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Updated 2026-05-21 02:15
AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ packs up to 192GB of unified memory — refreshed APU uses Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5, and can clock up to 5.2 GHz
AMD is refreshing its Ryzen AI Max chips with the new 400 series, known as Gorgon Halo, and they'll show up in the Ryzen AI Halo development box. That box, with last-gen Strix Halo chips, is going up for pre-order in June, starting at $3,999.
Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal, subject to workers' vote, suspends billions of dollars worth of potential losses
Samsung Electronics has temporarily avoided a major 18-day strike at its South Korean semiconductor operations after reaching a tentative wage agreement with its 48,000-member union.
Memory makers brace for hydrogen fluoride pricing shock as Hormuz blockade impacts supply chain — key etching and cleaning material faces sharp cost increase amid trade disruption
Rising production costs for key chip etching and cleaning material, anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, could lead to further price rises for consumers on memory and storage products, even as salvation lies in the latter months of the year.
Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 10th Anniversary Edition surfaces online for $310 — return of iconic gaming CPU for budget builders seems imminent
Indian retailer lists AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 10th Anniversary Edition processor for $310.
Team Group agrees to $1.1 million DRAM settlement in another false advertising lawsuit — claimed advertised memory speeds required BIOS tweaks and overclocking settings
Team Group denies all wrongdoing but has agreed to settle the lawsuit involving advertised RAM performance and overclocking-related settings.
Get a 2TB Western Digital Black SN7100 SSD for only $299.99 — $200 savings drives snappy PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD down to a more reasonable price point.
Newegg slashes $200 off the 2TB WD Black SN7100 dropping this fast PCIe 4.0 SSD to $299.99 - strong PS5 and PC performance plus lower power draw make it one of the best DRAM-less drives at this price
Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly abandoning overseas training programs to nab up to $400,000 performance bonuses — online dating grades rise as female members 'seeking out SK hynix
Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly considering terminating overseas training programs to be eligible for performance bonuses as AI-driven semiconductor profits fuel record bonus projections worth hundreds of millions of won.
Russia's Sberbank wants Chinese chips for its GigaChat AI in the face of Western sanctions — faces a long wait behind ByteDance and Alibaba
CEO German Gref didn't specify which Chinese chips Sberbank is interested in, but the most likely candidate is Huawei's Ascend 950 family.
HyperX FlipCast Review: For the gamer-podcaster
The HyperX FlipCast is an end-address professional-quality microphone with both USB-C and XLR connectivity and tons of on-mic controls. It looks and sounds good, but is it worth the $230 price tag?
Asus ZenScreen Duo OLED (MQ149CD) Review: An impressive, book-style dual-screen portable monitor
Dual OLED screens are hard to ignore in the portable monitor segment for mobile warriors.
Intel kicks off development on next-decade 10A and 7A process technologies — 14A node remains on track for critical October PDK release
Intel says its 14A process technology is on track for high-volume manufacturing in 2029, 10A and 7A to follow in the 2030s.
China banned Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was in town, report claims — move comes as Beijing pushes its AI tech companies to use homegrown chips
The RTX 5090D V2 GPU Nvidia specifically built for China to comply with U.S. export controls just received the ban hammer from Beijing. Although this GPU is primarily designed for gaming and 3D animation, it's also powerful enough that many AI developers also use it.
Grab the RX 9070 XT for just $504, $95 below its MSRP, in this Newegg combo deal with the 9850X3D — epic discount on high spec AMD parts for a 4K gaming PC saves you nearly $200 in total
This epic Newegg combo deal brings together the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D with an ASRock-made AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT for just $978.99, a deal that makes the effective cost of this GPU just $504, almost $100 off its MSRP.
Hacker group hits 3,800 internal GitHub repositories via poisoned developer plugin — TeamPCP claims source code theft and attempts $50,000 sale, employee installed malicious VS Code extension
GitHub has confirmed a breach involving roughly 3,800 internal repositories after an employee device was compromised through a malicious VS Code extension. The TeamPCP hacker group claims it stole internal source code and attempted to sell the data for at least $50,000.
$300 slashed from Apple's M4 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM — get a premium laptop for just $1,099
Apple's MacBook Air M5 and M4 laptops both take a price cut in Best Buy's Memorial Day sale.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stamps out chip bugs with aggressive new quality standards, says major validation errors can result in termination — 'B0, you keep your job. Anything above that, you are fir
Lip-Bu Tan wants Intel to radically improve its chip development discipline and achieve production readiness with A0 silicon revision.
You can save up to 72% in HP's Memorial Day sale — grab your next gaming PC, laptop, monitor, or peripheral for less
Memorial Day HP deals to sink your teeth into. Up to 72% discounts on HP products.
Laser-driven spintronic memory device switches 1,000 times faster than DRAM —non-volatile device switches in 40 picoseconds while generating almost no heat
Researchers at the University of Tokyo demonstrated a non-volatile MnSn magnetic switching device capable of flipping bits in just 40 picoseconds while generating minimal heat, potentially paving the way for lower-power AI hardware and memory systems.
Lisa Su meets China's vice premier during China visit — AMD CEO pledges deeper investment days after Trump-Xi summit
AMD CEO Lisa Su met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, pledging further investment and expanded operations in what she calls "the world's most dynamic AI ecosystem."
Score up to $129 off a new Secretlab gaming chair or desk ahead of the Memorial Day weekend — bundles and sales galore on a whole range of upgrades for your setup, with stackable coupon codes th
You can save up to $129 on a new gaming chair or desk in this Secretlab Memorial Day Sale, with huge discounts on accessories, too.
Pizza Hut's AI delivery system cooks up $100 million franchisee lawsuit — deliveries allegedly shot from under 30 minutes to over 45 under new system
Pizza Hut's AI delivery system allegedly cost one franchisee $100 million in lost business, resulting in a spicy lawsuit to recover the lost dough.
New Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299
Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 for Business, both starting at $1,949 and featuring Intel's Panther Lake silicon. There's also a new Surface Laptop 13-inch that comes with as little as 8GB RAM coming later this year and starting at $1,299.
AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU
A hardware leaker claims AMD is preparing to launch the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, a lower-binned version of the no-longer-available Ryzen 7 7800X3D at a lower price.
SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins
China's semiconductor equipment vendors collectively posted record revenues in 2025, but profitability is under pressure from domestic price competition.
Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025 — 72 confirmed incidents see $41 million lost, real number likely higher
Large cryptocurrency holders are increasingly being targeted by criminals as large wallets are traced back to their owners. Because of this, many firms and individuals are now investing in physical security and bodyguards, with some having details that rival those of high-level executives working at major banks.
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1 channel sound card: A decent 2026 upgrade for analog audio
Creative's new Audigy FX Pro sound card is an $80 discrete internal sound card with 7.1 surround sound, high-res playback, 120dB SNR, and the support of Creative's new Nexus app.
Slash nearly $300 off a two-year ExpressVPN subscription and grab four extra months for free — massive 82% saving on this privacy-focused VPN service with servers across 105 different countries,
Save nearly $300 on over two years' worth of ExpressVPN access with this 28-month deal for just $64.12, saving you a whopping 82% in total.
Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation
Standard Chartered says that it will trim a huge number of positions from its back offices in a bid to increase automation.
Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan
Intel has redirected its constrained Intel 7 capacity toward server and industrial customers.
MSI Raider 16 Max HX review: Elite gaming performance
Gamers seeking maximum performance will find MSI's Raider 16 Max HX a natural choice, particularly with the RTX 5090, as long as they're willing to pay up for it.
Save a whopping $900 on this incredible 4-item AM5 combo from Newegg — for only $2,269, high-end parts including the flagship 9950X3D2 processor, 64GB of GSkill RAM, 4TB of fast M.2 storage, and
Massively upgrade your PC with this killer combo deal from Newegg - Snag the latest Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, 64GB of RAM, 4TB of storage for an incredible $899.97 off retail.
LG unveils 'world's first' native 1000 Hz refresh rate at 1080p for serious competitive gaming — UltraGear 25G590B to launch in the second half of 2026
Unlike previous dual-mode displays that lowered resolution to hit extreme refresh rates, LG's latest monitor supports native 1000Hz gaming at full-HD resolution
Pick up an RTX 5090-powered prebuilt desktop for $5 less than the GPU alone — HP's Omen 45L costs $3,795 thanks to $1,265 discount
A new discount code lets you grab $1,265 off the HP Omen 45L with RTX 5090 inside. Making the entire PC purchase less than the GPU alone.
Intel's Project Firefly creates sub-$600 laptops to compete with Apple's MacBook Neo — leverages China's smartphone manufacturing blueprint to produce affordable Wildcat Lake systems
Intel China has unveiled Project Firefly, which borrows a page from China's smartphone supply chain to produce budget-friendly laptops that leverage Wildcat Lake processors.
Researchers attack AMD's Infinity Fabric to bypass hardware security protections with 'Fabricked' — flaw lets malicious cloud hosts silently read confidential VM memory and forge attestation rep
ETH Zurich researchers disclosed Fabricked," a software-only attack that manipulates AMD Infinity Fabric routing during boot to undermine SEV-SNP protections on EPYC systems, enabling malicious cloud hosts to read confidential VM memory and forge attestation reports
Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market — free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID
CrystalDiskInfo's new feature will tell you whether your Samsung SSD is the real deal or not.
Custom-built passive water-cooled PC relies on convection chimney effect powered by triple-stacked radiators — 9800X3D build with RTX 5080 has no fans, copper, and radiator chimney, but struggle
Innovative London-based PC cooling firm Billet Labs builds and showcases a completely passive, fanless, gaming build.
Fans secretly mapped 24 terabytes of Minecraft’s infamous 2b2t server, million‑square‑block archive to be shared via torrent — Intense digital archaeology project has taken years, risk
A digital gaming archaeology project has archived 24TB of data, preserving a million squared block of Minecraft's infamous 2b2t server.
Next-gen mobile gaming just got $1,150 cheaper — Dell slashes RTX 5090 gaming laptop price tag to $4,399
Dell is temporarily selling its Alienware 16 Area-51 with a GeForce RTX 5090 for $4,399.99, $1,150 off its regular price tag.
Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after less than two hours of deliberation — Unanimous vote that Musk filed the lawsuit too late
A federal jury in Oakland, California, on Monday unanimously rejected every claim in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI.
College students drown out AI-praising commencement speeches with boos — 'deal with it' one speaker fires back as students heckle positive pitches for AI's role
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt found himself booed and jeered as he gave the commencement address at the University of Arizona, telling the students AI will "shape the world."
Record-high pricing pushes SSD and memory makers to borrow $880 million just to afford buying chips — Adata, TeamGroup, and others take on substantial debt to survive shortages
Adata is the largest single borrower in the group, having completed a NT$2 billion convertible bond issuance and secured NT$12 billion in bank loans.
Why now is the best time to jump on the OLED monitor bandwagon — breaking down new-gen panel tech and our top burn-in prevention tips
Better reliability and dropping prices are making OLED monitors even more attractive.
China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and
China has begun full operations at a 24 MW underwater AI data center off Shanghai's coast, using offshore wind power and seawater cooling to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency
Linus Torvalds says flood of duplicate AI-generated vulnerability reports have made Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable' — private list 'a waste of time for everybody invol
"AI detected bugs are pretty much by definition not secret, and treating them on some private list is a waste of time for everybody involved."
LG UltraGear 52G930B 52-inch 5K gaming monitor review: Extreme in every respect
LG combines the extremes of size and resolution in its UltraGear 52G930B. It's a 52-inch 1000R curved VA gaming monitor with 5120x2160 pixels, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync HDR600, and wide gamut color.
Grab this $8.97 TP-Link Ethernet Switch to ditch Wi-Fi lag and unlock 4K streaming and gaming at home — huge 47% discount for compact, fanless gigabit device with five additional ports for your
This TP-Link 5-port unmanaged Ethernet switch is back on sale, down to only $8.97 in this limited-time Amazon deal, unlocking five extra ports for your network for a low price.
AMD's flagship RX 9070 XT GPU hits an all-time low $629 in Amazon lightning sale — Gigabyte's Gaming OC graphics card now $110 off
Save $110 when you make the most of this Amazon deal on the Gigabyte Gaming OC Radeon RX 9070 XT. Get yours for $629 - the lowest ever price for this model.
Samsung granted court injunction against imminent strike action in last-minute reprieve — talks resume as unions barred from occupying or locking facilities, obstructing workers
Samsung has been granted an injunction to limit the scope of planned strike action ahead of an 18-day walkout due to start on Thursday.
Samsung meeting transcripts show memory workers offered incredible 607% bonus worth $477,000, while logic chip staff get as little as 50% — union says misbalance 'creates a retention crisis the
Internal Samsung wage negotiation transcripts show the company proposed bonuses of 607% of annual salary for its memory chip division in March,
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