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Updated 2026-06-01 07:30
Nvidia lays out RTX Spark roadmap for laptops and desktop PCs at Computex 2026 — three generations outlined, Rubin with LPDDR6 memory, followed by Rosa Feynman
Along with its first-generation RTX Spark platform for desktop and laptop PCs, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the company's commitment to future generations of those platforms on its future roadmaps.
Nvidia unveils RTX Spark Superchip for laptops and desktop PCs at Computex 2026 – new platform promises to turn Windows into an agentic AI OS with Arm CPU, Blackwell GPU, and 128GB unified memor
At Computex 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the RTX Spark Superchip, a new Arm laptop and desktop platform that powers agentic AI on Windows with a 20-core Arm CPU, powerful 6144-CUDA-core Blackwell GPU, and up to 128 GB of local memory.
Intel Xeon 6+ ‘Clearwater Forest’ puts 18A in the data center with up to 288 cores, 576 MB of L3 cache — new Xeon 6990E+ is 30% faster per thread than 192-core AMD Epyc 9965, says In
Intel is putting its 18A node into the data center with new Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest CPUs, which pack up to 288 E-cores for dense compute.
Intel Xeon 7 ‘Diamond Rapids’ CPUs officially launching in 2027 on Intel 18A-P — next-gen P-core Xeon features PCIe 6.0, 50% higher core counts, and twice the memory bandwidth
Intel has officially confirmed its next-gen Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids CPUs are coming in 2027, featuring 50% higher core counts and twice the memory bandwidth of Xeon 6 in a bid to compete against AMD's upcoming EPYC Venice CPUs.
Intel details long-awaited Crescent Island AI GPU at Computex, boasts up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X to combat memory shortages — company shares more details of its Xe3P inference accelerator at Comput
Intel revealed more details of its next-gen Data Center GPU, code-named Crescent Island, at Computex 2026. This inference-optimized chip will feature up to 480GB of LPDDR5X memory for efficient handling of massive AI contexts.
AMD’s formerly China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE goes global for $549 on June 2 — RDNA 4 GPU will bridge the gap between RX 9060 XT and RX 9070
AMD has officially launched the Radeon RX 9070 GRE for $549, an RDNA 4 graphics card that was previously exclusive to the Chinese market.
Watch Nvidia's Computex 2026 keynote here — Jensen Huang takes the stage for Computex and GTC Taipei at 8pm PT / 11pm ET on May 31
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage at Computex 2026 and GTC Taipei. Here's how to watch the keynote address, where we could hear more about the rumored N1X.
AMD confirms AM5 support through 2029 — Zen 4 and 5 platform will likely see two more generations, at least
AMD confirmed it will support its current AM5 socket through 2029, extending the timeline by two years and likely lining up at least two more generations on the socket.
AMD brings back Ryzen 7 5800X3D, launches Ryzen 7 7700X3D to combat rising component prices — eight-core X3D CPUs arrive under $350 for AM4 or AM5, DDR4 or DDR5
AMD is rereleasing the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and introducing the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, both eight-core chips with 3DV-Cache targeting midrange gamers who've been under the thumb of rising component prices.
Alienware debuts 39, 34-inch OLED gaming monitors — RGB Stripe Tandem and Penta Tandem tech should boost color performance and text clarity
Alienware hits the ground running at Computex with four new gaming monitors covering OLED and VA panel types.
Dell XPS 13 targets MacBook Neo with Intel's Wildcat Lake — $699 starting price, $599 for students
Dell's XPS 13 is going after Apple's MacBook Neo with a $699 starting price, some higher specs, and Intel's new Wildcat Lake processors.
Nvidia's long-awaited N1/N1X SoC specs leak ahead of Computex launch — N1 to feature up to 20 Arm-based cores, standard N1 equipped with 12- and 10-core configs
The N1X reportedly comes in two SKUs: a top-end 20-core option with 6,144 CUDA cores matching the desktop RTX 5070, and a cut-down 18-core option with 5,120 CUDA cores. The standard N1 also has two configs, one with a 12-core CPU and 2,560 CUDA cores and a 10-core model with 2,048 CUDA cores.
Core i7-14700F gaming PC with RTX 5060, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage gets $470 discount — Newegg's ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt is $1,329 with code
Newegg's ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt combines Intel's 20-core Core i7-14700F with Nvidia's RTX 5060, and 32GB of DDR5 memory for less than the cost of building a comparable system
SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers — country offers ample nuclear grid that US sites lack
SoftBank carries over $130 billion in debt and took a $40 billion bridge loan in March to fund its latest OpenAI investment.
New one-meter-cubed 3D printer pumps out large-scale prints at 3kg an hour — Modix MAMA-1000 also needs a big wallet with prices starting at $35,000
The MAMA-1000 pellet 3D printer from Modix prints with a whopping 3kg an hour throughput.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x review: Snapdragon X2 Elite makes its case
The Yoga Slim 7x brings Snapdragon performance, long battery life, and an OLED display provided you're fine with ARM apps and USB-C everything.
Microsoft veteran recalls the last time Nvidia and Arm was the future of Windows — shares a video of ‘the first time Windows ran on Nvidia Tegra Arm’ from 2010
Microsoft veteran Steven Sinofsky is here to remind folks that excitement about a new PC era fueled by Nvidia and Arm culminated in the Surface RT 16 years ago.
New AI-compute cryptocurrency Pearl sparks a GPU mining rush but profitability is already sliding — RTX 5090 daily revenue has halved to $17.19 since April
A new cryptocurrency called Pearl has set off a short-lived GPU mining rush.
The 'ultimate mosquito killer' uses lasers and AI — custom model trained to detect and lock lasers on these pests
A computer vision and robotics expert has created and trained what he boasts is the ultimate mosquito killer" using machine learning and a laser.
Orpheus II ISA soundcard returns due to ‘popular demand’ — aimed at DOS and early Windows users, this card includes hardware to support every major audio standard
Want real Sound Blaster, Gravis UltraSound, OPL3 FM synthesis, and MPU-401 MIDI support? You got it.
You can still run the original Nvidia Control Panel by grabbing it from the Microsoft Store today — app remains useful to adjust a handful of RTX Pro and Quadro features, and may be handy for tr
The old Nvidia Control Panel is now a separate, optional download, but is it worth grabbing?
Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying 'Who do you want to execute today?'
Bill Gates gives a possessed Doom heavy weapon dude both barrels in a rediscovered Windows 95 plus DirectX gaming presentation.
California Assembly passes 3D printer bill that would criminalize bypassing mandated gun-blocking software
California's Assembly has passed AB 2047, the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, sending the amended bill to the state Senate.
A robot startup is wreaking havoc on short-term rentals in San Francisco — Airbnb hosts allege 'guests' secretly tested robots indoors, left the units completely trashed
Picture this: you're the owner of a dainty place in San Francisco. You put it up on Airbnb, considering the area is sprawling with AI bros, thinking you'd get a pretty good return on your investment. What you actually get in return are scratched kitchens, damaged appliances, bizarre rearrangements, and just straight up missing items.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and Nvidia RTX 5060 combo is only $439 — deal includes a free CPU cooler, totaling out to $150 in savings for a great budget setup
If you've been looking to upgrade from an older system or just want to build a new one but 2026 prices have stopped you, we've got just the deal. The CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of a PC build, and Newegg is offering a solid 8-core processor paired with a strong 1080p graphics card for just over $400.
ATX12VO V3 standard shrinks the connector and maximizes power efficiency — new 8-pin connector also brings smarter power supply monitoring
Intel's next-generation 12V-only PSU standard reportedly adds PMBus support, smaller connectors, and improved power efficiency.
MSI's new 32-inch OLED monitor can switch between 4K 360 Hz, 1440p 520 Hz, and 1080p 680 Hz — featuring a 'Penta Tandem' QD-OLED panel with RGB stripe subpixels
Have you ever thought that going from 4K to 1080p on a dual-mode monitor was just too much of compromise for higher refresh rates? Well, worry not, as MSI has just answered your prayers with a 4K 360 Hz QD-OLED monitor that has a 1440p 520 Hz mode and a 1080p 680 Hz mode, all packaged nicely inside a 32" beast.
Nikon weaponizes lower prices to break ASML's lithography monopoly — tech giant leverages in-house manufacturing to slash prices to lure back American chipmakers
Nikon will try to claw back lithography customers by selling argon fluoride (ArF) tools for less than the market leader, ASML.
Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash, 'hundreds of millions of dollars' being spent to kill US dominance in AI — industry proponents and Trump adminis
Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda to blame for anti-datacenter sentiment.
Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest
Huawei's current Rotating Chairman thanked the United States for its export bans, which boosted the progress of China's semiconductor industry. He made the comment after unveiling the groundbreaking LogicFolding chip architecture, when reporters asked him how the company came up with the idea.
Sellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefronts — $41 gray-market G02 units pop up on Alibaba following initial storefront purge, systems were pulled from s
Lenovo has pulled the G02 from sale on different Chinese e-commerce platforms after the company discovered that it was being sold outside of China.
Lucky PC builder snipes $2,000 ROG Astral RTX 5080 on Facebook Marketplace for $500 — gets a nearly 75% discount card that 'works perfectly'
A Redditor scored an RTX 5080 for $500 after they found it on Facebook Marketplace while browsing for deals. Another buyer even offered $800 for the GPU as the OP was on the way to pick up the item, but the seller stuck with the original deal.
Pentagon eyes 3D-printed military boats made from volcanic fiber — non-conductive hulls add stealth capabilities while replacing a 6,545-mile supply chain, could scale to 25,000 vessels a year a
Voltage Vessels hopes to allow the U.S. Navy to build boats where they're needed and reduce reliance on an overly long supply chain. The company claims that it can forward deploy its 3D printers in-theater and also increase output up to 15,000 metric tons annually.
Nvidia and Microsoft tease "a new era of PC" ahead of Computex 2026 — coordinated social media posts could indicate that rumored N1X laptops will be Windows on Arm systems
An Nvidia-powered Arm PC running Windows could inspire new local AI experiences beyond Copilot+.
TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs — company looks to ease China's dependence on US chipmakers
TikTok owner Bytedance reportedly developing its own custom CPUs in a bid to reduce costs and dependence from US chipmakers
Cooler Master is bringing active cooling to DDR5 RAM, promising up to 15-degree temperature drops — 'MasterDIMM' combines G.SKILL memory with a built-in fan, kits run up to 128GB
Cooler Master and G.Skill are launching "MasterDIMM" - a new line of DDR5 memory sticks that comes enveloped in a stylishly-thick black and gold heatsink that features a blower fan. Two RGB stripes run along the top to add even more flare to a product that can't be anything other than overpriced.
Hands-on with Corsair's 3200D RS ARGB Mid-tower PC Case: Budget chassis includes three fans and doesn’t empty your wallet
Corsair's 3200D mid-tower chassis delivers strong airflow, support for large GPUs and radiators, plus three RS120 ARGB fans, all in a clean-looking windowed chassis priced under $80.
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney slams Valve over Steam Deck price hikes — mocks founder Gabe Newell over rising costs of megayachts
The Epic Games chief took potshots at Valve CEO Gabe Newell's expensive megayacht collection after sharing the Steam Deck's massive price hikes on X. The post compared the $240 to $300 increase on the Valve hardware to the $50 to $100 jumps on the Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 family.
Amazon unveils 'Resilient Network Graphs' data center network that cuts hardware by 69% and boosts throughput by 33% — now the default for most AWS workloads
AWS has revealed RNG, a new random-graph-based data center network that delivers 33% higher throughput, cuts network power consumption by 40%, uses 69% fewer devices, and is already the default architecture for most AWS workloads.
Bambu Lab teases new A2L 3D printer — June 1 launch hints at a massive, budget-friendly bed slinger
Without much to go on, fans speculate what the newest Bambu Lab 3D printer could be.
Acer cranks its latest Predator gaming monitor up to 1,000 Hz — Model joins lineup with QD-OLED panels and an immersive 3D display
Acer is bringing five new gaming monitors to Computex.
Acer unveils its first Ryzen 9 9955X3D gaming laptop — refreshed Nitro 16 joins new Predator Helios 18 AI and streaming-only Nitro Blaze Link handheld
Acer has two new gaming laptops for Computex, including its first laptop with the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D CPU, and a device that sports triple PCIe 5.0 storage.
Pocket a huge $252 saving on a two-year PIA VPN subscription and score two months for free — 88% discount on no-logs provider with servers in 90 different countries and support for unlimited con
Grab this PIA 2-year VPN deal for only $34.58 and save a massive $252.22 compared to a standard monthly sub, unlocking access to privacy-protecting connections online for the equivalent of just $1.33 a month, with two months extra free.
Save $575 on this OLED Asus gaming laptop with RTX 5070, now just $1,575 — ROG Zephyrus G16 comes with 240 Hz refresh rate, Intel Core Ultra 9, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD
Save $575 on this Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 laptop.
Linux prepares to axe legacy x32 hybrid mode — hybrid 32-bit/64-bit mode faces complete removal by 2027 due to low adoption
Linux developers are discussing removing x32 ABI from the Linux kernel; a hybrid x32/64-bit mode that was never widely adopted by software developers.
New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs — 6nm DRAMless controller boasts heavy AI PC optimization and slashes KV cache latency
Silicon Motion announces its SM2524XT mainstream SSD controller that promises 14 GB/s read speed, up to 2.5 million random IOPS, and sustained random performance.
Independent cyber audit finds zero malware or backdoors in DJI drones — U.S. firm's hardware analysis challenges FCC ban amid ongoing $1.56 billion legal battle
DJI has published the results of an independent security assessment by U.S. cybersecurity firm OnDefend.
Ambernic's retro gaming handhelds are quietly losing RAM capacity and being downgraded to older LPDDR3 memory — company says 1GB capacity is still the standard, 512MB models 'an unexpected error
Anbernic silently ships some retro gaming handhelds with less memory than initially advertised, without notifying customers.
IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs 'almost' every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine — 26 years of Windows running bare metal, from 1996 Windows NT 4.0
An IBM ThinkPad user boasts that they can install '(almost) all versions of Windows from NT 4 to 10 22H2' with driver support, without resorting to virtual machine (VM) technology.
Startup unveils underwater drone designed for protecting undersea cables — small drone dives to 1,640 feet, comes with four-hour battery endurance or unlimited range when tethered to surface pow
A British-New Zealand startup revealed an AI-powered undersea drone designed to for patrolling undersea infrastructure. It's powered by an autonomous software stack that allows a single operator to coordinate multiple drones from the air, land, and the surface of the sea with the undersea drone.
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