Samsung Foundry is reportedly in discussions with AMD to fab its next-gen EPYC "Venice" CPUs on its new 2nm (SF2) process node.

In a new report from Korean media outlet SEdaily, we're hearing that after Samsung Foundry's recent discussions and semiconductor deals with tech giants Tesla and Apple, the South Korean semiconductor giant is looking to secure AMD as a customer on its new SF2 process node.

It's disclosed that Samsung Foundry and AMD are working together on a "next-generation" CPU that is believed to be AMD's next-gen EPYC "Venice" CPUs. SEdaily reports: "the two companies plan to finalize the contract around January of next year after evaluating whether the process can actually achieve the performance level AMD demands. However, the industry believes that production is likely".

ASUS has announced that it has claimed the No. 1 position in global OLED monitor market share, which has surged throughout 2025, to a leading 21.9% market share.

In a report from TrendForce on November 18, we learned that global OLED monitor shipments hit 644,000 units in Q3 2025, which is up 12% quarter-over-quarter, and up 65% year-over-year. TrendForce also projects that total 2025 OLED monitor shipments will hit 2.62 million units, representing 84% growth from 2024.

ASUS announced: "ASUS today announced that it has claimed the No. 1 position in global OLED monitor market share, following a surge in sales throughout 2025. According to independent market research firm TrendForce, ASUS now holds an estimated 21.9% share, surpassing competitors and cementing its leadership in this fast-growing market".

Apple is reportedly using a new bezel-less display for its 20th anniversary iPhone, with both LG Display and Samsung Display spending hundreds of millions of dollars preparing for the iPhone 20 in 2027.

In a new report from Korean media outlet Dealsite, we're hearing that Apple would be using a "4-sided bending design" and "monolithic full-screen design" and that in order to achieve this, Apple aims to adopt 4-sided bending technology that won't only cover the front, but all four edges of the display on the iPhone 20.

LG Display's current 4-sided bending display is known to be a different concept from the edge display that Samsung has previously used on its Galaxy smartphones. Samsung used its edge display in previous smartphones, applying curvature to the display concerns, but the Galaxy Note Edge was released over 10 years ago, back in 2014. Curvature was used to the left and right sides to be utilized for edge panels and notification displays.

NVIDIA's monster TITAN Ada prototype GPU has been given the teardown treatment by overclocker "Der8auer", and it looks damn right beastly in the flesh. Check it out:

Der8auer has previously benchmarked the elusive NVIDIA TITAN Ada prototype GPU in the past, comparing it against the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 4090 graphics cards, then had a gander at the custom power adapter from NVIDIA. The power adapter converts dual 8-pin PCIe connectors into dual 12VHPWR connectors and is used for the huge 900W power design of the TITAN Ada prototype GPU.

The teardown reveals NVIDIA's huge quad-slot design and full metal exterior, comparing what he saw with the RTX 4090 Ti prototype GPU teardown from GamersNexus, noting that the backplate assembly on the TITAN Ada uses additional heat pipes and a different surface finish than the other prototype card.

Microsoft wants Xbox to make more profit, and the Xbox games division is pulling out all the stops to make that happen. But there's one thing they may not do for a while: raise game prices to $80.

In June, Microsoft made one of the most unpopular announcements in recent memory: new first-party Xbox games would now cost $80, starting first with Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2. The decision was lambasted and Microsoft changed its mind, dropping The Outer Worlds 2 back to $70 and implying that all future first-party games would retain this price. It's interesting to note that Nintendo actually was the first to charge the $80 baseline for new AAA games with Mario Kart World's launch on the Switch 2.

In a recent interview with Variety, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty was asked directly about $80 games, and while he responded that Xbox "does not have any pricing updates," he did seem to indicate that it might be a while before Microsoft tries to raise baseline software prices again.

Xbox game studios boss Matt Booty discusses EA's $55 billion leveraged buyout, saying that the high share price represents both the existing and future value of the publisher's billion-dollar IPs.

Electronic Arts is going private in a $55 billion leveraged buyout financed principally by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, with contributions from investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. The deal, which would see EA go private, would also involve billion-dollar entertainment properties like the FC franchise, Madden NFL and college football, Battlefield, and even Apex Legends.

EA is among the last major AAA independent publishers on the market and the publisher's peers have taken notice, especially Xbox, whose own success scales with that of third-party groups like EA. In a recent interview with Variety, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty shared a prognosticating take on the EA deal, saying that the $55 billion valuation isn't just about what Electronic Arts has produced in the past--it's also an attempt at placing a value on what's on the horizon.

Sony is helping fund and publish 4:Loop, a new live service four-player co-op shooter from Mike Booth, the creator of Left 4 Dead.

PlayStation's live service plans are starting to better take shape as SIE reveals its latest investment project. The game is called 4:Loop, and it's an online shooter where four players team up and blast enemies. 4:Loop has a time loop roguelike element where players will die and try again, accumulating gear and trying out new combinations of playstyles along the way.

According to Mike Booth, the game director leading the project at Bad Robot Games, the core idea is to give players the chance to persistently find advantages and exploit the game as much as possible.

Fate of the Old Republic might be early in development, but the RPG should be out before the turn of the decade--at least that's the plan.

KOTOR is getting a spiritual successor called Fate of the Old Republic, or FOTOR for short. The game was announced at The Game Awards, with original BioWare dev and KOTOR director Casey Hudson leading the new Star Wars title. Not much is known about the project, but given the fact that Arcanaut is relatively new and that development recently started, it's possible that FOTOR is multiple years away. How long until it's out? Hudson says it'll launch sometime before 2030.

"Don't worry about the "not till 2030" rumors. Game will be out before then. I'm not getting any younger!" Hudson said on Twitter, indirectly responding to a post from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier on Bluesky.

The future of smartphones is being heavily impacted by the ongoing DRAM shortages, with smartphone makers reportedly set to reintroduce 4GB smartphones in the future... as well as the return of the microSD card slot for (hopefully slightly cheaper) storage expansion.

In a new report from TrendForce, memory prices are projected to rise "sharply again" in Q1 2026, exerting "significant cost pressure on global end-device manufacturers". Smartphone and notebook makers are compelled to increase their product prices and reduce, yes, reduce specifications.

TrendForce notes that memory is increasingly accounting for a larger share of the BOM (bill of material) costs in consumer devices like smartphones and PCs, where we've seen giants like Dell tell its staff that huge price increases on their laptops and desktop PCs are coming... and they aren't, and won't be, the only ones.

Samsung is reportedly halting SATA SSD production in 2026, with the company to announce the news in January 2026, most likely at CES 2026 or shortly after.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, we're to expect that Samsung's long-term exit from SATA SSD production is coming in January. MLID warns that Samsung diving out of the SATA SSD business could tighten supply and jack up the prices of SSD storage across the board in the months ahead, on top of all of the skyrocketing prices of RAM right now.

MLID notes that Samsung SSDs make up a huge amount of Amazon's top-selling SSDs with around 20% of them being SATA-based, and Samsung takes up a considerable portion of that. Samsung removing itself from the market would reduce overall SSD availability, which would put pressure on the pricing of both SATA and M.2 NVMe SSD drives... oh yay.

SK hynix is expecting DRAM supply issues (and high prices, and probably even higher price than now) through until 2028, lining up with other reports suggesting we'll be in pain for the next 2-3 years when it comes to RAM and SSDs.

In a new post on X by user @BullsLab who shared some screenshots of a purported internal analysis by SK hynix, the South Korean memory leader projects that growth for the commodity DRAM will be constrained until at least 2028... but not for HBM and SOCAMM memory modules.

This is because SK hynix has been busy shifting its focus to fulfill the demand of AI servers, where there are masses of profits to be had, and that the possibility of any decent growth in the production capacity for the consumer market remains low.

Dell will be increasing the price of its laptops and PC systems on December 17, because of the ongoing DRAM shortages.

In a new report from Business Insider, Dell reportedly told its staff in an internal message on December 9 that it will be hiking the price of its systems starting on December 17.

There is an internal list of the upcoming price changes sent to staff, with price hikes for Dell's commercial business -- sales to corporate clients, not individual customers -- but Dell's commercial business accounts for around 85% of its annual revenue in the Client Solutions Group (CSG), the division that sells Dell laptops and PCs, according to its latest annual results.

Leon Kennedy is not only in Capcom's new Resident Evil game, but he's one of the main playable protagonists, and he brings thrilling action to offset the terrifying horror of Grace's segments.

At The Game Awards 2025, Capcom confirmed the rumors are true: Leon plays a major part in Resident Evil 9 Requiem. The news comes months after the developer had said Leon wouldn't be in the game, but now Capcom says that a dual-character structure was decided when full production started.

In a recent interview with Japanese games publication Automaton, Resident Evil 9 Requiem game director Koshi Nakanishi says that the interactive gameplay sequences are basically evenly divided between Grace Ashcroft and Leon Kennedy, with each perspective offering a very different experience for players.

Half-Life 3 is reportedly a Steam Machine launch title, with Valve aiming for a spring 2026 release according to the latest reports.

Valve unleashing its new Steam gaming hardware and having the mythical Half-Life 3 as a launch title is something I've said for a while now, even penning a piece that was titled "Valve's new Steam gaming hardware could see Half-Life 3 as a system seller" and that it would beat Rockstar to the punch from launching Grand Theft Auto 6 (hopefully) in 2026.

In a new episode of the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast, journalist Mike Straw gave us an update on Half-Life 3, saying that his sources teased Valve is holding the announcement back because of the current RAM pricing debacle, as it would affect the release of the Steam Machine.

Framework has just announced it will be increasing its DDR5 RAM upgrade prices by 50% in a new blog post with its Framework Laptop DIY Edition RAM upgrades in the near future.

The company explained the price increases in a new blog post, saying that they've been forced to do this as there are "substantially higher costs we are facing from suppliers and distributors".

Framework says that the new pricing "remains below" what's available in the open market, and that they won't be changing the pricing on any existing orders, and they're not updating the pricing on their pre-built laptops or Framework Desktop which come with RAM, adding that it makes the 128GB RAM configuration of the Framework Desktop a "bargain".

COLORFUL has just unveiled its new flagship AM5 motherboard with the new iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14, with DDR5-10000 RAM support, an LCD display, and more. Check it out:

The new COLORFUL iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 motherboard has been designed from the ground up for overclockers, enthusiasts, and gamers with a ton of features and a sleek look. The new iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 mobo is based on the AM5 socket supporting current and next-gen Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs, with the CPU socket powered by a dual 8-pin power configuration.

COLORFUL is using a high-end 18+2+2 (110A) power delivery which is suited for overclocking, with dual DDR5 DIMMs that are ready for RAM overclocking through higher signal integrity and 1DPC design, ready for DDR5-10000 and beyond. The motherboard supports 10,000+ MT/s out of the box with the Ryzen 8000G family of CPUs, up to 8600+ MT/s speeds with Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, and 8000+ MT/s speeds with Ryzen 7000 series CPUs.

Larian offers more details about its newly announced Divinity roleplaying game, with the studio saying that they want to make Divinity their career-defining magnum opus.

Last night, Larian made a not-so-surprising announcement: A new Divinity game is in the works, and it's going to be a gigantic RPG. The developers say that the macabre new Divinity project is their most ambitious game ever and aims to be even bigger than Baldur's Gate 3, which is one of the most popular and best-selling roleplaying games in recent memory.

In a new press release, Larian founder Swen Vincke and Divinity game director says that this new game will represent everything that the studio has done before, and is the culmination of over a decade of work ultimately aimed at preserving the studio's independence.

The Doom developers at id Software have voted to unionize under the Communication Workers of America in the attempt to gain more bargaining power in the volatile video games industry.

More of Microsoft's video game developers are unionizing, this time with id Software in Texas. According to a new press release from the CWA union organization, 165 of id Software's Texas-based employees seek union representation.

The id Software teams join other wall-to-wall unions at other Microsoft-owned game divisions like Blizzard, whose various teams working on Overwatch, Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Hearthstone have all voted to unionize in an attempt to secure better protections against layoffs, crunch work, and generative artificial intelligence--technology that Microsoft has significantly advanced with its MUSE generator.

During the Christmas season, many people look for thoughtful, practical, and long-lasting gifts, especially items that can improve everyday life as we head into the new year. Among KINGBULL's holiday lineup, the Literider 2.0, priced at $849, stands out as one of the most adaptable options for urban riders, commuters, and women who prefer convenience and portability without compromising capability. Its folding design, approachable geometry, and low-step frame make it one of the easiest e-bikes to integrate into daily routines.

The Literider's structure is optimized for riders seeking comfort and simplicity. Its folding frame allows it to fit into small apartments, office corners, car trunks, or even under desks. For commuters who combine cycling with public transportation, this becomes an immediate advantage. While the model is suited to all riders, its approachable design naturally appeals to female riders who prefer a lightweight, manageable e-bike.

The bike includes a bungee cord, lock, air pump, and rearview mirror, providing an accessory value of $94, adding practical day-to-day utility. These are items many riders need anyway, making the Literider an efficient entry point for new e-bike users.

The Paladin is now available in Diablo 4, but you have to pre-order the $40 Lord of Hatred expansion in order to play the class. Blizzard showcases some of the abilities that gamers can use to unleash holy fury on demons throughout Sanctuary.

Last night at The Game Awards, Blizzard revealed some sizzling news: A new Mephisto-themed Diablo 4 expansion called Lord of Hatred is coming in April 2026, and it'll bring two new playable classes. One of them, the Paladin, is available now. The other class is a secret that will be available when Lord of Hatred releases, but it's believed to be some sort of take on Diablo 2's classic Amazon class.

Now Blizzard has released a quick clip showing off the powers and combat abilities that the Paladin offers, including the new Oath System that lets players choose from four lines of play style: Zealot, Juggernaut, Judicator, and Arbiter. Fans who have played both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 will see parallels between the Crusader and Paladin classes, including the classic Blessed Hammer ability.