Hassam is a veteran tech journalist and editor with over eight years of experience embedded in the consumer electronics industry. His obsession with hardware began with childhood experiments involving semiconductors, a curiosity that evolved into a career dedicated to deconstructing the complex silicon that powers our world. From benchmarking PC internals to stress-testing flagship CPUs and GPUs, Hassam specializes in translating high-level engineering into deep, unbiased insights for the enthusiast community.
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- since March 2026
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September 2026
- NewsBIWIN launches first AMD EXPO ULL DDR5-6000 kit, claims up to 18% higher minimum FPS
- NewsKing of the Hill's Stephen Root confirms his GTA 6 role after fans guessed it months ago
- NewsNVIDIA's RTX 5090 cards are ending up in AI servers in bulk instead of gaming PCs
- NewsGooglebook pre-orders officially open September 21, pricing yet to be confirmed
- NewsApple plans to launch its own gaming controllers under the Beats brand
- NewsNVIDIA debuts RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell workstation GPU with 84GB of GDDR7 memory
- NewsASRock PSU meant to prevent melting 16-pin connectors still melted one on a $16,000 NVIDIA RTX Blackwell GPU
- NewsLinus Tech Tips leaks Steam Frame first impressions, and Valve may be working on native Half-Life: Alyx support
- NewsGod of War creator David Jaffe says PlayStation's Hermen Hulst 'doesn't eat and breathe' games and should be replaced
- NewsMicrosoft confirms Windows 11 September update kills audio output on some PCs
- NewsLenovo's first Googlebook leaks with Panther Lake CPU, 120Hz OLED display and 1.29 kg design
- NewsOver 40 percent of Game Pass and PS Plus cancellations now come down to price
- NewsGoogle's mapped fruit fly brain has played Doom more than 6,000 times and still hasn't beaten it
- NewsAMD sets $189 price for Ryzen 5 7500 and $99 for Ryzen 5 5500F
- NewsPS5 Emulation shows massive potential as Demon's Souls gets a huge performance boost
- NewsRTX 5090 prices in Europe have blown past €5,000, more than double the MSRP
- NewsSamsung is profiting off the iPhone Duo while competing against it with its own foldable
- NewsYou can win a custom RTX 5090 just for posting NBA 2K27 screenshots that show off NVIDIA's DLSS 5
- NewsA free Steam Controller mod lets deaf players feel sound in any PC game
- NewsSony's biggest games still earn nearly half their revenue from physical copies
- NewsDesktop GPU shipments hit four-year high despite rising prices, per new research
- NewsModders get DLSS Frame Generation working on RTX 20-series 'Turing' GPUs
- NewsGOG's answer to the death of physical games is letting players build their own boxes
- NewsMW4's new pre-order gun skin looks different if you're not on Xbox
- NewsNintendo Switch 2 docked VRR works game by game, unlike the PS5, with only one title currently supported
- NewsAn unofficial GTA 5 Android port is headed our way, but not every phone owner will get to try it
- NewsNVIDIA App overlay finally adds CPU temperature and clock speed monitoring
August 2026
- NewsApple TV just got its fourth price hike in four years, tripling its cost since launch
- NewsX says it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data centre content
- NewsApple's foldable iPhone could have the most expensive screen repair of any iPhone before it
- NewsGTA 6 could take players more than 80 hours to finish, making it Rockstar's longest game to date
- NewsEA Motive's Iron Man game early footage leaks after four years of silence
- NewsRockstar says GTA 6 will run at 30 FPS, and its tech team is still unsure about a 60 FPS mode
- NewsGTA 6 will feature several hours of in-game TV shows produced specifically for the game
- NewsWindows 11 version 26H2 reaches Release Preview ahead of general availability later this year
- NewsAnother RTX 5090 just caught fire, this time inside an Alienware Aurora pre-built PC
- NewsChinese memory maker YMTC aims to become the biggest NAND manufacturer by the end of 2027
- NewsAmazon triples its NVIDIA AI GPU order to 3 million chips in five months
- NewsRoblox cracks down on games that reward players for doomscrolling
- NewsNVIDIA's NVHBM memory architecture promises 30% more bandwidth than HBM4E
- NewsWindows 11's Phone Link could soon let you shut down your PC from your phone
- NewsTrump's new round of tariffs could hit semiconductors, laptops, gaming consoles and data center servers
- NewsIKEA's new Xbox collection includes a stool shaped like a thumbstick
- News'Anime GTA 6' Ananta finally has an official January 2027 release date
- NewsASUS's ROG Xbox Ally X20 gets you an OLED screen for an extra $300
- NewsRaspberry Pi now has an official guide for building your own cyberdeck
- NewsApple updated the Magic Keyboard and no, backlighting isn't finally here
- NewsMicrotransactions and DLCs make up 75% of the total annual spending on games, says analyst
- NewsCrucial backs down after strong backlash, replaces Redditor's broken 4TB SSD after originally offering just a $200 refund
- NewsAMD's latest driver is breaking Apex Legends on Radeon RX 9070 XT, but there's a workaround
- NewsAMD Zen 6 'Olympic Ridge' desktop CPUs confirmed to be compatible with the AM5 socket
- NewsASUS cancels buyer's 20th Anniversary Bundle pre-order despite paying $10,350 already, wants even more money
- NewsThe Witcher 3 DLC 'Songs of the Past' debuts a haunting trailer at Gamescom, base game gets a free remaster
- NewsLatest GTA 6 leak shows a physical video game store in the game, which is ironic
- NewsApple introduces new M6 and M5 Ultra chips, refreshes the Mac Mini and Mac Studio
- NewsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 spotted with larger GB205 die in third-party model
- NewsIntel 'Crescent Island' GPUs set to have up to 480 GB LPDDR5X memory with 32 Xe3P cores
- NewsSam Altman admits the AI boom hasn't had its 'iPhone moment' yet
- NewsXiaomi's XRing O3 is the world's first smartphone chip to support LPDDR6 memory
- NewsThe 24-inch iMac is getting an M6 chip refresh before the end of the year
- NewsWindows 11 may soon let you control how unified memory is split for gaming and AI
- NewsAmazon raises Kindle, Echo, Fire TV and Eero prices by up to 60% amid memory cost hikes
- NewsLeaked footage shows what Avalanche's cancelled Iron Man game looked like
- NewsGalaxy S27 Ultra may ditch its old camera design for something that looks a lot like the iPhone
- NewsEx-Rockstar dev calls the GTA 6 leaks a 'nothing burger,' says Hot Coffee was far worse
- NewsNVIDIA is reportedly hiking AI server prices by more than 15% for its biggest customers
- NewsDue to fan backlash, The Blood of Dawnwalker will now get a 60 FPS performance mode through a Day-1 patch
- NewsThe Witcher 4 is targeting a 2028 release window, will be skipping Gamescom
- NewsRedditor manages to grab an RTX 5060 Ti for just $242, less than half the current retail price
- NewsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta peaked at 115,145 Steam players before losing more than half in a day
- NewsModders upgraded an RTX 2080 Super to 16GB VRAM and got noticeable performance gains
- NewsOver a million LinkedIn posts have been flagged as AI slop in the button's first month
- NewsAssassin's Creed Odyssey becomes the highest-rated entry in the franchise, thanks to Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
- NewsPlayStation gamers' planned week-long 'PS Blackout' begins today
- NewsNintendo Switch 2 will rise to £419.99 in the UK, starting September 1
- NewsOne retailer says 91% of attempts to buy DDR5 memory are coming from bots
- NewsJensen Huang signed NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 graphics card sells for $57,450 at auction
- NewsGTA 6 leaks have reportedly led to a morale drop at Rockstar, with Netflix frustrated as well
- NewsThe Blood of Dawnwalker won't hit 60 FPS on any console, PS5 Pro tops out at 40 FPS
- NewsAMD claws back ground against Intel in the CPU market, climbs to 35% share in desktop CPUs
- NewsRedditor receives not one but TWO empty boxes of Ryzen 5 9600X from Amazon
- NewsXbox Series X25 Limited Edition Console is priced at $900, arrives November 2026
- NewsDave Bautista officially cast as Kratos in Amazon's 'God of War' TV Series, replaces Ryan Hurst
- NewsTake-Two begins the hunt for GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek, subpoenas Microsoft and Discord
- NewsPlayStation 6 handheld not expected to stay under $600, warns leaker
- NewsAMD confirms the Radeon RX 9050 4GB will have a tiny 64-bit bus and just 16MB Infinity Cache
- NewsIntel 'Nova-Lake-S' 28-core CPU with bLLC reportedly draws 296W at PL2
- NewsGTA 6 appears to have leaked from Rockstar India, also suspected to be a PC version
- NewsXbox struggles to move physical discs, accounts for only 4% of disc sales in the US this year
- NewsSamsung Foundry raises manufacturing prices, may impact the Nintendo Switch 2
- NewsModder manages to run DOOM on a 16-year-old Canon EOS 550D DSLR Camera
- NewsLeaked Steam Frame unboxing video hints at an imminent launch
- NewsRedditor grabs a Radeon RX 7900 XT for just $226, even when it appeared 'out of stock'
- NewsSeasonic's new 1600W PSU is the first ATX power supply with 80 PLUS Ruby certification
- NewsThermal Grizzly is now selling a pre-delidded AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with warranty
- NewsIntel Core Ultra 9 4950K leaked as Nova Lake-S flagship with 28 cores
- NewsUS Army is giving soldiers time off to play GTA 6 as an incentive
- NewsGTA 6 nears $500 million in pre-order revenue with 77% sales on PS5, per analysis
- NewsCrucial offers a $250 refund for a RAM kit that costs $1,800, forgets to ship back the working module
- NewsGaming monitors are next in line for a price hike as manufacturers can no longer absorb costs
- NewsLinux 7.2 makes TSC support mandatory for x86 CPUs, but it's not like Windows 11's TPM 2.0 check
- NewsChatGPT can now build a timeline of everything you do on your Mac
- NewsRedditor finds a working RTX 2080 Super in the dump, gets a huge free upgrade
- NewsRedditor sends a gaming laptop with 64GB RAM for repair, comes back with 32GB RAM
- NewsSK Hynix is running out of SSD replacements, leaving customers with inadequate refunds
- NewsKingdom Hearts 4 reveals Pixar's Coco-inspired Land of the Dead world and late 2027 release window
- NewsBudget GPU shortages to get even worse in second half of 2026, warns PC Partner
- NewsIntel plans an entry-level Panther Lake chip with 4 Xe3 cores for handhelds
- NewsAMD denied any review samples for the Radeon RX 9050 because it's embarrassing
- NewsKilling physical discs will make digital games cheaper, according to a former Square Enix exec
- NewsCrucial refuses to send back a user's defective RAM, also denies warranty replacement
- NewsIntel Razor Lake -AX will reportedly use Nova Lake CPU cores, and won't feature overclocking support
- NewsSteam Frame launch is 'just around the corner,' VR game developer confirms
- NewsPokemon Pokopia becomes the Switch 2's second-best-selling exclusive
- NewsThe Witcher multiplayer project dubbed 'Sirius' hit with a new round of layoffs
- NewsXbox Elite Series 3 controller gets leaked with a built-in screen, quickly gets taken down
- NewsRedditor improves his gaming laptop temps by 15C simply by changing the table
- NewsChina's YMTC has climbed to third place in global NAND flash shipments
- NewsHWiNFO's latest update quietly confirms Intel is working on Razor Lake-AX
- NewsNintendo puts Switch 2 price increase warnings on store demo kiosks ahead of September 1 hike
- NewsMicrosoft finally makes up its mind and unifies Copilot features into one big app
- NewsPS5 suffers from severe overheating after liquid metal eats into the heatsink
- NewsAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU burns and swells even after using AMD's updated BIOS
- NewsWarner Bros. quietly confirms Hogwarts Legacy 2 is in development
- NewsLenovo IdeaPad Vibe leaks as a colourful MacBook Neo rival with six ports and Qualcomm Snapdragon or AMD options
- NewsAliens: Fireteam Elite shut down on Switch shows why gamers are fighting Sony's disc-free future
- NewsOpenAI, Meta and Google workers say AI jobs mean 90-hour weeks, not the four-day workweek companies promised
- NewsLeaked images show Lenovo ThinkBook with horizontally expanding display
- NewsValve warns Steam Machine and Steam Controller buyers in Europe to expect fake messages after logistics partner got hacked
- NewsSpider-Man Brand New Day helps boost sales for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, revenue climbs past $1.2B
- NewsMicrosoft raises the price of Windows OEM licenses by up to 10%
- NewsRTX 4080 graphics cards with 32GB VRAM spotted in China's second-hand GPU market
- NewsWindows 11 weather app uses more than 1GB RAM on its own
- NewsGTA 6 is marketing on Netflix to reach gamers who aren't locked in to buy on day 1, says insider
- NewsModder crams Steam Deck hardware inside a GameBoy chassis, creating the SteamBoy
- NewsZOTAC replaces RTX 4090 with RTX 5090 after fourth RMA, but the warranty is only 30 days
- NewsSK hynix approves $38.1 billion investment in two new fabs for AI memory supply
- NewsOpenAI's next hardware is a doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts that wants to be your new phone
- NewsNoctua measured over 100 PC cases and found Corsair, NZXT, and Lian Li cooler clearance spec sheets are often wrong
- NewsLeaked Xbox controller for Gears of War E-Day features a cracked volcanic rock design and blood-red Crimson Omen
- NewsDoom co-creator John Romero reveals id Software turned to Taiwanese pirates to help distribute the game to more people
- NewsDev builds a unique 3D operating system for multitasking, gets terrible performance
- NewsModders are selling RTX 2080 Ti GPUs with 22GB VRAM on eBay for AI use
- NewsTake-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick backs game streaming, says it will help fix hardware prices
- NewsNintendo's profits jumped 53.5% despite a revenue decline, thanks to a surprise one-time US tariff refund
- NewsMinecraft is getting a native Switch 2 version on October 27, but Switch 1 owners may need to pay to upgrade
- NewsSony is now putting disc death warning stickers on PS5 boxes, proving it has no plans on reversing its decision
- NewsRedditor builds an open-source tool to prevent RTX 5090 power connector failures, works like a charm
- NewsChinese CXMT rejects Apple, leaving the company scrambling for DRAM
- NewsEA will be considering 'mass layoffs' soon after going private
- NewsRedditor manages to buy a working RTX 3050 for just $3 from a thrift store
- NewsASUS cancels buyer's RTX 5090 order even after he paid $4607, wants more money
- NewsAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's new update will let you hide Edward's blowpipe
- NewsA $10 indie game bundle with 100+ games has raised over $100,000 in three days to support laid-off developers
- NewsMicrosoft warns travelers of Russian hackers hijacking hotel Wi-Fi networks to steal account credentials
- NewsMicrosoft plans to make Xbox 360 games playable on PC through the Xbox app, leaked document reveals
- NewsGIGABYTE, ASUS, and MSI plan to raise motherboard prices by at least 50% in Q3 2026
- NewsCXMT is considering a second Beijing DRAM fab as it targets Micron-level output by late 2026
- NewsSpider-Man games are back in Steam's top 10 and on sale for up to 60% off following Brand New Day's success
- NewsRedditor finds $600 Kingston Fury 32GB DDR5-6000 kit at a thrift store for just $14
- NewsThe Steam Frame could be priced at $1,500 at launch, according to insider
- NewsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs get up to 30% more expensive in South Korea
- NewsHalf of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, and PlayStation is not far behind, report shows
- NewsXbox consoles get more expensive in Europe, Series S now costs as much as Series X did at launch
- NewsMemory shortages will get only worse in 2027 and 2028, warns Samsung
- NewsQualcomm is raising chip prices from September 1, and Android phones could get more expensive
- NewsGoogle's AI patched more Chrome bugs in two releases than it had in two years, including a 13-year-old flaw
- NewsA missing underscore in a Skyrim-inspired username sent an innocent man to prison for 18 months
- NewsMicrosoft improves Windows 11 optimization for PCs with 8GB RAM
- NewsSteam Deck LCD battery returns to iFixit, but costs $50 more now
- NewsRedditor scores a working GTX 1050 Ti for just $2 at Goodwill
July 2026
- NewsSony has secured enough memory to meet PS5 sales targets through March 2027 and says no further price hikes are planned
- NewsReddit is building a video and audio listening experience for the viral post format it accidentally created for TikTok
- NewsSeagate says Mozaic 5 50TB hard drives are on track for 2027, with 100TB already on the roadmap
- NewsMSI adds a BIOS toggle to tighten standard DDR5 timings closer to EXPO ULL kits
- NewsKeychron is building an open-source gaming mouse firmware called ZGM
- NewsAssassin's Creed Odyssey gains 90% more players due to Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
- NewsAMD Radeon GPU prices set to increase by 10% in August
- NewsRedditor buys an RTX 4080, opens it up to find no GPU die or VRAM inside
- NewsLinux kernel patch boosts Steam Deck 1% lows by 31.8% by fixing AMD CPU clock handling
- NewsNexus Mods new owner wants to make installing mods as easy as using Spotify
- NewsThe EU is preparing to hit ChatGPT and Roblox with its strictest content moderation rules
- NewsMan outsmarts GPU scammers by filming his RTX 5070 Ti unboxing, and finds two-liter water bottle inside
- NewsLinkedIn adds a 'seems like AI slop' report button for AI-generated posts
- NewsEU law forces Logitech to ship mice with replaceable batteries in Europe
- NewsHalo Campaign Evolved PC mod unlocks split-screen mode hidden in game files
- NewsSandfall wants to bring Clair Obscur to Switch 2, but calls it a 'big technical challenge'
- NewsSK hynix will start LPDDR6 mass production in 2026 for Xiaomi smartphones
- NewsGOG confirms a native Linux Galaxy launcher is finally in development
- NewsAssassin's Creed Hexe reportedly set to launch in late 2027 at the earliest
- NewsGamers are more interested in remakes than new games, says analyst
- NewsGigabyte RTX 4060 boards suffer recurrent burns due to VRM defect
- NewsLenovo's Legion C700 is a thin Android handheld built just for local game streaming
- NewsYouTube Premium subscribers in the US will get Peacock Premium bundled for free starting in 2027
- NewsRedditor turns Steam Deck into a spike-covered, taser-equipped fortress to scare off family
- NewsApple delays its smart glasses to build privacy features rivals don't have
- NewsXbox servers go down just days after PlayStation outage, giving us a glimpse into our digital-only future
- NewsXbox Series X survives a devastating house fire and still works!
- NewsMicrosoft is using the TPM chip required for Windows 11 to crack down on KMS activation piracy
- NewsPS5 Emulation makes big progress again as it reaches GTA 5 loading screen
- NewsModders turn the PS Vita into a modern gaming handheld through Xbox Cloud Gaming
- NewsGot a cat? Here's a cat-themed PC case with a power button shaped like a paw
- NewsNVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joins X with post backing open-weight AI
- NewsRoku raised prices by up to 60%, citing a memory shortage, despite the CEO calling it great for business just two months ago
- NewsAmazon Gaming boss says next-gen consoles crossing $1,000 is good news
- NewsSignalRGB is giving away a Steam Machine clone covered in 36 RAM sticks
- NewsGod of War Laufey gets a release date and Kratos is making a return
- NewsGTA 6 trailer 3 expected to arrive within two weeks, according to insider
- NewsThieves stole 16 RAM sticks from Chinese eSports hotels, arrested
- NewsIntel and AMD are locking Chinese customers into long-term CPU deals as server chip prices climb more than 40%
- NewsUbisoft CEO says Sony's PlayStation disc shutdown will not disturb the industry too much
- NewsVibe coding is flooding the App Store with new apps - on track for record submissions in 2026
- NewsGeekbench 7 is out with CUDA support, smarter multi-core scoring, and new AI workloads across all major platforms
- NewsGTA 6 physical copies in Japan have a 170-day expiration date
- NewsUbisoft believes remakes can be more profitable than new releases, after Black Flag Resynced exceeds expectations
- NewsAMD is preparing the 8-core Ryzen 7 9800HX3D CPU for laptops with 96MB L3 cache
- NewsNo amount of backlash will change Sony's mind on disc cancellation, says ex-Santa Monica dev
- NewsThe PS6 controller could eliminate stick drift by using magnetic joysticks
- NewsReddit and other major publishers are considering blocking Google as AI Overviews continue to hurt their traffic
- NewsPalworld's 1.0 launch pulled its concurrent player count from 58,000 to nearly a million in a matter of days
- NewsAMD's 256-core EPYC Venice die shot has been spotted on Moscone Center banners ahead of Lisa Su's keynote
- NewsSamsung just entered Meta's dominated smart glasses market with Galaxy Glasses
- NewsAvengers: Doomsday leaves GTA 6 behind with 500 million trailer views in one day
- NewsSony's decision to end physical discs could destroy the $7.2 Billion second-hand games market, per analysis
- NewsSteam Deck sales crash by 80% after Valve's latest price hikes
- NewsWoot is selling the Nintendo Switch 2 for $399 with a promo code - $100 below the incoming September price
- NewsPulsar and Noctua launch Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition gaming mouse with built-in fan for sweaty palms
- NewsRedditor walked into Costco for groceries and left with a $2,000 Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 gaming PC for just $1,220
- NewsXbox Game Pass was a good idea, but not enough people subscribed, says former Forza Horizon 5 director
- NewsNAND Flash shortages are expected to end in 2027, per new report
- NewsAmazon customer orders an Intel Core i5-14400, receives 5 CPUs instead
- NewsGamers jump back on Assassin's Creed Odyssey after watching Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
- NewsModder straps a 2.5kg heatsink to an RTX 4060 for completely fanless cooling
- NewsRedditor builds his own PS4 handheld, the 'PS4P' has a 1080p screen and a cooling fan from a GTX 750
- NewsSony's PS6 controller could feature a touchscreen display and fully modular inputs, according to a new patent
- NewsValve replaces stolen Steam Machine after Royal Mail left £1,000 package on a doorstep
- NewsFormer GTA V producer says Rockstar cut fully finished minigames and entire levels that 'just disappeared'
- NewsThe Mac Pro nearly got a chip twice as powerful as the M3 Ultra and a new Intel model, until Apple cancelled both
- NewsXbox Studio leadership reportedly 'detests' Game Pass, as they think it destroys the value perception
- NewsNo new Half Life - Valve is not planning to release any exclusives for the Steam Machine
- NewsNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X Cinebench score spotted, matches the Apple M3 MAX
- NewsAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells over 3 million copies, New Game+ is coming
- NewsModder plays GTA Vice City and GTA III on a TV inside GTA San Andreas
- NewsEnthusiast puts 11 fans and an AiO on an RTX 3080, gains only 4 FPS
- NewsSpotify removed 75 million AI-generated tracks in 2025 as it cracks down on royalty abuse
- NewsYouTuber claims Sony is using social media bots to push back against backlash over its physical disc announcement
- NewsApple's first OLED iPad mini could launch as early as October
- NewsChina's CXMT is on track to nearly match Micron's DRAM production capacity by the end of 2026
- NewsNVIDIA's RTX 50 Super GPUs have reached board partners, but launch is on hold over 3GB GDDR7 pricing
- NewsAmazon's God of War series is recasting Kratos after Ryan Hurst suffered an on-set injury
- NewsThis PC gamer turned old SSDs into custom Steam game cartridges with printed cover art and cases
- NewsA Nintendo patent describes a universal dock that works with both the Switch and Switch 2
- NewsOpenAI's first consumer hardware is a $230 programmable keypad built specifically for Codex users
- NewsEA wants studios to start planning for in-game ads during development
- NewsGod of War creator says AAA games are becoming worse due to over-emphasis on storytelling
- News75% of PlayStation 3 games can now be fully completed on PC, per RPCS3
- NewsSamsung is using titanium to finally tackle the foldable crease problem with the Galaxy Z Fold 8
- NewsA hacked Xbox player beat Microsoft in court after it suspended his account and told him to buy his games again
- NewsDead Space creator Glen Schofield announces retirement after 35 years in the video game industry
- NewsAssassin's Creed Hexe DLC leaked before the game is even revealed
- News100% of Japanese online game developers are using generative AI, reveals new poll
- NewsZOTAC RTX 5090 reportedly 'blew up' after playing Black Flag Resynced for five minutes
- NewsFake 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSDs are floating around that are actually 120GB
- NewsAssassin's Creed Hexe to be revealed 'relatively soon' according to insider
- NewsLG claims that you can improve your aim by up to 38% by playing on a 480Hz OLED monitor
- NewsRyse: Son of Rome was supposed to be Xbox's Assassin's Creed but nobody bought it
- NewsLenovo lists its first Wildcat Lake ThinkPad laptops with Core 7 and Core 5 SKUs
- NewsModders upgrade the original PlayStation's RAM from 2MB to 16MB
- NewsEA quickly folds after College Football 27 got review bombed on Steam for invasive microtransactions
- NewsAnother RTX 5090 power connector melted, and even ASRock TempGuard failed to save this one
- NewsReverse scam: Redditor orders a Ryzen 7 7800X3D but gets blessed with a 9800X3D instead
- NewsUbisoft responds to Black Flag Resynced DLC critics by telling them they're 'not a requirement'
- NewsNVIDIA is reportedly preparing the GeForce RTX 5090 SE to sit between the RTX 5080 and 5090
- News51 Ubisoft employees who worked on the successful Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced have just been laid off
- NewsAMD expands Ryzen 200 and 100 'Hawk Point' APU lineup with 11 new SKUs
- NewsMysterious AMD Ryzen 7 4700LE 'Zen 2' desktop CPU appears in a new prebuilt PC paired with an RTX 3050
- NewsAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells over 5 times more copies than AC Shadows on Steam
- NewsEven DDR4 RAM is not safe from the RAMpocalypse, prices rose over 50% in Q3 2026
- NewsThe dreaded Steam Machine 'Red Line of Death' was fixed after a simple CMOS reset
- NewsPlayStation didn't warn anyone before announcing the end of physical discs, not even its own offices
- NewsRTX 5080 Super appears in Seasonic PSU calculator with 24GB GDDR7 and 415W TDP
- NewsValve's Steam Machine can now run Windows officially but requires wiping SteamOS first
- NewsXbox wants to reach 'more than a billion people each day,' which is ridiculous
- NewsIndie developer asks Valve to change its 2-hour refund policy as 55,000 players refunded his game after finishing it
- NewsASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 listing appears in Europe for over $7,400
- NewsNVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB spotted on Newegg for $329, confirming the re-launch
- NewsRTX 5090 backplate melts the insulation off a PCIe riser cable in a vertical mount setup
- NewsSamsung 990 PCIe 4.0 SSD spotted, and it's neither an EVO nor a PRO
- NewsThundeRobot claims the ZERO Air 16 is the world's lightest 16-inch RTX 5070 gaming laptop at just 1.64 kg
- NewsNew Steam Machine rival offers a Ryzen 9 CPU and RX 7600 XT for $849, but you have to bring your own RAM
- NewsAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is Steam Deck Verified at launch
- NewsSecurity researchers trick AI browsers into revealing passwords using BioShock-inspired prompt injection
- NewsCyberpunk 2077 sells over 40 million copies, 10 million more than The Witcher 3 in the same time
- NewsIntel confirms new price hike for Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs, blames rising supply chain costs
- NewsMicrosoft was planning to build a lightweight, browser-based OS around Copilot
- NewsIntel brings back 13th and 14th gen 'Raptor Lake' CPUs for China as the focus shifts to DDR4
- NewsSouth Korea announces $518 billion semiconductor investment with Samsung and SK hynix for new memory fabs
- NewsGoogle expands its AI image generation lineup with Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash for video
- NewsCinder City lowers RAM requirement from 64GB to 32GB and upgrades recommended GPU to RTX 4070
- NewsMicrosoft finally improves File Explorer launch speed in Windows 11
- NewsAMD 'Zen 6 LP' cores spotted, power-efficient cores back up PS6 Portable rumors
June 2026
- NewsDon't fall for GTA 6 scalpers charging $120 for a game you can pre-order digitally for $79.99 right now
- NewsTitan Army unveils a 4K 190Hz glasses-free 3D monitor with eye tracking, 2,000 nits, and 2,304 local dimming zones
- NewsG.Skill's first EXPO ULL DDR5 kits arrive with up to 79% price premium over standard EXPO memory
- NewsGTA 6 may be locked at 30 FPS even on a PS5 Pro, says analyst
- NewsNVIDIA RTX 5050 9GB reportedly canceled, RTX 3060 12GB to take its place
- NewsAmazon Swap Scam strikes again: Buyer orders Samsung 990 PRO, receives 970 EVO SSD with fake label instead
- NewsVanguard no longer has to run at startup thanks to Riot's new On-Demand mode
- NewsA new battery restoration method can bring lithium-ion batteries back to 95% of their original capacity
- NewsVietnamese repair shop received an RTX 5090 with its 16-pin connector blown clean off
- NewsSuspicious Steam Machine clone from China costs just $688, has a Ryzen 5 5500 with an RX 6750 GRE GPU
- NewsA modder just got Windows 11 running on a DDR1 system from the early 2000s
- NewsPlayStation 6 BOM cost now close to $1,000, raising concerns about the console's launch price
- NewsFirst 30 minutes of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced just got leaked
- NewsPlayStation and Xbox record their worst May in decades after recent price increases
- News'Get used to it,' says Lenovo as it expects high memory prices to remain the norm until at least 2030
- NewsIntel's dual-tile Nova Lake-S CPUs reportedly carry a 474W PL2 target, according to leaked Z990 power guidance
- NewsMicron has signed agreements locking in record-high memory prices with major customers through 2030
- NewsMicrosoft quietly extends Windows 10 security updates to 2027
- NewsAMD engineer builds a Steam Machine competitor with a 3D printer, has an RTX 5060 inside
- NewsScalpers are already selling the Steam Machine for over $3000 on eBay despite Valve's efforts
- NewsAnthropic says Alibaba used 25,000 fake accounts to query Claude 28.8 million times and train Qwen off the results
- NewsIBM announces world's first sub-1 nanometer chip with nanostack technology doubling transistor density
- NewsApple raises prices across the board, MacBook Neo now $699 while MacBook Pro sees a $300 increase
- NewsThe MacBook Ultra just lost its chip as Apple skips M6 Pro and M6 Max entirely
- NewsDRAM prices surged by up to 89% in Q2 2026, destroying the consumer segment
- NewsGoogle taps MediaTek to build its next Triggerfish TPU chip launching in 2027
- NewsSamsung announces world's first UFS 5.0 chip with 10.8 GB/s read and 9.5 GB/s write speeds
- NewsGTA 6 will feature a story chapter system like Red Dead Redemption 2
- NewsAMD confirms Adrenalin 26.6.2 driver fails to launch on Windows 10, recommends rolling back
- NewsUser receives Intel Core i9-10900K in sealed AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D box from Amazon in CPU swap scam
- NewsClub386 is the latest victim of melted 12V-2x6 cable connectors, RTX 5090 and PSU both damaged
- NewsValve is working with NVIDIA to make GeForce GPUs compatible with SteamOS
- NewsCD Projekt Red CEO warns that AI-generated games are coming
- NewsThe Steam Machine was originally supposed to cost around $750
- Newsiiyama launches its first OLED gaming monitor with 280Hz, 1,500 nits, and LG's fourth-gen WOLED panel
- NewsMidjourney is stepping away from AI art to build a full-body ultrasound scanner that it wants to put in spas
- NewsIntel is bringing Raptor Lake Next to gaming laptops with DDR4 support and up to 24 cores
- NewsNVIDIA's AI agents taught robots to install GPUs into motherboards without any human help
- NewsAnother AMD AM5 CPU has reportedly swelled and died, this time a Ryzen 9 9900X less than a year old
- NewsValve just told Half-Life 3 dataminers it knows exactly what they are doing with new Dota 2 variable name
- NewsAMD Zen 6 will target a 7 GHz boost clock for Ryzen CPUs, according to insider
- NewsAMD's RDNA 5 Radeon GPUs will launch in mid-2027, per new leak
- NewsGTA 6 price seems to have leaked, base version to cost €89.99
- NewsAssassin's Creed Hexe is reportedly going to launch earlier than expected
- NewsNVIDIA's open-source NVK Vulkan driver gets experimental DLSS support in Mesa 26.2 for Linux gamers
- NewsASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 reportedly causes discoloration on ASUS motherboard after six months
- NewsNothing has cancelled the CMF Phone 2 Pro's successor, blaming memory prices for making it unaffordable
- NewsIntel Core 3 304 'Wildcat Lake' CPU appears on PassMark, matches the MacBook Neo
- NewsSony focuses heavily on AI in its recent summary, drops any mention of PC gaming
- NewsAMD plans to increase the price of its graphics cards by 10-15% in the second half of 2026
- NewsSteam Controller supply can't keep up with demand, Valve pushes orders to 2027
- NewsHDMI 2.2 products are coming in 2027 as chip makers begin sampling FRL2 silicon this year
- NewsSolo dev tries to make his own GTA 6 with AI, as he got tired of waiting for Rockstar
- NewsA HandBrake update just gave Threadripper owners up to a 215% performance boost for free
- NewsRepair channel buys ASUS RTX 4090 for $222 and finds plastic die with fake NVIDIA markings
- NewsApple will be working with Intel to design and build its chips in the USA, confirms President Donald Trump
- NewsNintendo finally fixed the Switch eShop after nearly a decade by replacing its sluggish web wrapper with a native app
- NewsAMD, Google, Tesla, and Groq turn to Samsung Foundry as TSMC runs out of capacity
- NewsAMD confirms Ryzen Threadripper TR6 'Mustang Peak' with Zen 6 cores, 2nm process, and PCIe 6.0 support
- NewsSony has patented a PlayStation controller with buttons that change hardness during gameplay
- NewsHackers are using Steam's Wallpaper Engine to distribute malware that can steal your logins
- NewsIntel's 18A-P process node is now in risk production, will power next-gen Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' processors
- NewsNintendo is locking Switch 2 multi-language sales in Japan behind 50 hours of Switch playtime to stop scalpers
- NewsLenovo Yoga Pro 9n with NVIDIA RTX Spark and haptic trackpad pictured ahead of fall launch
- NewsAMD's Zen 6 Olympic Ridge reportedly drops the iGPU entirely in exchange for a dedicated NPU
- NewsDSX v3.2 Beta adds native PlayStation DualSense haptic feedback over Bluetooth on PC
- NewsSteam Machine benchmarks spotted on Geekbench, as early reviews might be underway
- NewsUS AI startup Tensordyne claims 3nm Napier chip outperforms NVIDIA Blackwell by 13x in tokens per second
- NewsA sealed Super Mario Bros. cartridge from a 1986 NES bundle sells for $3 million at auction
- NewsOnexPlayer X2 Mini Pro drops Ryzen AI Max+ 395 for 388, starts at $2,399 with fewer cores
- NewsCD Projekt Red is reportedly working on an unannounced free-to-play Witcher co-op RPG for PC and mobile
- NewsGoogle is in talks with Samsung to build next-gen 'Icefish' TPU on 1.4nm and 2nm process split
- NewsAMD's Ryzen AI Halo AI mini PC launches in the US with 128GB memory and a $3,999 price tag
- NewsMicrosoft expands Advanced Shader Delivery support to all AMD Radeon GPUs since RX 5000 series
- NewsApple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro is '100% confirmed', leaker says
- NewsAMD reversed a warranty rejection for a swollen Ryzen 9 7950X3D after Hardware Unboxed called it out publicly
- NewsASUS' $50 ROG Equalizer cable meant to stop GPU connector burns reportedly burns itself
- NewsIntel's 18-core Core Ultra 7 251HX is matching its 20-core siblings in early PassMark results
- NewsMicrosoft is reportedly cutting hundreds of Azure jobs in China for the third time in two years
- NewsThe Trump Mobile T1 teardown reveals it's basically an HTC phone wearing gold paint
- NewsFramework delays first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month over touchpad and display issues
- NewsGeForce NOW annual plans drop to $64.99 and $129.99 in NVIDIA summer sale
- NewsMicrosoft sets a Patch Tuesday record with 206 fixes, and finally patches every zero-day Nightmare Eclipse disclosed
- NewsGoogle orders Intel Foundry to produce over three million TPUs for 2028 amid TSMC capacity crunch
- NewsHalf-Life now runs on a 2007 Nokia N95 at 30 FPS with Bluetooth mouse support
- NewsGIGABYTE's hidden Z990 motherboard at Computex reveals six NVMe slots and three PCIe 5.0 M.2 bays for Nova Lake-S
- NewsGEEKOM's new GeekBook M16 brings a Core Ultra 9 and a 99.9Wh battery to the business laptop market for $899
- NewsAMD warns DDR5 prices won't recover until 2028 as AI demand continues pulling supply away from consumers
- NewsApple is adding a Liquid Glass slider in iOS 27 after a year of user complaints about readability
- NewsLeaked Intel Nova Lake-S image confirms new LGA-1954 socket and a notch placement that kills backward compatibility
- NewsThe Wolf Among Us 2 is coming in 2027 and Telltale is also bringing a remaster of the original this holiday season
- NewsHideo Kojima calls AI a 'janitor for creative chores' after backlash over his appearance in an AI-generated promo
- NewsGMKtec EVO-X3 mini PC is coming with OCuLink support and a Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 variant packing 192GB of memory
- NewsThe new Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has an AI disclaimer on its Steam page
- NewsXBOX Series X25 announced, the translucent console pays homage to the original XBOX
- NewsGIGABYTE claims a DDR5 world record for hitting 13556 MT/s at Computex 2026
- NewsUnreleased RTX 3050 Ti graphics card spotted in the wild, GA106 GPU with 6GB VRAM
- NewsBrave launches Origin, a $60 browser that removes the features it added without asking you first
- NewsIntel's Nova Lake Q970 chipset motherboard leaks with LGA 1954 socket, vPro support, and 128GB DDR5 CUDIMM
- NewsTomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis PC system requirements are out, and Denuvo DRM is confirmed ahead of its 2027 launch
- NewsIntel brings back Raptor Lake with the Core 7 230H and Core 5 205H CPUs with disabled integrated graphics
- NewsFormer God of War combat designer joins The Witcher 4 development team
- NewsSK Hynix plans to double wafer production capacity by 2030 as chairman warns AI will keep memory tight
- NewsAMD hits an all-time high x86 CPU market share record, now holding a third of the server market
- NewsMaxsun brings Intel Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake to desktop motherboards with two new MoDT designs
- NewsIntel Arc desktop GPUs are here to stay, according to an Intel exec
- NewsAMD denies rumors of not bringing FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5 integrated GPUs, decision still up in the air
- NewsIntel's upcoming LGA1954 socket makes an appearance with a dual retention mechanism
- NewsNVIDIA's RTX Spark is going directly after the MacBook Pro, with flagship N1x systems expected to start at $2,899
- NewsAMD says it had to 're-engineer' the Ryzen 7 5800X3D from scratch to make the revival possible
- NewsAMD overclocker pushes the Radeon RX 9060 XT to 4,643MHz with internal tools
- NewsIntel's Nova Lake-S LGA1954 socket will reportedly support CPUs beyond 'Razor Lake', per new leak
- NewsIntel introduces Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' CPU lineup, built on the 18A-P process node
- NewsIntel confirms its next-gen 'Crescent Island' data center GPU will support up to 480GB LPDDR5X memory
- NewsIntel officially launches Xeon 6+ 'Clearwater Forest' CPUs, up to 288 cores, built on Intel 18A
- NewsASUS's Ascent QN10 brings the Snapdragon X2 Elite to mini PCs for the first time
- NewsNVIDIA's RTX 3060 is back on shelves in China, selling at around $325 with limited batches
- NewsASUS ProArt P16 and P14 are the first ASUS laptops built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip
- NewsDuckDuckGo launches no-AI search extensions after users reject Google's AI-first Search
- NewsUniversity of Illinois researchers found a way to stack silicon chip layers vertically with near-perfect yields
- NewsA Baldur's Gate 2 remake is reportedly in development, with the original co-lead designer back to help
- NewsThe Witcher 3: Songs of the Past will be as big as Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty and Blood & Wine, say CDPR
- NewsSteam Deck OLED gets a price hike in Asia, with the 1TB variant now being 51% more expensive
May 2026
- NewsApple is taking time with its smart glasses and a late 2027 launch is now the target
- NewsMSI's new flagship gaming desktop has a built-in cylindrical display for its LuckyClaw AI companion
- NewsValve quietly added a Steam Machine Welcome Tour to Steam's backend, suggesting the console may launch as early as July
- NewsThe development team for The Witcher 4 is twice as big as its prequel, reveals CD Projekt Red
- NewsLenovo Yoga Pro 7 laptop listings point to NVIDIA N1X 650 and N1X 675 chips
- NewsIntel's entry-level 'Wildcat Lake' Core 3 305 CPU spotted on PassMark
- NewsCDPR tells fans not to expect a Witcher 4 expansion, as the studio plans to release 3 Witcher games in 6 years
- NewsMicrosoft threatened a security researcher with criminal charges, and the cybersecurity community isn't having it
- NewsTSMC says energy efficiency has overtaken raw performance as the top priority for AI chip customers
- NewsThe first AV2 1.0.0 encoder is here, promising 30% better efficiency than AV1
- NewsGIGABYTE's new D5 Single Boost can push a single DDR5 stick to 8,400 MT/s
- NewsLeak: AMD Zen 6 'Powderhorn' B0 silicon tapes out - Targeting late 2026 to rival Intel's Nova Lake
- NewsIntel lists the Xeon 6377P 'Bartlett Lake' CPU for enterprise use
- NewsG.Skill unveils 9200 MT/s Trident Z5 CK 'CUDIMM' DDR5 memory modules
- NewsForza Horizon 6 already has a supervillain who's haunting players across the map
- NewsSamsung becomes the first company to ship HBM4E memory samples, just three months after leading the HBM4 generation
- NewsMediaTek's Dimensity 8550 brings Gemini Nano AI to mid-range Android phones
- NewsAcer's Nitro Blaze Link is a streaming-first handheld with just 1GB of RAM
- NewsNVIDIA and Microsoft tease 'a new era of PC' ahead of Computex, and it's hard not to link this to the fabled N1X chip
- NewsIntel officially launches the Arc G3 series of CPUs for gaming handhelds
- NewsDell launches new $599 XPS 13 with Wildcat Lake, CNC-aluminum chassis, and 2.5K 120Hz display to rival the MacBook Neo
- NewsQualcomm's Snapdragon C wants to bring the MacBook Neo fight to the $300 Windows laptop market
- NewsActivision confirms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 as the first series entry to launch on Nintendo Switch 2
- NewsFortnite's global iOS return pulls 3.4 million downloads in its first week back
- NewsNVIDIA's Arm-based 'Vera' CPU benchmarked, beats Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC CPUs
- NewsMicrosoft warns AI chatbots are luring users to cryptojacking malware disguised as trusted PC utility downloads
- NewsMicrosoft starts rolling out new Windows 11 Low Latency Profile CPU boost with optional May update
- NewsUbisoft is reportedly testing Generative AI in Far Cry 7, according to an insider
- NewsCooler Master's latest AIO ships with a 6-inch screen that's basically a phone strapped to your radiator
- NewsNVIDIA's latest driver quietly adds the first signs of DLSS 5 Neural Rendering support
- NewsAMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D has been added to CPU-Z ahead of launch
- NewsIntel's Core 9 273PQE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU loses to a Core i9-13900K in new leaked benchmarks
- NewsJason Voorhees is finally coming to Dead by Daylight for its 10th anniversary
- NewsMicrosoft's Copilot returns to ruin your Windows 11 experience, this time as a sidebar
- NewsAMD's China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE may be coming to global markets
- NewsLenovo accidentally confirms it is working on laptops powered by NVIDIA's yet-to-be-announced N1X chip
- NewsPS3 emulation tested on PS5 through Linux, and the results are a mixed bag
- NewsIntel is reportedly working on Nova Lake CPUs with only E-cores designed for the Edge segment
- NewsAMD's Zen 7 'Grimlock' CPUs will reportedly utilize TSMC's 1.4nm 'A14' node and advanced packaging
- NewsSega is reviving Crazy Taxi in an effort to bring back classic IPs
- NewsRocket League is moving to Unreal Engine 6, its first engine upgrade since 2015
- NewsAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT pricing falls near MSRP in the UK, reaching record lows in Japan
- NewsGot stick drift? DriftGuard can now automatically calibrate your controller
- NewsTSMC employees threaten Samsung-style strikes over bonus cut rumors despite a 58% profit jump
- NewsHP HyperX Omen 15 goes on sale with Intel Panther Lake and AMD Ryzen options paired with RTX 5070 graphics
- NewsAyaneo is calling its latest Game Boy-inspired handheld 'the world's first AI gaming handheld'
- NewsMicrosoft is letting users move the floating Copilot button in Word and Excel after admitting it disrupted workflows
- NewsNew leak shows the Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX beating the Core i9 14900HX in Cinebench
- NewsOLED Monitor shipments saw a 78% year-over-year increase in Q1 2026
- NewsPremium Lunar Lake laptops drop to $600 in China, joining budget Wildcat Lake to challenge Apple's MacBook Neo
- NewsValve's Steam Controller Puck sparks safety concerns after a near-fire incident
- NewsChinese display maker Tianma becomes the first to build a screen optimized for Intel's next-gen Razor Lake platform
- NewsNVIDIA's 'Vera' CPUs could outperform and outsell competing x86 offerings from Intel and AMD
- NewsIntel's 14A node will enter risk production in 2028, while 10A and 7A nodes are on the roadmap
- NewsHuawei produces 122TB SSDs using proprietary packaging to work around US semiconductor restrictions
- NewsValorant's Vanguard anti-cheat now destroys DMA cheat firmware
- NewsLeak: Intel Hammer Lake brings 'Thunder Hawk' unified cores to desktop, also revives multithreading
- NewsAMD confirms production ramp of its EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs on TSMC's 2nm process
- NewsLeak: Intel Razor Lake packs up to 52 cores, but most mobile chips may reuse Nova Lake silicon
- NewsAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a REMAKE, not a remaster, confirms Ubisoft
- NewsAMD launches the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 series of CPUs, up to 16 cores with 192GB of unified memory
- NewsThe Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will not repeat the same mistakes as Cyberpunk 2077, says CDPR
- NewsTrump Mobile website is reportedly leaking customer data including names, addresses and order numbers
- NewsPS5 Linux can run path-traced Cyberpunk 2077 at 35 FPS, but Quake II RTX is the surprising winner
- NewsAMD unveils EPYC 8005 'Sorano' server CPUs, up to 84 cores and 225W TDP
- NewsIntel Crescent Island PCB leak gives us our first look at the Xe3P GPU and its 160GB LPDDR5X memory design
- NewsIntel Nova Lake engineering samples have started shipping, with claims of up to 2x multi-core gains over current-gen
- NewsAMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D leaked, 8 cores up to 4.5 GHz, and 96MB L3 cache
- NewsIntel wants to make Wildcat Lake laptops cheaper under 'Project Firefly'
- NewsMicrosoft confirms Windows 11 update will let users remap the Copilot key back to Right Ctrl or Context Menu
- NewsCHUWI unveils the UniBook powered by Intel Wildcat Lake, priced at $449
- NewsASUS teams up with AK Studio to turn the ROG Xbox Ally X into a Cyberpunk 2077 handheld that you can't buy
- NewsIntel Core 7 350 'Wildcat Lake' CPU spotted on PassMark, exchanges blows with the Apple A19 Pro
- NewsLinux gamers can now use NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on any GPU thanks to a new open-source project
- NewsRedditor buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, gets a normal 9950X3D instead
- NewsRockstar Games will not send GTA 6 review copies to journalists and media, claims insider
- NewsOld shipping manifest suggests that the new Googlebook may feature a high-end Panther Lake model
- NewsIntel Wildcat Lake laptops launch May 18 in China with Honor's MagicBook X14 listed at $650
- NewsYouTube is making its AI Deepfake detection tool available to all creators over the age of 18
- NewsYou can finally change the size and position of the taskbar in Windows 11
- NewsIntel Panther Lake R spotted in a Linux patch, intended for 'harsh environments'
- NewsIntel Core i9-14900KF breaches 9.2 GHz, breaking the previous CPU frequency world record
- NewsASUS ROG NUC 16 is a $4,500 gaming mini PC smaller than a PS5 with an RTX 5080 and Intel Core Ultra 9
- NewsASUS celebrates 20 years of ROG with the Crosshair 2006, a retro-styled X870E motherboard
- NewsPS5 is getting Steam Charts-style weekly player counts, giving console gamers what PC players have had for years
- NewsThermal Grizzly is now selling delidded Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus CPUs for enthusiasts
- NewsASUS enters the memory business and launches its first 'ROG' DDR5 RAM modules
- NewsPopular Chinese retailer JD briefly listed banned RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs
- NewsSecurity researcher finds zero-day exploit that defeats Windows 11 BitLocker, calls it an insane 'backdoor' discovery
- NewsCPU-Z 2.20 adds unreleased AMD Gorgon Halo APUs alongside Intel Wildcat Lake and HUDIMM memory support
- NewsAMD surprises RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 owners with FSR 4.1 support, arriving in July for RX 7000 series
- NewsGTA 6 pre-orders could be opening this Monday according to a new leak
- NewsNVIDIA is reportedly preparing an RTX 5090 price hike due to rising costs of GDDR7 memory
- NewsAMD EPYC dominates the server market with a record 46.2% revenue share
- NewsValve overhauls the Steam Community Market with new item pages, dynamic filters, and 27 million new Counter-Strike images
- NewsMLC NAND prices have tripled as Samsung shuts its last 2D NAND line and Kioxia plans a full exit by 2029
- NewsIntel Foundry reportedly scores Apple's M7 production on 18A-P in 2027, future smartphone chips on 14A
- NewsEzio Auditore set to make a comeback to the series in Assassin's Creed Hexe
- NewsMicrosoft is improving the responsiveness of Windows 11 with WinUI 3
- NewsIntel confirms collaboration on Googlebook laptops, with Wildcat Lake the likely driving force
- NewsMicron ships its fastest DDR5 RDIMMs yet, with 256GB modules hitting 9,200 MT/s and 40% better power efficiency
- NewsApple adds end-to-end encryption to RCS in iOS 26.5, closing the last big gap with Android messaging
- NewsSipeed's new K3 RISC-V SBCs can run 30B-parameter LLMs at 10 tokens per second
- NewsPop superstar Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million for putting her face on TV boxes without permission
- NewsSubnautica 2 has leaked 48 hours before launch, joining Forza Horizon 6
- NewsGoogle finds hackers using AI to discover and develop a zero-day exploit for the first time for mass attacks
- NewsIntel CEO confirms ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA on new products
- NewsRPCS3 updates its contribution guidelines after AI-generated 'slop' pull requests caused regressions in the PS3 emulator
- NewsThis paid Witcher 3 mod brings DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation, boosting frame rates from 30 to 180 FPS
- NewsForza Horizon 6 files reportedly leaked on Steam 10 days before release
- NewsSony sees AI as a 'powerful tool' and already used AI animation tech in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
- NewsSony taps TSMC as a manufacturing partner for next-gen image sensors in a new Japan-based joint venture
- NewsAssassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will bring back social stealth, but hidden blades take a back seat
- NewsMaxSun's two new MoDT motherboards bring Intel's 10-core Raptor Lake to the desktop despite the Core 200H branding
- NewsFor the first time, AMD has overtaken Intel in data center revenue for Q1
- NewsASUS's new ROG Strix XG129C is a tiny 12.3-inch touchscreen that can serve as a sidekick to your main display
- NewsGoogle Chrome silently downloads a 4GB AI model on your PC without asking
- NewsIntel is reportedly making chips for Apple again in a preliminary deal that reunites two old partners
- NewsApple reportedly orders fresh A18 Pro silicon as MacBook Neo demand surges, $599 price point may be at risk
- News58% of gamers don't want DLSS 5 altering their games, while others await real-world results
- NewsNew Windows 11 feature may speed up app launches by maxing out CPU frequency
- NewsSamsung is reportedly preparing a 'Chromebook' variant of the Exynos 2800 to rival Apple's M7
- NewsGeIL brings plug-and-play DDR5 memory, offering 8000MT/s speeds without EXPO or XMP needed
- NewsSony discloses financial results for 2025, takes huge loss on Bungie, PS6 release date still undecided
- NewsAMD's X970E chipset rumored to reuse the PROM21 chipset, but with native support for CUDIMM
- NewsForza Horizon 6 file size revealed, sparking debate over whether HDDs still have a place in modern gaming
- NewsIntel roadmap leaks reveal Nova Lake, Razor Lake, Titan Lake, and Moon Lake CPUs on track for 2026-2028
- NewsAMD launches the Instinct MI350P GPU with 144GB of HBM3E and a 600W TBP
- NewsAMD's 8-core Ryzen 7 PRO 9755 leaks on PassMark, the second unannounced Ryzen PRO chip to surface this week
- NewsPCIe 8.0 is coming in 2028 with 256 GT/s speeds and eight times the bandwidth of PCIe 5.0
- NewsIntel Core 9 273PQE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU seen benchmarked, up to 10% faster than the Core i9-14900K
- NewsAMD CEO Lisa Su backs CPUs in Agentic AI debate as we shift closer to a 1:1 ratio between CPUs and GPUs
- NewsApple is reportedly eyeing Intel and Samsung foundries for its A21 chips as TSMC supply constraints tighten
- NewsBiostar teases next-gen AMD motherboards to Computex 2026, and it could be our first look at the Zen 6 platform
- NewsAMD's new CPPC 'Highest Frequency' feature could improve CPU scheduling and boost behavior in Windows 11
- NewsDDR6 development starts with Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron aiming for shipments by 2028
- NewsMicron's CEO says AI memory demand is just in its 'first innings' and memory supply is already insufficient
- NewsIntel and AMD join hands to standardize APX extensions for x86 CPUs to improve efficiency and end ISA fragmentation
- NewsJEDEC pushes DDR5 server memory to 12,800 MT/s with new MRDIMM Gen2 standard for AI and data center workloads
- NewsAMD Ryzen AI 435G APU appears on Geekbench with performance similar to the Ryzen 5 8600G
- NewsASUS reportedly planning to decrease RTX 5070 Ti supply in favor of the RTX 5080
- NewsAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 'Gorgon Halo' APU spotted on PassMark with a new Radeon 8065S GPU
- NewsASUS ROG Equalizer performs worse than standard 12V-2x6 connectors, Der8auer says the cable 'doesn't make sense'
- NewsMicrosoft recommends 16GB RAM as baseline, 32GB as a 'no worries' upgrade for gaming PCs running Windows 11
- NewsAMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D appears on PassMark with similar performance to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- NewsWildcat Lake spans from $304 to $470 as Intel scrubs pricing from ARK
- NewsMicrosoft plans to bring Windows 11 closer to SteamOS with Project K2
- NewsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB reportedly set to make a return in July
- NewsSilicon wafer shipments are up 13% in Q1 2026, but AI data centers are taking the lion's share
- NewsYouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature called 'Ask YouTube'
- NewsIntel 'Wildcat Lake' Core 5 330 spotted on PassMark with similar performance to the Core 5 320
- NewsAMD's in-house 'Halo Box' mini-PC confirmed for June launch
April 2026
- NewsSamsung discloses its Q1 2026 earnings with a 48x growth in semiconductor operating profit
- NewsAMD and Intel Unveil ACE: New matrix instructions deliver a massive 16x AI performance leap over AVX
- NewsIntel's new 18A-P node will reportedly provide 9% higher performance and 18% better efficiency than 18A
- NewsMicrosoft previews Shader Model 6.10 with a matrix math API, making neural rendering a standard DirectX feature
- NewsFrom the director of The Witcher 3, The Blood of Dawnwalker will release on September 3, 2026
- NewsASUS AEMP lets users optimize mixed JEDEC DDR5 memory kits without XMP on Intel Z890 and B860 boards
- NewsGoogle's new Tensor G6 SoC will likely feature a 5 year old PowerVR GPU
- NewsModder releases PS5-Linux project, turning some consoles into a Linux gaming machine
- NewsAssassin's Creed Hexe loses 50 developers shortly after losing two directors in two months
- NewsFramework Laptop 16 RTX 5070 12GB upgrade module costs 72% more than the 8GB option
- NewsValve confirms why it launched the Steam Controller before the Steam Machine: it doesn't have RAM
- NewsNVIDIA upgrades RTX 5070 laptops with 12GB VRAM option
- NewsFinalWire releases AIDA64 8.30 with FPS tracking and next-gen CPU support, but drops 32-bit Windows support
- NewsUbisoft may be going back to Damascus with an Assassin's Creed 1 remake following Black Flag Resynced
- NewsValve's Steam Controller launches May 4, but says 'we don't have exact timeline details' on Steam Machine
- NewsNew Intel driver lets you dedicate 93% of system memory to the iGPU for VRAM, enabling support for larger AI models
- NewsIntel 'Wildcat Lake' benchmarks spotted, the Core 5 320 is 21% faster than the MacBook Neo's A18 Pro
- NewsSony is now raising PS5 and PlayStation Portal prices in Southeast Asia
- NewsIntel is now trying to keep up with AI demand by using scrap dies
- NewsAssassin's Creed Hexe may be in troubled waters after losing its second director in two months
- NewsXbox 'Project Helix' launch could be delayed by the ongoing memory crisis
- NewsXbox executives Asha Sharma and Matt Booty outline their plans for the future of Game Pass
- NewsIntel posts very strong Q1 2026 earnings as the AI boom starts to focus on CPUs
- NewsMeta and AWS sign agreement to deploy AWS Graviton chips to power Agentic AI
- NewsASUS's ROG Equalizer Cable is now available for $50, and it could save your RTX 50 series GPU
- NewsX launches standalone XChat app on iOS, and Elon Musk's 'everything app' dream looks further away than ever
- NewsAMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is sitting in Amazon's top 10 best-selling CPUs despite failing to impress reviewers
- NewsIntel Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids reportedly delayed to mid-2027, followed by Coral Rapids in 2028
- NewsFinal Fantasy XIV is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this August, but there is a big catch
- NewsThree new characters are coming to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, confirms Ubisoft
- NewsASUS Zenbook DUO 2026 dual-screen laptop with Core Ultra Series 3 is now available for pre-order at $2,499
- NewsMicrosoft is finally fixing Windows Update, letting you skip updates during setup, extend pauses, and avoid forced restarts
- NewsNVIDIA deploys GPT-5.5-powered Codex to 10,000 employees, with engineers calling results 'mind-blowing'
- NewsAMD launches EXPO 1.2 for CUDIMM and low-latency DDR5 memory, with ASUS among the first to enable support on X870 boards
- NewsSteam Controller page goes live on official distributor Komodo Station
- NewsFramework 13 Pro sells out through August as Ubuntu sales lead Windows
- NewsFormer PlayStation Head speaks in favor of PC ports, says they are largely positive for Sony
- NewsTim Cook calls Apple Maps launch his 'biggest mistake,' names Apple Watch his proudest achievement
- NewsTesla plans to use Intel's next-gen 14A process for its TeraFab project
- NewsThis modder stuffed a Nintendo Switch Lite with 8GB RAM and got Final Fantasy VII Remake running on it
- NewsIntel's Z970 chipset could replace most B860 motherboards for Nova Lake, leaker claims
- NewsApple completes its transition to Apple Silicon by dropping support for Intel-based Macs
- NewsThe Last of Us star Troy Baker is sure that we haven't seen the last of Joel
- NewsBolt Graphics completes chip design for its Zeus GPU - claims 5x faster path tracing than RTX 5090 at 250W
- NewsGoogle's Workspace Intelligence wants to be the ultimate AI coworker that actually knows your business
- NewsAMD sparks controversy by denying Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 review samples to Gamers Nexus, TechPowerUp, and others
- NewsXbox Project Helix will offer performance comparable to a $3,000 PC, says insider
- NewsUnreal Engine 5 may be getting Microsoft's DirectX 12 Advanced Shader Delivery
- NewsFramework 13 Pro targets MacBook Pro with CNC aluminum build, Panther Lake, and modular design, starting at $1,199
- NewsAnthropic's Claude Mythos found 271 Firefox vulnerabilities - CTO calls it just as capable as 'elite security researchers'
- NewsLenovo Legion Go S gets a price hike, the Z1 Extreme now costs $1,579
- NewsIntel promises to launch unlocked budget CPUs, bringing overclocking to lower-priced chips
- NewsCPU shortage is reportedly 'more acute' than memory, as the industry banks on Intel 18A
- NewsASUS drops the ProArt PA32USD, a creator-focused 4K QD-OLED monitor with dual 12G-SDI that can also hit 240Hz
- NewsHidden Steam Controller 'unboxing' video adds to signs of a standalone launch from Valve
- NewsTSMC can't keep up with AI chip demand, with shortages projected to last beyond 2027
- NewsApple CEO Tim Cook steps down, John Ternus to take over the reins
- NewsRumor: Ubisoft's Splinter Cell remake slips to 2027, and Far Cry 7 development is 'going through hell'
- NewsMulti-frame generation could be coming to AMD GPUs, latest FSR update hints
- NewsMicrosoft continues to improve Windows 11 with storage menu fixes and changes to FAT32
- NewsNetflix plans to add vertical videos to its mobile app by the end of the month
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