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Google TPUs garner attention as AI chip alternative, but are only a minor threat to Nvidia's dominance

By Luke James published 26 November 25

Premium Meta’s reported deal with Google shows a growing interest in alternative AI hardware, but Nvidia says its platform remains unmatched.

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Taiwan's $3.2 billion plan for 'AI island' with data centers, quantum hubs and AI robotics labs faces risks

By Luke James published 25 November 25

Premium Taiwan has confirmed it will allocate over NT$100 billion — around US$3.2 billion — for a multi-year national AI infrastructure plan, to become a global leader in AI compute and hardware by 2040.

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TSMC's CoWoS packaging capacity reportedly stretched due to AI demand

By Luke James published 25 November 25

Premium As TSMC hits a supply-side wall with CoWoS, Intel may be positioned to provide reprive with EMIB and Foveros.

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IBM and Cisco agree to lay the foundations for a quantum internet

By Luke James published 24 November 25

Premium IBM and Cisco have announced plans to jointly build a distributed quantum computing network capable of linking fault-tolerant systems over long distances.

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Huawei's Ascend AI chip ecosystem scales up as China pushes for semiconductor independence

By Luke James published 21 November 25

Premium Huawei’s in-house Ascend processors and their surrounding supplier network are being positioned as the foundation of a national effort to build an independent, fully domestic semiconductor ecosystem.

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The web's infrastructure has a concentration problem, exposing us all to crushing outages

By Chris Stokel-Walker published 21 November 25

Premium First it was AWS. Then Azure went down – and with it, large chunks of the web, apps and services we use every day. Are hypescaler cloud providers a victim of their own success?

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Reviews

Titan Army P2712V 27-inch dual-mode 4K gaming monitor review: Solid performance and value

By Christian Eberle published 23 November 25

Delivers 4K gaming in 160 Hz and 27 inches

Gaming Monitors

Atari Gamestation Go review: 200+ Atari classics in your hands, supported by a unique selection of physical controls

By Mark Tyson published 22 November 25

But perhaps the $180 price makes it a stretch, even for retrogaming diehards.

Handheld Gaming

Kingston NV3 2230 2TB SSD Review: The Budget King is Back

By Shane Downing published 21 November 25

The Kingston NV3 2230 is Kingston’s budget take on this form factor, offering decent all-around performance and power efficiency at a good price.

SSDs

MSI MPG X870I Edge Ti Evo Wifi Review: Three M.2’s and smokin’ fast memory support

By Joe Shields published 20 November 25

MSI’s X870I Edge Ti Evo Wifi is a premium Mini-ITX board, and the only one from this generation with three M.2 sockets. It comes handsomely equipped, but the $449 price is tough to swallow.

Motherboards

Alienware Area-51 review: Dell's massive gaming tower now supports Intel and AMD CPUs

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated 18 November 25

Update The Alienware Area-51 is a massive tower that has finally returned to standardized parts, but performance increases aren't huge over the last generation of desktops.

Update

Best Picks

Best Laser Cutters and Engravers 2025

By Anj Bryant, Denise Bertacchi last updated 26 November 25

We help you find the best laser cutters for engraving hobby projects or starting a small business.

Maker and STEM

The Best Wi-Fi Routers We've Benchmarked in 2025 — the best of Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7

By Brandon Hill last updated 26 November 25

The right Wi-Fi router can make a huge difference in your day-to-day productivity and gaming experience. We’ve tested a slew of models to help you find the best one.

Wi-Fi Routers

Best Budget CPUs of 2025, Benchmarked and Ranked

By Paul Alcorn last updated 25 November 25

You can get a surprisingly powerful processor on the cheap. We've tested several cheap budget CPUs to help you find the right one for your needs and budget.

CPUs

Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop CPUs allegedly feature up to 144 MB of bLLC only on unlocked SKUs

By Hassam Nasir published 26 November 25

The bLLC is allegedly part of the compute tile.

CPUs

Best Budget CPUs of 2025, Benchmarked and Ranked

By Paul Alcorn last updated 25 November 25

You can get a surprisingly powerful processor on the cheap. We've tested several cheap budget CPUs to help you find the right one for your needs and budget.

CPUs

The Best CPU for Gaming in 2025

By Paul Alcorn last updated 23 November 25

Here is the best CPU for gaming for the money, based on our benchmarks. These processors offer the best performance in their price ranges and most are suitable for overclocking.

CPUs

Graphics Cards

Save $50 as the cheapest RTX 5080 GPU hits $949 at Walmart during Black Friday

By Stewart Bendle published 27 November 25

Deals Save $50 as the cheapest RTX 5080 GPU hits $949 at Walmart during Black Friday

Deals

Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D squeaks ahead of RTX 5090D in Geekbench OpenCL—China-tailored AI card still performs well despite regulatory woes

By Aaron Klotz published 26 November 25

Nvidia's harried China-specific RTX Pro 6000D graphics card has been tested in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, delivering performance similar to the server edition of the RTX Pro 6000.

GPUs

AMD to allegedly raise graphics card prices by at least 10% in 2026

By Jon Martindale published 24 November 25

Rising memory prices blamed as GPUs look set to become more expensive in 2026.

GPUs

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Laptops

Apple's latest MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and other devices are on sale for Black Friday 2025

By Andrew E. Freedman published 26 November 25

Deals Apple's MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and other devices are on sale for Black Friday.

Deals

Shopping for RAM? You may want to get a prebuilt or a laptop instead.

By Andrew E. Freedman published 26 November 25

RAM prices are skyrocketing, but that doesn't seem to have been factored into prebuilt gaming PCs and laptops just yet. That might be a better way to spend your money right now.

Laptops

Features

The web's infrastructure has a concentration problem, exposing us all to crushing outages

By Chris Stokel-Walker published 21 November 25

Premium First it was AWS. Then Azure went down – and with it, large chunks of the web, apps and services we use every day. Are hypescaler cloud providers a victim of their own success?

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Valve brings back Steam Machine and Steam Controller — hands-on with Valve's new AMD-based living room gaming hardware

By Andrew E. Freedman published 12 November 25

Valve is promising 4K gaming at 60 FPS with FSR

Console Gaming

Hands-on with Valve's new Arm-powered Steam Frame headset

By Matt Safford published 12 November 25

New Steam Frame headset is a “streaming-first” device designed to run VR games from your PC, but it can also play traditional PC games via its Arm chip, thanks to the Fex translation layer.

Gaming Headsets

PC Components

Seagate achieves a whopping 6.9TB storage capacity per platter in its lab

By Aaron Klotz published 26 November 25

Seagate is squeezing as much capacity out of its HAMR technology as it can

HDDs

CyberPowerPC announces RAM price hikes coming to the U.S. and the UK, starting December 7th

By Jowi Morales published 26 November 25

U.S. and U.K. retailer CyberPowerPC announced that it's raising RAM prices due to shortages.

DRAM

Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs arrive with native DDR5-7200 CUDIMM support

By Zhiye Liu published 26 November 25

Intel document confirms that the chipmaker's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh processors will support DDR5-7200 CUDIMMs natively.

RAM

Desktops and PC Building

Passive-aggressive iPhone 17 pro Max cooling

Monstrous SSD cooling solution strapped to iPhone 17 Pro Max delivers unparalleled performance

By Mark Tyson published 2 October 25

A smartphone performance enthusiast has shown pictures of their PC SSD cooler-boosted iPhone 17 Pro Max on Reddit.

iPhone

Japanese city implements two-hour daily recreational smartphone usage limit

By Mark Tyson published 22 September 25

A draft ordinance, proposing a limit of two hours of recreational smartphone use, passed a vote in Toyoaki City, Japan.

Phones

Japanese city pushes two-hour daily smartphone limit to promote healthier sleep for its citizens, particularly school-age children

By Mark Tyson published 23 August 25

A city in central Japan is considering regulating smartphone use to improve the health of its citizens.

Phones

Deals

Save $50 as the cheapest RTX 5080 GPU hits $949 at Walmart during Black Friday

By Stewart Bendle published 27 November 25

Deals Save $50 as the cheapest RTX 5080 GPU hits $949 at Walmart during Black Friday

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Save over 30% on this 27-inch AOC gaming monitor Black Friday deal

By Sayem Ahmed published 27 November 25

Deals No-frills monitor has just about everything you might want

Deals

This prebuilt gaming PC Black Friday deal nets you a Ryzen 7 9700X, RX 9060 XT 16GB and 32GB of DDR5 for under $1000

By Sayem Ahmed published 27 November 25

Deals This $999 prebuilt gaming PC from Skytech offers an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, RX 9060 XT 16GB in this Walmart Black Friday deal.

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