Apple's touchscreen MacBook could arrive later this month
Apple reportedly plans an October 27 event for a touchscreen MacBook, OLED iPad mini, and M6 Macs
Elecom made a USB-C dock with a big dial on top, and I kind of want one
The dock goes on sale in Japan this month for about $87
Editor's take: Docking stations are rarely interesting, but this one caught my attention. Made by Japanese peripheral maker Elecom, the DST-L080BPBK puts a large rotary dial and four programmable keys on top of an otherwise conventional 8-in-1 USB-C dock, so the box you would normally hide behind the monitor becomes something you keep within reach.
Nvidia and Microsoft say the "agentic PC" era starts with the Surface Laptop Ultra
Windows gets Actions in Search and a hybrid AI toggle as Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops arrive
Memory crisis puts Samsung on track for the biggest quarterly operating profit in tech history
The chipmaker expects $80.2 billion haul, up 782% from a year earlier, yet still below some forecasts
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,600, running Nvidia's RTX Spark chip
The 15-inch 4K touchscreen goes up to 120Hz, with up to 128GB of unified memory and a magnetic 140W USB-C charging port
Something to look forward to: Microsoft has just revealed the starting price and release date for its new ultra-tier Surface laptop, along with other notebooks powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark SoC. The company's flagship model is expensive, even next to the MacBook Pro it's meant to rival, but it remains to be seen how RTX Spark stacks up against Apple's M5 Pro.
Seagate and Toshiba are reportedly fighting to acquire TDK's HDD magnetic-head technology
The AI boom has given the HDD industry a second wind, and drive makers want to lock in their supply
Microsoft's Windows and Surface event starts at 1 pm ET, watch it live for more on RTX Spark
Expect details on the Surface Laptop Ultra, RTX Spark hardware, Windows AI features, and release dates
Samsung 9100 Pro SSDs are on sale at Amazon, 1TB drive is back near its launch price
In a NAND price spike, a discount on a latest-gen SSD is rare relief
AMD vows to massively increase chip supply in 2027 as AI demand keeps growing
AI demand continues to outpace supply, driving prices through the roof
Tech deals on Prime Day 2026: the deals are here, but the bargains are thin
We filtered out the recycled prices and weak discounts to find the deals worth your time
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to $429 with a free $70 MSI AIO cooler and Onimusha game
That's $140 worth of extras on top of the gaming CPU king
Which AMD CPUs were famously unlocked for overclocking using the "pencil trick"?
Fun fact: The "pencil trick" involved drawing over tiny laser-cut L1 bridges with graphite to re-enable locked multipliers on certain CPUs.
RTX 5090 modder claims to have solved melting power connectors with auxiliary 8-pin board
The mod spreads power draw across three sets of cables
Steam's latest survey shows 32GB RAM overtaking 16GB despite the massive price surge
32GB configurations jumped more than 4 points in a single month, reaching 42% of all Steam gaming rigs
What RAMpocalypse? Valve's monthly Hardware and Software Survey offers critical insight into the PC configurations of gamers worldwide. Recent surveys have shown AMD gaining ground on Intel in the CPU space, while Nvidia has kept its lead over AMD as the preferred GPU maker. The latest report now reveals that 32GB of system memory has become the most common configuration for gamers, despite the AI-fueled price hike.
This industrial mini PC pairs Intel Panther Lake internals with near-silent AirJet cooling
The cooling design makes the unit 35% thinner and 43% lighter than a comparable fan-cooled system
Buying an RTX 5090 from Micro Center now means signing a form promising it won't leave the US
Buyers are also being asked to provide photo ID and have their driver's license scanned
Micron says robots will keep RAM prices high, even if the AI bubble pops
Morgan Stanley expects the humanoid market to reach 930 million units by 2050
HP joins the MacBook Neo fight with colorful OmniBook 5 laptops starting at $699
Arriving in time for the holidays
AOC Agon Pro AGP257FT hits 1,000Hz, overclocks to 1,050Hz, launches next year
Few GPUs or games can actually push enough frames to take advantage of the speed
SteelSeries brings ultra-wideband wireless to gaming mice, chasing lag-free tracking
The $180 Sensei Pro and Rival Pro also add an 8K polling rate and dual-battery power for up to 120 hours
G.Skill wins customer's lifetime loyalty after replacing a $150 open-box eBay RAM kit now worth $1,199
In a nutshell: There's been a depressing trend recently in which hardware companies refuse warranty claims for questionable reasons – or refund the customer's original purchase amount – as a result of their products' prices skyrocketing. But it seems not every firm is being greedy. One person has praised G.Skill for replacing a 64 GB DDR5 RAM kit bought from eBay for $150 with a brand-new kit worth $1,199.
AMD's new Zen 6 Epyc Venice lineup starts at $700 and scales all the way to 256 cores for $14,900
The Zen 6 Venice family spans 31 processors across SP7 and SP8 sockets
ASML says AI's effect on chipmaking will unfold over the next 10 to 15 years, not overnight
ASML is betting bigger EUV mirrors and stacked transistors will keep chips advancing
Crystal ball: ASML is the only company that makes the EUV lithography machines needed to produce the world's most advanced chips. Its CEO, Christophe Fouquet, says the AI boom will play out over 10 to 15 years and that we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Meeting that demand will depend on better optics, vertical chip designs and a sprawling supplier network that can't be scaled up quickly. That makes ASML's roadmap a useful gauge of how far AI hardware can go, and how fast.
One of the first Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 PCs costs $7,399 and comes with 192GB of unified memory
Minisforum's AI workstation packs AMD's Gorgon Halo processor into a tiny PC
