By now you've likely heard the gloom and doom scenario facing the PC market, and if you're looking for some much-needed holiday cheer to lift your spirits, there are indications that we'll see a strong finish to the year in terms of PC shipments. Despite consecutive quarters of decline, the PC market is expected to have grown when looking

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated than previously assumed. These new observations, published in Nature Astronomy last week, utilized a technique called interferometry at California's

A brazen and high-speed robbery hit a collectible store in Southern California, whereby a trio of masked thieves made off with over $100,000 worth of rare Pokémon trading cards and sports memorabilia in a heist that lasted just three minutes. The target was LA Sports Cards in Burbank, which was raided by a band of synchronized card bandits.

In a post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the administration has finally given NVIDIA approval to begin shipping Hopper H200 AI chips to China, though at a higher royalty rate that previously agreed to. Instead of forking over 15% of AI chip sale revenue to the U.S. government, NVIDIA will pay a 25% rate to "support

After retailers began pausing shipments of ASUS ROG's Matrix GeForce RTX 5090, a special edition card in celebration of 30 years in the custom graphics card business, speculation arose that perhaps a recall was afoot. However, that is not actually the case. ASUS cleared the air in a statement saying "there is no recall" on the card, but there

Fans of retro computing have had a lot to digest lately, with several companies reviving classic hardware such as the Amiga A1200 and the Commodore 64. It’s not just larger companies getting in on the action, though. Individual makers have also been releasing custom projects as of late, with the most recent being a wild, custom Commodore 64

In a collaboration video with LinusTechTips where they build his new PC, Linux creator Linus Torvalds made a surprising defense of Windows by stating that "a big percentage of those [Blue Screens of Death] are hardware not being reliable" and thus not the fault of Microsoft. It's during a section of the video where Torvalds insists upon the

Put your wallet away; it's another leak post, not an official announcement. However, maybe keep the billfold in arm's reach, because it's looking like it won't be long now before we see Intel's "Big Battlemage" GPU. The latest leak comes from familiar face "X86 is dead&back", who actually deleted his post, but not before we and many others

Apple has had a bit of a shakeup recently, with some senior executives headed for the exit. Rumors have also been swirling that Tim Cook may step down as CEO next year. The latest rumor suggests that Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies, and one of the leaders responsible for the success of Apple silicon, may be leaving--at

It's not often that celebrity game developers step down from their posts, or personally survey how their games perform in international arcades, but Katsuhiro Harada has done both. After three decades with the Tekken (Japanese: Iron Fist) fighting game series, including directing since Tekken 3 (1997), Harada has formally announced his coming

By pioneering a new method that studies our galaxy from the inside out, astronomers using data collected from the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey (GES) have uncovered surprising hidden features of the Milky Way’s spiral structure  For ages, mapping the precise architecture of our home galaxy has been a challenge similar to attempting

It feels like each passing day brings with it a new leak or rumored related to Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S Refresh processors. That's not actually the case, of course, but the leaks are starting to pile up, the latest of which is a benchmark run. The chip in question is an unannounced (and obviously not-yet-released) Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Samsung has kicked off the One UI 8.5 beta program and, with it, promises "next-level ease of use" across Galaxy S25 devices (for now). Built on Android 16 QPR2, the latest Samsung mobile skin intends on bringing a unified and intelligent mobile experience, focusing intensely on productivity, system performance, and security. Photo Assist

A popular power bank sold exclusively at Amazon is being recalled after over a dozen reports of the problematic unit overheating. In 11 of those reported incidents (out of 15), affected units caught fire, resulting in three minor burn injuries and over $380,000 in property damage. Suffice to say, if you own an affected power bank, stop using

Affordable gaming is facing an existential threat from the rise of AI and the resulting insatiable demand for key components. This has led to a massive spike in PC DRAM prices, and storage solutions may not be far behind. The sliver lining is that we're in the midst of the holiday shopping season, and with it comes what is perhaps one last

The broad rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update has started, and users who want to fast-track it are being referred to the relevant update options in a new blog post on Microsoft's site. Windows 11 25H2 comes with an assortment of additional Copilot+ related features (exclusive to those with sufficiently-powerful NPUs rated for 40+ TOPS) and

After completing not one but two GTC events this year, NVIDIA is already looking ahead to what's in store for the next one, which the company confirms is returning to San Jose, California next year. It will run from March 16-19, 2026. For those who are interested in attending, registration is now open, though you can expect a livestreamed

Intel's Panther Lake processors are due to arrive soon in new notebooks from a wide array of partners. MSI has a refreshed line-up of Prestige machines coming, for example, powered by Intel's latest and greatest mobile chips, flaunting OLED screens up to 16 inches and long battery life. Based on initial disclosures from Intel and some leaked

This might just be the most will-they-or-won't-they GPU release story of all time. Intel's Arc Battlemage was rumored to come in two different versions as soon as we ever heard about it, but the larger "BMG-G31" chip never materialized and was rumored to be canceled. Then it appeared in leaks, and then it was rumored to have been canceled

If you haven't done so already, check out our roundup of excellent deals on several generations of iPhone and Apple Watch devices, with Woot (owned by Amazon) offering massive savings on its Grade-A refurbs backed by a 1-year warranty. Then once you've done that, check out the big discounts from Amazon on more Apple products, all in new condition,

Blink and you'll miss Woot's flash sale on a whole bunch of 'Grade-A' Apple Watch and iPhone devices with hundreds of dollars of savings on tap, and delivery in time for Christmas. And before you dismiss the sale because these are refurbished items, consider that Woot (which is owned by Amazon) is promising "like-new functionality" and battery

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince recently spoke out against Google's AI practices, highlighting that while his company has successfully blocked 416 billion unwanted AI scrapers from its customers' content, Google has made opting out of the practice extremely difficult for most companies doing business on the web. Prince spoke strongly in an interview

As far as anyone outside AMD knows, Team Red's next processor releases will be the Gorgon Point family, which is a refresh of Strix Point. "Refresh" doesn't necessarily mean "rebadged," though. Sometimes refreshes can come with significant changes, like the clock rate changes from Intel's 13th to 14th generation Core CPUs. If you were hoping

Microsoft debuted a new visual style with Windows 11, but 4 years on there are still parts of the operating system that seem to be from a different era. That includes the venerable Run dialog box, which was introduced all the way back in 1995 and has remained mostly unchanged since. However, it’s finally getting a makeover and will even have