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Xbox President Sarah Bond has just confirmed that Microsoft relied on Asus' experience in handhelds to help determine the price of the Xbox Ally. The team at Xbox is confident and proud of the device, with sold-out preorders. Sarah also talks about how the next-gen Xbox console is also in the works with AMD as we speak.

Cooler Master's 3DHP heatpipes promise to be the biggest evolution for cooling in years. Do they deliver? We tested the Hyper 212 3DHP with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X to determine if Cooler Master's heatpipes live up to the hype.

Razer puts the Iskur V2 through a cost-cutting spree, and the result is the Iskur V2 X.

Alibaba Cloud claims its new Aegaeon pooling system reduced the number of Nvidia GPUs required to serve large language models by 82% during a multi-month beta test inside its Model Studio marketplace.

Pick up the Bambu Lab P1S for a song. Only $449 for one of our favorite 3D printers.

Amazon is tracking a massive AWS outage that has crippled large parts of the internet.

Elon Musk has proposed a public coding contest between xAI's Grok 5 and former OpenAI research lead Andrej Karpathy, comparing it to the 1997 showdown between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue.

TSMC's new flyby video of its Fab 21 in Arizona offers a rare glimpse inside the fully operational N4/N5 cleanroom, highlighting ASML's EUV scanners producing chips for Apple, AMD, and Nvidia.

The DeathAdder V4 Pro retains the fantastic shape of its predecessor, weighs about 10% less, and includes an 8K wireless polling dongle in the box.

Battlefield 6 is an intense game with gorgeous visuals that demands the best screen possible. But what if you're at work and your literal job is to test displays? That's when a bit of ingenuity kicks in and you switch to the tiny screen on your CPU's liquid cooler to maximize gaming efficiency like a boss.

Like a moth to a flame, Windows has attracted yet another bug. In the latest October update, the recovery environment renders your USB keyboard and mouse unresponsive, making it impossible to interact with your PC. Microsoft has already taken note of the issue and plans to fix it in a future update.

Introduced in October 1985, the third-generation x86 processor was the first 32-bit chip in Intel's PC line, the origin point for the IA-32 instruction set, and the architectural turning point that transformed personal computing.

The WeCreat Lumos is a fast, portable, capable, laser engraver with great resolution and limited cutting abilities.

Investigators reveal the twisted metal and electronics found at the OceanGate Titan implosion site. However, data recovery efforts have been fruitless.

The family IT support season is upon us, and this project will have all the tools that you need to solve family IT problems, communicate with loved ones, and get some work done.

Google says DPRK group UNC5342 is using EtherHiding to deliver backdoors and steal crypto, marking the first nation-state adoption of a tactic built for takedown-resistant attacks.

A budget-friendly power supply that balances fundamental reliability with modern connectivity, though its aging platform reveals itself under stress.

Nvidia and TSMC have produced the first Blackwell wafer at TSMC's Arizona fab, marking a historic step in bringing advanced AI chip manufacturing to the U.S.. However, the chip still relies on Taiwan for final CoWoS-L packaging, which leaves the achievement largely symbolic for now.

Hi-Fi audio company Shanling just released a "budget" portable CD player for audiophiles.

Windows 10 reaching end-of-life has apparently breathed new life into optical disc drives, which have seen a sudden rise in demand in shops across Tokyo. People upgrading to Windows 11 want internal Blu-Ray (BD-R) disc drives to continue using their physical media, even if they're being forced to upgrade systems.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said last week that the company's share of China's advanced AI accelerator market has collapsed from roughly 95% to zero as US export controls continue to bite.

The Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite mouse features a sturdy build, fast sensor, and 17 programmable buttons.

We spotted both Elon Musk and Sam Altman being handed cute glittering DGX Spark mini PCs by Jensen Huang this week.

EU mandates USB-C for most power bricks and wall warts by 2028

TeamGroup has announced the T-Force Z54E, a PCIe 5.0 SSD that leverages Phison's speedy E28 controller.

AMD's Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12-core 3D-VCache CPU is on a 17% discount, fixing its biggest problem that we complained about during our review. At just $499, the 9900X3D is just $50 more expensive than a 9800X3D and has the same price-per-core ratio as the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.

Claude AI developer Anthropic has released its revenue projections for the next year, and they are ambitious. Off the back of what it claims is a plan to reach $9 billion in revenue by the end of 2025, it's now targeting as much as $26 billion by the end of 2026, more than double OpenAI's 2025 revenue projections.

MSI's new AI chatbot, "EZ PC Builder," is here to get you started on your first gaming computer. It's in beta, so there are some quirks, well, a lot of quirks, such as suggesting the 9800X3D as a budget CPU and building a $1,700+ PC when asked for something under $1,000. It also tries to suggest MSI products at literally every point it can.

Micron is reportedly preparing to halt sales of server memory chips to data centers in mainland China, after its business there failed to recover from a 2023 cybersecurity ban.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27FFT1B is a great budget gaming monitor, and it's even greater now that its price is below $100.

The Deco BE65-Outdoor offers excellent outdoor performance to blanket a yard or outdoor shed with internet connectivity.

TSMC is ramping up its construction to unlock N2 production in Arizona, while also mentioning that it's purchasing another plot of land to expand the fab.

Amazon has revealed plans to help build one of the United States' first modular nuclear power campuses in a move designed to supply carbon-free electricity for its growing AI and cloud workloads.

Steve Jobs and the Cray-1 supercomputer are joining the heads of former presidents and the Statue of Liberty as icons on United States coinage.

Razer just released a new translucent colorway with the Phantom White option for a $10 to $20 premium.