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Laptop prices expected to soar by around 40% as AI crunch takes hold
By Jowi Morales published
Industry analyst outfit TrendForce estimates that midrange laptops will increase their retail prices by about 40% due to increasing RAM, SSD, and CPU costs.

GPU price tracking 2026: Lowest price on every graphics card from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel today
By Stewart Bendle last updated
Check the best prices on Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon graphics cards.

Unpowered flash drive data retention test shows promising results after six years
By Bruno Ferreira published
A long-term data retention test on unpowered flash drives shows promising results, with multiple drives of the same make showing no signs of corruption after six years.

$500,000 gold RTX 5090 is now worth $830,000 thanks to rocketing commodity price
By Mark Tyson published
Asus’ special one-off ROG Astral RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition has been a great investment, and is currently worth an estimated $830,000 based on its scrap gold value alone.

RPCS3 Emulator boasts over 1500 FPS on the Minecraft title screen
By Zak Killian published
The RPCS3 emulator team brags of immense optimization even as fans whine that many titles remain unplayable without the latest hardware.

Nexperia China claims to be making chips using 12-inch wafers
By Luke James published
In a statement posted to its Chinese social media account, Nexperia China said it had reached a new milestone in its "independent R&D and mass production capabilities".

America & Japan may join forces to set up $13 billion Japan Display Inc. factory in the U.S.
By Hassam Nasir published
Part of a larger $550 billion investment framework.

Intel Panther Lake-H high-res die shot emerges
By Anton Shilov published
An enthusiast blogger published annotated die shots of Intel Panther Lake-H CPU: 16-core mobile processor with 12 Xe3 clusters and two Thunderbolt 5 ports examined.

Anthropic sues Pentagon over AI block, citing free speech and due process violations
By Luke James published
Anthropic has filed two federal lawsuits against the Pentagon and other U.S. federal agencies, seeking to overturn the Department of War's decision to designate the AI company a "supply chain risk."

EA lays off staff across Battlefield-related studios in "alignment" move as game bleeds players
By Bruno Ferreira published
EA has laid off staff across Battlefield-related studios in "alignment" move as the game continues to lose players, despite the most recent Battlefield 6 topping an estimated 20 million copies sold.
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