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IFA 2025 is chock-full of announcements for new hardware, and Acer decided to bring everything plus the kitchen sink to the trade show. The PC giant has pulled back the curtain on its refreshed Nitro and Predator gaming gear lineup...
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Talk about attention-grabbing: over at IFA 2025, Acer has revealed the Swift Air 16, an ultrabook that weighs less than a standard 13-inch MacBook Air, despite its more expansive 16-inch screen. Still, there are some compromises that...
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Overall shipments of GPUs increased by 8.4% to 74.7 million units in the second quarter, which is a sign of pre-tariff panic buying, according to a pair of reports by Jon Peddie Research. That figure includes 66.9 million PC processor...
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Marshall, a name most synonymous with guitar amps, is (ahem) amplifying its presence in the home theater market with the introduction of two new products: the Marshall Heston 60 compact soundbar and the Heston Sub 200 wireless subwoofer...
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Acer is rolling out a new workstation for serious AI work, and it won't take up a lot of space on your desk. It's new Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation is, as the name implies, a compact mini PC that looks more like a traditional NUC than...
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It took a minute, but we're finally starting to see some deals on NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards. For the most part, that has entailed partner models selling for baseline MSRPs, as we recently highlighted with a couple of...
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If you've read our previous reporting on Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors, you'll be well aware that the latest rumors have described the desktop CPUs as being tile-based designs rather similar to AMD's chiplet processors, utilizing...
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Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD: MSRP $999 The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD is the first PCIe Gen 5 consumer drive with a huge 8TB capacity and performance that rivals some of the fastest SSDs currently on the market. Excellent All-Around Performance...
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Gamers are experiencing a retro revival, with classic games being remastered or remade and hardware being reimagined for gaming in 2025. LEGO is looking to tap into this nostalgia for its latest Nintendo crossover, as the beloved Game Boy...
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In a clear signal to the ever-evolving smart glasses market, AR/AI brand Rokid followed the announcement of its new AI-driven smart glasses with a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1 million in just three days. We don't think it's a...
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A team of Microsoft-backed researchers has unveiled a new type of hollow core optical fiber that promises unprecedented speed and lower latency for the internet. This breakthrough was published this week in the Nature journal and if it...
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Are you prepared for a new NFL season? Kickoff for the first regular season game is this Thursday, September 4 at 8:20 p.m. EST, as the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles play host to the visiting Dallas Cowboys, who may may...
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We've barely ticked over into September and yet this month promises to dazzle both seasoned astronomers and casual skygazers allike. From a rare lunar eclipse to a planetary opposition and the annual shift of seasons, the month is packed...
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Steam's monthly hardware and survey software is not a perfect science, but it is one of the best and most accessible resources for identifying trends in the PC gaming space. With that said, the survey results for August are in, and they...
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Intel is under the impression that it's Nova Lake-S launch on the desktop will bring the fight to AMD in a big way, as evidenced by recent comments made by the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), David Zinsner, during the 2025...
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The U.S. government increased technology export restrictions into China today, in a move that delivered crushing blow to Korean manufacturers Samsung and SK Hynix. The restrictions specifically affect production of memory (DRAM) and...
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A recent report has shown that some AI chatbots, which users have created with Meta's AI Studio, allegedly impersonate and sexually objectify celebrities without their consent.
Meta users can AI Studio to create chatbot characters with...
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Zotac's Zone handheld, launched last year, was an interesting device, with an 800 cd/m² HDR AMOLED display and dual touchpads like the Steam Deck, and it also made use of standard AMD Ryzen laptop chips instead of the handheld-targeted...
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Android users are currently at risk of a scarily advanced malware that reportedly uses Meta's advertising platforms (like Facebook and Instagram) to hunt for users' PINs, messages, and other sensitive data. The malware which has been...
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Could you use a new gaming monitor? How about a new laptop or desktop PC with gaming chops? If you're in the market for any of those, now is your chance to abduct big savings on several Alienware and Dell displays and systems, with deep...
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Skies across the Northern Hemisphere are in for a special Labor Day light show as an intense "cannibal" solar storm speeds toward Earth. Expected to hit the planet's magnetic field between the wee hours of September 1 and 2, the storm has...
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If you own a MacBook Air from way back in 2015 or a MacBook Pro from 2017, then consider it a nice long run for what are now officially "obsolete" laptops. It's an automatic designation that Apple applies to products that have not been...
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