NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is currently celebrating the first Blackwell wafer to be produced at TSMC's Arizona facility, and while that is a substantial achievement, the Arizona facility doesn't have all the necessary tools to complete the product, meaning those newly produced chips need to be shipped elsewhere.

If your first guess for the destination of the chips you are correct. Yes, after producing the Blackwell wafer on American soil, as per the plan of US President Donald Trump, it will still need the magic touch of TSMC Taiwan, as the Blackwell wafer will remain in its most rudimentary state until it's shipped back to Taiwan where it will undergo an assembly process that turns the wafer into the usable chips tech companies, and PC gamers around the world are after.

Here's how it works. NVIDIA's Blackwell family of data center chips features two reticle-sized compute dies and eight stacks of HBM3e memory. To connect all these components together, TSMC implements a stitching process that it calls Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate, or CoWoS. Essentially, this process stitches all of the components together to form the Blackwell datacenter chip, and currently, the only facilities capable of carrying out the CoWoS process are located in Taiwan.

One of our Best of Computex 2025 award winners is now available to purchase, and it's Corsair's impressive AIR 5400 LX-R RGB iCUE LINK Triple Chamber Mid-Tower PC Case. Available in Black or White, this innovative chassis is all about enhancing thermal performance alongside panoramic views. It features three dedicated cooling chambers: one for the CPU's AIO radiator, one for the GPU and motherboard, and one for the PSU, cables, and storage.

Corsair notes that these "isolated cooling zones" not only reduce heat and overall noise but also enhance performance. As the triple-chamber layout is designed for CPU AIO coolers and includes a separate chamber for its 360mm radiator, the Corsair AIR 5400 is the type of case built for this specific and typical style of build/component layout.

Looking at PC gaming, the design is a winner. When a GPU like the GeForce RTX 5080 is running at full speed, the CPU stays cooler because it isn't being blasted with hot air from the GPU. The GPU itself is cooled by three pre-installed LX120-R iCUE LINK RGB reverse-rotor fans. There's also a non-iCUE LINK variant for those who want to install a different cable management system/hub.

A custom Radeon RX-themed Call of Duty graphics card makes much more sense than a GeForce RTX one because this franchise runs notably and consistently faster on AMD hardware. In fact, it's not even close, with Radeon RX GPUs delivering significant double-digit performance gains in Call of Duty compared to their GeForce RTX counterparts.

And with that, thanks to a new collaboration between ASUS, AMD, and the Call of Duty team, we've got the new ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Special Edition graphics card. In addition to having one of the longest names for a custom GPU we've seen, it features an impressive Black Ops 7 design that covers everything from lighting to the black and orange color scheme and iconography.

This GPU first made its appearance at the recent Call of Duty NEXT press event in Las Vegas, but this is our first proper look at the design. That said, getting your hands on one will probably be pretty hard as this custom GPU is limited to "1000 units (that) will be shipped to select retailers around the world."

The new flagship PC gaming handheld from ASUS and Microsoft, the ROG Xbox Ally X, has been garnering a lot of attention lately. One reason for this is that it's the first Xbox-branded PC gaming handheld to include a new, custom version of Windows 11 optimized for gaming performance and efficiency. In addition to this, it also makes the Xbox app the default UI, in an attempt to create a Windows gaming handheld ecosystem on par with the Steam Deck.

Of course, as the first version of this new Xbox-themed Windows, it has issues and isn't quite as seamless as you'd expect. According to reviews, it's a big step in the right direction, but using the ROG Xbox Ally X still feels like gaming on a Windows 11 PC. And with that, even with optimizations, there's still a performance cost for gaming on a Windows 11 handheld versus one running the simple-to-use and intuitive Linux-based SteamOS.

YouTube creator and tech enthusiast Cyber Dopamine has posted a new video showcasing the custom Linux OS 'Bazzite' running on the ROG Xbox Ally X. Bazzite, like Valve's own SteamOS, is a gaming and controller-friendly version of Linux designed for gamers to access their Steam libraries. And with that, even with the additional overhead of Steam's Proton compatibility layer, the ROG Xbox Ally X is faster without Windows 11.

Halo Studios is rumored to launch two new Halo games next year, and one is meant to be unveiled on Friday at the Halo World Championship. That title is meant to be the Halo Combat Evolved Remake, and now leaks are suggesting it will be launching on PS5 as well as Xbox.

The latest Halo rumor has come from Grunt.api, a known Halo insider and dataminer who accurately predicted on November 11, 2021 that Halo Infinite's multiplayer was going to release on November 15. Grunt.api has had a fairly solid track record when it comes to Halo rumors, and now the dataminer is writing the upcoming Halo game scheduled to be unveiled at the Halo World Cup on Friday will be getting a simultaneous release on the PS5.

Unfortunately, for Nintendo Switch 2 users, Grunt.api was unable to find any evidence to suggest the Halo Combat Evolved Remake was launching on Nintendo's latest console. According to Grunt.api, the evidence that was found two new Halo games listed in the API, both with PlayStation compatibility.

Xbox president Sarah Bond just re-confirmed that new Xbox hardware is on the way, and now she delivers a slight tease on what's to come with upcoming Xbox consoles.

Despite rumors of the contrary, Microsoft is indeed working on a new Xbox console. Reports say that the new Xbox could be a hybrid device that switches between console and PC. Xbox management still won't give a definitive answer on this topic, but Xbox president Sarah Bond did give a response. When asked by Mashable tech editor Timothy Beck Werth if the next-gen console would be like a PC, the Xbox executive said:

"The next-gen console is going to be a very premium, very high-end curated experience. You're starting to see some of our thinking in this handheld, but I don't want to give it all away."

Grim Dawn 2 is confirmed, but the game is in pre-production planning phases and won't be released for another six years or so.

ARPG fans will have something big to look forward to in 2031: a fully-fledged Grim Dawn sequel built in an entirely new engine. In a recent episode of Path of Exile creator Chris Wilson's podcast, Crate Entertainment CEO Arthur Bruno confirmed Grim Dawn 2 is happening. It just won't be out any time soon and will take six years before it's ready.

In the interview, Bruno says that the team will also make some tweaks and changes around systems to ensure the sequel has a better runway for more classes. The original Titan Quest developer cautions fans that work on Grim Dawn 2 hasn't begun just yet. The team at Crate is currently working on early access town-builder Farthest Frontier.

Nintendo's new Game-key Cards are the best way forward for game developers and consumers, Square Enix developer Naoki Hamaguchi says

The Switch 2's newer Game-key cards aren't too popular among gamers. The cartridges don't hold games, but instead contain license keys to unlock access to a downloadable version of the game. There's not much data on the actual cartridge storage. The strategy is a heavy-handed push towards digital access that's sold as a physical product--just like most game discs these days--but it's not just about business. For game developers, it's also about necessity.

We've heard multiple game devs talk about why they choose Switch 2 Game-key Cards instead of shipping their full games on Game Cards. It's a cost vs performance equation: Game-key Cards are cheaper to make, potentially more profitable, and aren't limited by the slow data transfer rates of Nintendo's proprietary cartridges. While the Switch 2 itself supports SF Express flash, and while the console's storage supports up to 2.1GB/sec transfer rates, the actual data speeds between the game cartridge and the console aren't fast enough to meet developer's needs.

Whispers are again circulating that AMD has new Ryzen 3D V-Cache processors on the horizon for its Zen 5 family, one of which will have the cache on both of its two chiplets.

That's the top-end CPU, of course, which according to the new leak from Chi11eddog on X (flagged by VideoCardz), will be the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2.

The '2' tacked onto the end of the X3D indicates that this is the first (theoretical) 3D V-Cache offering with such a dual-cache configuration, carrying a total of 192MB of L3 cache (in two 96MB pools).

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced it is now up for sale, with the company stating it has conducted a "review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value."

The press release states Warner Bros. Discovery has already received "unsolicited interest" in both Warner Bros. standalone, and the entire company. For those unfamiliar with Warner Bros. Discovery, the company owns many businesses under its umbrella, such as movie studios, streaming platforms, media businesses, and cable networks. Additionally, WBD also owns the international broadcasting rights to a range of sports, such as the Olympics, the French Open in Europe, and the Premier League in the UK.

Warner Bros. Discovery owns the rights to DC Comics, and other popular franchises such as Harry Potter, Batman, and Superman. The company was valued at $45 billion, but does carry billions of dollars of debt on its balance sheet, according to a report from NBC News.

Meta has removed the Messenger app from both the Windows and macOS application marketplaces, as the company is discontinuing the desktop app entirely.

Messenger on Windows will officially stop working on December 14, 2025, according to a notification within the app itself. On Mac, Messenger will undergo a deprecation process, which allows users 60 days to use the app before it is fully deprecated.

Once the 60 days are over, users will be blocked from using the Mac Messenger app, and instead, will be automatically directed to Facebook for messaging. Users will be informed that the deprecation process has begun with an in-app notification.

Apple has delivered a heated message to the General Court in Luxembourg, stating that Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which came into effect in 2023, unlawfully compels Apple to make changes to its iPhone, App Store, and iMessage.

For those who don't know, the DMA is the antithesis of Apple's end-to-end control over its products, as it compels tech companies to make core services interoperable with competitors. Apple argues that the changes it would have to make to its services and products are incompatible with the protections of security, privacy, and even property rights under current EU law, with Apple telling the EU's second-highest court the DMA imposes "hugely onerous and intrusive burdens" on companies such as Apple, Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and others.

The aim of the DMA is to prevent big tech companies, such as Apple, from leveraging their dominance in one market to create power within another. An example of this would be the restrictions Apple places on iPhones when it comes to being compatible with other products Apple is trying to compete with, such as earbuds or smartwatches.

Battlefield 6 has been released, and with hundreds of thousands of players jumping into the action, some are reporting aiming difficulty. Here are the settings you need to change to significantly improve your aim, ensuring that you get that kill, or multiple, during crazy firefights.

It seems that PC players are experiencing what could be Battlefield itself messing with their aim mid-fight, as Battlefield 6 content creator @TorbisXD discovered a few settings that, when changed, can improve aim, enabling more shots to be hit, and ultimately, kills secured. The settings that were discovered disable the automatic aim sensitivity adjustment, which Battlefield has left on by default.

The first setting is Uniform Infantry Aiming, which maintains a consistent aiming sensitivity regardless of whether you are aiming from the hip or down the sights. Head to Mouse and Keyboard settings, then Controls sub settings, which is located under the Infantry section. Once here, switch Uniform Infantry Aiming off, then head down to the Zoom section and turn Zoom Transition Sensitivity Smoothing to zero. Once that is done, head back up to Uniform Infantry Aiming and reenable it.

We're getting to the point where advancing graphics in games isn't a meaningful pursuit, or that's a fresh assertion from an ex-PlayStation executive.

Shuhei Yoshida, who was President of Sony Interactive Worldwide Studios (and later Head of PlayStation Indies, before retiring earlier this year), expressed this point of view in an interview with Skill Up on YouTube (see above) as flagged by GamesRadar.

Yoshida observed: "Graphics (have) almost hit the level that even I cannot tell the difference between some of the (graphical capabilities) like ray traced or not ray traced, unless it's side by side, or higher frame rate."

It was last week when reports surfaced about a mysterious object potentially from space colliding with the windscreen of a United Airlines plane while it was traveling over Utah, with theories pointing to space debris possibly from a defunct satellite re-entering Earth's atmosphere, or even birds.

However, it was neither of those theories, and the object that struck the windshield of flight UA1093, which caused enough damage to shatter the windshield and injure one of the pilots in the cockpit, was a weather balloon from the company WindBorne. Speaking to Ars Technica, WindBorne agreed that it was likely one of its balloons after calculating the position of the balloon and cross-referencing it with the flight path of the plane.

The theory of a mysterious space-based object colliding with the 737 MAX aircraft came after one of the pilots described the object that impacted the aircraft as "space debris". Notably, the collision didn't cause any fatalities, only injuries, as images shared to social media show one of the pilot's arms being cut up by seemingly small shards of glass that sprayed into the cockpit following the impact.

LG's MAGNIT Active Micro LED TVs represent the company's premium and "luxury" home cinema displays that include Active Matrix technology for self-emissive Micro LEDs that ensure each pixel is individually lit. The company's new premium 136-inch screen MAGNIT Active Micro LED display is not only larger than most home theatre projector setups, but it also offers a crisp 4K resolution with an impressive 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, similar to what you'd find on an OLED.

And with a custom surface finish and treatment that enhances black levels, color accuracy, and minimizes external light sources or reflections, the MAGNIT Active Micro LED displays sound like the ultimate solution for watching movies and playing games on a big screen. However, these luxury displays are precisely that - luxury items. With 2023's 118-inch model launching with an eye-watering $237,000 USD tag, we can only imagine what this new and improved 136-inch MAGNIT Active Micro LED will retail for when it launches in the U.S.

This is the sort of display for those out there with first yacht, second Ferrari, and third holiday house money. Basically, someone who wouldn't blink when it comes to spending around a quarter of a million dollars on what's ultimately a big-screen TV.

The MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13 360 all-in-one liquid cooler for CPUs includes a 2.1-inch LCD screen with a 480 x 480 resolution IPS panel on the pump. It's not the first AIO liquid cooler to put a display on the pump. Still, in addition to being the sort of screen that can display images, video, and real-time system information like CPU and GPU temperatures, it can also be configured within MSI's Dragon Center software to act as a secondary or extended Windows 11 display.

This means that, technically, it can be used like any other dedicated monitor or display - albeit one that is limited to a 480 x 480 resolution with a circular shape. And with that, there's a PC gamer out there who decided to use MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13's display to play some Battlefield 6. Is this the ideal way to play EA and Battlefield Studios' popular multiplayer shooter? Of course not, but it works.

Granted, the low resolution, shape, and size would make it pretty hard to aim, read the environment, and even spot enemies, not to mention the additional latency that comes from a USB display not designed for gaming. So, as fun as this is, as one of those "can it run" experiments that PC gamers love, you do have to feel a little sorry for this gamer's squad, wondering why their teammate is behaving like this is their first time playing a Battlefield game.

Reddit user 'RunRepulsive9867' found quite the find when they recently purchased a second-hand $500 gaming PC on Facebook Marketplace. With the listing stating that the PC included NVIDIA's Turing-era flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU from 2018, they were worried that it might have been a scam, as the card itself had the 'GTX' label and not 'RTX.'

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 20 Series, led by the flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, saw a shift from GeForce GTX to GeForce RTX due to it being the first generation of desktop gaming graphics cards from the company to include dedicated Ray Tracing cores and AI hardware in the form of Tensor Cores. Both paved the way for the modern era of cinematic RT-heavy PC gaming with AI-powered upscaling courtesy of technology like NVIDIA DLSS.

In fact, the RTX 2080 Ti is still a viable gaming GPU in 2025, thanks to its ability to use NVIDIA's DLSS 4 Super Resolution to boost performance, alongside featuring 11GB of fast GDDR6 memory. As for this $500 PC? Well, it turns out that the GPU inside is a rare prototype GeForce GTX 2080 Ti 12GB GPU in the style of NVIDIA's Founders Edition design for the RTX 20 Series.

When the price was finally revealed for the new flagship ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld collaboration, $1,000 USD, there was understandably some controversy for what was being marketed as the first Xbox gaming handheld. Naturally, for those who are familiar with the device, it's PC-first, with a custom Xbox-optimized version of Windows 11 designed to improve both performance and usability with access to a deep library of games on a variety of services and platforms.

One of the reasons for the handheld's high price, which is notably more expensive than an Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 Pro console, is its use of the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, which includes 16 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units alongside custom AI hardware. With Microsoft and the Xbox team seemingly spearheading the announcement and marketing for the ROG Xbox Ally X (and the more affordable and less powerful baseline ROG Xbox Ally model), the assumption is that Microsoft set the price point for the handheld.

And with that, the high $999.99 price tag, much like the recent price hikes for dedicated Xbox console hardware, was the direct result of current market and economic conditions. Well, turns out that was not the case, with Xbox president Sarah Bond (via Variety) saying that when it came to setting the price, "it really was ASUS, because this is their hardware."

We got our first look at ZOTAC's new ZBOX MAGNUS EN75060TC back at Computex 2025, a new compact mini PC that packs a powerful desktop-class GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU inside its 2.65-liter chassis. Marketed as a console-sized solution for gamers, alongside being a capable AI PC, it's considerably smaller than a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S.

To fit all of this GPU power inside a mini PC that could comfortably be placed underneath a TV or on a desk next to a display, it also features a mobile processor in the form of the Arrow Lake-powered Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX, which features 8 Performance-cores and 12 Efficient-cores with a maximum frequency of 5.2 GHz. A powerful CPU in its own right that also includes integrated Arc graphics.

What makes ZOTAC's new ZBOX MAGNUS so impressive and viable as a compact gaming PC or Steam-box-like machine is the fact that it includes the full 16GB variant of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and not the 8GB model, unlocking fast 1440p resolution gaming with crisp visuals thanks to DLSS 4.