AYANEO's Upcoming Next 2 Handheld Gaming Console Shelved Due to Rising Component Prices — Company Stops Preorders for the $1,999...
AYANEO has paused sales of its upcoming Next 2 premium handheld, originally slated at $1,999, citing an unexpected surge in storage component costs after the Chinese New Year break. Vendor quotes for storage have risen multiple times, making the device financially unfeasible at current pricing. The suspension is described as temporary, and the company assures that all existing pre‑orders will be honored. Ayaneo indicates it will reassess the launch once component pricing stabilizes.
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YouTuber Upgrades 14-Year-Old ThinkPad Laptop with a $25 DIY IPS Display — Simple Panel Swap Breathes New Life Into 2012-Era...
Tech YouTuber onionboots revived a 2012 Lenovo ThinkPad X230 by replacing its original TN display with a $25 IPS panel. The upgrade retains the laptop’s native 1366×768 resolution but delivers markedly better color accuracy and viewing angles. Installation required only...
The Legendary AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Just Hit Its Lowest-Ever Price on Amazon — Grab Our Favorite Gaming CPU with...
AMD’s flagship gaming processor, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, has hit a record low of $419.95 on Amazon, according to Camelcamelcamel data. The chip delivers the best performance‑per‑watt among current gaming CPUs, trailing the newer 9850X3D by only about 3% in 1080p FPS...
Grab the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT for $799.99 — Comes Bundled with 1000W PSU and Free Copy of...
Sapphire’s Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT is now listed at $799.99 on Newegg, down $150 from its prior $949.99 tag, and includes a Rosewill 1000W power supply and a free copy of Crimson Desert. The card sports AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, 16 GB GDDR6,...
Huawei Crowdfunds World’s First ‘Mesh Crystal Antenna’ Wi-Fi 7 Router — Stunning Glowing Ornament Also Has a ‘Shark Fin’ Heat...
Huawei has launched the WiFi Mesh X3 Pro, the world’s first Wi‑Fi 7 router featuring a metal‑mesh crystal antenna and a glowing ornamental design. The device incorporates a shark‑fin heat‑exhaust system, dual 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, and advanced Wi‑Fi 7 features such as...
Logitech G325 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset Review
Logitech’s G325 Lightspeed Wireless headset retails for $79.99, positioning it as a budget‑friendly option for gamers seeking wireless freedom. It combines 32 mm dynamic drivers, 24‑bit audio, and up to 24 hours of battery life on a lightweight plastic frame. The headset...
Xbox Series X Transformed Into a Gaming PC with 3D Printed Components, Low-Profile RTX 5060, and NUC 12 Extreme
Enthusiast PhaseTech has converted an Xbox Series X into a fully functional gaming PC by installing an Intel NUC 12 Extreme compute card, a low‑profile Gigabyte RTX 5060 GPU, a 600 W Flex ATX PSU, and a 120 mm exhaust fan. Custom 3D‑printed brackets and a...
Walmart Flooded with RTX 40-Series GPUs as 50-Series Remains Out of Reach for Most Gamers — Retailer Slashes up to...
Walmart has dramatically lowered prices on Nvidia’s RTX 40‑series graphics cards, with discounts of up to $482 and several models now at or below their original MSRP. The retailer’s expanded inventory comes as Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50‑series (Blackwell) remains scarce and priced...
Save $350 on the Cheapest RTX 5070 Ti Laptop with an OLED Display — Acer's Excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S...
Acer’s Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop is now listed at Best Buy for $1,549, a $350 markdown from its regular price. The machine packs an RTX 5070 Ti GPU running at 115 W, 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and a 16‑inch...
Nvidia Updates Data Center Roadmap with Rosa CPU and Stacked Feynman GPUs — Optical NVLink, Groq LPUs with NVFP4, and...
Nvidia unveiled an updated data‑center roadmap at GTC, introducing the Rosa CPU and the die‑stacked Feynman GPU architecture slated for 2028. The plan layers new Groq LPUs—LP30, LP35, and LP40—with NVFP4 support, while NVLink switches will debut co‑packaged optics for...
Microsoft Expects to Commercialize MicroLED Datacenter Cables by Late 2027 — Expands Hollow Core Fiber Deployment, Promising 47% Faster Data...
Microsoft announced that its MicroLED‑based optical cable system, called MOSAIC, will be commercialized with partners by late 2027. MOSAIC replaces traditional lasers with inexpensive MicroLEDs and transmits data over hundreds of parallel low‑speed channels, cutting energy use by roughly 50 %...
Save over $100 on This Feature-Rich Asus AM5 Motherboard with Wi-Fi 7, USB4 & DDR5-8000 Support — TUF Gaming X870-Plus...
Asus has slashed the price of its TUF Gaming X870‑Plus Wi‑Fi motherboard to $170, roughly a 40% discount off the MSRP. The ATX board uses the X870 chipset, supporting Ryzen 7000‑9000 CPUs, DDR5‑8000 memory, Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, USB4, and a PCIe 5.0...
ASML Workers Still in the Dark Seven Weeks After 1,700 Management Cuts Announced — Cuts Represent 4% of Its Global...
ASML announced it will eliminate 1,700 management positions, roughly 4% of its global workforce, with 1,400 cuts in the Netherlands and 300 in the United States. Seven weeks later, employees remain uncertain about their job security as unions push back...
Elon Musk Says His Chipmaking 'Terafab Project' Venture Will Launch in Seven Days — Musk's Latest Moonshot Multi-Billion Project Launches...
Elon Musk announced that his "Terafab Project" – a private chip‑making venture – will officially launch in seven days, on March 21, 2026. The effort is intended to supply Tesla, SpaceX and xAI with 100‑200 billion AI accelerators each year, a...
AMD's Former Pound-for-Pound Gaming Champ Hits Its Historic Low Again — Ryzen 7 9800X3D Offers Unmatched Value for Gamers at...
AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D has fallen to a historic low of $429.95 on Amazon, matching its previous all‑time cheap price. The chip delivers gaming performance within roughly three percent of the newer 9850X3D, especially at higher resolutions. It also boasts the best...
Invisible Malicious Code Attacks 151 GitHub Repos and VS Code — Glassworm Attack Uses Blockchain to Steal Tokens, Credentials, and...
Researchers at Aikido Security uncovered a campaign by the Glassworm threat actor that infected at least 151 GitHub repositories between March 3 and March 9. The malware hides in Unicode Private Use Area characters that appear as zero‑width spaces, allowing a decoder...
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wifi II Motherboard Review: Sharpening the Tomahawk’s Blade
MSI’s new B850 Tomahawk Max Wifi II refreshes the popular Tomahawk line with a subdued black design, a larger 64 MB BIOS, and the OC Engine chip for independent BCLK overclocking. It adds four M.2 slots—two PCIe 5.0 x4—and fast Wi‑Fi 7 5.8 Gbps networking, while...
US Gov't Revokes Controversial AI Hardware Export Rule that Would Mandate Investments From Foreign Companies — New Export Rules Are...
The U.S. Commerce Department withdrew a proposed export rule that would have forced foreign operators of large AI clusters to invest an equal amount in U.S. AI infrastructure to obtain accelerators. The draft, part of the AI Action Plan, introduced...
Chocolate 3D Printer Startup Cocoa Press Levels up with Former Prusa Executive
Cocoa Press, the first consumer chocolate 3D printer, has appointed David Randolph—formerly CEO of Printed Solid and a veteran of Prusa Research—as its new chief executive. The startup also added Prusa‑experienced COO Matt Stultz and Print Kits manager Caleb Kraft to...
Chip Material Prices Double as Middle East Conflict Compounds China's Existing Gallium Export Ban — Wide Range of Materials for...
Prices for key compound‑semiconductor metals have surged, with tungsten, tantalum and molybdenum doubling and gallium climbing 123% to $2,100 per kilogram. The spike follows China’s late‑2024 gallium export ban to the United States and is amplified by the Middle East...
The FBI Is Looking for Victimized Steam Users Who Downloaded Games with Hidden Malware — Investigation Underway Into Multiple Infected...
The FBI has opened an investigation into malware‑laden fake games on Steam released between 2024 and 2026, urging affected users to come forward. Titles such as Chemia, Dashverse, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, Tokenova and BlockBasters were identified as carriers of crypto‑draining...
Apple’s Brand New M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Models Are Already Discounted on Amazon — Shave $50 Off Nearly...
Apple’s 2026 MacBook Air and Pro models, powered by the new M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max chips, have hit the market with upgraded CPU cores, faster SSDs and Wi‑Fi 7 connectivity. Amazon is already offering a flat $50 discount across almost the...
Valve Details New Game Verification System for Upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine — 30 FPS at 1080p for Steam...
Valve unveiled a game verification system for its upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine hardware. The system requires games in a designated category to maintain a stable 30 FPS at 1080p, mirroring the performance baseline set for the Steam Deck. Valve...
Framework Raises RAM Prices for the Third Time in Three Months, SSD Costs up — Company Warns that It’s Running...
Framework announced a third consecutive monthly increase in DDR5 RAM prices, now ranging from $13 to $18 per GB, a modest $1‑2 rise compared with earlier hikes. The company also disclosed higher SSD costs after depleting its low‑cost inventory, urging customers...
Phison CEO Says that NAND Prices Hiked by Around 50% Overnight, Highlighting Severe Shortage in the Industry — Warns 'Our...
Phison’s CEO reported that NAND flash prices surged roughly 50% overnight as AI‑driven demand outstrips supply. Enterprise SSD sales now represent 30% of revenue, up from 10% a quarter earlier, reflecting a strategic pivot toward cloud and hyperscaler customers. To...
RPCS3 Emulator Boasts over 1500 FPS on the Minecraft Title Screen — Platform Hails Performance Landmark, One Frame Rendered Every...
The RPCS3 team posted a screenshot showing the PlayStation 3 version of Minecraft reaching 1,558.84 FPS on its title screen, translating to a frame every 0.00064 seconds. This performance milestone highlights the emulator’s extreme optimization despite the PS3’s notoriously intricate Cell CPU and...
Why AMD Motherboards Now Come with Bigger BIOS Chips—And Why It Matters to You
AMD motherboard manufacturers are increasingly equipping new boards with 64 MB BIOS chips, up from the 16‑32 MB sizes that dominated the market for years. The shift is driven by more complex UEFI firmware, richer graphical interfaces, integrated wireless drivers, and the...
Grab an Excellent 60% Keyboard with Bluetooth & Silent Topre Switches for 25% Off — HHKB Professional Hybrid Type-S Is...
Happy Hacking Keyboard’s flagship HHKB Professional Hybrid Type‑S is on sale for $219, a 25 percent discount from its usual $300 price. The model combines silent Topre electro‑capacitive switches with Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity and a 60‑percent layout tailored for Unix‑style programmers....
Lock in the RTX 5070 for $599 Before Prices Skyrocket Even Further — Custom Overclocked Model Is only $50 Above...
The PNY GeForce RTX 5070 OC Triple Fan is now listed at $599 on Walmart, sitting $50 above its launch MSRP but $30 cheaper than the next lowest‑priced RTX 5070 on the market. This mid‑range card benefits from Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, delivering...
Motherboard Buying Advice for the PC Building Apocalypse — Our Benchmarks, and Years of Testing, Show You Where to Save...
Tom’s Hardware analysis shows motherboard prices have exploded due to AI‑driven component shortages, but performance gaps between flagship and budget boards are minimal. Testing reveals $190‑$300 boards deliver adequate VRM, storage, and networking for most builds, freeing budget for RAM,...
Sovol SV08 Max Review: Monster Printer
The Sovol SV08 Max is a 500 × 500 × 500 mm Core XY 3D printer that targets large‑scale prototyping and high‑temperature filament applications. It ships with an optional metal enclosure, eddy‑current auto‑bed leveling, and vanilla Klipper firmware support. Assembly takes roughly two hours and the...
Acer's RTX 5070-Powered Nitro V16 Gaming Laptop Price Cut to $1249.99 — You Have 24 Hours to Make the Most...
Acer’s Nitro V 16‑inch gaming laptop, equipped with an RTX 5070 GPU, is on sale for $1,249.99 at Best Buy—a $50 markdown from its list price. The machine ships with a 16‑inch 180 Hz IPS panel, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD,...
M4 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM Plunges to Lowest-Ever Price Following M5 Announcement — $300 Off Is a Steal...
Apple’s 15‑inch M4 MacBook Air with 24 GB RAM has hit a historic low of $1,299 on Amazon, the cheapest price recorded by price‑tracking tools. The deal arrives just after Apple unveiled the newer M5‑based Air, which offers modest performance gains...
Nintendo Switch 2 Users Buying Fewer Games because of AI Storage Crisis, Report Claims — Game Demand Under Threat as...
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is confronting an AI‑driven NAND shortage that has driven storage prices sharply higher. The handheld’s 256 GB internal capacity is quickly consumed by modern titles—Final Fantasy VII Rebirth alone occupies roughly 102.5 GB—forcing gamers to consider costly microSD Express cards. As...
Nvidia RTX 5070 Mobile GPU Looks Set to Get More VRAM Despite Global Memory Crisis — 8GB Could Be Boosted...
Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 5070 mobile GPU is being listed with a 12 GB GDDR7 memory configuration, up from the initially announced 8 GB. The upgrade appears in Lenovo’s Yoga Pro 7i Aura and Asus’s ROG Zephyrus G14 2026 listings, suggesting an official SKU despite the...
ISSCC 2026: Rebellions Details Industry's First Quad-Chiplet AI Solution with UCIe Interconnects — Claims Rebel100 AI Accelerator Equals the Power...
South Korean AI‑inference specialist Rebellions unveiled the Rebel 100, a quad‑chiplet accelerator built on Samsung’s SF4X process and linked with UCIe‑A interconnects. The SiP integrates four 320 mm² NPU dies, each with a 12‑Hi HBM3E stack, delivering 2 FP8 PFLOPS (1 FP16 PFLOPS) at a 600 W...
Grab This Awesome 4K-Ready Gaming PC with a 7800X3D and RX 9070 XT for Under $1,750 — $150 Saving on...
CyberPowerPC’s new pre‑built gaming PC retails for $1,749.99 and pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor with a Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card, 32 GB DDR5 RAM, and a 2 TB NVMe SSD. The 7800X3D’s 3D V‑Cache delivers top‑tier gaming performance, while the RX 9070 XT offers RTX 5070 Ti‑class output...
Gigabyte's Huge 55-Inch 4K 120Hz Gaming Monitor Is Now Half Price — Grab This Android-Powered Display with HDMI 2.1 for...
Gigabyte’s S55U is a 55‑inch 4K gaming monitor now on sale for $499, roughly half its original price. The VA panel delivers 120 Hz refresh, 2 ms response, and a full‑array local dimming system with 132 zones, supporting Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and...
Orico BookDrive P10Plus (512GB) Review: Magnetic Back and 100W Passthrough Charging
Orico’s BookDrive P10Plus is a 512 GB external SSD that adds a magnetic MagSafe‑compatible back and a 100 W Power‑Delivery passthrough port, letting users charge a phone or laptop while transferring data. In synthetic benchmarks it ranks near the middle of 10 Gbps...
AMD’s K6-III ‘Sharptooth’ Debuted This Week in 1999 with On-Die L2 Cache to Savage the Intel Pentium II — It...
AMD introduced the K6‑III ‘Sharptooth’ in February 1999, featuring on‑die 256 KB L2 cache that propelled it past Intel’s Pentium II 450 MHz in performance. The processor launched at 400 MHz and 450 MHz on the Super Socket 7 platform, extending the life of the open‑slot architecture....
Grab a Mobile Workstation with a Jaw-Dropping $1,200 Discount and 96GB of DDR5 Memory — Lenovo's Robust & Powerful ThinkPad...
Lenovo is offering its ThinkPad P14s Gen 6 AMD workstation laptop for $1,539, roughly a 50 % discount off the standard price. The machine packs a high‑end AMD processor, 96 GB of DDR5‑5600 RAM and a 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, targeting power users who...
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core I9-14900K Faceoff — Intel’s Raptor Lake Platform Continues to Be Relevant in 2026
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D, built on Zen 5 X3D, outperforms Intel’s Core i9‑14900K in gaming, delivering up to 24% higher frame rates and superior power efficiency. Intel’s 14900K, with its 24‑core hybrid design, retains a clear advantage in multi‑threaded productivity workloads, beating the...
Grab Razer’s Officially Licensed Pokémon-Themed Gaming Peripherals — Keyboards, Mice, and Headsets Celebrate 30 Years of the Franchise
Razer has unveiled an officially licensed Pokémon‑themed line of gaming peripherals to celebrate the franchise’s 30th anniversary. The collection includes the BlackWidow V4 X keyboard, Cobra mouse and Kraken V4 X headset in a yellow‑black starter‑Pokémon scheme, priced between $59.99...
Secretlab Has Three Pokémon-Themed Titan Evo Chairs in Honor of Game's 30th Anniversary — Special Edition Seats Available in Pikachu,...
Secretlab has launched a limited‑edition line of its Titan Evo gaming chairs themed after Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, offering Pikachu, Gengar and Eevee designs. Each chair is priced at $684 and comes in Regular and XL sizes, featuring Softweave Plus breathable...
Behind the Scenes of Our Massive CPU Retest for Bench — Testing at 1080p, Choosing New Apps, and Gathering Data...
Tom’s Hardware is undertaking a comprehensive CPU retest for its Bench suite, covering every processor it can access from early AMD Excavator and Intel 7th‑gen up through current Zen 5 and Arrow Lake chips. The project uses frozen, identical OS images, a...
Microsoft Clarifies Windows 11 Printer Driver Policy — Support for Legacy Printers Is Not Ending
Microsoft clarified that Windows 11 will not drop support for legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers, countering earlier reports. Existing drivers remain functional and available via Windows Update, while new driver submissions are blocked by default and require case‑by‑case approval starting...
China to Increase Leading-Edge Chip Output by 5x in Two Years, Report Claims — Aims to Lift 7nm and 5nm...
China plans to quintuple its leading‑edge chip output within two years, raising 7 nm and 5 nm wafer starts from under 20,000 to about 100,000 per month. The long‑term goal is to reach 500,000 advanced‑node wafers monthly by 2030. SMIC, the only...
Trump Administration to Use Pentagon AI to Set Mineral Reference Prices — Gallium and Germanium Among First Four Targets
The Trump administration will deploy DARPA’s Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN) AI system to establish reference prices for critical minerals, starting with germanium, gallium, antimony and tungsten. The tool calculates fair values by stripping out alleged Chinese market...
Portable USB DVD Writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD Card Dock Slashed by 30% to $21 — Optical Drive Can...
Amazon has slashed the price of Alronly’s portable USB‑C/USB 3.0 CD‑DVD writer by 30%, dropping it from $29.99 to $20.98. The device reads and writes CDs at up to 24× and DVDs at up to 8×, while also offering a 2.5‑inch...
