Hardware

Tiny speaker promises virtual surround sound with novel audio trickery

Minisforum unveils innovative portable monitor with dual 1080p screens for $231

Nvidia "Blackwell Ultra" GB300 GPU to include 288GB of HBM3e memory and draw 1,400W

Apple M5 chips to enter production in 1H 2025 with enhanced thermals and efficiency

AMD's poor software optimization is letting Nvidia maintain an iron grip over AI chips

Asus teases world's lightest Copilot+ laptop with 32 hours of battery life

Ventiva unveils fanless cooling solution for ultra-thin 40W laptops

Internet's cat obsession spawns world's first fluffy mechanical keyboard

AMD set to debut RDNA 4 as the new Radeon RX 9000 series next month, Ryzen 9 9000X3D also expected

Rumor mill: AMD appears to be skipping the Radeon RX 8000 nomenclature for its next-gen RDNA 4 GPU lineup. Instead, the successors to the RX 7000 series are expected to be branded as Radeon RX 9000 graphics cards, with a potential launch at CES 2025 early next month in Las Vegas.

Qualcomm wins landmark trial against Arm in chip license dispute

Intel PresentMon 2.3 adds support for XeFG, XeLL, and AMD Fluid Motion Frames

This $16 240W omnidirectional USB cable orients to your device, not the other way around

No more x86S: Intel halts push for streamlined x86 architecture

Intel identifies five major issues that affected Arrow Lake CPU launch performance

Asus leaks reveal 12GB mobile RTX 5070 Ti and 8GB mobile 5070 with Arrow Lake CPUs

Lenovo could unveil the first third-party SteamOS device at CES

Startup seeking to integrate quantum computing into real-world apps raises $10M

This wireless mouse doubles as a docking station, offering HDMI and USB-C

Microsoft surges ahead in AI race with massive Nvidia chip acquisition

The big picture: Microsoft has purchased a staggering number of Nvidia's Hopper chips this year, far outpacing what its rivals have been able to procure. With Microsoft's significant lead and its deep ties to OpenAI, the company is well-positioned as tech giants vie for AI supremacy.

Ex-Nuvia founder claims Qualcomm chips use minimal Arm tech in high-stakes trial

Seagate to launch world's first high-capacity HDDs based on HAMR technology

Forward-looking: Heat-assisted magnetic recording is a technological breakthrough that has been decades in the making. The first patent describing a method for using heat to record data through a magnetic field dates back to 1954. Seagate began researching "modern" HAMR hard drives in the 1990s. Now, the American manufacturer is finally shipping its first commercially available HAMR hard drives.

Nvidia unveils palm-sized AI supercomputer for $249

The AMD Ryzen AI Max emerges in a gaming 2-in-1

TP-Link routers could be banned in the US over national security concerns

In brief: TP-Link routers, one of the most popular brands of routers in the US and the dominant name in Amazon's best-sellers chart, could be banned in the US. Authorities say the Chinese-made devices, which have been found to contain vulnerabilities in the past, pose a national security risk.