ASUS is following up on its 2025 ROG NUC with an AMD-powered variation, but the new machine is a China exclusive and something of a mixed upgrade. The good news is that the new model of the 2025 ROG NUC -- dubbed the ROG NUC 9 Mini -- boasts AMD's impressive mobile flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor. Compared to the Intel Arrow Lake-HX-powered

We wanted to like the original Intel Arc GPUs, but Xe was honestly a bit of a downer. That's why we were so impressed with Xe2, both in the form of the Lunar Lake integrated GPU as well as in the Battlemage discrete GPUs. Is it possible that Intel has pulled off another giant leap in architectural efficiency with Xe3? Maybe, if this leaked

DirectTV will be partnering with Glance to deliver personalized ad experiences that are powered by AI. The companies are planning to leverage TVs that are idling, and replace the typical default artwork that is displayed in this mode with ads and other custom feeds. This new feature will roll out to DirectTV customers who access the service

Battlefield 6 has enjoyed a series-high reception in sales on PC, and reports now indicate that this has extended to consoles as well, with sales totaling over 7 million across platforms within just a week of its October 10th release. In fact, BF6 is outperforming every other premium game this year besides EA's own FC 26. In the same first

Looking like a cross between Wall-E and a gimbal action cam, the camera module on Honor's new Robot Phone prototype has definitely gotten our curiosity piqued. Unveiled at the recent launch event for the Magic 8 phones, the camera can supposedly autonomously look around, respond to the user, and show emotions. Robot Phone's camera is a

Skywatchers across North America should be on high alert as a rare train of four CMEs (coronal mass ejections) from the Sun is set to collide with Earth's magnetic field, promising a spectacular and widespread display of the Northern Lights. The show began earlier this week and is expected to culminate tomorrow night. The solar eruptions,

Now is your chance to score a GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card for its lowest price to date, with a killer deal on Amazon for a factory-overclocked model that is on sale for $50 below NVIDIA's baseline MSRP. To partially borrow a line from The Outer Limits, 'There is nothing wrong with your monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture'. When

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Apple dropped a triple-header announcement centered around its core pro devices powered by the all-new M5 chip. The Fall refresh of the 14-inch MacBook Pro, the iPad Pro, and the Vision Pro headset signals Apple's push to dominate not just the CPU performance totem pole (at least until the M5 Pro

Coming almost as a non-surprise, Samsung has reportedly canceled next year's Galaxy S26 Edge, effectively pulling the plug on plans to jump-start the ultra-slim flagship trend merely five months after the Galaxy S25 Edge purportedly failed to win over consumers. Sales figures are mediocre enough that the company is also talking about halting

After a picture popped up on Reddit showing several pallets of MSI-brand GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards in China, MSI responded with a statement vehemently denying it had any role in the apparent large-scale smuggling operation. The reason MSI felt compelled to comment on the situation is because the United States has banned the export of

Apple introduced the next iteration of its custom silicon called M5 with the promise of massive performance uplifts in artificial intelligence, CPU workloads, and GPU chores. Built on a 3-nanometer manufacturing process, the Arm-based chip designed in-house comes with a series of big claims. One of those is Apple touting the "world's fastest

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X: $999.99 at Best Buy ASUS and Microsoft's new handheld PC gaming machine is a revised version of the original Ally X sporting a new Ryzen Z2 Extreme SoC, a new Windows gaming frontend, and even-more-premium pricing.   Excellent Handheld Performance Impressive Full Screen Experience Gains Amazing Video Battery Life...

Battlefield 6 is tearing though the Steam sales charts, with the storied franchise once again duking it out for the title of best shooter with the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The success of BF6 has compelled the game’s lead and industry veteran, Vince Zampella, to reminisce about what it took to get to this point. Many of CoD’s

The assortment of Nintendo DS-inspired handhelds has a new contender, and the entry-level is now cheaper than ever, with the sub-$100 Anbernic RG DS. For reference, other new DS handhelds sell for approximately $249 to as high as $1,759 depending on the make and model. Of course, this also means that compared to those systems, like the AYN

A recent Discord data breach, which included users’ government issued IDs, has taken taken another twist after the hackers disputed the accuracy of the company’s disclosure. This time, 5CA, the contracting company Discord pinned the blame on for the breach says that its systems were never compromised. 5CA is speaking out after seeing multiple

Uh-oh, Google’s barely-month old Pixel 10 Pro Fold has faced a catastrophic failure on the JerryRigEverything show. In an unusual battery (excuse the pun) of non-scientific, but nonetheless telling durability tests, the device not only snapped under pressure but also became the first phone in a decade of testing to have its battery explode

If you're looking for a slim smartphone and have no interest in joining the iOS contingent with the iPhone Air, then Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge is an option in the Android space that deserves to be on your radar. It's not a perfect phone, but it is on sale at its lowest price points yet, and it's expected to be a few months before Samsung introduces

SteelSeries has unveiled the follow-up to its popular Arctis Nova 7 wireless headset, offering up to a 40% increase in battery life and greater audio customization. Also good news is that SteelSeries retained the same mid-range $200 price tag, despite inflation and tariffs. So yeah, the biggest upgrade to the Gen 2 model is the major boost

Maingear teamed up with HAVN on its newest custom PC drop, a limited edition gaming system themed after Doom: The Dark Ages with several configurations available. Each config is meticulously crafted by Maingear inside HAVN's HS 420 Doom: The Dark Ages chassis with precision-cut steel, tempered glass, and a whole lot of custom bits that will

Commodore is attempting to come to the rescue for hundreds of millions of users who are still running Windows 10, which has now reached official EOL (end of life) status. In a message posted to social media platform X, Commodore pitched its free Linux-based Vision 3.0 OS as a sanctuary for those left behind, calling it not just an upgrade,

It has been a tumultuous time for Destiny 2—and even as we were writing this with the game showing its lowest player count ever, Bungie dropped a new update hoping to fix some player progression complaints and keep people invested. The writing might just be on the wall, though. Despite a major leak for Year of the Prophecy, the upcoming Renegades expansion

At the 2025 OCP Global Summit in San Jose, ASRock Rack and ZutaCore jointly unveiled what they're calling the first NVIDIA HGX B300 system with fully integrated "waterless liquid cooling." The new 4U16X-GNR2/ZC server pairs NVIDIA's latest "Blackwell" AI hardware with ZutaCore's HyperCool direct-to-chip cooling technology, aiming to keep pace

Last year, AMD and Intel formed the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group. On the cusp of their one year anniversary, AMD has released a blog post detailing the advancements made by AMD, Intel and "key ecosystem partners" in the time since, as well as setting some future expectations. The four things AMD highlights are the standardization of FRED (Flexible

Microsoft Edge users will now have to jump through a few extra hoops to access the browser’s Internet Explorer (IE) Mode. This is because the Edge browser security team was recently made aware that compatibility mode was being abused by threat actors to gain unauthorized access to devices. IE Mode exists as a way for Edge users to access