Zak Killian
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This story probably won't come as a surprise to anyone who pays attention to desktop APUs, but the news is simple: the new Ryzen AI 400 desktop processors that AMD just launched don't come with a full complement of PCIe lanes. In fact...
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AMD isn't the only company launching non-mobile processors at Mobile World Congress 2026. Intel's got some hardware to show off today, too, in the form of the Xeon 6+ processors that we know better by their codename "Clearwater Forest"...
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AMD told us at CES 2026 that it would be bringing its Ryzen AI 400 processors to desktop at some point and the company announced those chips today at Mobile World Congress. Yes, indeed; AMD's bringing its latest mobile silicon to the...
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We've believed with confidence for a while now that Intel was bringing out its BMG-G31 "Big Battlemage" GPU as the Arc Pro B70 first, foremost, and possibly exclusively. Now we have explicit proof straight from Intel, in the form of the...
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At Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Lenovo is doing what it does best: iterating on the workhorse gear that actually pays the bills while sprinkling in some wild, future-facing AI concepts to keep things interesting.
The...
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Traditional cryptographic signatures that underpin HTTPS can be broken by a sufficiently powerful quantum computer using algorithms like Shor's, threatening the trust model of secure connections. To help protect against this threat, Google...
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You're probably expecting us to be talking about one of the extant Bartlett Lake processors based on re-reheated Raptor Lake silicon. Nope! This is a Core 9 273PQE, one of the long-rumored 12 P-core LGA 1700 CPUs. However, lest you accuse...
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Microsoft has quietly released its latest DirectX 12 Agility SDK (version 1.619 alongside the 1.719-preview), and while the patch notes are dense with developer jargon, the implications for PC gamers are massive. The Agility SDK allows...
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AMD's FSR 4 is a massive evolution from the company's previous-generation upscalers, and the leap in quality is directly attributable to the use of AI versus the older deterministic upscalers. That doesn't mean AMD is resting on its...
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You know who ASML is, right? For those who are just joining us, ASML is the guys who make the tools that the TSMC and Intel and Samsung guys use to make their bleeding-edge chips. The Dutch company is the only firm in the world capable of...
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New NVIDIA job postings that explicitly reference Vulkan performance and compatibility layer work on Linux might be a sign of a stronger push into the Linux gaming ecosystem, catching the eye of developers and Linux gaming communities...
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Building a PC with a radiator? Well, nearly every PC has a radiator; after all, that's what the finstack on your tower cooler is. Building a PC ON a radiator? That's a different story altogether. YouTuber Billet Labs has built what might...
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Razer Handheld Dock Chroma: MSRP $89, Currently $57 Razer’s Handheld Dock Chroma is a USB-C dock for gaming handhelds that favors build quality and aesthetics over cutting-edge connectivity. Plug And Play Ease Intuitive...
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AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution is no more; the product has been renamed to simply "FSR" as it encompasses more technologies than just "super resolution". Even still, image upscaling remains the most notable part of the package, and FSR 4 represents a considerable step forward in terms of...
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This year's CES was pretty lean on exciting announcements, at least for enthusiats. Intel's Core Ultra 300 series, the chips codenamed Panther Lake, are pretty cool, but that was really about it. Next year is looking to be a lot more...
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Enthusiast and frequent leak-spotter Gray (@Olrak29_ on Xwitter) spied a fresh job posting from Intel that's got the tight-knit community of hardware nerds buzzing with speculation on Chipzilla's plans. Intel's on the lookout for a Senior...
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You already know how it is: you load into a match, your buddy's having an off day, you get annoyed, he feels bad, it sucks for everyone. Why not play some games where you cooperate to destroy computerized bad guys? These still give you a lot of room for skill expression, and in some cases...
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Yes, twelve dollars. These aren't some turn-of-the-millennium wired bunkum you'd find on the discount rack at Target, either. TOZO's A1 wireless earbuds are true, fully wireless Bluetooth 5.3 in-ear headphones that come complete with a charging case and even a customizable EQ. They're normally...
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Let's talk about AMD's next-generation Zen 6 processors. It has already been all but confirmed that AMD will finally be increasing the core count of a Ryzen CCD to 12 cores from a long time spent at 8. However, a new Xwitter post from...
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The GeForce RTX 4090 was known to have a problem with melting its 12VHPWR power connectors. In response to this issue, PCI-SIG modified the connector to create the revised 12V-2x6 plug. While this is an improvement, it doesn't help the...
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Everyone's favorite leather jacket enthusiast and AI goldmine architect Jensen Huang gave an exclusive interview to Korea Economic Daily where he made some pretty interesting remarks, and key among them was the statement that NVIDIA has...
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AMD's Instinct MI400 series is its upcoming family of AI accelerators based on the company's "CDNA 5" architecture. AMD has made many lofty claims about MI400-series parts; particularly, it notes that the "Helios" rack-scale compute...
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