AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it’s doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service. Just when you thought we’d seen the last hurrah for the aging platform when AMD released a new Ryzen 5 5500X3D with 3D V-Cache earlier this summer, it’s went and quietly launched yet another socket AM4 processor, the Ryzen 5 5600F.

TSMC’s next-generation N2 process has officially booked its first customers: Apple, MediaTek, and AMD, with NVIDIA reportedly paying a hefty premium to get pole position for A14. Notably absent from the confirmed list is Intel, which is striking precisely because Intel has relied on TSMC’s 6nm, 5nm, and 3nm-class nodes for GPU, SoC, and even

From the 1980s thru 2008, scientists observed that nuclear activity inside the Sun was continuously trending downward, and it was expected that this would continue. However, a new study by the American Astronomical Society has revealed that the Sun has ditched this downward trajectory and has instead increased in activity since 2008. According

Today, Minisforum formally announced and shared details of its MS-S1 Max Mini PC, a characteristically compact machine with the formidable Ryzen AI Max+ 395 SoC and a built-in 320W PSU. This mini-PC also features a full-length PCI Express x16 slot and a total TDP of 160 Watts before the PCIe slot is occupied, though for the beefiest possible

Yesterday on Reddit, intrepid user u/AthleteDependent926 posted a bombshell to the r/Radeon subreddit: AMD’s FSR 4 source code leak in August contained all the files needed to run FSR 4 with older GPU hardware. Doing so requires the use of OptiScaler, which we previously covered allowing users to enable FSR 4 in games that only supported DLSS

Microsoft is bringing some big upgrades to its Xbox App for Windows based devices. The company is looking to deliver a more convenient and coherent gaming experience for Windows PC gamers, with an aggregated library as well as access to third-party storefronts. Specifically, it’s hoping to give upcoming handhelds such as the Asus ROG Xbox

Palm-reading (or more precisely, palm vein recognition) smart locks aren’t exactly new, but good ones from reputable brands can get pricey. Enter Wyze with its new Palm Lock that promises to bring the convenience and security of biometric lock tech for a truly competitive price. Fingerprint and touch locks are so old school; now you can unlock

Spotify is upgrading its services— just after finally adding lossless streaming for Premium users earlier this month, thankfully without a price bump, they’re also removing a key shackle from Spotify’s free tier. Now, Spotify’s free users can also listen to playlists and albums in their intended order, and pick-and-choose individual songs

We’re seeing a similar plot line with AI demand compared to the crypto craze that enraptured the market a few years ago. First, GPUs became scarce and in high demand, with high prices not far behind. Next, even CPUs entered the fray, and now it’s happening to storage media. Due to the large amount of data required by AI workloads, storage

Xiaomi has confirmed the launch of its new 17 series smartphones with the Xiaomi 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max packing the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. Hold up, did Qualcomm and Xiaomi wake up one day and decided to mess with our heads with skipped product generations and odd naming conventions?

If you recall, Xiaomi’s flagship

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen): MSRP $299 Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra (2nd Gen) earbuds are the total package, delivering fantastic sound and first-rate ANC in a comfortable design. Comfortable Design Balanced Audio Bass Hits Hard If You Want It To Top Notch ANC SpeechClarity Feature Is An Added Bonus Premium Price Battery Life Same…

At this point, the school year is already underway in most parts of the country. If you were tardy in picking up a notebook for the new semester and missed out on our previously highlighted deals, don’t sweat it, there are still plenty of bargains out there. And if you’re not in school but are looking for a cheaper laptop all the same, we

Roku has announced the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube (try to repeat that five times really fast). Made in partnership with projector manufacturer Aurzen, this is the first projector to feature Roku OS built-in and, with its budget pricing, could very well shake up the budget projector sector.

Ironically, the D1R Cube isn’t a cube,

Amazon is getting a head start on the holiday shopping season with another Prime Big Deal Days event, with promises of some of the “best deals of the season so far” on popular brands such as Beats, LEGO, Milk Makeup, and KitchenAid. And as the name of the event implies, this is another sales event that is geared towards Amazon Prime members.

The

Over in the UK, quantum computing company Quantum Motion has debuted an industry-first quantum computer, manufactured entirely with a standard silicon CMOS chip fabrication process. This fabrication process, which is also used for conventional PC hardware, should result in a truly mass-manufacturable supercomputer, which is distinct from the

Collectors with deep pockets have yet another opportunity to own a piece of Apple history, this time with an extremely rare Apple-1 computer housed in a wooden Byte Shop case. The nearly 50-year-old system is still fully functional and is expected to fetch at least $300,000 at auction. At the time of this writing, the high bid sits at $144,311.

Remember Tensordyne, who promised to slash AI GPU power consumption with a new way of doing things? That entire pitch was basically predicated on the power predicament that the industry finds itself in. Put simply, there’s just not enough electricity to scale out the world’s AI compute demands. That’s likely why NVIDIA is reportedly willing

Yesterday, eager eyes noticed that Rockstar Games had made a job listing for Lead Software Engineer, claiming within that Grand Theft Auto 6 would be “the largest game launch in history”— but just a day later, the text within that job listing has changed, omitting the entire paragraph and combining the surrounding two in its stead. This struck

UEFI secure boot was designed to block malicious code from sneaking into your PC’s BIOS boot-up process. However, a newly discovered ransomware dubbed HybridPetya somehow found a way to circumvent this. Cybersecurity firm ESET discovered the threat and revealed that it had not been observed in any active attacks just yet.

Here’s how it

As of this week, the best-selling workstation GPU on popular PC products retailer Newegg isn’t from one of the usual suspects AMD or NVIDIA. Instead, Intel has secured the crown by nailing a key, neglected budget segment in the workstation GPU market with its Intel Arc Pro B50. This remarkable achievement, first spotted by @Haze2K1 on Twitter,