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ASUS has revealed the most expensive graphics card ever made, with the introduction of its new ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition, and it's worth as much as a house at over $500,000.

The new ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition was revealed at the recent Bilibili World 2025 event, with some pictures shared by @realVictor on X of the new ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition that is made purely of real gold. Not just up to 6.5g of gold on the recent ROG Astral Dhahab Edition graphics cards made for the Middle Eastern market, but real, actual gold, and a real, actual price of $500,000.

ASUS is using 5kg of real gold on its custom ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition graphics card, and with 1kg of gold selling for around $100,000... that means that this new custom graphics card is worth an insane $500,000 in just gold alone, with another few thousand dollars for the GeForce RTX 5090 that it's been dipped in.

Billion-dollar video game maven Krafton has delayed Subnautica 2's release right before a $250 million payout bonus was to be issued, leading to controversy and industry-wide rifts.

Krafton recently made a radical decision that made headlines. The publisher ousted Subnautica 2's executive leadership team, pushing three key people out of the Unknown Worlds team, including studio co-founder Max McGuire. Krafton appointed a new CEO of Unknown Worlds to ensure the studio delivered timely build updates for an eventual release.

Now it's been revealed that Subnautica 2's early access period has been delayed to 2026. The timing is suspect, with new reports from Bloomberg indicating that Krafton delayed the game just months before the company would have paid a $250 million bonus to developers. When Krafton bought Unknown Worlds in 2021, a clause in the acquisition contract outlined a bonus payout structure if certain milestones were hit throughout 2025--e.g. if the team could make X amount of revenue by the end of 2025, they'd get a substantial $250 million payout.

Apple was originally slated to release its new M5-powered MacBook Pro laptops later this year, but new information suggests the company has delayed the launch of its new MacBook Pros until 2026.

In his latest Power On newsletter on Bloomberg, Mark Gurman writes that according to "people with knowledge of the matter", Apple is working on upgraded MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, and that these new M5-powered laptops were to be released later this year, but Apple is "considering pushing them back to 2026".

The delay of the new M5-powered MacBook Pros and Airs is because Apple wants to get back to more consistent revenue growth following this fall's iPhone launch. Gurman explains: "After a pandemic-fueled sales surge in the early part of the decade, Apple has suffered from spottier demand the past two years. A slower rollout of new models - including iPads - contributed to the slump".

NVIDIA has announced another giveaway, this time it's a custom Cyberpunk 2077-themed GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card, and you can enter by commenting on the X post below.

The company announced a couple of days ago it was giving away a custom Superman-themed GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition signed by Jim Lee, with the giveaways a part of the GeForce RTX Summer event. The Cyberpunk 2077-themed RTX 5090 isn't hand-painted like the Superman-themed RTX 5090, but it still looks slick.

There's a full yellow sticker wrap on the card, but it would've been real nice if it was a full custom job like previous special editions that the company has used on Cyberpunk 2077-themed graphics cards over the years.

TEAMGROUP has just showcased something ripped right out of a spy movie, with the introduction of its new P250Q Self-Destruct SSD, where you can wipe all of the data from the SSD in a single click.

The new TEAMGROUP P250Q Self-Destruct SSD is something completely new in the storage space, offering an innovative solution to the destruction of data on your SSD, based on intelligent design, various press durations can enable different modes of erasing your data. The new TEAMGROUP P250Q Self-Destruct SSD comes with a Secure Independent Destruction Circuit, which sees the drive perform data destruction using a button through Intelligent Dual-Mode Data Destruction and Intelligent Continuous Execution Mechanism.

The company has its patented independent destruction circuit for erasing your data at the hardware level, where it aims directly at the Flash IC, enabling the TEAMGROUP P250Q Self-Destruct SSD to erase all of the data on your drive, and even resume the operation in the event of the system being abruptly shut down because of a power outage. Based on the duration of the press and the multi-stage indicators, users can track the data erasing process in real-time.

COLORFUL is cooking up a new GeForce RTX 50 series iGame Ultra Duo White SSD GPU, with dual M.2 SSD slots on the back, letting you expand your SSD storage using your graphics card.

Chinese media noticed the new graphics card at the recent Bilibili World 2025 event, with what appears to be COLORFUL's exciting new iGame Ultra Duo White SSD, with what should be a GB206 or GB207-based GeForce RTX 50 series GPU with dual M.2 SSD slots on the back.

The PCB itself looks quite short, with mounting holes on the back of the GPU heatsink sitting between the SSD and I/O bracket without a full slot required. The upcoming COLORFUL iGame Ultra Duo White SSD GPU uses just 8 PCIe lanes, with two additional SSDs using the PCIe bifurcation mechanism, allowing multiple devices to be used on the same interface. The GPU uses 8 lanes, with each SSD enjoying 4 dedicated lanes.

GALAX's flagship GeForce RTX 5090D HOF OC Lab XOC graphics card is an elusive GPU that has just hit eBay with a starting price of $5500... check it out:

The new ultra-flagship GALAX RTX 5090D HOF OC Lab XOC graphics card is one of the fastest consumer GPUs on the planet, with dual 16-pin PCIe power connectors and an insane 2000W BIOS. It has broken multiple world records in the last few weeks since its introduction, with more details on that in the links below.

GALAX's custom RTX 5090D HOF OC Lab XOC graphics card has a powerful 38-phase PWM, 26 of which are dedicated to the GPU, with a 12-layer PCB and two 12VHPWR power connectors. The dual 16-pin power connectors and its 2000W BIOS are designed for LN2 cooling, that allow for peak power consumption of over 1000W, far up and above the 600W limit that NVIDIA imposes on its AIB partners for the RTX 5090.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan told employees this week that he doesn't consider Intel among the world's leading chip companies, saying: "Twenty, 30 years ago, we are really the leader. Now I think the world has changed. We are not in the top 10 semiconductor companies".

The company is too far behind to catch up with NVIDIA in developing technology to train AI, with the new CEO saying that customers are giving Intel failing grades, and that a turnaround for Intel would be a "marathon". Tan said that the recent layoffs that he ordered are a move to make Intel more like its chip-making rivals NVIDIA, AMD, and Broadcom. Tan said "we have to be humble" and that Intel staff need to listen to customers, and respond to their needs.

Intel has a market cap of only $100 billion right now, and if you compare that to NVIDIA, which recently hit a milestone $4 trillion market cap, Intel is not just behind, it's almost like a sinking ship in comparison. Intel replaced its CEO Pat Gelsinger, falling radically behind AMD in the CPU business, and has failed the AI business and left it to NVIDIA.

Silicon Motion has just announced its new MonTitan SM8466 PCIe Gen6 SSD controller, packing up to 28GB/sec speeds and huge 512TB capacities, aimed at the enterprise storage market.

The new Silicon Motion SM8466 SSD controller is part of the company's MonTitan family of controllers, designed specifically for enterprise-tier storage products. The new SM8466 SSD controller is based on the TSMC 4nm process node, supports the SCA interface, has capacities of up to a huge 512TB capacity, and offers huge performance increases over the company's current SM8366 controller.

Silicon Motion's new SM8466 PCIe Gen6 SSD controller is compliant with the new NVMe 2.0 interface and the new OCP NVMe SSD Spec 2.5, featuring SR-IOV / MPF, Namespaces, SMART monitoring, End-to-End Data Protection, Secure Boost, AES-256, TSC Opal, and Attestation support.

AMD has been rumored for quite a while that it was working on a multi-chiplet gaming GPU, with a new patent fueling these rumors in the battle of GPUs against NVIDIA.

In a new video shared by coreteks, we're hearing that AMD has recently secured a new multi-chiplet GPU patent that could solve the latency issues using a 'Smart Switch'. MCM (Multi-Chiplet Module) isn't new, as they're used outside of the gaming GPU market, but there are limitations of monolithic GPU designs that MCM can solve.

AMD used an MCM design approach for its Instinct MI200 series AI accelerators, stacking multiple chiplets onto a single package, including the GPCs (Graphics Processing Cores), HBM memory stack, and the I/O die. However, AMD used a different approach with its Instinct MI350 series AI chips, and this could be the foundation of its multi-chiplet-based consumer gaming GPUs according to coreteks in his new video.

G.SKILL and ASUS have broken the DDR5 memory OC world record, with overclocker bl4ckdot pushing G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 RAM up to a huge 12872MT/s on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard.

It was only a couple of months ago in May 2025 that overclocker "bl4ckdot" hit a record at the time with 12774MT/s, but now the overclocker is back with another world record, hitting 12872MT/s. The overclocker holds his world record for the highest DDR5 memory speed once again, using Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard, a combo used multiple times for DDR5 memory speed world records.

LN2 cooling was used to chill the system down, with bl4ckdot using G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 memory at 12872MT/s (6431.1MHz) and cache latencies of CL68-127-127-127-2. HWBOT now lists bl4ckdot at the top, with overclocker "saltycroissant" in second place, with both of the overclockers being the only two to have broken through the 6400MHz barrier on HWBOT's Memory Frequency Hall of Fame.

PlayStation has just wrapped up its 20-minute gameplay deep dive into the spiritual successor to Ghost of Tsushima. Sucker Punch, the developer of the title, has shared a thorough look at Ghost of Yōtei, revealing what players can expect when the game releases in October this year.

Ghost of Yōtei will feature a brand new protagonist called Atsu, who is described by Sucker Punch as a "wrathful ghost bent on revenge". Sucker Punch goes on to say that Atsu "doesn't care if she lives or dies" so long as she can take revenge on the Yōtei Six, a gang of ruthless individuals that slaughtered her family when she was younger. Players will be stepping into the shoes of Atsu 16 years after the death of her family as she embarks on a journey to take out each of the members of the Yōtei Six.

Within the first 3 minutes of the gameplay deep dive, we are given the above premise, which is extremely similar to the premise in Assassin's Creed: Shadows. Here's how they are similar. In Assassin's Creed: Shadows, players can play as Naoe, the daughter of Fujibayashi Nagato, the leader of the Iga clan.

Apple might decide to hold back its next-gen MacBook Pro and Air models with the M5 chip until 2026, a fresh rumor suggests.

This is from a regular contributor of Apple-related rumors, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, who cites the usual anonymous sources providing some new details on the next Macs.

We're told that the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air M5 were originally due for a 2025 release, as has been the chatter on the grapevine so far, but that Apple is now 'considering' delaying the release of those notebooks to 2026. No reason is given for why this might be happening.

Dell has taken to its social media account for Alienware to unveil two new gaming monitor offerings, one is a fast-paced IPS display, and the other is QD-OLED. Both are targeting competitive and cinematic gamers alike.

Dell's gaming brand "Alienware" has unveiled the AW2525HM and AW2725D priced at $250 and $550, respectively. Starting off with the AW2525HM, Alienware has equipped this 25-inch display with a Fast IPS panel that provides a 1ms GtG / 0.5ms GtG response time, a 320Hz refresh rate, and a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080. The AW2525HM has a 99% sRGB color gamut, a native contrast ratio of 1,000:1, and a maximum brightness of 400 nits. As for connectivity, the AW2525HM sports 2x HDMI 2.1 ports, 1x DisplayPort 1.

Additionally, the AW2525HM has 1x USB 5Gbps Type-B upstream port, 1x USB 5Gbps Type-A downstream port, 1x USB 5Gbps Type-A downstream port with BC1.2 power charging. Moving to the AW2725D, this 27-inch QD-OLED model is more than double the price of the AW2525HM, but is aimed at gamers looking for a more premium experience. The AW2725D features Quantum Dot OLED panel technology, which provides a super-low response time of 0.03ms GtG. The AW2725D has an increased resolution of 2560 x 1440p, but a slower refresh rate of 280Hz.

When the Nintendo Switch 2 launched, an incident occurred in which a GameStop employee stapled some customer receipts to the Switch 2 boxes. A seemingly normal task for a retail store, but unfortunately, without a protection layer between the cardboard and the Switch 2 display, this GameStop stapler ended up puncturing holes into displays, affecting multiple customers.

With the issue being reported on Reddit, the story spread rapidly, and the problems were quickly resolved for those affected. As part of a new GameStop Staplegate Charity Auction, with the funds raised going to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, the infamous GameStop stapler, the first "stapled Nintendo Switch 2" console, the box, and even the staple (which has been "carefully extracted and preserved") are up for grabs.

As of writing, the current bid is just over $217,000 for this rare collector's item, which comes with a certificate of authenticity. It's a lot of money to pay for a Switch 2 console and a stapler, but the money is going to a good cause.

SK hynix is reportedly changing its wafer cutting process for next-generation memory manufacturing, paving the way for its new HBM4 and 400-layer and higher NAND flash memory as they become increasingly thin, pushing existing processes to their absolute limits.

In a new story from ETnews picked up by insider @Jukanrosleve on X, industry sources have said that SK hynix plans to introduce femto-second grooving and full-cut processes for HBM4 wafer cutting. The news was confirmed by the South Korean memory manufacturer in discussing a Joint Evaluation Project (JEP) for new wafer cutting equipment with laser equipment partners.

It's reported that technology tests are already underway with some partners, with an industry official saying: "SK hynix is planning a major change to its existing wafer cutting methods and is discussing numerous technical solutions with partners".

MaxSun is preparing its new MoDT (Mobile on Desktop) system, with an array of all-Intel hardware with up to the Core Ultra 9 285HX and dual Arc Pro B60 GPUs.

The new MaxSun Mini Station is a new MoDT system that is powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 200HX series CPUs, with the new Mini Station packing up to the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX processor, and dual Arc Pro B60 GPUs. The CPUs are pre-installed onto the motherboard, so there will be no user upgrades down the path.

There was a demo system of MaxSun's new Mini Station PC presented at the Bilibili World 2025, showcasing dual Arc Pro B60 graphics cards. The demo system was powered by Arc Pro B60 Milestone graphics cards, which look very similar to the Arc B580 gaming graphics cards.

NVIDIA's new B30 AI GPU won't be arriving until September, with Chinese customers needing to wait a couple of more months according to the latest report.

In a new report published by the Financial Times picked up by insider @Jukanrosleve on X, we're hearing that the NVIDIA B30 AI GPU not being sold before September is because NVIDIA asked for prior assurance from the Trump administration that it wouldn't be breaching the new US export regulations, and then seeing its new B30 banned after it is introduced.

NVIDIA's new B30 AI GPU specifications could change before now and September, depending on its discussions with the US government, and if the specifications change, Jukan says that it might primarily involve enabling NVLink. The new B30 AI GPU is rumored to have NVLink disabled, making it more of a modified RTX PRO 6000 workstation GPU (as it doesn't have HBM, and uses GDDR7 instead).

Meta wants to be one of the major leaders in AI and is spending big to get there, recently acquiring Apple's head of foundation AI models and paying him a massive $200 million signing bonus.

Apple's now former AI models executive, Ruoming Pang, left Apple for Meta with Bloomberg reporting the social media giant paid Pang a wallet-busting $200 million signing bonus. The $200M compensation package from Meta is for Pang to work in its new superintelligence labs, with a base salary, signing bonus, and Meta shares. The stocks issued to Pang are the biggest part of his package, but we don't have a percentage breakdown to see where that $200 million went.

Meta's huge $200 million deal to secure Apple's former AI boss is expected to compensate for his potential lost income, including the new signing bonus and annual income, which aims to offset any lost opportunities if he resigns from Meta and misses out on important stock bonuses

Google's next-gen Tensor G5 processor will power the company's new family of Pixel 10 smartphones, and has been put through some early benchmarks providing us with a sneak peek of its performance.

The next-gen Pixel 10 family of smartphones will be powered by Google's new in-house Tensor G5 processor, where in leaked benchmarks it is up to 36% faster than the current-gen Tensor G4 processor inside of the Pixel 9 family of smartphones. The new Tensor G5 processor will be made on TSMC's new 3nm process node, shifting over from Samsung Foundry.

Google's new Tensor G5 processor has single-core and multi-core scores leaked from new Geekbench benchmarks, with 2276 points in single-core, and 6175 points in multi-core testing. This makes the new Tensor G5 up to 36% faster than the current Tensor G4, showing some impressive gains using TSMC's second-generation 3nm process node.