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Framework has announced the laptop upgrade I've been waiting for
news The new high-res, high-refresh screen is going to make a big difference to the mighty Framework 13 laptop.
Nvidia's suspected 2025 processor is now rumoured to be built by Intel using off-the-peg Arm cores. Yes, an Nvidia chip built by Intel
news Feels kinda weird Intel's foundry ambitions could help bring about the demise of the x86 chip.
OneXPlayer X1 handheld gaming PC review
No jack I guess a fat tablet can still be a handheld gaming PC.
Qualcomm is actually releasing a Snapdragon X Elite desktop PC on June 18 and dammit I want one
news Though the Snapdragon Dev Kit is quite obviously only aimed at developers, it's still sporting the fastest version of Qualcomm's new chips.
Intel's Lunar Lake is here to remind you x86 still has a place in laptops: 'You've never seen x86 power characteristics quite like this'
news It's coming out swinging, promising faster AI, CPU, and gaming performance than AMD and Qualcomm
Google's new AI search feature has been recommending people drink urine ('light in color')
news Thankfully there are a couple different ways to opt-out of the new Google AI service it's automatically opting you into.
Razer Blade 16 (2024) review
Screen dreams Intel Core i9 14900HX | Nvidia RTX 4080 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $3,600 | £3,600
Asus' tone deaf response to ongoing RMA support issues isn't going to encourage me to keep recommending Asus tech
news Asus has apologised 'for any confusion' RMA customers might have experienced and is implementing three 'actions to optimize the customer repair experience' effective from today.
AMD will reportedly stop supporting Windows 10 starting with its new Strix Point APUs and you can all blame AI for that
news If you wants the AI goodness from AMD's new NPU, you'll need Windows 11 and nothing else will do.
AMD's CTO has written about 55 years of AMD innovation. And the most common topic is obviously 'AI' despite not really saying much about 'AI' for the previous 54 years
news Maybe keep that one for 'Celebrating the next 55 years of AMD innovation.'
The tech I'm most psyched to see this year is anything but traditional PC silicon, and certainly isn't x86
SNAP! Qualcomm's ARM-based chips are promising gaming-capable thin and light laptops with battery lives measured in decades. One of those things is true.
Dough Spectrum Black 27 OLED gaming monitor review
Doh When a 32-inch 4K OLED is effectively the same price, why would you?
The full Snapdragon X CPU line-up has now been unveiled, and according to Qualcomm's numbers it should put the fear of ARM into AMD and Intel's laptop divisions
news Qualcomm has shown the full specs of both its Snapdragon X Elite and the new, presumably cheaper X Plus processors.
Today's AI may just be 'autocorrect on steroids' but it's made Linus Torvalds mellow out over Nvidia
news Torvalds and Hohndel talk AI at the recent Open Source Summit, where the former thinks it's made Nvidia better, the latter thinks it's just autocorrect.
US Gov sanctions won't impact Nvidia's RTX 4090D shipping to China (updated)
news The clarified US government sanctions had been misinterpreted as impacting Nvidia's RTX 4090D GPU, but this is not the case.
I wonder how future historians will judge this image of Zuckerberg's 'jersey swap' with Jen-Hsun and his signature leather jacket
Judge us And what will they think of us?
Putin's ordered his government to look into creating Russia's own Steam Deck, SteamOS, and basically Steam itself
news Essentially boils down to: "Make me my own Valve."
Elgato Facecam MK.2 webcam review
Best, now better Don't call it a sequel, but this updated cam is better in every way.
Corsair Platform:6 Creator Edition gaming desk review
Full package A Swiss Army Knife of a gaming desk with the promise of becoming a streaming home studio.
Razer's Blade gaming laptops have lost their edge
Rusty The metaphor might write itself, but the competition has gotten so fierce Razer can no longer ignore it.
The Chinese government is phasing out Intel and AMD CPUs and Microsoft's Windows OS because they don't fit its new 'safe and reliable' guidelines
News This is getting nasty.
Valve explains how it built an orb out of Steam Deck OLED prototypes rather than making Half-Life 3, vowing 'we will construct an orb at any opportunity'
news "We presume people from around the globe will make the pilgrimage to bask in its glow."
Ayaneo Kun handheld PC review
Sticky Physically wonderful, technically impressive, frustratingly quirky.
