ORIGIN PC has just unveiled its new custom high-performance workstation laptops with the introduction of the NSL-14 and NSL-16 laptops, both powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 7 processor.

Inside, both the ORIGIN PC NSL-14 and NSL-16 workstation laptops feature the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor with 8 cores and 8 threads @ up to 4.8GHz (no Hyper-Threading here). There's up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory inside, and up to 8TB of Gen4 SSD goodness in the NSL-14, while the bigger NSL-16 can handle up to 16TB of SSD storage.

The ORIGIN PC NSL-14 features a 14-inch 1200p (1920 x 1200) resolution display at only 60Hz (a huge downside, even though it's a workstation laptop, 120Hz would've been nice to see) while the NSL-16 features a bigger 16-inch display at 1600p (2560 x 1600) and a smoother 144Hz refresh rate.

ASUS has just joined the Thunderbolt 5 add-in card (AIC) party with the introduction of its new ASUS ThunderboltEX 5 AIC, right after GIGABYTE announced its new Thunderbolts 5 AIC.

The new ASUS ThunderboltEX 5 AIC has a single 6-pin PCIe power connector, with ASUS claiming it has USB-PD support of up to 130W through an in-house feature ASUS calls Flexible FastCharge. A single USB Type-C port is limited to a maximum of 96W, which will handle an Apple MacBook Pro laptop but not other laptops that are 100W+ power.

Inside, ASUS is using the same Intel JHL9580 Thunderbolt 5 controller that powers the GIGABYTE Thunderbolts 5 AIC, as well as using a PCIe 4.0 4 interface with support for up to 3 x DisplayPort 2.1-based 8K monitors at 60Hz refresh rate, but ASUS underlines that this will require DSC (Display Stream Compression) technology.

Micron has just announced its new 9550 PCIe Gen5 E1.S data center SSDs have been added to the NVIDIA recommended vendor list (RVL) for the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 AI system and its derivatives.

The company announced today that the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 uses the GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip to deliver "rack-scale, energy-efficient AI infrastructure", while the enablement of PCIe Gen5 storage in the system makes the Micron 9550 SSD an "ideal fit for optimizing performance and power efficiency in AI workloads like large-scale training of AI models, real-time trillion-parameter language model inference and high-performance computing (HPC) tasks".

Compared with other industry offerings, the 9550 SSD delivers up to 34% higher throughput for NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect (GDS) and up to 33% faster workload completion times in graph neural network (GNN) training with Big Accelerator Memory (BaM). The Micron 9550 SSD saves energy and sets new sustainability benchmarks by consuming 81% less SSD energy per 1TB transferred than other SSD offerings with NVIDIA Magnum IO GDS and up to 43% lower SSD power in GNN training with BaM.

Intel's next-gen flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor reportedly loses to the previous-gen Core i9-14900K and Core i9-13900K processors... but also even the mid-range previous-gen AMD Ryzen 7 7700X in gaming according to new leaks.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, who has talked to multiple Tech YouTubers and tech reviewers about Intel's new Arrow Lake CPU architecture in general, and how the performance of the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor falls against its previous-gen counterparts, and its competitors CPUs.

Tom from MLID says that some of his sources said their review data has the Core Ultra 9 285K flagship Arrow Lake-S desktop processor losing to AMD's previous-gen, mid-range Ryzen 7 7700X chip in gaming... sheesh. He points out that there will be reviews where Arrow Lake wins over Zen 5 by something like 1-10% on average, while other reviews will see Arrow Lake taking the knee to Zen 5 because it "doesn't win consistently at anything".

AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D has been one of the hottest tech tickets in recent times on the rumor mill, and that heat won't be dissipated in any measure by the appearance of product listings for the next-gen 3D V-Cache workhorse CPU, as retailers (inevitably) jump the gun.

We already have confirmation from AMD that Ryzen 9000X3D is set to arrive on November 7, and the rumor peddlers out there are pretty certain that the sole chip to kick off the next-gen X3D range will be the 9800X3D. In theory, AMD should have a reveal in the works for later this week, on October 25 - tellingly the day after Intel's Arrow Lake desktop silicon goes on sale (the first 'K' models anyway).

VideoCardz spotted early pre-release product listings for the Ryzen 9800X3D highlighted by a couple of regular leakers on X, namely @harukaze5719 and @momomo_us, which you can see above and below. Note that the product listing linked below, for TechAmerica, has now been yanked offline, but the BLT listing (above) remains (at least at the time of writing, it may well eventually disappear too).

The upcoming Blackwell "GB203" GPU die has been leaked, the GPU that should power NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5080 desktop graphics card, and the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and RTX 5080 Laptop GPU. Check it out, in all its TSMC 4nm glory:

In a new video, leaker Moore's Law is Dead has posted a purported GB203 die shot which will power the second-fastest Blackwell desktop gaming GPU -- the GeForce RTX 5080 -- and what will be the two best discrete GPUs inside of laptops in 2025: the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU and the GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU. We'll also have next-generation GDDR7 memory across the board.

This is just a leak, so the GB203 GPU die that we're looking at might not be 100% making its way into the RTX 5080, or the RTX 5090 Laptop + RTX 5080 Laptop GPUs, it could very well make it into a laptop-focused Blackwell-based workstation GPU. We only have a couple of months to wait until we get some confirmation, probably weeks at this rate.

NVIDIA has reportedly rebranded all of its upcoming Blackwell Ultra products to the B300 series, with the beefed-up B300 and GB300 chips to also reportedly use TSMC's new CoWoS-L advanced packaging.

In a new report from TrendForce, we're learning that the B200 Ultra has been renamed to the B300, while the GB200 Ultra has been renamed to the GB300. On top of that, the B200A Ultra and GB200A Ultra will be called the B300A and GB300A, respectively.

NVIDIA is expected to launch its now rebranded B300 and GB300 chips in Q2 2025 to Q3 2025, whilew the B200 and GB200 is shipping in small quantities now, more throughout Q4 2024 and things really kick off in Q1 2025.

SK hynix showed off its new HBM3E 12-Hi memory alongside NVIDIA products at the OCP Global Summit last week, with a range of AI memory semiconductor tech and products teased, with SK hynix aiming at leading the future semiconductor market.

During the event, SK hynix showed off some of its AI memory products, including its new HBM3E 12-Hi stack memory which it started mass-producing in September, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of High Bandwidth Memory.

SK hynix's new HBM3E 12-Hi stack was showed off with NVIDIA's new H200 AI GPU and GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip, with a huge 36GB capacity achieved by making the DRAM chips 40% thinner. This innovation has paved the way for a 12-stack HBM3E memory configuration at the same thickness as the previous HBM3E 8-Hi stack.

Decorated Apple insider and Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has taken to social media to tease that Apple is scheduled to reveal its new line-up of Macs that will be powered by the latest M4 chip.

According to Gurman, who wrote in his Power On newsletter, Apple is on track to unveil its new line-up of Macs that will include a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the standard M4 chip, a 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Pro Max chips, an iMac with a standard M4 chip, a redesigned, smaller Mac Mini with M4 and M4 Pro chip variants, and a slew of new USB-C accessories. Notably, these accessories will be the Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard.

Reports indicate there won't be any major design changes for the MacBook Pro and an iMac models, but the 14-inch MacBook Pro will be getting an additional Thunderbolt port. Gurman also took to his personal X account to reveal Apple is inviting media/creators to an event on the 30th of October and that Apple isn't assembling a group event but is instead organizing scheduled meetings with participants. Gurman writes that since no group event is being organized, which would entail a keynote presentation, Apple is going to make the announcement for its new M4 Macs via published videos and a press release.

After the trailer leaked, Amazon officially unveiled the cast for its upcoming TV show "Secret Level," created by "Deadpool" and "L0ove, Death & Robots" director Tim Miller.

Following the leak, Amazon promptly issued DMCA takedown notices removing any easily accessible trace of the trailer. However, the names of the cast members attached to the project were still leaked, and Amazon has officially recognized the list in its own announcement. During a panel for the show at New York Comic-Con, it was revealed the voice cast for the upcoming anthology series will include Arnold Schwarzenegger ("The Terminator" Franchise), Kevin Hart ("Jumanji"), Keanu Reeves ("John Wick"), among others.

For those who don't know, Secret Level is a 15-episode anthology series that will incorporate legendary video game characters that have been pulled from popular franchises. Notably, the series will tell original stories set within the worlds of some of the characters, which will include adaptions from franchises such as PlayStation's God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Dungeons and Dragons, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Concord, Unreal Tournament, Destiny 2, Titanfall 2, Halo and more. Secret Level is scheduled to be released on Amazon Prime Video on December 10.

With over 600 games and applications featuring RTX technologies like NVIDIA DLSS, Reflex, and ray-tracing, we can add some of the biggest holiday season game launches to this week's list. Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, No More Room In Hell 2, Dragon: Age: The Veilguard, The Axis Unseen, Industry Giant 4.0, Red Dead Redemption, and Wayfinder 1.0.

Let's kick things off with Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, a new expansion for the survival horror game from Remedy that features a story that takes place parallel to the main game. In it, players take on the role of FBC agent Kiran Estevez as they explore "an eerie new location on the shores of Cauldron Lake."

Like the base game, GeForce RTX 40 Series owners can experience Alan Wake 2: The Lake House with full path-traced visuals enhanced with DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, and Reflex.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk celebrated the successful launch and catch of Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, by sharing some extremely high-detail footage captured with an expensive camera lens.

The footage was captured by Andrew McCarthy, an astrophotographer who captures incredibly detailed images of astronomical objects from his backyard in Arizona. McCarthy posts the photos and videos to his Instagram account "cosmic_background," which has gained more than 1.6 million followers as of the time of reporting. As for Starship, McCarthy explained via X that he rented a $17,000 lens to capture SpaceX's milestone rocket launch and catch. The results simply speak for themselves.

McCarthy explains in captions within the video that each frame seen is hand-tracked and hand-stabilized. Additionally, the astrophotographer was able to track Starship all the way to orbit at 50 miles altitude, and capture the stage separation moment when Super Heavy disconnected from Starship to make its descent journey back down to Earth and eventual landing on the launch pad it took off from.

A cybersecurity researcher has discovered more than 100,000 United Nations-associated documents containing financial reports, audits, bank account information, staff documents, email addresses, and more in a non-password-protected text database.

vpnMentor cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler has published a new report revealing the discovery of a non-password-protected database that contained 115,000 records associated with the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The trust fund was set up to provide financial and technical support to local, national, and regional organizations working toward reducing gender-based violence. According to the report the database held 115,141 files that amounted to 228GB of data.

According to Fowler, many of the documents in the database were marked as confidential, with the cybersecurity researcher pointing out one .xls file contained a list of "1,611 civil society organizations, including their internal UN application numbers, whether they are eligible for support, the status of their applications, whether they are local or national, and a range of detailed answers regarding the groups' missions."

New reports are surfacing stating Ubisoft has disbanded the team behind the positively received Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. That team of developers is Ubisoft Montpellier.

French journalist Gautoz has reported the team Ubisoft Montpellier has been disbanded after disappointing sales of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. According to the journalist, Ubisoft decided to axe its efforts on the title only shortly after it was released in January 2024 due to it failing to reach internal sales expectations. The report states Ubisoft decided to end support for the game after releasing DLC and cosmetics for the game and that higher-ups at Ubisoft don't want a sequel as they believe it will cannibalize sales of the first game.

Gautoz's video alleges that the core team of members of The Lost Crown pitched a sequel to Ubisoft executives but were rejected. Following the pitch for the sequel the team pitched two expansions for the first game, one was approved and released, and the other was denied by Ubisoft officials in prioritization of other ongoing projects. Officially speaking, Ubisoft hasn't stated there won't be any sequel to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, or if there is no longer a development team behind the project.

For the first time, a team of researchers successfully used lasers to generate sound waves on the surface of a microchip, opening the door for completely new microchip design considerations that abandon electricity.

In a new study published in the APL Photonics journal of the American Institute of Physics, a team of researchers details the process of generating sound waves on a microchip and the benefits of the new technology. According to the press release about the study, the team used a technique called stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), which is created through a feedback loop between photons (light) and phonons (sound). More specifically, as light moves around the chip or an optical fiber it creates sound vibrations.

Notably, researchers initially believed these sound vibrations to be an obstacle, but after further consideration, it was realized they could be coupled with light waves, which enhances the vibration. Moreover, the team discovered this vibration could be used as a new way to transport and process information.

Biwin has just unveiled its latest UDIMMs that offer cutting-edge speeds of up to DDR5-8800 on Intel's new Z890 motherboards, and up to DDR5-8400 speeds on AMD's new X870 motherboards.

The company is introducing its cutting-edge DDR5 UDIMMs at DDR5-8800 CL44 on the Intel Z890 platform, and DDR5-8400 CL40 on the AMD X870 platform. Biwin says that its new UDIMM memory modules ensure ultra-fast data transfers, latency reduction, and optimal compatibility with next-gen motherboards.

Biwin has designed its new UDIMM memory modules for users and professionals working with intensive workloads, including 3D rendering, video editing, and high-end gaming.

NVIDIA's latest GeForce Game Ready Driver, Verison 566.03, is a big one, adding day-one support for a massive list of new PC games: Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, No More Room In Hell 2, Red Dead Redemption, and The Axis Unseen.

In addition, it includes support for 32 new G-SYNC-compatible displays, covering a range of new Samsung Odyssey monitors and several new OLED TVs from Panasonic and Philips. Plus, new one-click Optimal Settings for DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, NBA 2K5, and Silent Hill 2 in the NVIDIA App or GeForce Experience.

As the holiday season approaches and several big game releases creep up, now's the time to keep your GPU drivers up to date to ensure the best performance. Especially for a game like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which launches on October 31 with DLSS 3, Reflex, and ray tracing support.

NVIDIA's new 2U air-cooled MGX GB200 NVL2 server continues to suffer from "thermal issues" says Morgan Stanley.

In a new investment note, Morgan Stanley provides an updates on the AI scene with notes that NVIDIA's MGX GB200 NVL2 with its 2 x Grace CPUs and 2 x Blackwell B200 AI GPUs on the same PCB board, is suffering from "thermal issues".

The full note explained: "NVIDIA MGX GB200 NVL2 houses 2x Grace and 2x B200 Blackwell GPUs on the same PCB board, with the GPU module connecting to the main PCB board using an SXM7 module. All of the servers showcased at OCP were based on a 2U air-cooled form factor. However, our conversations with supply chain partners indicated to us that there are still some thermal issues with the 2U form factor, so this may potentially end up being in a 4U form factor instead".

Samsung is in a downward spiral with its semiconductor department, with rumors that 200 semiconductor engineers working for Samsung applied for jobs with South Korean memory rival SK hynix.

In a new report from TheElec, sources of the outlet said that in a recent SK hynix job posting the company was looking for 3 experienced etching engineers... but 200 engineers that are currenty working at Samsung applied for the gig at SK hynix.

TheElec's sources said that "this means that most of Samsung's engineers working in its fab lines that qualified for the job applied" adding that the information was shared "widely in the industry as it was highly unusual for so many Samsung applicants to do so".

"In this game, the goal is to work with others to fully 'develop' a massive, expansive planet by utilizing creativity and farmed resources," Nintendo writes.

Earlier this month, Nintendo announced that it was conducting a closed beta-style Nintendo Switch Online playtest and was looking for people to participate. With around 10,000 people participating, information on what the playtest is all about has leaked. And it's for a new game that aims to "test the boundaries of mass multiplayer functionality and gameplay on [Nintendo] servers."

It's a massively multiplayer experience (an MMO) that sounds like the company's take on Minecraft and Roblox. In the unnamed game, players work together to develop and populate an entire planet with their creations. "As you progress across the planet, you'll discover new lands, enemies, and resources that will become essential to your journey," Nintendo explains.