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Acer is refreshing its Swift, Swift Edge, and Swift Go laptops at CES 2026 with the latest Intel processors, but we still don't know how much they'll cost.

HP has put HyperX front and center as its gaming system brand, combining it with Omen as it updates systems to Panther Lake and Gorgon Point.

MSI includes Intel Panther Lake processors across the board (up to a Core Ultra X9) with its new Prestige family.

Dell is bringing back the XPS laptop brand, and has redesigned the system to remove the controversial capacitive function row. This year's XPS 14 and 16 are getting Intel's Panther Lake processors, and a new 13-incher is coming later this year.

Intel finally unveiled the specs and speeds of its Panther Lake processors at CES, with the headline addition being a new lineup of X-series chips that sport a bigger GPU.

Jim Johnson, Intel's Senior VP and GM of the Client Computing Division, will come on stage at 3:00 p.m. PT to talk about the Core Ultra Series 3 processors.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage at CES 2026, following a record year for the company. The keynote, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, is set to begin at 1 p.m PT, and we'll be covering it live, with the latest updates.

Newegg has listed two 128GB G.Skill DDR5 RAM kits with a free $50 Starbucks gift card. Both kits are more expensive than a brand-new RTX 5080, as the DRAM pricing crisis hits DIY PC builders hard.

Nvidia has just announced on X that its CES 2026 keynote will not include "any new GPUs," breaking a five-year long streak of unveiling new hardware at every Las Vegas show. Instead, the company will focus on AI developments.

OWC unveils a game-changing capacity boost for its ThunderBlade X12 RAID storage solution- now offering an astonishing 192TB of storage, doubling its previous maximum.

Wi-Fi 8 is the most exciting revision to the spec since the mid-2010s, and MediaTek is one of the first to announce real hardware for it.

China's two largest pure-play foundries, SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor, are in the middle of significant consolidation efforts that demonstrate how industrial policy is reshaping the country's chip sector.

HP's new top-of-the-line consumer laptop is focused on slim AI performance with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 chips and Intel's Panther Lake processors inside.

Qualcomm is expanding its second generation of Windows chips with the X2 Plus lineup, which claims a 35% jump in single-core and a 17% increase in multi-threaded performance.

Due to DRAM demand and the rapid scale-up of AI infrastructure, the automotive industry faces a fresh chip crisis, which means that the industry stands on the precipice of a tightened supply, as stocks dwindle.

Asus taps Xreal to bring some gaming cred to its new AR glasses, and the ROG Xreal R1 delivers with a 240 Hz refresh rate.

The pbm2track tool repurposes a floppy disk's track timing diagram into a secret tool for hiding pixel images.

Sandisk has reimagined its WD Black and WD Blue SSDs, unveiling the new Optimus series designed specifically for gamers, creators, and professionals.

Samsung is teasing some intriguing new OLED products, ready to showcase at CES 2026 over the next few days.

20 years ago today, the CES in Las Vegas was buzzing with talk of Blu-ray technology, players, and media, and the format isn't dead yet.

An alleged German retailer shared the email they received from their supplier, saying that RTX 5070 GPU deliveries will be limited to five units per model, while 5070 Ti models and up are totally unavailable.

To kick off fan reviews, we're pinning the industry's finest against the industry's cheapest. David vs. Goliath. The most unfair fan head-to-head in history. Except... maybe not?

The U.S. Army is now testing a more lethal 20kW vehicle mounted LOCUST laser weapon system from AeroVironment (AV) Inc.

Sparkle's Arc B570 Guardian OC dual-fan graphics card is on sale for 13%, bringing its price down to $199.99 on Amazon.

Several benchmark records have appeared online, with users saying they're from the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning, which the company is expected to announce on January 5 at CES 2026.

Over the past few days, many customers purchased an incorrectly-priced kit of premium DDR5 memory from Corsair's webstore for just $240. Today, the company has cancelled all those orders, saying the memory is out of stock and that the pricing was a mistake. It's safe to say this decision has been met with fierce scrutiny.

Turtle Beach's Burst II Pro is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with 8K polling rates and a somewhat uniquely-placed DPI switch button.

We take a closer look at the software side of laser cutting and engraving.

YPlasma has developed a new solid-state cooling solution that uses corona discharge to generate airflow without any moving parts. The new cooler will be on display at CES 2026 and will be presented with a live demo.

QD-OLED monitors have historically faced text clarity issues due to their unorthodox subpixel layouts, which are a result of the way the OLED stack is layered. Samsung Display is finally fixing that with its first 34-inch ultrawide panel featuring a vertical stripe subpixel layout, similar to typical LCDs. This panel also breaks past 1,000 nits and peaks at 1,300 for the first time ever on a QD-OLED.

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Micron has secured another major vote of confidence from the Taiwanese government, winning approval for an additional NT$4.7 billion (approximately $149 million) in subsidies to expand HBM research and development in Taiwan.

A dispute has flared up inside the Debian project after a senior maintainer criticized the distribution's bug tracking system as outdated and increasingly unworkable for modern software development.

Build your own streaming service all from the comfort of your own home. You only need a spare PC and a few hours to serve media across your home.

LG announced a 17-inch laptop that fits in the form factor of a 16-inch model while still sporting an RTX 5050 discrete GPU.