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Nintendo indefinitely delayed the start of its pre-orders in the U.S. after President Trump's tariff announcements.

China applied a 34% tariff on all goods coming from America., as well as banning the export of seven rare earth metals to the U.S.

The new Microsoft Copilot update is available for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users with full integration into the Windows OS for a more optimized user experience.

Asus' ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi is a premium board with loads of USB ports, five M.2 sockets, robust power delivery, high-quality audio, and a high-end appearance.

Nvidia's most affordable RTX 40 series desktop graphics card is starting to push toward $500 at US retailers but remains the "top seller" - which says more about the GPU market in general than it does about the 4060.

The Trump administration plans to impose new chip tariffs soon, which could raise costs for American tech giants and sharply increase prices on everything from AI GPUs to consumer CPUs.

G.Skill is introducing high-speed 64GB modules to the market with its latest Trident Z5 Royal Neo 128GB (64GBx2) memory kit, which is advertised to reach DDR5-8000 speeds.

Trump's tariffs on foreign chipmaking equipment are set to raise costs for U.S. semiconductor manufacturers, threatening to disrupt investment plans and increase the cost of domestically produced chips.

Intel set to discontinue its Unison app that connects smartphones with premium Windows PCs.

Intel and TSMC have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to form a joint venture for operating Intel's U.S. fabs.

We recommend the best PS5 SSDs for the Sony PlayStation 5 for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests. We've benchmarked 50 modern PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 SSDs in the PS5 to see how they stack up.

Boutique PC builders like Maingear and Falcon Northwest bear the brunt of the costs.

Dell has provided its Area-51 flagship gaming PC with an optional cable conversion kit that enables support for third party motherboards.

Microsoft has announced the official release of hotpatch updates for various Windows 11 Enterprise builds, allowing users to update their machines without needing to restart.

Build an AM5 system on the Asus Prime B650-Plus WiFi motherboard, now available for just $124.

An X poster has discovered yet another workaround to bypass Microsoft's Windows 11 online account requirement during installation. This latest workaround works in the CMD and doesn't require registry hacks.

Nvidia is promising its Nintendo Switch 2 chip offers 10x the peformance of the prior console.

A Vietnamese store has set up an AI rig for a customer, boasting seven RTX 5090s shelved in an open-air GPU frame, estimated to cost $30,000 or more.

China accelerates its shift from x86 and ARM with RiVAI's high-performance RISC-V chip.

Before tariffs apply, bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers rush to move units into the U.S..

Donald Trump's new tariff plan imposes sweeping import taxes on nearly all U.S. trading partners starting in April, but key exclusions, especially for semiconductors, offer relief to American tech firms even as high-tech goods from Asia face steep price hikes.

AMD is reportedly prepping an RX 9070 GRE (Great Radeon Edition) GPU as a budget RDNA 4 option, though availability might be limited to the Chinese market at launch.

The Nintendo Switch 2 uses a memory standard named MicroSD Express, and the pricing of the newly announced products is going to make your wallet sting.

At a roundtable with the Switch 2's developers, we learned more about the capabilities that Nvidia's custom chip delivers.

We went hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2, trying its newest games, mouse mode, and improved Joy-Cons.

We tested Thermalright's Hyper Vision 360 with Intel's i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs.

President Trump established the U.S. Investment Accelerator office to manage CHIPS Act awards and make it easier for investors to build businesses within the U.S.

Intel revives and redefines its iconic 'Intel Inside' campaign with the new slogan 'That's the power of Intel Inside. ' The company aims to reconnect its legacy brand with today's pervasive role of technology and highlight the impact of its products.

Chinese tech giants continue to buy Nvidia AI GPUs despite DeepSeek impact, demand slowdown.

A Russian engineer is accused of leaking confidential technical data from ASML, NXP, TSMC, and GlobalFoundries to Russia, allegedly to support construction of a 28nm-capable fab.

A PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound was found to have defective silicon out of the factory, resulting in unsustainable hotspot temperatures that caused the GPU to overheat and throttle.

The WD Blue SN5000 is a single-sided 4TB SSD that pairs well with a PC or the PS5 and is on sale at Amazon for just $209.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D issues on ASRock motherboards have been caused by a BIOS issue, which has since been rectified.

RTX 5080 laptop benchmark results show only an 8% to 15% difference from the top-end RTX 5090 laptop.

PC vendors initially believed the 25% tariff applied only to raw aluminum and steel, but the policy also extends to finished products

Club386 has reportedly discovered a selection of RTX 5070 and RTX 9070 XT graphics card listings over at Amazon reserved exclusively for Amazon Prime members.

Chinese memory maker CXMT is reportedly preparing to raise DDR4 prices after months of aggressive discounting, as demand stabilizes and major suppliers shift focus to newer memory types.

Nintendo has pulled the wraps off the Switch 2 in a Direct live stream. It will release on June 5.

Puget Systems expects graphics cards, network controllers, storage controllers, chassis, and coolers to see major price increases in the coming months. Eventually, it will have to pass on the cost to its customers, though in the near term it may absorb some of the added costs.

Lightmatter proposes to use photonic interconnect platform for ultra-high-performance multi-chiplet processors.

Arm Holdings aims to boost its data center CPU market share from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025, betting on AI-driven servers and growing support from major cloud service providers.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan made his first keynote speech, laying down the path he intends to take for the company and soliciting customer feedback.

At its Vision 2025 conference, Intel announced that its 18A process node has entered risk production, a crucial milestone. This comes as the company gets ready to ramp up production of the upcoming Panther Lake chips and signifies the final steps of the 'five nodes in four years' plan started by former CEO Pat Gelsinger.

Japan chipmaker Rapidus is preparing to launch pilot production of 2nm-class wafers using gate-all-around transistors later this month, with first wafers expected by July and full-scale manufacturing targeted for 2027.

If you're looking to upgrade your PC's storage, this budget-oriented SSD from Crucial is now at its lowest-ever price.

The above-MSRP "B-stock" RTX 5090 with missing ROPs that popped up on Alternate's web store a few days back was accidental and due to a system error.

Asus just dropped a teaser video, which seemingly reveals an Xbox gaming handheld.

Microsoft has announced that several Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features are graduating from Snapdragon X exclusivity to AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V PCs.

The PNY CS2150 follows in the footsteps of the Corsair MP700 Elite, bringing more PCIe 5.0 performance with excellent power efficiency to the budget" SSD market.