G.Skill starts paying buyers $20 to $25 from $2.4 million settlement over misleading RAM speeds
The company also agreed to warn that advertised speeds require overclocking or BIOS adjustments
This enthusiast has been torturing 351 microSD cards for years, and some brands are winning
Endurance test finds PNY, Kingston, Delkin among top performers
Valve's Steam Frame could launch any day now, and it might cost $1,200
The standalone headset features 2,160 x 2,160 LCD lenses and a 144Hz refresh rate
Intel's next flagship CPU could be the 28-core Core Ultra 9 4950K
Nova Lake desktop chips are expected to launch in late 2026 or early 2027
The RTX 5090 Is No Longer Fast Enough
Samsung's first 6K gaming monitor pushes even the RTX 5090 beyond its comfort zone. We test Nvidia's uber expensive flagship to see what gaming above 4K really costs in performance and image quality.
How "tokenomics" might save AI PCs
AI PCs finally have a reason to exist: cutting your company's AI bill
Best Buy removes 32GB RAM worth $600 to "repair" customer's 64GB gaming laptop
The laptop allegedly only supports up to 32GB of memory
The Blood of Dawnwalker's system requirements dropped by half in just months
This Witcher-like RPG no longer needs a $5,000 GPU to run well
Intel says Nova Lake, its next major CPU architecture, is coming to desktop PCs before servers
Nova Lake will bring a new core design to consumers before it reaches the data center
AMD Radeon RX 9050 8GB Review: Budget GPU, Zero Budget Value
AMD's Radeon RX 9050 8GB promises current-generation graphics for budget gamers, but poor performance and even worse value make this GPU nearly impossible to justify.
GPU thieves replaced RTX 5080 cards with RTX 3060s in Chinese esports hotels until a blackout gave them away
Customers apparently never complained about the huge performance downgrade
Entry-level GPU shortages will get worse in the second half of 2026, warns PC Partner
It warns GDDR6 and GDDR7 constraints will tighten supply and push GPU prices higher through the end of 2026
Nvidia may have just built its own hyperscaler without owning a single data center
The neoclouds are burning cash by the billion. Nvidia just lined up the money to keep them building
Why it matters: Nvidia has quietly assembled every piece of a cloud giant, and it doesn't even need to own the buildings. That is the theory making the rounds, and once you see it laid out, the last two years stop looking like a chip company having a very good run and start looking like a plan. The financing arrangement Nvidia signed this month with BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and four other Wall Street heavyweights, aimed at funneling more than $500 billion of outside capital into AI data centers, would be the last piece clicking into place. Most outlets filed it under the now usual "more AI money" headline, but there is a more interesting read.
New study finds HGST, WD hard drives fail less often than Seagate and Toshiba
Backblaze data was adjusted for drive age, capacity, temperature, form factor, and early retirement
Intel may refresh Raptor Lake for a third time as high DDR5 prices push buyers toward older hardware
Intel is joining AMD and Nvidia in reviving four-year-old hardware
Samsung says Claude Code can cut chip design work from weeks to days, but it still makes serious mistakes
The tool has made unauthorized changes and masking errors
New Dell XPS 13 reviews are in with positive marks and $699 price
Dell's 2026 XPS 13 earns praise for its compact aluminum design, 120Hz touch display, and strong battery life at a $699 starting price. The entry-level model's 8GB of RAM is a compromise, with some reviewers recommending the 16GB upgrade while still keeping the price under $1,000.
Another Ryzen 7 7800X3D reportedly burns out despite AMD's voltage fix
AMD has yet to respond to the complaint
Enterprise SSDs now consume 48% of global NAND flash supply
AI is turning the NAND market upside down, with training making way for inference
SK hynix is now Kioxia's biggest shareholder, but taking control won't be easy
Japanese government approval, antitrust scrutiny, and an investment agreement stand in the way
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C wants to be the Arm chip for $300 laptops
Qualcomm claims up to 44% faster performance and 106% better efficiency than Intel's N250
First look: Qualcomm has released more details about Snapdragon C, the Arm-based chip it is preparing for low-cost laptops. The company is betting that a combination of modest CPU performance, integrated graphics, and low power consumption can give manufacturers another option in a segment of the market typically dominated by entry-level Intel systems starting around $300.
Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell price to a staggering $16,000
The card went on pre-order last year for under $8,000
This mouse splits in half to become a presentation remote
The detachable 35-gram controller works from up to 50 feet away
Cargo thieves are staging car crashes to steal AI data center hardware
Authorities have recovered millions in stolen equipment, including $550,000 in Meta server switches
TL;DR: Cargo thieves are targeting equipment used in AI data centers, from server switches to cooling systems and networking hardware. In two recent California cases, criminals appear to have used car crashes to separate trucks from their security escorts before the shipments vanished. The incidents highlight how organized groups are using carrier-identity fraud, GPS manipulation and, increasingly, aggressive roadside tactics to steal high-value tech moving through the freight network.
4GB vs. 8GB VRAM: The 1080p Benchmark
AMD is launching a 4GB GPU in 2026, so we revisited the Radeon RX 6500 XT to see how 4GB and 8GB versions compare in modern games. The results are predictably ugly.
