AMD this week announced that it’s next Ryzen processor with second generation 3D V-Cache slapped on, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, will be available to purchase starting on January 29, 2026. Well, a retailer in Switzerland has jumped the gun and sold the upcoming chip early, according to a user on Reddit who posted a picture of the CPU in its tray.

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Woot is having a big sale on Samsung gear, and specifically a range of gaming monitors, Galaxy Tab tablets, and some accessories. Advertised savings are up to 56% for the form and up to 80% off the latter, and while those discounts apply to MSRP rather than street pricing, there are some huge, actual discounts on tap. One of those applies

You’ve probably heard about AMD Ryzen 3D V-Cache (“X3D”) CPUs failing in ASRock motherboards, but ASRock is far from the only vendor seeing these failures, and it may not even be the most prominent one. ASUS has now formally acknowledged the rare issue in a statement published today on its website, titled “Official ASUS statement on recent

It’s been a long time coming, but Fable is finally back in a shiny new rebooted form, with a confirmed multi-platform release window for Autumn of this year across Xbox consoles & services including Play Anywhere, PC, and PlayStation 5. A deep-dive on the new Fable, as well as this release window confirmation, came out with Xbox’s Developer

Nintendo has a rich history of releasing unique accessories, like the R.O.B (Robotic Operating Buddy) during the Nintendo Entertainment System era and the more recent Alarmo designed to help fans start the day. And the company has a new one on the way based on the Talking Flower from the Super Mario Bros. Wonder game.

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California-based Singer has unleashed the Sorcerer, the first customer commission (of 99) for its DLS Turbo program, effectively turning the clock back to the golden era of endurance racing while catapulting the Porsche 911 into a 700-horsepower future. TL;DR, we want one.

The Singer Sorcerer is far more than a restored classic; it’s a

I’ve said this a million times by now (rough estimate) but it bears repeating – never pay full price for an audio product. NEVER! Yes, that’s a blanket recommendation and we’re sure it can nitpicked to find exceptions, but for the most part, paying full price for headphones or earbuds or speakers and so forth is a fool’s game. That’s because

Researchers have discovered that the same sensors used to detect earthquakes are the key to tracking the growing swarm of space junk plummeting toward Earth.

As the orbital highway becomes increasingly congested, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 2025 Space Environment Report paints a sobering picture: intact satellites and rocket bodies

Samsung believes it can put a major dent in the screen protector industry with a revolutionary new glass for the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra. If latest rumors are to be believed, the phone’s next generation Gorilla Glass boasts unprecedented scratch and crack resistance, while possessing anti-reflective and screen privacy tech.

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You’ve heard of Gorgon Point, which emerged as the Ryzen AI 400 series at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month, but what about Gorgon Halo? Rumor has those chips are en route too, though they’re not yet official. While we wait for an unveiling, a notable leaker has posted to Facebook what they claim are several upcoming Gorgon

Intel’s fourth quarter earnings are in and they reflect a 4.1% year-over-year loss to $13.7 billion (same as the previous quarter), bringing the full-year tally to a flat $52.9 billion. According to Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the company “delivered a solid finish to the year” despite the loss, which along with downward guidance for the current

A new wave of Android click-fraud trojans are in the wild, and they’re surprisingly well-hidden. For those familiar with the Android operating system, it’s common knowledge that users can enable downloads of third-party applications from outside of Google’s Play Store ecosystem. When you do so, the OS warns users of the security implications,

AAA publisher and developer Ubisoft has released some unfortunate news. In the process of its development restructuring into six Creative Houses, Ubisoft also had to kill six games and delay seven more, with the most prominent loss being the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake announced in 2020. While the title being repeatedly delay does

There were a number of new products that we expected to hear about at CES, including the much-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, NVIDIA’s N1X SoCs, and the next Intel Arc GPU release. None of those came, but perhaps the most surprising omission was Intel’s Arrow Lake Refresh series—a fresh set of CPUs for the LGA 1851 platform, and likely to be the

Microsoft is doubling down in a big way with Windows on Arm devices. Now, all Windows 11 machines running running Arm-based silicon, like Qualcomm’s forthcoming Snapdragon X2 Elite platform, have support for Xbox Game Pass, with “more than 85%” of the Game Pass catalog claimed to run well. Anti-cheat support x86/x64 emulation is also well

A multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material that conducts heat nearly three times more efficiently than copper or silver, which are presently the primary metals used for industrial thermal management. The researchers believe that this discovery will have massive implications for extreme heat-dissipation applications,

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D, which was announced by AMD during (not at) CES 2026, has had a date and price finally set: January 29th, and $499 USD. That’s only a $20 jump over the Ryzen 7 9800X3D’s MSRP, although those parts have been available as cheap as $430 in the past. The new model brings a 400 MHz bump in peak boost clocks and absolutely no

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the most intricate view yet of the Helix Nebula, offering a sharp, infrared glimpse into the final moments of a dying sun.

Affectionately nicknamed either the “Eye of Sauron” or “Eye of God,” the Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years away, has been an astronomer favorite for ages. However,

It’s not controversial that Fractal Design makes some of the nicest looking PC cases on the market (as well as other gear, like the Scape headset we reviewed). From what we can tell based on press imagery, Fractal Design’s new Pop 2 Air case lineup is no exception. Underneath the sleek styling, however, the focus is on copious airflow, particular

In an era where digital literacy is no longer elective, Dell has unveiled a massive expansion to its education portfolio, designed to survive both the rigors of the playground and the demands of the modern AI-integrated classroom. Part of this expansion includes new Dell Pro Education and Chromebook 14 laptops that boast easy battery replacement