnacle of traditional raster
Lenovo CES concept devices include a rollable ultra - wide OLED Legion gaming laptop – ThinkPad concept has an expandable screen that wraps around the outside of the lid
Asus launches two new ROG Zephyrus laptops at CES 14 and 16 - inch models come with latest AMD and Intel CPUs , and up to RTX 5090 GPU
Nvidia introduces DLSS 4 . 5 and Multi Frame Generation 6X at CES 2026 updated models can generate higher - quality upscaled frames and more of them , dynamically
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D promises 7 % uplift over Ryzen 7 9800X3D – AMD fights itself with new fastest gaming processor
Dell brings back XPS laptops ditches the capacitive touch bar , adds 1Hz display option , and upgrades 14 and 16 - inch models
Intel doubles down on gaming with Panther Lake , claims 76 % faster gaming performance new X - series chips can match discrete RTX 4050
Intel CES 2026 keynote live blog : Panther Lake debuts in Core Ultra Series 3 laptop CPUs , Arc B390 IGP announced
Acer refreshes Swift laptops with Panther Lake claims world largest haptic touchpad on Swift 16 AI
HP HyperX Omen 34 gaming monitor delivers V - Stripe QD - OLED tech HyperX - branded screen boasts 360 Hz QHD panel , KVM , and 100 - watt USB - C PD
Asus ROG G1000 gaming PC is covered in holograms this RTX 5090 , 9950X3D rig is built to be seen
Acer brings trio of Predator and Nitro gaming monitors to CES 1 , 000 Hz dual - mode , 5K 165 Hz , and 360Hz WQHD QD - OLED
Acer updates Predator , Nitro gaming laptops at CES 2026 – Panther Lake finds its way across the lineup
HP puts HyperX name on Omen gaming laptops new systems get Intel and AMD latest processors
Acer announces new Predator - series wireless gaming headset and mouse Galea 570 wireless headset and 8K Predator Cestus 530 gaming mouse due in first quarter
Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks , 8 . 1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparison
Intel upcoming Arc B770 discrete GPU leaks out on GitHub , launch appears imminent Reportedly featuring the BMG - G31 GPU , 16GB+ VRAM , 32 Xe2 cores , and 300W TDP
Blu - ray hits 20 optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006
Intel Arc B570 GPU kicks off new year at just $199 save $30 on one of the best budget GPUs around
Turtle Beach Burst II Pro Review : Ultra - light , 8K polling , and a little creaky
LG dual - mode 4K 240Hz / 1080p 480Hz OLED gaming monitor is 42 % off premium flagship panel with HDR1300 drops to its lowest - ever price
China president Xi Jinping calls Taiwan reunification unstoppable military drills around the island escalate in area and deployments
Americans lost $333 million to Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025 FBI says there is a clear and constant rise of this scam , and that it is not slowing down
Chinese enthusiast overclocks AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D to 7 . 33GHz on Colorful X870E Vulcan motherboard New world record achieved using liquid nitrogen cooling
U . S . allows TSMC to import chipmaking equipment to its China fabs Samsung , SK hynix likewise receive go signal from Commerce Department
NES - a - like mini PC brings modern chips to the classic Nintendo case design Ryzen AI 9 CPU , Radeon 890M iGPU should make it a decent all - round system
ID - Cooling FX360 LCD Review : Quiet , cool , and … why is this screen so small ?
Finnish authorities seize ship and crew after undersea cable cut , pursuing criminal charges Finnish special forces board ship , detain all 14 crewmembers
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Musk to expand xAI training capacity to a monstrous 2 gigawatts with third building at Memphis site announcement comes days after Musk vows to have more AI compute than everyone else
UK company shoots a 1000 - degree furnace into space to study off - world chip manufacturing semiconductors made in space could be up to 4 , 000 times purer than Earthly equivalents
Nvidia CUDA Tile examined : AI giant releases programming style for Rubin , Feynman , and beyond tensor - native execution model lays the foundation for Blackwell and beyond
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Chinese memory maker CXMT prepares $4 . 2 billion USD IPO to take advantage of tight memory market company lays out path to profitability as DRAM demand skyrockets worldwide
New York Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero devices join explosives , guns , drones , and beach balls on prohibited items list
China warns the Netherlands to immediately correct its mistake over Nexperia saga that has disrupted auto production chip shipments remain suspended , auto industry suffering from undersupply
Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review : A monster in the tiny M . 2 2242 form factor
TSMC chipmaking factories rocked by magnitude 7 . 0 earthquake that was the strongest in 27 years , but facilities escaped unharmed company earthquake protection measures pay off
Modders are slapping 32GB of VRAM on Nvidia RTX 5080 GPUs , but that isnt good for gamers modded variants designed for AI workstations and servers
You can now buy 2 terabytes of DDR5 server RAM for the low price of just $39 , 000 , and 4 TB for $77 , 000 Nemix offers chart - topping capacities amidst an industry shortage