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Riot Games will end active development on 2XKO in December 2026, less than a year after the fighting game’s full launch. The game will remain online and playable for free on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, but Riot says no new seasons, major content updates, or additional champions will arrive after the remaining planned releases. The decision follows declining momentum and weak

DDR5 memory prices in Germany have climbed sharply again, with the average price index reaching 486% of July 2025 levels in August 2026. That means a typical DDR5 kit now costs close to 4.9 times as much as it did just over a year ago, based on pricing data collected from German retailers. The increase continues a difficult period for PC builders, particularly anyone

Canonical expects Ubuntu installations running through Windows Subsystem for Linux to surpass native Ubuntu desktop installations within the next few months. The projection comes from Canonical engineering leadership, which says Ubuntu usage through WSL is growing substantially faster than traditional desktop installations. If that trend continues, there could be more people running Ubuntu inside Windows than using Ubuntu as their primary desktop operating system

Intel is reportedly developing a new Panther Lake processor aimed at more affordable gaming handhelds, potentially expanding its strategy beyond the higher end Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme chips already appearing in premium devices. The unannounced processor is said to use a 4+0+4+4 configuration. That would combine four Performance cores, no standard Efficient cores, four low power Efficient cores and four Xe3 graphics

ASRock’s Challenger 360 Digital is a new 360mm AIO liquid cooler aimed at buyers who want strong cooling, RGB lighting and an integrated display without moving into premium pricing. The cooler is priced at $89.99 and supports both Intel and AMD platforms. It is compatible with LGA 1700 and LGA 1851 processors on the Intel side, along with AM4 and AM5 CPUs from AMD.

The affordable graphics card market could face a new wave of shortages during the second half of 2026, with entry level models expected to become harder to find and more expensive. PC Partner Group, the parent company behind brands including ZOTAC, INNO3D and Manli, reportedly expects shortages in the entry level GPU segment to become more severe as the year progresses. The warning comes

NVIDIA’s effort to turn AI GPUs into financeable infrastructure assets could face a major risk if the industry builds more compute capacity than demand can absorb. David Sacks, who serves on the US President’s science and technology advisory council, warned that an oversupply of AI compute could create a situation similar to the “dark fiber” problem that followed the dotcom crash. The concern is

Phison expects the current NAND shortage to last for years, with supply potentially taking around four years to catch up with demand. The warning comes from Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng, who says the market often underestimates how long it takes NAND manufacturers to add meaningful new production capacity. According to the report, new NAND capacity may require roughly four years from investment to actual

An ASUS ROG Strix 850W power supply reportedly came back from an RMA repair with its internal safety fuse bypassed by a piece of soldered wire, raising concerns about the quality of the repair and the potential electrical risk. The issue was reported by a Reddit user who said the repaired PSU ran for around two hours before tripping the room’s main circuit breaker.

NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin production ramp is reportedly adding fresh pressure to the NAND flash market, with 512Gb TLC NAND spot prices climbing back to $21 after falling below that level in June. The supply pressure is being linked to two major sources of demand. One is NVIDIA’s new Context Memory eXtension, or CMX, architecture for Vera Rubin. The other is rising demand for enterprise

An Intel based MacBook Pro running Windows through Boot Camp reportedly saw a major drop in GPU power consumption after its owner created a custom 48Hz display mode. The 2019 MacBook Pro in question uses an Intel Core i9 processor and AMD Radeon Pro 5300M graphics. According to the owner, the system ran hotter and consumed more power under Windows than expected, even after

GIGABYTE has expanded its GeForce RTX 50 series lineup with the AORUS GeForce RTX 5060 ARI 8G, a new graphics card built around the company’s original ARI character. The card combines an anime inspired exterior with GIGABYTE’s triple fan WINDFORCE cooling system, RGB lighting and a reinforced metal backplate. It is aimed at gamers and content creators who want a more distinctive RTX 5060

The server CPU market is expected to expand sharply through 2030 as AI workloads increase demand for processors alongside GPUs. Current estimates suggest the total addressable market for server CPUs could exceed $210 billion by 2030, with AI focused processors accounting for the majority of that spending. The growth is being linked in part to agentic AI workloads, which can depend heavily on general

SanDisk is facing criticism over how it presented High Bandwidth Flash, or HBF, during its recent Investor Day, with some observers arguing that the company used outdated HBM comparisons and did not address NAND write endurance. HBF is being developed as a possible way to expand memory capacity for AI workloads by stacking NAND flash in a high bandwidth package. SanDisk is working with

Intel plans to keep its Raptor Lake desktop processors available for years as rising memory prices encourage more PC builders to remain on DDR4 platforms. The company says demand for its older LGA 1700 processors has increased as the cost of moving to newer DDR5 based systems continues to rise. Raptor Lake is particularly useful in the current market because the platform supports both

Micro Center is offering a new Intel desktop bundle that combines the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus processor, a GIGABYTE B860 motherboard and 32GB of DDR5 memory for $549. The three components would reportedly cost around $820 when purchased separately, giving the bundle an estimated saving of about $270. The deal is aimed at people building a new gaming or productivity PC at a

Chinese DDR5 memory based on CXMT chips is continuing to improve, with new demonstrations showing speeds of up to 9000 MT/s and tighter timings at more practical 6000 MT/s frequencies. The latest results show how much progress CXMT based DDR5 has made compared with earlier modules that struggled to move beyond 6400 MT/s. Motherboard makers and memory vendors have been improving BIOS support, signal

Samsung is reportedly considering using its 2nm process technology to manufacture base logic dies for future HBM memory, potentially extending its roadmap beyond the 4nm base dies planned for HBM4. The company may repurpose part of an under construction research and development facility in South Korea for this work. The plans are still preliminary and could change because the facility is not expected to

NVIDIA and LG are expanding their partnership across robotics, AI infrastructure and automotive systems, with new projects covering humanoid robots, Vera Rubin based AI factories and next generation vehicles. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding at NVIDIA’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, moving their collaboration into a broader execution phase. LG plans to use NVIDIA technology across several areas, including bipedal humanoid

A Crucial customer says an approved DDR5 memory replacement turned into a refund only resolution after the company reported that it no longer had replacement stock. The case involves a defective DDR5 SO DIMM kit that was sent to Crucial through its warranty process. According to the customer, Crucial initially agreed to replace the memory but later said it could not provide another kit.