Could an ASUS prototype PCIe connector spell the end of bulky, unsightly power cables for graphics cards? We may soon find out—ASUS is showcasing a “magic modification” to the standard PCIe slot, allowing it to deliver a massive 250 watts of power directly from the motherboard (or more than triple the 75W provided in typical slots. No doubt

The U.S. government has approved Meta’s Llama artificial intelligence system for use by its agencies. Thanks to a partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA), Meta joins the likes of Google, AWS, Microsoft, OpenAI, and more in accelerating the adoption of AI across federal departments. 

The approval, a key component of the

Amazon’s dedicated deals site is hosting a ‘Best of Woot!’ sale with deep discounts over MSRP on a bunch of items, including a decent selection of electronics. A lot of the items are over half off. Consider it an appetizer for Amazon’s upcoming Prime Big Deal Days event, which starts on Tuesday, October 7 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and runs through

We’re on a black hole coverage roll this month, so here’s another one: a supermassive black hole 12.8 billion lights years from us has been discovered feasting at a rate that scientists describe as “a bit shocking,” or more precisely, about 2.4 times faster than the theoretical limit.

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a

Rockstar Games is under the impression that Grand Theft Auto VI will become the “largest game launch in history,” as evidenced by a recent job listing (the developer removed the comment after it gained media coverage). Judging by the number of views its two trailers on YouTube have generated, it’s probably right. But do you know who could

In a strategically timed announcement, MediaTek today unveiled its next-gen flagship system-on-chip (SoC) for mobile devices, the Dimensity 9500 with an all-big-core CPU design and several key upgrades. What makes the timing strategic is that MediaTek opted to announce the part during Day 1 of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit event. It’s also

A Radeon subreddit user revealed that their PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 had been flashed with the RX 9070 XT vBIOS, which boosted performance by up to 25% in some synthetic benchmarks. In Cyberpunk 2077 with “a mix of ray-tracing-settings enabled”, gains were limited to just 8-12% over the stock RX 9070. These gains are still quite impressive,

Apple’s transition to its own in-house designed silicon based on Arm is bearing fruit (excuse the pun) these days. Now several years into the pivot away from using Intel’s x86 chips, Apple’s latest generation Mac mini and MacBook systems are impressive pieces of hardware. They’re also frequently on sale, as is the case right now as we head

The market for PC gaming hardware, including systems and accessories, is projected to grow by 35% in 2025 by Jon Peddie Research. This data is considered “conservative in relation to total PC hardware expenditure”, and is attributed by the firm to the forced migration to Windows 1, due to Windows 10’s pending End of Life in October. Another

Microsoft is initiating a second price hike on its existing series of Xbox consoles sold in the US, raising prices of all Xbox Series S|X models starting on October 3rd, 2025. For the Xbox Series S 512GB, the price is increasing from $379.99 to $399.99, a $100 total increase from its launch MSRP of $299.99. Similarly, the Series S 1TB is also

If you’re looking to have a cutting-edge chip created in late 2025 or early 2026, you’re probably looking at TSMC, because the only other company operating a fab at a similar node is Intel, and Team Blue canceled acceptance of external orders for 18A earlier this year. Only, you’re probably not getting in at TSMC, either, because as it turns

Lenovo has issued another statement about its upcoming Legion Go 2 handheld, and this time it has nothing to do with the backlash over sticker shock. Not directly, anyway—instead, the general messaging is that it was caught off guard by a flurry of preorders, and rather than make customers wait indefinitely while holding onto their money,

Two of the biggest smartphone manufacturers both released ultra-thin devices recently, Apple with the iPhone Air and Samsung with the Galaxy S25 Edge. Despite having super-svelte designs, however, both devices still manage to pack some flagship specs, which gives potential buyers a lot to think about when making a purchasing decision. Here’s

Another week, another AI integration—now, market-leading browser Google Chrome is finally on the update list and facing a full suite of new Gemini AI features to be added in the near future. Over the past few days, Google has been detailing the new AI-powered features its bringing to Google Chrome and all of the ways it looks to enhance the

AMD quietly added details for a Radeon RX 7700 non-XT GPU to its website and shortly thereafter ASRock revealed that it would be the first AIB to produce a card as part of its Challenger series. The ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 7700 is the first GPU in the family and it seems to be configured to operate at AMD’s reference specifications, though

Early benchmarks have revealed how powerful the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 might actually be. While these are early leaks, the performance consistency brings promises of single-core scores that go head-to-head with Apple’s A19 Pro SoC and trounces it in multi-core. After years of playing catch up and “close, but no cigar,”

Intel’s Arc B770 is, so far, a story of potential greatness that ultimately ends up in a blank page. We’ll spoil the story for you: today’s leak is yet another data point proving that the GPU definitely exists, but we’ve still heard nothing from Intel about whether it will actually release in any form whatsoever, and yesterday’s news of an

Tired of high ticket prices with exorbitant fees adding to the cost? So is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which alleges in a lawsuit filed with seven states that Ticketmaster and its parent firm Live Nation essentially colluded with brokers by turning a blind eye to illegal harvesting of hordes of tickets, which were then resold at a

Hubble has captured a dense, burned-out star in the act of consuming a Pluto-like object. Happening some 260 light years from Earth, the new observation, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, revealed a white dwarf, the stellar corpse of a Sun-like star, feasting on a planetary fragment torn from its own system’s

Anker is issuing another recall over potentially defective power banks following dozens of reports of incidents involving fires and explosions. Unlike the last recall, which affected around 1.1 million Anker PowerCore 1000 power banks, this new one includes multiple different models. It’s a familiar story, in that the culprit is the lithium-ion